OFFICIAL Starford To’a #253

He dodged contact all day , should be punished , Ryde Eastwood team for the rest of year and also a letter of you can move on if you like we will,pay 1/2 your wages to boot off for the next 18 months
 
Demps said:
Just let him go eh...

Hes AJ Kepoa 2.0
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Old Flippers, which park does he play in these days.
And the whole time he couldn’t bloody see. Talk about sharking us.

I have memorised the last two lines of the eye chart for the drivers license test.

Did you like the pun? Or is it still to early?
 
Makasini..Herbert.,Toa … if you are being honesf …it’s hard to have a lot of confidence in any of them ..they have been patchy at best this season ,,,Herbert’s club debut aside …I’d probably take him out of the three
 
Really annoys me Star. He's got all the ability, just doesn't seem to put it together.

Given such an opportunity to keep his spot and doesn't deliver.

One absolute cracker of a game for many, many bad ones.

He's somehow in the senior player group too, lol.
 
Moh said:
Really annoys me Star. He's got all the ability, just doesn't seem to put it together.

Given such an opportunity to keep his spot and doesn't deliver.

One absolute cracker of a game for many, many bad ones.

He's somehow in the senior player group too, lol.
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Yeah the senior player group part has me very stunned. The guy is not an example that you want younger guys to follow, zero effort from him.
 
I would suggest his shoulder injury is playing up again. Doubt we can get medical retirement or such, but if it is playing up again we should approach NRL and players union for what can be done. Any club should not have their roster hampered by a persisent injury plagued player. The brains trust should look to how this situation can be resolved. I know due diligence and WT resigned him knowing his health but it has not improved.
 
Buttface said:
Old Flippers, which park does he play in these days.
And the whole time he couldn’t bloody see. Talk about sharking us.

I have memorised the last two lines of the eye chart for the drivers license test.

Did you like the pun? Or is it still to early?
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flippers is now a second rower at the knights in KOE.
 
Tom Shines said:
Toa - he had a chronic injury issue that apparently had not been corrected and affects his ability and confidence .. it’s about as smart a recruitment decision as Olam

Makasini - he was terrible in his last game ..I would like to see him have a game in the Reggie’s and get some confidence before putting him back up … go with Herbert or Skelton instead
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Both fair points. I think with Toa’s injury, it might have been seen as a reason for his poor end of year form. That’s the way I saw it

I guess it’s hard to argue the signing was a bad move for the club.

Disagree with Makasini given we need his class. I think fully fit he’s in our top squad every week and with our other injuries we don’t have the luxury of bringing him back through cup.
 
magpies forever said:
I would suggest his shoulder injury is playing up again. Doubt we can get medical retirement or such, but if it is playing up again we should approach NRL and players union for what can be done. Any club should not have their roster hampered by a persisent injury plagued player. The brains trust should look to how this situation can be resolved. I know due diligence and WT resigned him knowing his health but it has not improved.
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His only issue is heart, he has been crap since day one. He had one good game against the cowboys years ago and since then has been poo, cannot defend to save himself. If he plays the next two weeks we are cooked.
 
Charred said:
This guy was playing so well to start 2025 and was carving up, then they gave him a 2 year extension and suddenly crashes back down to mediocrity since. Honestly should try modify it so he gets extended one game at a time so he puts in week in week out.
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Actually I believe the extension was given when he was already a bit injured and form on the slide, which makes it more frustrating
 
TigerJunior4 said:
Disagree with Makasini given we need his class. I think fully fit he’s in our top squad every week and with our other injuries we don’t have the luxury of bringing him back through cup.
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You are entitled to your opinion of course … and neither of us gets a say at the end of the day…

The use of the word class is premature IMO … It’s all potential so far …of which there is considerable …but he has been targeted by the opposition and really not shown anything since the season started … that try in the trials has been a curse really ..it’s ensured that the opposition has game planned for him and shut him down ( so far anyway)

I think there is a some risk to play him for not a lot of reward based on what he has shown …has it really been more than Herbert? … on the flip side if he is targeted by Bellamy and the Storm again and he has a shocker … what do you do then? Drop him ?

Given he hasn’t played a game since the Broncos where he was poor in that last 10 mins … I’d like to have a look at him in the Cup…perhaps he can get some confidence against much lesser players.. if that’s the case definitely bring him back the next week
 
tig_prmz said:
I'm confused whether it was bad reads, bad spacing or he put himself in that position to avoid direct contact.

Definitely the second worst player out there but in the last 30 minutes, our forwards got so dominated that they had 20m of space with 3 players defending and Sharks running on to each ball with pace.

I don't think even Herbie could have done much.
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I can answer that .. he puts himself in position to avoid contact, and I only say that because he has plenty of form for it .. it is obvious and it is unforgivable as a first grader in a team sport
 
Tom Shines said:
You are entitled to your opinion of course … and neither of us gets a say at the end of the day…

The use of the word class is premature IMO … It’s all potential so far …of which there is considerable …but he has been targeted by the opposition and really not shown anything since the season started … that try in the trials has been a curse really ..it’s ensured that the opposition has game planned for him and shut him down ( so far anyway)

I think there is a some risk to play him for not a lot of reward based on what he has shown …has it really been more than Herbert? … on the flip side if he is targeted by Bellamy and the Storm again and he has a shocker … what do you do then? Drop him ?

Given he hasn’t played a game since the Broncos where he was poor in that last 10 mins … I’d like to have a look at him in the Cup…perhaps he can get some confidence against much lesser players.. if that’s the case definitely bring him back the next week
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Difference is not ONCE this year has Makasini dodged contact or deliberately taken the soft option, he is also a rookie .. I’d much rather a player miss a tackle while putting his body on the line like maka might or even Tavama did yesterday than a player that just dogged it like toa did on several occasions yesterday and previously.. tavana had a shocker but he kept trying his heart out .. I’ll take that over a Toa every day of the week
 
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