Isaiah Papali’i #265

[Spacecub]

yeah i do get that and dont disagree, but still doesn't account for some of his issues. I see a lack of desire in the extra effort area's. By no means is he on his own in that regard, i just don't rate the guy.

I tend to agree with you coastie has offered very little in his time here, as I feared he has turned out to be Adam Blair MK11

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

I tend to agree with you coastie has offered very little in his time here, as I feared he has turned out to be Adam Blair MK11

And what does Blore become???

 

[hank37w]

Adam Blair when he was at the Storm.

 

[Spacecub]

And what does Blore become???

We should never have let blore go

 

[crazycat]

Ok, so we all agree that Papalii isn't performing here.

Great, so lets swap him!
Papalii has enough form and rep to be worth something to other teams. RCG would be a player I would target from Parra for a swap with Pap's.
Roosters may want to give someone up. Melbourne, this guy comes to mind...
NelsonAsofa-SolomonaPositionPropIs a member of theStorm
https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/teams/nrl-premiership/melbourne-storm/nelson-asofa-solomona/
We talk to the players, we talk to the team and we make it happen.
No point in Paps staying here if he won't perform here.

 

[Demps]

Ok, so we all agree that Papalii isn't performing here.

Great, so lets swap him!
Papalii has enough form and rep to be worth something to other teams. RCG would be a player I would target from Parra for a swap with Pap's.
Roosters may want to give someone up. Melbourne, this guy comes to mind...
NelsonAsofa-SolomonaPositionPropIs a member of theStorm
https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/teams/nrl-premiership/melbourne-storm/nelson-asofa-solomona/
We talk to the players, we talk to the team and we make it happen.
No point in Paps staying here if he won't perform here.

I reckon we could definitely get a deal done with South's or Bulldogs.

Ice for Fox is a deal that could be made.
South's. Everyone's saying they needle some forwards.... just not sure who I'd want in return, that's realistic.

 

[crazycat]

I reckon we could definitely get a deal done with South's or Bulldogs.

Ice for Fox is a deal that could be made.
South's. Everyone's saying they needle some forwards.... just not sure who I'd want in return, that's realistic.

Ah, we should NOT be downgrading our forwards. Please repeat after me, we should not be downgrading our forwards.

We haven't sorted our spine, and if our front row cannot punch on... Then the spine needs to take up the tackling side of defense along with the Strategic side.

Dogs: Josh Curran (doubt it would happen), Kurt Mann maybe...

Souths: Jai Arrow (I am dreaming) or Keoan KEAONKOLOAMATANGI

We seem to have a gap at lock and there are a lot of Locks in those sides.

 

[Glenji95]

Ah, we should NOT be downgrading our forwards. Please repeat after me, we should not be downgrading our forwards.

We haven't sorted our spine, and if our front row cannot punch on... Then the spine needs to take up the tackling side of defense along with the Strategic side.

Dogs: Josh Curran (doubt it would happen), Kurt Mann maybe...

Souths: Jai Arrow (I am dreaming) or Keoan KEAONKOLOAMATANGI

We seem to have a gap at lock and there are a lot of Locks in those sides.

Koloamatangi is a Souths junior no way he’ll leave.

 

[TYGA]

The question has to be asked as to why he’s gone from Dally M second rower of the year to what he is currently. What is it about players signing here & becoming a shadow of their former selves?

The bloke putting him through holes. I think Tigers believe they have addressed that in Luai. Moses is a fair player as was Dylan Brown. You don’t let players like that go until you get the halves right. Luai and Galvin should be a good pairing.

 

[weststigerman]

A few people have suggested we move him to the middle. I've definitely warmed to this idea. He plays like a prop the back row at the moment.

Bring him off the bench in the middle and let Fainu and Bateman play either edge.

 

[weststigerman]

The bloke putting him through holes. I think Tigers believe they have addressed that in Luai. Moses is a fair player as was Dylan Brown. You don’t let players like that go until you get the halves right. Luai and Galvin should be a good pairing.

I think there is more to it than that.

- Weaker team overall
- Lack of forward momentum
- Lack of halves putting him in holes
- He's not in a team playing with confidence like Parra
- His standards have lowered since moving to WT

 

[mikey]

I think there is more to it than that.

- Weaker team overall
- Lack of forward momentum
- Lack of halves putting him in holes
- He's not in a team playing with confidence like Parra
- His standards have lowered since moving to WT

No argument with those points but would like to add:
We are psychologically conditioned to losing.

 

[weststigerman]

No argument with those points but would like to add:
We are psychologically conditioned to losing.

Agree.

It's pretty consistent when we start a season, our new players are our best, and then by the end of the season they fall back to the rest of the group.

Bula, Klemmer, Api last year. Galvin, and S Fainu this year => get ready for them to slow down significantly by round 20. Even Daine Laurie looked great in his first year with us.

 

[hank37w]

Just like the supporters they get worn down.

At least they get paid for their time and suffering.

 

[Newtown]

Ok, so we all agree that Papalii isn't performing here.

Great, so lets swap him!
Papalii has enough form and rep to be worth something to other teams. RCG would be a player I would target from Parra for a swap with Pap's.
Roosters may want to give someone up. Melbourne, this guy comes to mind...
NelsonAsofa-SolomonaPositionPropIs a member of theStorm
https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/teams/nrl-premiership/melbourne-storm/nelson-asofa-solomona/
We talk to the players, we talk to the team and we make it happen.
No point in Paps staying here if he won't perform here.

It's in Benji's Court as to whether he takes action.

 

[Tim Sheens]

We should never have let blore go

Certainly not, as he was our best hole runner, even if not great.

 

[Oldman]

He is a middle forward our problem is we don’t have any big aggressive edge forwards other than Fainu at the moment to move him into the middle permanently.
Bateman is probably the answer at the moment but I think his game would best be suited coming off the bench after 20 minutes adding a bit of speed into the middle with his elusive running and quick play the ball.

 

[Telltails]

You don't move forward on a player like IPap you bring other players to strengthen the quality of the squad. The very reason why players perform better in higher quality teams.

 

[innsaneink]

Thanks. We have taken our 14yo son to again enjoy the annual multiple day (up to 8 such as here, depending on the region) national water fight known as the Songkran festival along the eastern Bay of Thailand.

Then off to central Vietnam on Wednesday for a week, returning for several more days relaxing at a quiet beach to round off our break before returning to AUS on the 29th ready for the school term beginning the next day.

Sounds. Like it was a great trip I have friends that have done Songkran looks a lot of fun with the big SupaSoakers

 

[Bigscreentv]

yeah i do get that and dont disagree, but still doesn't account for some of his issues. I see a lack of desire in the extra effort area's. By no means is he on his own in that regard, i just don't rate the guy.

I sometimes think that we thought Papalii was great before he came to the Tigers because he used to tear our terrible defense apart.