Well he certainly didn't succeed did he?
His first season was full of defensive errors and little attacking threat.
In his second season he was injured half the time and poor the other half.
He also didn't make the playoffs either season.
The only success on his part was convincing a team to pay him around 1 mill a year to be a below average fullback (by NRL standards).

BTW I was at that game at headingly, and there were plenty of people in Wakey Cas and Hull shirts booing him too.

Pre season optimism doesn't half make people brave!

Leedsnsouths plucking up the courage to come back on here proves that. It's good to have him/her and their crazy one eyed views back!

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We have to remember that Yorkshire is well known for its sheep, if one goes Ba,aa they all go Ba,aa.

I will respond

1. First few games yes of course in a much tougher league against much bigger men he struggled to adapt, naturally. Attacking threat is because he was told to play that way. They didn't want the 'Off the cuff' rugby he was used to. And rightly so i suppose. Australia is a much more drilled game than ours. Indeed i was told by somebody close to Sam that Jarryd Hayne scored a try past him and made him look a fool and you can see Hayne shouting something at him. I can confirm those words were "You're in my world now Tomkins"

2. That point is utter bull. Yes he was injured for a while but was one of the Warriors best player approaching the latter half of the season by a mile.

3. He didn't make the play offs. That must mean because NZ Warriors didn't make the play offs he is crap. Must be all his fault. Can i remind you that Leeds didn't finish in the play offs either so by you analysis, Watkins, Hall, Briscoe, Ward etc are all rubbish.

4. Your last point doesn't stand up and you can't measure it by any proof.

I can only assume, given the sudden appearance on here of Leeds fans, that they've won a couple of pre-season fixtures.

they have been able to train this year........

Leeds for the double then

Whatever, it doesn't matter what you think of his NRL performances, point is that he wasn't really a marquee signing because he was coming back anyway (doesn't matter whether it was because of homesickness or poor performances)

Therefore not one team has been able (or willing) to attract a proper marquee signing.

We don't really play preseason fixtures of any meaning for some reason. We just play a couple of championship teams and Wakefield or Cas on boxing day.
Not really sure why, but we have had both good and bad starts doing this, so it probably doesn't make a difference.

Don't worry though, if we beat saints on the opening day we swarm this forum like locusts

A marquee player, in this context, means one for whom the club is taking advantage of the salary cap allowance. Nothing to do with how good or bad that player is perceived to be