Stefano Utoikamanu #241

[PJ_]

Sit out the year and come back when the new coach tells you to

 

[Tim Sheens]

Maybe the coach will use Twal for 34 minutes this week to make up for it.

 

[upthetigers]

Stef is out for 6-8 weeks he is having ankle surgery. [This word has been automatically removed] me!

 

[joebob]

Stef is out for 6-8 weeks he is having ankle surgery. **** me!

There was talk of 10 weeks, so it could be worse

 

[upthetigers]

There was talk of 10 weeks, so it could be worse

Damn man, the season has barely started and it already feels like a writeoff.

 

[joebob]

Damn man, the season has barely started and it already feels like a writeoff.

I think most of us gave up before the season started, but then that stupid trial game vs Roosters gave us some false hope.

 

[tony soprano]

I think most of us gave up before the season started, but then that stupid trial game vs Roosters gave us some false hope.

A trial giving us false hope that's unheard of.

 

[Needaname]

Timing nicely. Our big guns back around mid year. In the meantime the group starts to pick up the slack to cover for the losses and find some form.
In a perfect world that is.

 

[CarltonDry]

One positive is he'll have a new coach when he comes back 🤞

 

[GNR4LIFE]

I think most of us gave up before the season started, but then that stupid trial game vs Roosters gave us some false hope.

Surely you’ve been watching the game long enough not to get sucked in to trials

 

[tiger_scott]

Timing nicely. Our big guns back around mid year. In the meantime the group starts to pick up the slack to cover for the losses and find some form.
In a perfect world that is.

Odds blow out...the Tiger's faithful all put a few bucks on to win the premiership. We all go with the boys on the end of season to Vegas with pockets full of green.....

 

[hank37w]

Timing nicely. Our big guns back around mid year. In the meantime the group starts to pick up the slack to cover for the losses and find some form.
In a perfect world that is.

and as we all know, the world the Wests Tiger exist in is far from perfect.

 

[innsaneink]

Terrible luck for him would've surely been in an extended origin squad

 

[weststigerman]

Terrible news. I can't remember another time in this club's history with so many long term injuries.

In slightly more positive news, it's nice to see he didn't turn out to be a plodder as some predicted at the start of this thread.

 

[Asu Kepaoa's #1 Fan]

Terrible luck for him would've surely been in an extended origin squad

Looked really good before he got injured.
30 minutes
12 runs 132m (55m post contact)
20 tackles 0 missed

Freddy loves his impact forwards. Would have been close if he kept his form up. Sadly, he'll likely have to wait until next year to get an opportunity.

 

[TieDye]

Looked really good before he got injured.
30 minutes
12 runs 132m (55m post contact)
20 tackles 0 missed

Freddy loves his impact forwards. Would have been close if he kept his form up. Sadly, he'll likely have to wait until next year to get an opportunity.

Not complaining.

Freddy can keep his grubby Penrith Rorting fingers off for now

 

[Bula]

Pretty obvious that Stefano is in a different universe compared to the rest of our forwards.

 

[Tim Sheens]

Any ideas as to why this guy has fallen so far short of expectations?

 

[Lauren]

Any ideas as to why this guy has fallen so far short of expectations?

Likely an injury setback.

 

[Tim Sheens]

Likely an injury setback.

Certainly hope so, though was thinking such was a while back now and a subsequent rest after his initial early comeback should have sorted it?