I refer you to our signing of Ryan Bailey......

Amor is retiring at the end of this season.

I'm fairly sure I suggested Amor as a decent bit of balast to steady our wobbly pack a couple of years back. However, my memory of the last few years is a bit hazy, that Port n Lemon slow cooker recipe book I bought during the lockdown was a mistake.

Thumbs up for me tho, should be fresh and revitialised

Good point.

Amor seems a decent addition due to the short-term nature of the deal. Not a brilliant player but an improvement on what we have until we get Dudson and Kasiano next year.

Personally I don't think amor is an improvement on what we have.

likewise, he's a bullock/mulhern style grinder, we're in need of some impact.

I’m totally confused, is this self trolling?

I'm very confused as well. But Matt Turner of the Warrington Guardian has run with it and it's the top news story on the WG website, so it's spectacular work if it's made up for giggles by someone on here.

If it's true, is Riley Dean heading the other way any chance? We develop him to be magnificent in return for loaning you a 4 x Grand Final winner?

158m and 27 tackles against Cas in his one start for us this year. How many of your props do those numbers? He's no Luke Thompson, but he's very steady, 8m a carry type of prop. I'd suspect he'd want to prove Saints wrong as well and go out with a bang.

Cooper, Philbin and Mulhern are GB/England international props who for some reason aren't playing to the expected standard. Amor is a steady, experienced prop who has spent the last few years as part of a grand final winning team. It doesn't have to be an improvement in class for a half-season deal, just an improvement in form over our current players. He's available, affordable and we've nothing to lose for five months.

Cheshire's answer to Woodward and Bernstein. I do wonder whether The Guardian get's its scoops from the likes of FaceBook.

Are you Amor ' s agent?

Like when you had Gareth O'Brien on loan from us in 2013 ?

I wish, with all that offshore Wire cash and TV money coming in

Just been confirmed, all the best to him and hope he can improve us

This to me just smacks of desperation.Never rated him.

He's solid and consistant, we're stronger for having him

Definitely adds to your culture as well. Top professional and well worth having around your younger players.

Who you signing next Baz and Tez?

Genuinely thought he’d retired and was a commentator now.

If he’s just adding to the numbers then I’m non-plussed, if he’s replacing Cooper (to Wigan with immediate effect) then I’m not happy in the slightest. No offence to Amor he was a decent prop in his day and a nice bloke, bang average now and we’ve enough of them in the pack.

It depends on the Cooper situation (if the rumours are true). Yes, in an ideal world we would all rather have Cooper than Amor until the end of the season, but if Cooper is leaving immediately for whatever reason, and we just need a stop-gap to see us through until Kasiano and Dudson arrive, then I'm happy enough with it being Amor.

Have to say as a Saints fan i'm not ttdisapionted he's gone

It's obvious that we need a reshuffle in the pack and we have 2 new in who are both bigger than what we currently have. I don't think we will.w keeping mulhern beyond this season, I like him but Philbins contract must and he will likely be out 5th prop even if he is probably better at lf because he isn't big enough for front row. Unless Philbin moves permanently to the back row and is impact 2nd row in the future (that's what I believe is his best position personally).

Interesting times ahead but out pack will be a little stronger for the second half of the season IMO.

As a direct like for like replacement then I'd agree with you but IF Cooper is 'getting out of Dodge' then there are other factors. Apart from the bad egg rumours, it's short term deal that allows us to get through this season and plan for next. Overall is the real comparison between Cooper against Mikaele plus Amor.