Early doors King showed next to nothing at all amd he was frankly awful in a lot of games. I'm not so much hoping history repeats itself (nice though that would be!) but making the point that it presumably takes time to move 9,000 miles away from home and settle into a new job, area and country. To the extent that people are writing the bloke off (and I accept that most, including you, are not) they should remember that. The fact he gets well paid is of no real consequence - it can still take time.

Yes and Louis Anderson who people are now saying shouldn't have been replaced by Waterhouse, took a long time to settle himself, in 2008 he didn't offer much, it was second half of 2009 and 2010 when he started to come into form.

Credit to Hicks, Joel Monaghan and Brett Hodgson who were top class from the moment they got off the plane.

If that's the case then why is he first pick in the 2nd row?

I say it's because he's an Aussie and we can't possibly pay ££ for someone to come over and then not play him.

Why is it that when we sell an overseas player, we MUST buy another. We should save the cash and get someone British!

Why? Does their passport make them better players or something? Why does nationality even bother you?


FWIW, I said earlier on in this thread that he hasn't wowed me in attack. Maybe we should move him to front row and keep Grix at left second row? Either way, he's easily handled by the opposition in attack.

Ryan Hoffman slotted in quite well at Wigan played in the same posistion as well ,maybe he had better players around him!!!

I don't know, I don't pick the team. I can only assume that Tony Smith thinks he's the best option to play there.

Speaking of Smith; he sanctioned the purchase of Myler for a 6 figure sum. He then dropped him, mercilessly, for the Challenge Cup final. If you think he would play Waterhouse purely on the basis of his nationality and salary then you're clueless. If he's as bad as you say he is (and he's not, clearly) then at worst he's playing him to give him the chance to settle in.

Yesterday was Waterhouse's first bad game for me. He comes in for criticism because he is an easy target for it IMO (Big name in Australia who is expected to set the house on fire, always looks tired). His defence has been great so far, but yesterday he just seemed off the pace a bit, being left behind the PTB when he made a tackle, but it's one bad game.

Yesterday's game doesn't make him a bad player, even the best players have off days, this was his first.