Only One Shaun Long...

Quote: barham red "I was saying this to a B&W pal of mine, that no matter what else you get with Longy he will always attract the headlines and as the saying goes all publicity is good publicity. Its a similar type of thing to the signing of a Beckham in football. The downside (if thats what it is) is that when you're doing well the media will naturally be drawn to him and single him out (regardless of if he was the best that day) and the other players may get a bit peeved at that, or they may like the idea that they can just get on with their job. I would have thought the printing of Long on the back of shirts will be the most popular as well, which if he increases sales by 1% it's a bonus for the club.

He will always be the pantomime villain when you go to away matches, he will get the home crowds chanting and shouting at him which will get keep the heat of the others. He must enjoy that and it probably drives him on, if he didn't the dreads would have gone a while ago.

As a kind of neutral I didn't think he was the MoM for you lot on Friday, thought Lauiki should have taken it as his try and try saving tackle more or less closed the game out. But it was always going to be the Sean long day out so it was no surprise that it was given to him.'"

Excellant post, I have said elsewhere that there is simply no substitute for personalities in the game, and sadly pro sport these days have very few! He will no doubt be hard to manage at times but his value to the club both on and off the field will be in tens of thousands!!!