bruce
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Who knows? All I know is that swapping Sam for Roger Tuivasa-Sheck was one of the few things that JD has done right. Sam is history like every English player that has been at the club. We should stay away from them.
Player Sam Tomkins
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He is slowly recovering from his disastrous OE - what the fuck is wrong with this club?
Ask any islander with zero vested interest in the club what the problem is with the warriors and they all the same thing. You don't have to prompt them at all. They are quite happy to give their opinion.
Guys who play with their bodies and not their brains. They always go for the big collision instead of trying to put a man into space... Same with defence. They look for the big hit and forget to hold the line.
If you've got more than a quarter of you're team with this mentality you ain't winning jack shit. And if you're reason for living is to win, playing for the warriors will be very depressing indeed...
bruce
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bruce
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I meant the Warriors not the NRL. We haven't had one decent Pom, although Tompkins could be described as half decent.
Tomkins went ok, didn't match the hype and had injuries however he wasn't as bad as some make out. How about decent outside backs from the Super League? I'm probably missing someone obvious however I struggle to come up with any decent players since the days of Offiah and Connolly.
Which is why when I think about signings like Hiku I draw no comfort from the fact he went alright in that competition. Surely his more recent form for the Panthers is most relevant - and that was for mostly pretty ordinary. Similarly does anyone really see Gelling as NRL quality? I guess if there are fitness concerns then his signing makes sense for depth.
Spoke to a member of the warriors coaching staff a couple of years back and he said they were shocked how weak tomkins was when he arrived- esp in the lower body- apparently they tend to skip legs day in the U.K.
He said he had great speed and evasion but no power through the legs which is why u kept seeing him get pulled down by an arm or the jersey- he could find a hole but didn't have the power to pull through it.
He said he had great speed and evasion but no power through the legs which is why u kept seeing him get pulled down by an arm or the jersey- he could find a hole but didn't have the power to pull through it.
bruce
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...and he won their bloody Iron Man trophy FFS.
They are hampered by their off season being in the middle of winter which makes training more difficult than down under. That is one excuse anyway. There are some good players in the north but not in the number there used to be with the big cheques on offer from union, and those good enough to venture south have been raised on the image of Paul Hogan putting a shrimp on the barbie, New Zealand is a land of mountains and Maori somewhere out towards Antarctica.
...and he won their bloody Iron Man trophy FFS.
Which has nothing to do with your size or strength weirdly.
bruce
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Correct, he could not be compared in any way to Changa. English rugby league used to be the very best but it is virtually NRL reserve grade standard now. Very sad, their crowds deserve better.
Great post Pozz. This will probably go to another thread but...
https://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league...al-graeme-langlands-dead-20180120-h0lmif.html
Rugby league Immortal Graeme Langlands has died overnight in his Sutherland nursing home, after battling poor health for months.
