we use higham as an impact player usually to speed up the play after comin off the bench

Danny Sculthorpe is now no more than average and would bring baggage with him, his Father.

As far as David Solomona goes.......I.T.S.W.T

Solomona can win games on his own, providing he is fit. He is by far the best ball handling forward in the game bar none, with a great short kicking game. But i think his shoulder is well and truly gone.

solo could prove to be our most inspiring signing since nat wood imo.

My twopenneth worth on all the signing

Atkins - Not impressed, always though he was vastly over-rated but lets see what he can do.

Solomona - will either be awesome of gash. No in between. Worried about the injurie, discipline and the fact he can be a liability but if he fires and does it consistently he will be a great weapon.

Myler - A risk. 200K for essentially an unproven player is a lot of money when you consider its almost half the world record transfer fee. If it comes he will be a great player and the focal point of the team for the best part of a decade.

all I can say. IN SMITH WE TRUST

Morley, Carvell, Solomona all on the pitch at the same time. Crash, bang, wallop what a video!

The big lad has been okay so far.

Not bad for a Danny Lima comparison.

He's like a better version of Rauhihi.. He can pass, kick and doesn't offload just because he can.

That little kick through was sublime yesterday.

Nice little dummy for his try as well.

If he carries on like he did yesterday he will be a real asset. It also looks like his ball handling skills are being copied by some of the other forwards. He could easily turn out to be the signing of the season.

really impressed by solomona. atkins just looked like he wanted a fight yesterday but again put in a solid performance, i think he consistently puts inb a solid performance and hardly makes mistakes what makes him a good asset to have

any news on how talks with Hull KR are going along?

a few weeks ago there was a bloke on here who said Solomona was joining Rovers because he'd had a bust up with Tony Smith. Are the talks progressing well?

Best bit about that was the KR fans saying they didn't want him... Not good enough.

I'm more than happy with the signing.

I really like him. Love his style.

I love the way his style appears to have rubbed off on a few players at training.

Lets not forget a lot of our fans weren't too impressed when we signed him, people were saying he was an injury crock despite the fact that in his whole career the only time he's had a significant injury was last season. He was actually the one of our signings that I was most excited about, in some ways I think he's the most dangerous player in the league.

Great player. Reminds more of Ali Lauitiiti of Leeds. Clever play and on his day can tear apart anyteam.

You will get the best out of Solomona if you can stop him putting on the pounds through fast food and the like. Apparently Frank Endacott stated in his book that Solo had a tendency to avoid the hard work in training, and there were plenty on the Bulls board last year who attested to constant deliveries of Dominos pizza to his house, eating whole chickens in restaurants etc. Smith will need to watch his eating habits!

Can anyone explain the reason why that when anyone mentions paul rauhihi i immediately get a picture of a brainless idiot in my head. Happens all the time.

Because you're Dion the Donkey??

I bet Adrian Morley could easily polish off a whole chicken in a restaurant. How do you reckon SL forwards maintain their physique....it's not the weighchers diet, they need a heck of a lot of calories to keep their muscle bulk.

As for Solomona ordering Dominos when he was out injured at Bradford last year, they had a promotion on where they put voucher books through everyones door in Leeds and Bradford with about 30 different coupons for different offers. Dominos are expensive but if you have your mates round and buy on those coupons it makes them more affordable, and they are good pizzas. In our house last year we worked our way through those when it was Champions League nights, Headingley Dominos knew our address off by heart by the pizzas we ordered. Solomona probably had his Samoan mates round in the evenings and was doing the same.

Mr Parrot take note....I agree entirely.

Smith obviously signed him to do the 'Lauatiti' role, and at the moment he is looking as good, if not better than the Leeds man.