OFFICIAL Heamasi Makasini #303

He had a rough 10 minutes, but no worse than Laulilii or Skelton. Maka’s errors just happened to be at the worst possible time.

As others have said, he’s 18 playing a position he doesn’t normally play. A break wouldn’t hurt but I can see why Benji won’t want to drop him.
 
weststigerman said:
He had a rough 10 minutes, but no worse than Laulilii or Skelton. Maka’s errors just happened to be at the worst possible time.

As others have said, he’s 18 playing a position he doesn’t normally play. A break wouldn’t hurt but I can see why Benji won’t want to drop him.
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It isn’t just a rough 10 minutes though….
He has been average at best in every game he has played this season.
When he was in the centres he refused to set up and use his winger and his defence was poor. Now on the wing, which I thought he may have gone ok at, he was just terrible.
He is a step too slow in everything he does and his strength isn’t at the required level.
He never worked his way up and earned his debut. He doesn’t belong at this level yet.
Lots of potential, be lots more to work on.
 
Tucker said:
It isn’t just a rough 10 minutes though….
He has been average at best in every game he has played this season.
When he was in the centres he refused to set up and use his winger and his defence was poor. Now on the wing, which I thought he may have gone ok at, he was just terrible.
He is a step too slow in everything he does and his strength isn’t at the required level.
He never worked his way up and earned his debut. He doesn’t belong at this level yet.
Lots of potential, be lots more to work on.
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The lofty heights reached in the trials made him look good and meant SFA unfortunately, think he should be given a break from 1st grade now.
 
he lost his head and had a complete shitter but it happens to all rookies, look at de courses last week played so bad he was hooked at half time
 
I thought he looked better at centre to be honest. Dropped the first one because Bula bailed out of contact at the last moment. If Bula was going to pass he should have done so earlier and/or told Makasini. The latter’s reaction suggested he did not.

Second was a simple drop. No pressure. I’d hate to blame him but that first one in particular was a momentum killer. They were really struggling to make ground.
 
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Everything he does this year either good or bad is vital experience that he needs for his development as a player.Naturally we all hope it will only be good things that happen but life is not like that.
He is young and learning and realisticaly that is all you can expect but i have no doubt he will be a better and more consistent footballer by the end of the year.Give him time and have patience.
 
Lukic said:
He probably could use a week or two off just to rest and re-group. I'm not gonna knock him for those two errors, it happens and he's been fine on that front the first few weeks. As I said earlier in the thread, he's been fine in first grade as an 18 year old, which puts him incredibly far ahead of the curve.
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But 'for an 18 year old' is not cutting it in first grade and consistently costing us.
 
jadtiger said:
Everything he does this year either good or bad is vital experience that he needs for his development as a player.Naturally we all hope it will only be good things that happen but life is not like that.
He is young and learning and realisticaly that is all you can expect but i have no doubt he will be a better and more consistent footballer by the end of the year.Give him time and have patience.
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Of course he will. Anyone with talent will improve with practice and encouragement. Unfortunately, his repeated errors in defense and attack are seriously costing the team and whereas his mistakes have been masked by wins in the past 3 weeks, last night they cost us the game. You simply cannot carry a player on LPlates indefinitely.
 
Plan and simple, had a sh.t game and I agree with what someone else said ,his defensive decision in most games this year have been questionable,his hit ups have been good not great, I don't by into the "he's only 18" either, he's in the team the coach has picked him to play, so get there and do your job , for example if a bloke gets called up he's 25 years old, plays his first 4 games of NRL has a shocker do you say , he's only 25 he's only played 4 games? Nar , he's been given a chance there's room for improvement,so have a couple of weeks in the reserve grade, dominate and get your confidence up and you will be back in the team. Adam Reynolds was the stand out difference unfortunately great kicking game.
 
HUNT 101 said:
Plan and simple, had a sh.t game and I agree with what someone else said ,his defensive decision in most games this year have been questionable,his hit ups have been good not great, I don't by into the "he's only 18" either, he's in the team the coach has picked him to play, so get there and do your job , for example if a bloke gets called up he's 25 years old, plays his first 4 games of NRL has a shocker do you say , he's only 25 he's only played 4 games? Nar , he's been given a chance there's room for improvement,so have a couple of weeks in the reserve grade, dominate and get your confidence up and you will be back in the team. Adam Reynolds was the stand out difference unfortunately great kicking game.
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2 costly mistakes yes

But there were some amazing hit ups where he did some solid grunt work.

Im proud of this 18 yo kid and I will persist with him for as long as it takes.

Fast Forward 20 more games.

He is a gun
 
I think he might be carrying a niggle, got hit hard a few times in the Knights game.

I was down in that corner where he made the 2 errors and the look of trepidation on his face said it all. Poor kid was mentally shot.

Don't think he needs to be dropped but a week on the extended bench would give him a chance to mentally and physically refresh which would do him the world of good.
 
Bula was injured, dogged it and sold him a bucket of 💩. Ya gotta be ready in NRL.
He had a rough ten minutes it’ll probably happen again, but this is first grade NRL if there’s someone else that offers more than they should be playing if not, than help the young bloke get over it this week and get ready for the game ahead.
 
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