the wire av signed a matured full back are u happy with that or wud rather simon moran break the bank for golden boy sam..the decision is yours..after todays flogging giving me hodgson...

even before today i would prefer Hodgeson

money no option though
you'd struggle to find someone say anyone other than billy slater

hodgson every time, especially over giving money to the goons for that rat when we've got our own quality players coming through the youth system!

very true.in a ideal world give me billy slater(class act)golden boy sam is average has proven yesterday..maybe folk may take there goggles off has far as this over rated player is concerned...

Mathers.

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Hodgson is a good signing for us. Well experienced player, and like the other aussies, will most likely play at a whole new level than what we've seen him play in SL so far under Tony Smith. His experience will rub off on the younger players as they come through the ranks and will replace him when he retires.

Funnily enough, I've only ever liked Sam Tomkins when he played for England. Hate him at Wigan, and now he's proving to be a small fish in a very big pond when it comes to Internationals.

Give Tomkins some time at full-back for England...

One chance in a desperation situation isn't exactly enough to inspire confidence in a youngster.

Clearly the best fullback in England. Take it from someone who spotted Slater before his NRL career started (ie. playing for Brisbane Norths in 2002) and had to put up with a lot of morons saying he was crap before he proved, when it comes to backs, he is the best in the world outside the halves (and some would say verging on best player full-stop).

Are people on this thread seriously saying they wouldn't break the bank for Sam Tomkins?

It would appear that some are. Looks like the lunatics are taking over the Asylum again.

I don't think he is worth it. He is no where near the finished article. He has way too many mistakes. Atm he wouldn't inspire me with confidence. Every time he got the ball I would expect him to slip over. He has scored amazing tries and sometimes he does look like he he has wronged the defence but if we had to wait two or three years for him to mature and improve, then we might as well get a youngster like Jordan Burke in. A player who will learn an awful lot from Hodgeson.

He might not be the best fullback in the world but he is certainly what we need right now.

Well it's hard to do that behind a beaten pack and when your a marked man

For me he wasn't used enough and there is nothing he can do without the ball the best thing we could have done was use him has a dummy runner cause everytime he got the ball there was a gap in the defence

tomkins is an exceptional player... anyone who thinks otherwise is deluding themselves.

But 'breaking the bank' for him wont happen. He wont be leaving wigan anytime soon... and if he does i imagine it will be for a club in the NRL.

Seriously? What do you think of Myler by the way...