Has Matt Gidley come over for a pension, did Barrett. Top class players who gave top class performances, and yes got / get well paid.

It's a chance you take, but with Lockyer I believe it would be a risk worth taking.

I think he would be a brilliant signing. Very top players who have come over have been awesome in the past i.e. Meninga, Langer, Barrett and even Andrew johns for his very short spell.

Lockyer will be 33 when he signs. How many of the players you mention were signed at 33? WHats the point of signing a 33 year old to replace another 33 year old.

Look at the most consistent teams of recent times. Us and the Rhinos. What do we have in common? Our player turnover is nowhere near as high as other teams. Stability is the key. You will get nowhere signing players for a year or 2. Wigan and Barrett are testament to this. You could point to the signing of Jamie Lyon, but tbh, we could have signed Phelps and still would of won the grand final.

Lockyer isn't 32 YET so how can he be 33 when he signs? I'm (assuming maybe wrongly) that he MAYBE available for this season.

He should go to Harlequins RL. He'll get a game there and contribute positively with their corporate sponsorship.

That said, any team wishing to sign him should see how hit fitness goes this year.

I really don't want us to sign him.

We won't sign him, especially after what Eamon wrote in the programme last week. He basically said that he wants to bring through the youngsters so that the International game becomes better.

That's not a bad idea at all, or Celtic?

He will be 33 at the start of the season, when he comes over.

Therefore he will be 33 for 90% of the season

I guess Maths is not your strong point.

He isn't 32 yet, so how can he be 33 at the start of the season (it starts in February)

And so by your reckoning the average age of the Saints side should go up as Gilmour is classed as being 33.

Rather keep pryce meself got more playing time in him then lockyer. Dont get me wrong would like lockyer for sign for us but he be told old time he comes over to england and hes might not even get an visa like some players havent already this season

A tad petty and pedantic, don't you think? He will be roughly 32 and 11 months if he was here for the start of next season.

Just in case it's the Goons that have agreed terms, I emailed the following quote from a Sydney Morning Herald article over to the relevant authorities:

"Captain Darren Lockyer recently admitted to manhandling a bar manager during a drunken night out, only after video evidence proved it was him."

Lockyer was also accused of being near Andrew Johns when he took the ecstacy tablet a few years back at the church.

No chance of him getting a VISA now.