Or £60k plus Thorman

Not sure about long, maybe 2 or 3 years ago. for me it shows a bit of a lack of ambition from the club. hope i am wrong.

Multipurpose floor mop/wig combo?

not a bad signing imo... world class he will be great for us i am sure

i wouldnt get excited, we will cock his Visa application up anyways

Nah, Hull will need him to play fullback next year

Dont think for one second this is the last signing..

good signing just hope he stays injury free . Hopefully another prop and centre would be happy with that or a full-back .

For Fcuksakes he is a great signing, Saints DID want him but they only offered him a year. I've its in his contract to cut his hair short.

That's the ones

knowing our luck

thorman will got to 6
long at 7
and horne at fullback

That would not suprise me

hope your right

Good signing IF he can stay injury free, he seems to have been spending more and more time on the sidelines. If this means we can pick up a good quota centre and a top quality stand-off or fullback then we should compete next season

seems fair enough

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Maths not a strong point on merseyside then?

Nah.....remember the last 7 at FC with long blonde hair??????.......I hope Sean fits half that billing!!!!

saints loss is hulls gain

Quiet happy with the signing as Long is the type of player we need. Some may have concerns surrounding his age, but a good scrum half can be more effective much longer than other positions.

The key question for me is will we have the runners that will allow Long to play the type of game he is accustomed to?

We have been crying out for a proper scrum half for years, but just signing one will not solve our problems, we will need to change the way we play and run in numbers instead of ones. We will also have to be prepared to back up, if we don’t he will get creamed and look almost as bad as Thorman does, if that is possible.

I don’t see the need to go for an aussie half back for next year now, as I think this signing now gives the club a great opportunity to go out and get Thurstan for 2011 and beyoned.

Can we have him now please?.

Lets give credit to the board, we've asked for a seven and they've delivered one.

I agree with the poster who said we have to have a major shuffle of our structure now otherwise his impact will be limited.

Our next signing must be a replacement for Carvell.

Good post there mate

You cannot beat a bit of experience.

It just goes to show your board has brainwashed you into accepting average siginings. A couple of years of poor recruitment have resulted in when you make an average signing its rejoiced. You had the opportunity to sign a top class S/H at their peak of their career admitadly would have needed to be an Aussie, but instead they took the short sighted option. I was going to say cheap but dont think Longy will come cheap. He is not excactly a signing to build a future SL winning team around is he ? I think you will get 1 half decent season out of him and you will be in the same situation this time next year