Alex Seyfarth #232

Bigscreentv said:
There was no need to hold the ball put in front, in the wet when we are 6 points up with a minute to go, but we life and learn.

His discipline is much better this year in general and when he’s put in the right position on edges he’s a massive handful. Also quite skillful hands as she showed for Turuva try.

Has caught a fair few hospital balls from Galvin where Galvin probably should have just taken the hit.
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Yea, I am in the BabyGiraffeFanClub myself.

Seyfarth is playing above his weight, which is yes at tops a Bench player like 15/16...
But were winning games, games we would have lost last year.

A part of rebuilding a team is not just the gun players. Not just the Terrell May or Api Koroisau's... It's seeing players like Seyfarth change from Reserve grade to first grade. What I have seen is still some stupid errors but fewer errors and lots of work.... He reminds me of Bryce Gibbs but more reliable.
 
I thought he was good last night apart from the drop at the end. Lots of small things that don't appear on the scoreboard, for example he was the last man putting pressure on Su'A before he bombed the try.

Sure he's physically limited but he makes the most out of what god gave him. Valuable player to have in your team.
 
Red88_Tiger said:
Galvin and seyfarth made notably more tackles than the other edge. Seyfarth held well defensively by the stats and probably the reason he’s paired with Galvin and not fainu
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Teams are targeting him and Galvin and having success doing it

Seyfarth makes a lot of tackles but he rarely ever wins the contact, attackers always get a quick play the ball running at him. Big test for them against Storm
 
Seyfarth is one of the most overrated players on this forum and it’s honestly a joke how often he gets excuses made for him on here. It’s showing signs of Brooks level excuses and delusion.

His only above average quality is his defence and even then he’s good for some clangers. He would be lucky to even sniff a bench spot, let alone a starting spot in any other top 8 or even top 12 side. He’s good for a few dumb penalties and errors a game and gets dominated in just about every carry he takes.

You want an example of the latter? He had 13 runs for 69m last week with 21 post carry metres. That is a joke for a starting second rower with his experience and size.

And that isn’t a one-off game. He averages around 66m a game. As a starter who plays 80 minutes. That’s a joke. I will happily take KPP or frankly any second rower with an pulse over that anchor. He has had every opportunity to develop and has done sweet FA.
 
BBTF said:
A few years ago he tested the market and fot absolutely zero bites elsewhere.

Ideally he would be player 17-20 in our team but we are so short on backrowers. We are 2 good backrowers short at least at the moemnt.

He has played better this year. All effort. Still a few dumb plays like the 80th minute play.
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new Zealand warriors were after him
 
Jedi_Tiger said:
new Zealand warriors were after him
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Roosters and Panthers were after David Fifita as well,
He just had a less than underwhelming performance in Q Cup by all reports.

Understand your answer, and I've seen it here before (Plenty)
Just because a club has interest in a Player, Doesn't make them a better one.
unfortunately...
 
batboy said:
Roosters and Panthers were after David Fifita as well,
He just had a less than underwhelming performance in Q Cup by all reports.

Understand your answer, and I've seen it here before (Plenty)
Just because a club has interest in a Player, Doesn't make them a better one.
unfortunately...
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David Fifita has half a dozen good “palm off runs” a year and people think he is a world beater…Dessie has shown him up to be a non committed, lazy player…hope we never consider signing him.
 
Tiger_Yoshi said:
David Fifita has half a dozen good “palm off runs” a year and people think he is a world beater…Dessie has shown him up to be a non committed, lazy player…hope we never consider signing him.
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Now there is a player who is overated. I dont think anyone over rates Seyfarth - we just know that he competes which is far better than a barnstormer who turns up once in a blue moon.
 
Like him or hate him I’m sure most would agree that he’s improving each year and I can see a solid first grader next year.
It takes time on the paddock to improve
One example comes to mind is Leilua. Madge gave him time and he improved. Funnily enough he’s actually gone backwards since leaving
 
I do not understand the forums obsession for bashing Seyfarth. He is a loyal clubman who is asked to do a job & is doing it well. No, he's not setting the world on fire but is slowly improving & his decoy/line running has opened up a lot of space for that right edge for Star/Turuva to capitalise. He is not someone who is breaking the bank & his teammates seem to like having him around. At the end of the day at least you know he is a Tiger at heart & every club needs a bloke like Red in its top 30.
 
Tiger_Yoshi said:
David Fifita has half a dozen good “palm off runs” a year and people think he is a world beater…Dessie has shown him up to be a non committed, lazy player…hope we never consider signing him.
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Gotta be a reason why...and i think several coaches have tried and failed
IF....if someone could get him playing with more hunger and desire more consistently then hed be a weapon...that was my * about him when i mentioned him last week
 
Lukic said:
I thought he was good last night apart from the drop at the end. Lots of small things that don't appear on the scoreboard, for example he was the last man putting pressure on Su'A before he bombed the try.

Sure he's physically limited but he makes the most out of what god gave him. Valuable player to have in your team.
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Yep, most, if not all of us rightly have some issues with him being a starter, but not many second rowers get across to the other side of the field to attempt to save situations near as often as Seyfarth does. His effort plays do not go unnoticed by me.
 
Batmans Parents said:
Seyfarth is one of the most overrated players on this forum and it’s honestly a joke how often he gets excuses made for him on here. It’s showing signs of Brooks level excuses and delusion.

His only above average quality is his defence and even then he’s good for some clangers. He would be lucky to even sniff a bench spot, let alone a starting spot in any other top 8 or even top 12 side. He’s good for a few dumb penalties and errors a game and gets dominated in just about every carry he takes.

You want an example of the latter? He had 13 runs for 69m last week with 21 post carry metres. That is a joke for a starting second rower with his experience and size.

And that isn’t a one-off game. He averages around 66m a game. As a starter who plays 80 minutes. That’s a joke. I will happily take KPP or frankly any second rower with a pulse over that anchor. He has had every opportunity to develop and has done sweet FA.
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Some of your stuff is right but seyfarth on sat nite was quite good, better than I have seen before. He passed a great ball to the winger for the try, but he also had numerous offloads. And good ones around the corner, one of his offloads led eventually to a try.
Although his bad knock on in the last minute of the game, think he’s getting better not just so one dimensional.
 
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