OFFICIAL Starford To’a #253

Rock Hopper Steve said:
If Toa is picked this arvo I will be shocked, just shocked, it looks to me like he's playing as if his shoulder is held together by an elastic band.

If it's not the case and that's what he wants to dish up on game day and he's picked, what happened to Benji's standards, what message is it sending to the juniors that you can play like a pedestrian and still get a game.

No standards met means no 1st grade, hell, his last game wasn't even reserve grade standard.
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He has picked him a number of other times , after similar performance …. Although that last one was particularly bad … I’d be favouring Herbert over him ..and he is no superstar by any means
 
Buttface said:
It’s hard to understand why Herbs got dropped for a bloke coming back off injury who played shite in his first Reggies games back.
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I reckon Toa is tackle shy due to that shoulder.
Remember Benji had that issue for a while after coming back from a shoulder injury, took him months before he got the confidence back to tackle using that shoulder. I remember a lot of forum folk on here were calling for him to be dropped, he was a real turnstile, constantly targeted by opposing forwards.
 
Tommy Talau is off contract at the end of the season, would he be a good option in the centres, if only for depth? How old is he? 26 or something like that?

He's been out of form of late but could thrive at the Tigers if he returned with the squad we have now.
 
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Tigerdazz2 said:
Tommy Talau is off contract at the end of the season, would he be a good option in the centres, if only for depth? How old is he? 26 or something like that?

He's been out of form of late but could thrive at the Tigers if hevreturned with the squad we have now.
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Prefer Izaak Tago and his brother Jake for depth.

Got a few top 30 backs off contract
William Craig
Solomone Saukura
Heath Mason
Jeral Skeltonq
Luke Lualili [Perth]

Need to make improvements.
 
Tigerdazz2 said:
I reckon Toa is tackle shy due to that shoulder.
Remember Benji had that issue for a while after coming back from a shoulder injury, took him months before he got the confidence back to tackle using that shoulder. I remember a lot of forum folk on here were calling for him to be dropped, he was a real turnstile, constantly targeted by opposing forwards.
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You might be right there. But Toa doesn’t have the upside to be carried, he should be coming back through reggies. Herbs was good and played well when dropped last week, I’m picking him over star.
And Star should take note of how a professional gets dropped, but still plays well trying to get back to NRL.
 
If Benji can get Herbert to quit going for the intercept, then it’s a no brainer. T’oa has regressed yet again to his lazy best and frankly, I’m not buying the shoulder excuse because he was pulling the same crap in 23 and 24 when he didn’t have a busted shoulder.
 
You Know Who said:
If Benji can get Herbert to quit going for the intercept, then it’s a no brainer. T’oa has regressed yet again to his lazy best and frankly, I’m not buying the shoulder excuse because he was pulling the same crap in 23 and 24 when he didn’t have a busted shoulder.
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This guy has been floating around first grade for a long time without really delivering.

It's an incredibly poor decision extending him.

Don't forget, there was some nonsense around him too... talks of him extending then he made a post saying "It's all rumours" like he was looking down on the club, in a sense.
 
Thank the football gods he ain't there. Will not knock him as a human. But to represent out colours in the top echelon - has to be questioned.

Coach Benji - what didn't you see that we did?

Why did you drop Herbert, when we weren't losing?
 
Tigerdazz2 said:
I reckon Toa is tackle shy due to that shoulder.
Remember Benji had that issue for a while after coming back from a shoulder injury, took him months before he got the confidence back to tackle using that shoulder. I remember a lot of forum folk on here were calling for him to be dropped, he was a real turnstile, constantly targeted by opposing forwards.
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He wasn’t even getting himself into position to make a collision at all, constantly making the wrong defensive reads and left in no man’s land. Truly one of the worst centre performances of all time

Herbert might not have the same skill set in attack but atleast he has a defensive presence about him, meaning if he hits you, you might think twice about running his way again
 
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