Latu Fainu #282

Latu at this point in his career does not look like a natural kicker of the ball. He also seems a 5/8 more than a half to me. He has some great qualities however physical resilience (injuries) doesn’t seem to be one and his technique in D needs some refinement. Plenty of courage though. Some of his other skills also need a polish however he is so young so there’s plenty of time.
I have been a fan of playing him off the bench as a 13 or first or second receiver - i don’t see why you can’t play the game with multiple ball players. Also his darting runs in and around the middle could create havoc.

Sukkar needs to keep developing and growing physically. As he gets older he needs to learn to play with more aggression as well. He surprised me last night.

As for Luke L…. He has heaps of courage however much to learn and for a guy his size he needs more footy smarts in order to make it. I am not sure he has the speed he needs to be an NRL threat, or the D technique to be an option for us at this stage considering his current size. When I look at some of the wingers in the better sides he just doesn’t compare at the moment. Not writing him off yet as he sill has plenty of years to get there perhaps and do love his ticker.
 
Yeh. I guess we'll just have to hear from the media. But I thought members get inside info. Privelage. Maybe they can inform us before Buzz. On his shoulder injury. I'd be worried too. Members first.
 
orange&black said:
Latu at this point in his career does not look like a natural kicker of the ball. He also seems a 5/8 more than a half to me. He has some great qualities however physical resilience (injuries) doesn’t seem to be one and his technique in D needs some refinement. Plenty of courage though. Some of his other skills also need a polish however he is so young so there’s plenty of time.
I have been a fan of playing him off the bench as a 13 or first or second receiver - i don’t see why you can’t play the game with multiple ball players. Also his darting runs in and around the middle could create havoc.

Sukkar needs to keep developing and growing physically. As he gets older he needs to learn to play with more aggression as well. He surprised me last night.

As for Luke L…. He has heaps of courage however much to learn and for a guy his size he needs more footy smarts in order to make it. I am not sure he has the speed he needs to be an NRL threat, or the D technique to be an option for us at this stage considering his current size. When I look at some of the wingers in the better sides he just doesn’t compare at the moment. Not writing him off yet as he sill has plenty of years to get there perhaps and do love his ticker.
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Great post 👍
 
orange&black said:
As for Luke L…. He has heaps of courage however much to learn and for a guy his size he needs more footy smarts in order to make it. I am not sure he has the speed he needs to be an NRL threat, or the D technique to be an option for us at this stage considering his current size. When I look at some of the wingers in the better sides he just doesn’t compare at the moment. Not writing him off yet as he sill has plenty of years to get there perhaps and do love his ticker.
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Something I kept thinking about.

Turuva, Skelton.

Both have trained outside of our system, our defense should be crap with 2x wingers coming in and not learning how we do defense.

Yet both have been totally awesome. our attack has massively improved, Turuva lives on the tryline.
But more then that our defense has improved so much.
It isn't Toa/AD as the center pairing. We know what thye were like 2024.
It isn't our forward pack, We lost Bateman/Klemmer who did a stack of work in defense.

Unless it's Luai actually organising people into the right spots, it's these two ensuring we actually have a hard edge.
 
I suppose now we are going to have to wait to get Latu on the field at the same time as Luai and Galvin. As i have said before - there is nothing wrong with looking at the game a little differently. Bellamy has been doing it for years. If you watch the way the Storm attack over the last few seasons - they don’t just set up for a left or right shift after a few tackles like most teams. They come in waves with multiple ball players stepping up first one way then the next with multiple support players pushing up together, wave after wave in the same set. It can be Hughes, Munster, Paps, Grant, Wishart etc. It’s very difficult to defend.
We are one dimensional in attack, they are multidimensional - the advantage of having the same core players for years along with inventive coaching.
 
orange&black said:
I suppose now we are going to have to wait to get Latu on the field at the same time as Luai and Galvin. As i have said before - there is nothing wrong with looking at the game a little differently. Bellamy has been doing it for years. If you watch the way the Storm attack over the last few seasons - they don’t just set up for a left or right shift after a few tackles like most teams. They come in waves with multiple ball players stepping up first one way then the next with multiple support players pushing up together, wave after wave in the same set. It can be Hughes, Munster, Paps, Grant, Wishart etc. It’s very difficult to defend.
We are one dimensional in attack, they are multidimensional - the advantage of having the same core players for years along with inventive coaching.
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I think, from the way we are playing, that we are heading in a similar direction. The key difference is that they play ad lib within a structure, we tend to play ad lib at the moment. Once Galvin makes a decision and we settle on a long term spine that chaos amid structure will come. Players then simply run their lines waiting to be hit and adjusting as soon as a half break/break is made. Classic running footy - Taruva's try off Bula is a hint of what can happen when you throw convention out the window and play some expansive footy. If we can get the structure in around that we will be a much better team - we are still too clunky at the moment and missing key opportunities.
 
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BrissieTiger67 said:
Didn't see an amazing kicking game in the short time. His first one was a shocker but someone stuffed up the dummy half pass to him for it.
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I rewatched the first half, he is a very slick player, just class on every touch. First kick was a clanger for sure. My guess a mixture service and nerves.
 
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