heard he's a bit of a t1t....

While at the Roosters he was made to look good by Fittler, and was exposed when Fittler retired. At Melbourne he played five-eighth outside Cronk, and had the role of getting Inglis early ball. He only plays well with a top-class organiser in the halves with him.

If he was riding off the quality of others then there's no way Brian Smith, Craig Bellamy and Mick McGuire would have signed him.

But maybe McGuire knows that he's got Tomkins to make Finch look good. After all, he makes guys like Deacon, Fielden and Gleeson look good!

Exactly, its not as if we've got a coach who's signing someone who he's never worked with and is signing him off his reputation. Our coach has worked day in day out with him and knows exactly what he can bring to a side.

He must be doing something right, whichever team he's been with seems to be very successful.

Brian Smith never signed him. Ricky Stuart was the Roosters coach when he signed. Bellamy signed him to play off Cronk and give Inglis early ball. McGuire signed him because he coached him at Melbourne, and he can tear up Super League. Look at Michael Dobson, he's the best halfback in Super League and never did anything in the NRL.