OFFICIAL Apisai Koroisau #263

I think with Api & Pap coming and with Steff & Blore healthy our forward pack should be much stronger and provide Brooks & AD with a much better platform for our attach.
Hastings should play 13 and play a similar role as Yeo at Penrith.
Centres is where we really fall down, however I'm hopeful that Talau and Tupou come good.
Outside our top 13 our back ups really fall away, and although we have some good young forwards coming through, they may need another year to get to NRL level.
 
TrueTiger said:
Cobar,without putting a dampener on Api coming here next season....just remember the system he is coming from and the system he is going to play in are worlds apart...
I hope he is everything we expect and more,however,Blair comes to mind,brilliant in a brilliant system and a flop in ours...lets stay positive and see what eventuates....
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Played well for manly when coached by Trent b, not an easy job
 
TrueTiger said:
Cobar,without putting a dampener on Api coming here next season....just remember the system he is coming from and the system he is going to play in are worlds apart...
I hope he is everything we expect and more,however,Blair comes to mind,brilliant in a brilliant system and a flop in ours...lets stay positive and see what eventuates....
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Don't sell Api short, when he joined Manly & Panthers both teams were outside the 8 before he joined.

At Manly they went from 13th to the semis
Panthers went 10th to leading the comp

He didn't do it on his own of course & sure the last 2-3 years have been amazing for him but he is a quality player who is the best in the game atm in his position.

We should be expecting some improvement on Api joining alone just not miracle improvement of course.
 
Mighty_Tiger said:
Don't sell Api short, when he joined Manly & Panthers both teams were outside the 8 before he joined.

At Manly they went from 13th to the semis
Panthers went 10th to leading the comp

He didn't do it on his own of course & sure the last 2-3 years have been amazing for him but he is a quality player who is the best in the game atm in his position.

We should be expecting some improvement on Api joining alone just not miracle improvement of course.
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In Api We Trust 🤜🤛
 
Mighty_Tiger said:
Don't sell Api short, when he joined Manly & Panthers both teams were outside the 8 before he joined.

At Manly they went from 13th to the semis
Panthers went 10th to leading the comp

He didn't do it on his own of course & sure the last 2-3 years have been amazing for him but he is a quality player who is the best in the game atm in his position.

We should be expecting some improvement on Api joining alone just not miracle improvement of course.
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Our players will need to adjust. Things happen much quicker around him when he has the ball.
 
He's been a bit of a journey man throughout his career.....

Souths > Manly > Penrith > now Tigers.

Does he just play out his deal and chase a better deal when the time comes ?

Surely he has shown enough for a club to try and keep him long term?

Mercenary or what ?
 
Demps said:
He's been a bit of a journey man throughout his career.....

Souths > Manly > Penrith > now Tigers.

Does he just play out his deal and chase a better deal when the time comes ?

Surely he has shown enough for a club to try and keep him long term?

Mercenary or what ?
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Yeah but you know what it’s refreshing that he sees out his contracts. Which is a shame on the nrl muppet show coz it should be the norm.
 
Demps said:
He's been a bit of a journey man throughout his career.....

Souths > Manly > Penrith > now Tigers.

Does he just play out his deal and chase a better deal when the time comes ?

Surely he has shown enough for a club to try and keep him long term?

Mercenary or what ?
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Was at Penrith for a year before Manly...
Maybe was when they were experimenting with Wallace at Hooker and didn't have a future there,
Followed Barrett to Manly.

He's from the Inner west - Maybe he's set up out west now with a young family and didn't wanna move too far... We also paid him more than he's ever been paid.
We got him at a good time and Penrith couldn't afford to upgrade him - Eels were trying to snag Mahoney and overlooked him.

How the hell he's on 450 odd at Penrith as the games best Hooker is beyond me - He's been under the radar I feel for a while....
They got a steal.
 
batboy said:
Was at Penrith for a year before Manly...
Maybe was when they were experimenting with Wallace at Hooker and didn't have a future there,
Followed Barrett to Manly.

He's from the Inner west - Maybe he's set up out west now with a young family and didn't wanna move too far... We also paid him more than he's ever been paid.
We got him at a good time and Penrith couldn't afford to upgrade him - Eels were trying to snag Mahoney and overlooked him.

How the hell he's on 450 odd at Penrith as the games best Hooker is beyond me - He's been under the radar I feel for a while....
They got a steal.
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Yeah, he's legit.

I'm very interested to see the professionalism he brings to our club.

Literally the best in the game at his position and has been for some time.

> Cook
 
Demps said:
Yeah, he's legit.

I'm very interested to see the professionalism he brings to our club.

Literally the best in the game at his position and has been for some time.

> Cook
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Very unheralded....
Outplayed Cook and Grant this year for sure.

I'm interested to see what he does for the Halves (Whoever they are) next year.
I also expect the Fullback (Whoever that is) to have his bootlace tied to the ball in attack the whole game...
Reckon he'll give the forwards an extra leg - Even though they're well below par....
A bit of something extra across the board won't go astray.
 
Buttface said:
Yeah but you know what it’s refreshing that he sees out his contracts. Which is a shame on the nrl muppet show coz it should be the norm.
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And he may just be going to highest bidder but at least he earns his money when he is there

Not just a pension top up

But wait

We haven't seen him play in a tigers jersey yet
 
batboy said:
Very unheralded....
Outplayed Cook and Grant this year for sure.

I'm interested to see what he does for the Halves (Whoever they are) next year.
I also expect the Fullback (Whoever that is) to have his bootlace tied to the ball in attack the whole game...
Reckon he'll give the forwards an extra leg - Even though they're well below par....
A bit of something extra across the board won't go astray.
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There's something going on behind the scenes.
I truly believe well see some new recruits join before round 1.

Hopefully improvements to the pack.
See what happens.
 
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