Stefano Utoikamanu #241

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Just a thought...
Perhaps the club isn't too concerned with props and are happy with the 2025 options?

- Alex Twal (Workhorse)
- David Klemmer (Experience)
- Fonua Pole (Impact)
- Sione Fainu (Crafty)
- Jordan Millet (Impact?)
- Alex Seyfarth (Utility Forward)
- Reuben Porter (More of a backrower)
- Justin Matamua (Playmaker prop)
- Chris Faagutu (Lock / Prop)
- Kit Lualilii (Lock / Prop)

All contracted for 2025 and all capable of playing the Prop position.

Maybe 25 is a stepup or stepout year and the bigger play is 26 given the prop market that potentially hits come Nov this year.
 
Twal has disappointed me this year. He has zero presence. I thought last year he showed good promise, had a little bit of footwork and got over the advantage line. It’s a shame he’s signed up for so long as I believe he is surplus to our requirements.

In saying that he could be decent trade bait. He may do well in a storm type system.
 
24 years old and using virginity as an insult...cringe.

Geez that’s ugly from him.

Stefano has taken the easy option for his career to date

Chose us over working past RCG/Paulo because he was guaranteed a NRL spot

Chose Bulldogs over Storm & Us because he won’t have to fight/work as much / lead / be out of his comfort zone

Stefano has always played his best games when he had an experienced form prop beside him. When he gets plodder help he becomes totally ineffective. Good luck to the Bulldogs he will be adequate servant but he won’t be an enforcer.
 
Has the bullshit Paul 'creepy' Crawley article been posted in this thread yet? The flog is a bigger tosser than old alcho Buzz.

Tell me you have an axe to grind against Richo without telling me you have an axe to grind.

Written by someone that has never sat down and watched Stef play. Bloke writes the article like Stef is the second coming of Webcke.

Lucky his brother Steve Crawley is the boss at Fox sports otherwise he may end up with Paul Kent at Centrelink.

The article is garbage and even Tallis said he is not worth $800k, yet Richo is wrong to suggest we offered overs which all bottom sides have had to do to retain any talent.

Click bait article and agree we just need to focus on getting a few decent props that hold the middle, hit the ball up with a quick play the ball and we will do better than what we could with one $800k prop.

If he goes to the storm then he will see success, the Dogs have been good this year but so were the Cowboys two years ago and then failed the following year and based on last night the Cowboys will not go to far in the finals.
 
Listening to Benji and Richo, they don’t seem too upset Stephanie is going….i can see why.
Don't know why the Leichhardt crowd were so lenient with him last night, must have felt sorry for the pathetic pea heart.

Was expecting them to give it to him big time but I expect it was probably more out of respect for some of the players that came out in his support before the game.
 
Geez that’s ugly from him.

Stefano has taken the easy option for his career to date

Chose us over working past RCG/Paulo because he was guaranteed a NRL spot

Chose Bulldogs over Storm & Us because he won’t have to fight/work as much / lead / be out of his comfort zone

Stefano has always played his best games when he had an experienced form prop beside him. When he gets plodder help he becomes totally ineffective. Good luck to the Bulldogs he will be adequate servant but he won’t be an enforcer.
He’s the kind of guy who’s always looking for the escalator instead of the stairs.
 
I wish we kept him. I understand his leaving and he hasn't been great but I get it. We have been proper bad his whole time here and I'm sure he contributes that to missing out on origin somewhat. I think if he goes to the doggies he will still be an above average prop but if he goes to Melbourne he could be anything. I also don't think the tiges are that good at developing talent and that could also contribute. I still feel like he could be P Hass lite with the right coach.
 
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