Does King normally play on the right? I'm sure I've seen him on the left a few times this season.

he was left centre last year and this after goodwin moved on, he's had a good link up with currie and widdop and charnley(and lineham before that)

we've moved him to the right to accomodate GI once, and then right second row when hughes was banned

Yeah, I think maybe we're not giving him enough credit for standing out in a team that really hasn't clicked in attack very often the last couple of years. He as a very good all-round game and very rarely makes mistakes. I wasn't sold on the idea of paying over the odds for him, but looking at it now I actually think if he went to Saints or Wigan he'd look even better than he does now and we'd have the term "world-class" shoved down our throats every time he was on TV.

If he's staying under Powell I'll be a very happy chappy. Not sure about the right centre position but Matautia (if true) wouldn't be too bad. Not many top centres to choose from these days.

No he isn’t the highest paid. Hurrell is a marquee and Naqwama is also marquee.

I thought Percival was Saints marquee? But yes Hurrell is also marquee. Rather have King than Hurrell any day.

Hurrell looked very weak in defence, in their recent game versus Hull FC.

I've seen him struggle in defence a few times, even when he was selected in the dream team.

Naiqama isn't a marquee player at Saints. Not sure where you've plucked that from

Just confirmed on Sky he has signed a new 4 year deal.

Excellent news, hopefully Clark next

Brilliant that's all sorted, we need to keep our best players if we want to win superleague.

Thought he had got new contract syndrome when he bodged that pass in the first half (lobbed it at Widdop's shoulder instead of giving it to Ratch on the inside), but second half he was unplayable. Well chuffed at this news.

Not his best game tonight and still class.

Great we've got the deal done. Wasn't a fan of Toby when he first came on the scene. But fair play, he has got better and better, year on year, and is currently one of the best centres in the comp. Hope he keeps improving.

I think that just about sums it up. He also made an error in an earlier game where he tried to off load in our 20, gave the ball away, and it resulted in a walk in try ( was that Cas ?). But if you look at the flip side he constantly scores and provides try assists, so you can't really criticise him. Still, when he does finally eradicate the errors .................

£170k for a squad player. Deary me

£42.5k per season sounds reasonable to me.

Great that's settled and we can draw a line under the speculation. As someone has already pointed out, hope Daryl Clark follows suit.

I hope so too I'm already looking forward to his televised confirmation speech Follow that Daz perhaps a reference to the Classics you know a bit of Homers Lliad now that Toby's bamboozled us and the TV audience with his mathematical genius

While it’s not worth mega money, his marker defence is absolutely outstanding. I’ve said this a few times over the years, but he has developed a really effective skill. He’s also a keen runner of the ball away from our like. These things don’t add £ to contracts, but they are the things players around you recognise.

The things he needs to practice are the finer elements, excellent centres, and I’m talking Lyon, Gleeson, Gidley, Gasnier et al, can get the ball flat footed, stand up defenders and MAKE a try alone. At present, he needs that half a yard to get his winger away. He’s not alone there, I can’t think of a centre who can do that in the game at the moment.

I can accept the odd mistake like the pass to Widdop instead of inside to Ratchford. Sometimes, when you have “too much” time, you can overthink them.

All good points. On pass selection I guess sometimes it’s based on who you hear call?

Regarding that pass to widdop he definitely took the harder option but if he had released it a little lower widdop would still have scored. It wasn't a bad option just poor execution from a player who usually gets those things right.

True also bear in mind, widdop is the man of the moment, more headlines putting him away for a try.

As we say it's a development thing

Only just read your post Lefty.

Seems like Toby read the last sentence and took it literally!!!!

I'm wasted. I should be Warrington's Tourist Board advisor.