foreveratiger
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Yeah i have to admit i was also 😱pen_mouth: when Taylor caught him .
Simona run down by a warriors NYC prop
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GNR4LIFE
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Mamo's a star. Very much like Tedesco.
tsjonathan
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@littletiger said:
Mamo a skirt? Have you seen the kid play? He's arguably the best winger coming through…
GNR4LIFE
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Give it 5 or 6 rounds and old man Gidley will be clinging with all he's got to keep Mamo out. Gidley captained NSW a couple yrs ago without even warranting a place in the side, it might happen at his club too.
Simona has an injury issue(I hope so anyway). Watch how he runs - his hamstrings are so tight it has impacted his running style and speed….
Late last year we saw him lose his pace and he had that same constrained running style we saw during the nines when he was run down.
I'm concerned that Simona is injured, as he sure has lost ALOT of speed...also, Fine, many were touting how fast he is, well he must've left his speed shoes in Sydney, 'cause he was running with lead shoes at the nines....so slow for a back..
Late last year we saw him lose his pace and he had that same constrained running style we saw during the nines when he was run down.
I'm concerned that Simona is injured, as he sure has lost ALOT of speed...also, Fine, many were touting how fast he is, well he must've left his speed shoes in Sydney, 'cause he was running with lead shoes at the nines....so slow for a back..
littletiger
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Memo is the flavour of the month… That's nice.
GNR4LIFE
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@littletiger said:
Would you have said that about Tedesco after last yrs tournament?
balmain boy
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@alexaki said:
Huh, I've never seen anyone ever claim that Fine was fast. You must be thinking of a different player. He's always been a steady and unspectacular player. Solid in defence, quite a powerful runner, capable of playing second row, but speed has never been his thing.
He's basically the same as Halatau was around 10 years ago. A centre, more likely to play back row later in his career, with powerful leg drive.
I'd have him above Lawrence on performance at the moment. better defensively, more threatening in attack.
Simona was one of our few express players. We need him at 100% pace for the NRL season proper. We can't afford to lose any more speed.
jirskyr
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The other thing is the mentality of a player being chased. Some players run full-tilt regardless of the chase, and sometimes that is the difference to beat the diving defender.
Simona knew he was pegged about half-way into that sprint, he almost gave up. Like some have said, he was probably gassed and knew he didn't have the legs, but frankly I see in him now a little of the aging Benji: once they stop backing themselves in a sprint, they throttle down early from a full-tilt chase.
Simona knew he was pegged about half-way into that sprint, he almost gave up. Like some have said, he was probably gassed and knew he didn't have the legs, but frankly I see in him now a little of the aging Benji: once they stop backing themselves in a sprint, they throttle down early from a full-tilt chase.
jirskyr
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@pHyR3 said:
I'm not comparing ages, I am saying that some players start to lose their speed, for whatever reason (injury, age, weight), and they lose confidence in a sprint. My feeling is that Simona is less effective in open space than he used to be.
Lawrence is only 26 and he has been written off as a slowpoke for several seasons now.
