Stefano Utoikamanu #241

[tig_prmz]

Is that response legit or doctored? If real, what a dumb move.

I genuinely feel people have been very harsh on him here, but God that's dumb to be replying

 

[boonboon]

Had a really poor first stint last night. Let drinkwater escape when he had him on the ground for Cowboys 1st try and through a ridiculous offload that lead to another. Was better in his 2nd stint but not by much

Klemmer played great last night - thought it was his best stint this year

 

[The Chad]

Had a really poor first stint last night. Let drinkwater escape when he had him on the ground for Cowboys 1st try and through a ridiculous offload that lead to another. Was better in his 2nd stint but not by much

Klemmer played great last night - thought it was his best stint this year

Klemmer is our best defensive middle.

 

[Tiger_Yoshi]

Wherever he goes i hope he never wins a premiership or at least WTs win one before he does. I feel the same with all the glory hunters that have left before him so it's nothing personal.

Stephanie:
“ the hardest decision of my life”
“ I love this club, coaches and the boys”
“ it’s not about winning a premiership”

Then why in hell is he leaving???

His IQ is that of a snails belly

 

[Bellend]

Who really cares. Thank you and good bye

 

[BrissieTiger67]

I've said it lots of times before and the best place for Creepy Crawley would be in the bottom of a swimming pool somewhere, preferably attached to an Early Kooka.

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That is so specific, i feel like you have definitely done this to someone and think about it every day... Not through any guilt or remorse, but you saw it on Antiques Roadshow go for half a million. Let it go mate.

 

[crazycat]

Stephanie:
“ the hardest decision of my life”
“ I love this club, coaches and the boys”
“ it’s not about winning a premiership”

Then why in hell is he leaving???

His IQ is that of a snails belly

More money, will win games on a more regular basis and can get mentored and improved.

Lets part on good terms and let Stef go elsewhere. Lets start thinking "we can welcome people back".

Guys like Galvin are going to want to play in top 8 teams. We will loose some of them. There should be a path back for those that perform.

 

[jirskyr]

Out of the big name signings they got Mahoney, Kikau and Crichton.

JAC and Burton were a while ago so not sure if they were part of the new admin group at the time.

We got Api, Papali'i, Bateman and Luai.

Don't see much difference in the marquee signings personally.

The difference is the signing of guys like Curran, Tracey, King and Mann who likely set a very good standard at training followed by a coach who knows how to develop guys like Preston and Kiraz to be able to perform properly week in week out.

I personally think that run of Burton, Kikau, Crichton, Mahoney, JAC, Tupouniua, Ciraldo and now possibly Stefano is a more substantive recruitment drive (all since 2022) compared to Api, Luai, Bateman, IP, Klemmer, Olam.

Luai may be the best signing of the lot but obviously hasn't played a game for Tigers yet, so we are yet to see what having both Api and Luai can do for us.

I think also Dogs got better value for their top signings than Tigers so far. Turns our IP and Bateman were more risky than we initially may have thought (Bateman perhaps was always a question-mark), also Klemmer has been average.

Whereas Burton, Kikau and Crichton have absolutely maintained their form at Canterbury.

 

[jirskyr]

Stephanie played his usual game….no one noticed him on the field

Whereas the new guy Johannssen was impressive and I knew nothing about him.

 

[jirskyr]

Most of those names aren’t worth p*ssing on….
You want to win games right?

What exactly IS worth pissing on? Asking for a friend.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

When he doesn’t have to do everything to get this team ahead

Thats what im saying. Just you said it better TB93

 

[Winston Churchill]

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.

The crowd knew he would start crying if they went too hard.

 

[Tiger_Yoshi]

I personally think that run of Burton, Kikau, Crichton, Mahoney, JAC, Tupouniua, Ciraldo and now possibly Stefano is a more substantive recruitment drive (all since 2022) compared to Api, Luai, Bateman, IP, Klemmer, Olam.

Luai may be the best signing of the lot but obviously hasn't played a game for Tigers yet, so we are yet to see what having both Api and Luai can do for us.

I think also Dogs got better value for their top signings than Tigers so far. Turns our IP and Bateman were more risky than we initially may have thought (Bateman perhaps was always a question-mark), also Klemmer has been average.

Whereas Burton, Kikau and Crichton have absolutely maintained their form at Canterbury.

They were also hitting or at their prime… our recruits were trending downhill.. and that’s what we got

 

[Tucker]

LOL geeze....called him a virgin? Hahaha
These famous people who reply to such nonsense are just plain stupid. If it must be done, get your mates to do it.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

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.

He wants to keep learning. Growing. Plying his trade with the best. What does that say for our juniours coming up from the ranks. What is the message he leaves.

 

[tig_prmz]

I personally think that run of Burton, Kikau, Crichton, Mahoney, JAC, Tupouniua, Ciraldo and now possibly Stefano is a more substantive recruitment drive (all since 2022) compared to Api, Luai, Bateman, IP, Klemmer, Olam.

Luai may be the best signing of the lot but obviously hasn't played a game for Tigers yet, so we are yet to see what having both Api and Luai can do for us.

I think also Dogs got better value for their top signings than Tigers so far. Turns our IP and Bateman were more risky than we initially may have thought (Bateman perhaps was always a question-mark), also Klemmer has been average.

Whereas Burton, Kikau and Crichton have absolutely maintained their form at Canterbury.

You seemed to suggest in your previous post that there was something shady going on with their recruitment since the new owners came into play.

I'm just suggesting that they have recruited similarly to us in terms of $$ but have recruited smarter and got more out of their signings because of a better coaching staff and probably better support from Gould and co.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

DT: It is understood that Utoikamanu has told the Storm he will sign with them after knocking back an approach from the Canterbury Bulldogs.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Total Respect. If true. But its DT.

 

[Speed2burn]

It’s official. Signed with storm

 

[WestsEffTheRest]

https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/news/2024/08/02/utoikamanu-joins-melbourne-storm/