OFFICIAL Fonua Pole #257

Pole has been at his damaging best as a ball runner the past month. Still a very poor defender.
Seyfarth cops a lot of unjustified criticism. His ball running is below the NRL average but definitely at least up to NRL standard. He has a nice pass at the line that I'd like to see utilised more with others running up with him (this will help his own metreage as well). Defence is very good. He always presents a jersey. Still has the odd error and discipline issue but not as bad as he once was.
 
I'll say one more thing about Alex, when he stuffs up he is genuinely pissed off with himself which is more than can be said for so many of the others that laugh it off and think that a high 5 is enough to fix the situation.

I've already made comments about Pole looking like he's fixed up some of the stupid errors he's had in his game up until a few weeks ago.

Hope he continues on that path and works hard on his defensive issues.

Verdict: Both are keepers despite what some others may say.
 
Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan said:
They both deserve recognition. Pole has really turned it up lately when his team mates look like they can't be arsed.

Rugby league has been around for well over 100 years, yet no matter how complicated coaches make the game, the simple game plan of "run hard, tackle hard" never goes out of style.
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Yep, run hard tackle hard and do it with speed.
 
EllisFan said:
I’d say last 4-6 weeks. Needs to keep improving to get to the level we need him at.
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The fact that he hasn’t done a double movement two weeks in a row means he’s improved, but that’s a very low bar, but so is a Tigers fan after 2 months of getting walked over. Bollard has a lot of work to do on consistency, defence, errors and game awareness. Even his A game still needs work. He’d be a career benchy at a top 8 club. He does have potential, can he reach that, I’m not so sure.
 
king_sirro said:
Pole's defence is still very questionable. He is not a rock in the middle like we need. Doesnt hit and stick very well at all. His go forward has been great. I have always said he has the talent, but we need to put a lot of work into him defensively.
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Bench impact middle
 
simonsatiger said:
In what's been a diabolical season these two have stood out.

I was seriously starting to wonder if they were gonna make it but they have.

Pole has got rid of that stupid error or two per game that killed him and i would say he is a gun and our best prop. Really damaging runs and fast play the balls that get us moving.

And Seybarge is just all effort. Never stops and can run a good line and pull off a top hit. He has also gotten rid of that error that dogged his game.

Thumbs up to these two lads well done I say!!
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Are they both playing for contracts?
 
I have been a massive silent critic of Seyfarth, but to be fair, even if he gets it wrong, he probably puts the most effort into the games consistently week in, week out. I would prefer him as depth or at most on the bench to cover short periods at lock, but since our salary cap is in abit of a pickle next year we probably don't have much attraction coming here and attracting players
 
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