That was my first thought too, but I don't think he will be. He's always struck me as a good, honest player. An old-fashioned prop forward. He might be past it, or he might be crocked, but he won't be lazy and he won't shirk anything.

Perfect. two more like him will be perfect

A good SH and another prop like Ben and we are up and running.

Encouraging. We desperately need some experience.

come on where are the doom mongerers!!? only 6 state of Origin games rubbish LOL
Sounds like good news and a bit of grunt we need

Excellent, another 3 old-monsters up front and a veteran SO/SH and we're good to go!

It's all coming together now!!! Let's get ready to nick the points of the Scousers then roll out the old men of Salford in front on the London massive.

Nick Slyney may surprise us guys. He is 26 years old so should be able to handle a season in SL better than our own younger props who are still developing. Maybe the SH position is the one we should really be focusing on.

Is Slyney signed up

Ben seems to have a good attitude! we need experience, now it is down to him to show us what he really can do, on the pitch.

Just get Long to come out of retirement and job's a good un.

Lol, Longy is 36/37ish, 'prolly best he gets old gracefully.

Wouldnt be surprised if long is to talking to saints. Would love to us sign someone like Hohaia..experience needed. Also heard something about 2 wigan players...will it be more youngsters onloan?

So what? Alfie Langer played State of Origin at 36.

Top signing imo.... Although judging by his Twitter feed I'm not sure he knows we've signed him