All those bad hair-do's will eventually take their toll though.

Heard a rumour this weekend that he could well be on his way to the South of France!

All these Saints fans on here who are having digs at him, wonder where they were when he was dropping goals to win them Grand Finals and close games, winning Lance Todd Trophies galore and being one of, quite possibly the, best 7's in superleague. His off the field problems will unfortunately leave his reputation tarnished, but for mine, they should be appreciating the player that has helped them become the team they are.

Can't really argue with that mate but what he did with the betting and his conduct on tour will always tarnish his success and rightly so imo!

We do appreciate that player, but Longy is no longer that player.

Saints legend but time waits for no man.

Quite. Thinking his time might be up is not to say the Saints fans don't appreciate what he did, and still does at present. Professional RL is a business and there has to be more in the decision of a player to leave the club than sentiment. I haven't seen any Saints fans denying the quality of service he's given them, where the positive contributions have more than outweighed his off-field indiscretions.

They are not enough to atone for those haircuts, but that's another matter.

Nobody is doubting what he has given the squad, but you cannot keep players based purely on what has gone before. This season he has been pretty poor and we are losing valuable points because of his inability to kick goals. It's time for change, and a good opportunity to bring through a good youngster.

We do appreciate it and I havent seen any "digs" from Saints fans anywhere. But this is sport and you have to move forward not backwards. He isnt the player he was but I still think he has another season in him at Saints. He is one of the best organisers I have seen in SL and that is something you cant teach a young kid, it comes through experience. Its a huge part of his game that we are going to miss when hes gone.

We were singing his praises, thinking he was fantastic and saying so freely. We all recognise, though, that he's at the end of his career now and the future of the club has to come first. He knows this too and I'm hoping he will bow out gracefully, as Cunningham is doing.

Long will always be remembered both for his skill as a player and his, er, unique character! He's a real showman and that has saved us many a loss over the 12 years he's been with us, especially against Wire! I'm sure the first thing Saints will do once he has gone is lose to Wire at KR!

This is exactly my take on it - great player on the pitch, knob-ed off it.

Long is one of those players who is loved by his own fans, hated by everyone else. If he hadn't have played a part for Saints, winning what he has, we would hate his guts like everyone else.

His charisma is a big part of his game, and he is one of the last true characters we have left in the game.

top post and i agree. the fact he set up a betting account to bet against his own team was, in my opinion, a disgrace and he should have got sine die.
i would have said this had it been a leeds player,so it's not a rabid anti saints rant

And if he gets to France, he'll find the letters P M U very useful 3.8466796875:5