Asu Kepaoa #236

[pawsandclaws1]

Tough debut. Clearly looked nervous, slippery conditions, team getting flogged. When running the footy he looked good, can’t write him off after one game

Can’t write him off yet but he is years away from first grade. Maybe we should try signing some players who are NRL ready.

Easier said than done. Wouldn’t say years away dropped some balls but did a lot of good things as well.

Way out of his depth. If Titans, Dogs can sign good players we have no excuse.

I'll put it to you that Asu Kepaoa will be an outstanding young player for WTs. Talau and Kepaoa should be our centres from now. Leilua should be moved to the UK.

I don’t disagree. But he’s not there yet

He should be in the centres.

 

[Snake]

He showed me enough to think there is an upside , was willing and did not stop trying .

 

[jadtiger]

Not a great debut but he is young and we were badly beaten all over the paddock tonight.At least he should improve unlike more than a few others at the club.

 

[clontarfkid]

The kids hands were terrible...nowhere near ready for NRL.Needs an offseason catching high balls
Even missed the grubber after fulltime

 

[tiger05premier]

He showed me enough to think there is an upside , was willing and did not stop trying .

Both wingers did

Shame our forwards couldn't show Nofos heart

 

[finnzo]

I think his effort was fantastic and he was putting his hands up for the tough carries just needs to work on his hands

 

[old_man_tiger]

Has he played since covid?
More heart than most tigers players.

 

[davey_farrell]

i agree snake, the kid tried must give him another go, if he gets dropped for jennings next week im done!

 

[JC99]

He’ll play next week. Walters Injured probably means Mbye 9 Liddle 14.

 

[hsvjones]

He’ll play next week. Walters Injured probably means Mbye 9 Liddle 14.

Oh God.... Can we give Simpkins a go as he cannot do any worse... Season is gone we may as well give him a run

 

[finnzo]

Drop mbye start liddle with Simpkin on the bench we need to start looking to the future

 

[Lauren]

He showed me enough to think there is an upside , was willing and did not stop trying .

Both wingers did

Shame our forwards couldn't show Nofos heart

Look I know he has the occasional error in him but I've aways gotten the impression that he's a competitive yet selfless player - who does everything in his power to help the team. I see the same effort in Luciano Leilua too....I absolutely love the standard he always holds himself to.

 

[Guest]

Tough night for him. Never looked comfortable under the high ball and it just got worse the longer the night went. He'll learn from it I'm sure.

 

[izotope]

had a tough debut, willing to give him another crack

 

[JC99]

He’ll play next week. Walters Injured probably means Mbye 9 Liddle 14.

Oh God.... Can we give Simpkins a go as he cannot do any worse... Season is gone we may as well give him a run

Mbye made some errors but his service was fantastic. Liddle will go good too.

 

[walter]

I seen kids play in the nrl trial at the start of the year who made a couple of errors but look liked they had more talent then this kid

 

[jirskyr]

He seems to have the basics - size and a bit of toe. Gets his handling right and it's ok.

Everyone took a turn at dropping the footy tonight, I don't see any reason to focus excessively at the new guy.

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

He didn’t shy away and still made an effort which was alot more than others who have made mistakes all year. I would give him more gametime.

 

[Elderslie_Tiger]

I cannot believe the number of flogs on this forum that want to give it to a kid making his debut which was probably the only game he has played all season in a badly beaten side we are to soft in attack and defence and need to be tougher in defence

 

[TYGA]

The kid looks like a future first grader. Big, tall runs with good footwork and some power.
He’s young some bad drops and missed tackles.

He has to be in the side every week as does Talau, Douihei, Blore, McIntyre, Garner, Luciano, Aloai and even Mikalele who had a shocker.

Season is finished anyone not featuring next year has to go. Anyone shopped around also gone. The kids now need a run. Older players are holding them back. They can lose by 40 at least they grow.