Give the guy a break.....it sounds like he's had plenty of chances to not come but he's still willing to give us a go.

I for one will be delighted to see him over here, whether he stays for 3 months or 12 months. It's a huge commitment for anyone to go to work in a foreign country in these crappy times, so fair play to the guy for sticking to his original decision and being prepared to come over in the first place.

All the joking aside, I think we are all looking to forward to watching him in the P&B, where opinions will be better informed with what happens on the pitch.

Are you mad? Wait until we see him play for our team BEFORE we voice an opinion? I’ve never heard such nonsense! Are you Karl Fitzpatrick?

Only on match days and at weekends!

Out of interest, would any of the players who went home early have been difference makers for us, if they had seen out their contracts...

Kevin Walters
Allan Langer
David Kidwell
Chris Sandow
Tyrone Roberts

I'm sure there are more I've missed out.

The only one that I think would have made a positive impact would have been Langer who only had about a month left anyway. Sandow - you'd like to think he could have recaptured the heights of his peak but he seemed to have off field baggage going on when he told us he wasn't returning and I wonder if he'd have been like Appo if he returned: out of shape and disinterested.

Kevin Campion might have been a good signing had he not backed out of his contract, but he hadn't already got over here and started.

Kidwell went on to be good in the NRL so you never know. I think we'd have needed to do what we did with Westwood and convert him into a back rower.