The only time Warrington even featured on the horizon was when Saints made their first offer of a 1 year contract - TP wanted more, understandably.

Once Saints came back and offered 2, it was only ever going to be Saints or a return home.

I said on the rumours thread that I was confused over the rumours as I couldn't see any reason why he would opt to move to Warrington - seems I was right, and the 'nailed on' rumours were desperate 'look at us, we're massive' straw clutching from our wannabe neighbours a'la Graham, Sinfield, Scully et al.

3 years and counting 2008-2011,

back on here yet again ! it must upset you so much to see Saints fans happy so sod off back to the dark side!

I thought it was a reasonable question, as obviously did Saint Simon who answered politely.

Had his answer been different then I would have disagreed.

Its massive for us that he's staying. He gives us both forward power and X Factor.

I would suggest he's one of the biggest overseas stars in SL today.

Not many could argue against that, and he clearly has 2 more years left in him

My view, is that's it's a risk signing a player who will be 34 years of age when he finishes at Saints, and I think Saints knew that when they initially offered him a one year deal.
However with Graham leaving it's probably a risk worth taking.

I don't think that having four 30 odd year olds in the pack (if you sign Waterhouse) is the way to go, especially as they are all overseas players. I'm not as convinced as some on here that Clough and Magennis are prop forwards.
I think signing Hill form Leigh would be a better signing for Saints than Waterhouse.

The reason I asked the question in the first place was to see if the poster meant that it was the best Saints signing or the best Superleague club signing, no dramas, but some posters on here look for things that don't exist in my posts.

Its never ideal, but if your going to do it with anyone, a prop is probably your best bet, and Tony seems very durable in terms of fitness. I don't reckon Water house will be coming now, anyway.
Magennis fair enough, but imo Clough is more and more a (good) prop forward everytime he plays. I'm quite excited about the prospect of signing Hill, if the reports of him are true - its always nice to be linked to good young british talent.

Rogues Gallery wrote:My view, is that's it's a risk signing a player who will be 34 years of age when he finishes at Saints, and I think Saints knew that when they initially offered him a one year deal.


bit like signing gareth hock on a 5 year deal until he is 34? bit risky cosidering he may not come back the same player!

Gareth Hock is only 27, but yes it is a risk.

I think Stuart Fielden would have been a better comparison.

He is.

To avoid the risk of players getting injured, we could just go for all young players, like Wheeler, Eastmond, Lomax, Gaskell, Frodsham, Magennis, Makinson, Armstrong. Oh hold on a sec.. Numpty

TP has one of the best injury records at Saints, and at this club not getting injured is a minor miracle!