Stefano Utoikamanu #241

Telltails said:
To be fair if you are making 42 tackles there is not going to much petrol left for tackle breaking runs - very few forwards can do both. When we see those players dominating in other teams they have balanced squads where they have a job to do as an impact player. Our pack has been severely weakened with the loss of Bateman Papallii and Klemmer and that cant be placed on the shoulders of one bloke to cover all areas.
Depth is our issue and impacts on the form of all those left to pick up the slack. The expectations are unrealistic and the very reason why those same players look so much better in stronger squads.
Luciano copped the same crap when he was here and as if we couldn't use him now.
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None of our forwards should really be judged on statistics while our backs are famously bad. What’s up with Olam? Looking like another Bellamy master stroke.
 
AmericanHistoryX said:
It will be much different at a better club. Watch him blossom.
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They all do once they get to a new club. The trouble is that we have to pay them a lot to keep them (but they don't stay) and to get them here in the first place- some how we need to become a desired destination.
It seems to me that this team is unbalanced in it's playing technique as some of you say the forwards or backs do not compliment each other (I don't mean in the congratulatory terms) either, and I guess this must come down to coaching/ and or the players themselves.

Bearing in mind they would have no confidence at all at the moment, this will only come with wins which they cannot achieve, so it's a difficult situation. Good luck WT's
 
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Demps said:
Benji should do what Ivan did, in regards to Turuva.

Drop him because of the stress around contracts.
Give him a week off and tell him to reflect and figure out what's next.

He's either with us, ready to be the leader of the pack... or he's not up for that challenge and he wants to go be a bit player at another club, like a true mid player.
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Not a bad idea however weve already pandered to Galvin in this way this weekend, against the Titans who are on the slide and were very poor last weekend, and at LO too....A real hot chance of picking up a rare win
I wish we could do this for both of them in a game were no chance of winning
 
Let him go before giving him the five year 800k contract. That contract is crazy. It's madness. Richo, what are you doing?

He'll be good elsewhere but he's checked out on us and we show the whole club and the whole league our standards when we offer such an indifferent player such a sum.

We did the exact same thing with brooks and now we're going again?

Stop it, withdraw contract and let's buy someone who is desperate to play. Stef has been here throughout all of our poor form, he's our starting prop and he's part of the problem and he plays like he doesn't want to be here, why are we paying him? This contract will hurt us for years.
 
tigeress said:
They all do once they get to a new club. The trouble is that we have to pay them a lot to keep them (but they don't stay) and to get them here in the first place- some how we need to become a desired destination.
It seems to me that this team is unbalanced in it's playing technique as some of you say the forwards or backs do not compliment each other (I don't mean in the congratulatory terms) either, and I guess this must come down to coaching/ and or the players themselves.

Bearing in mind they would have no confidence at all at the moment, this will only come with wins which they cannot achieve, so it's a difficult situation. Good luck WT..
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I feel a little sorry for Stefano… all he has ever known here are losses and getting belted ..

Surely it must be easy to just think F this, and move onto greener ( and winning) pastures …I doubt there is going to be a lot of difference in the money at the end of the day .. if any ..

What mentors has he had here ? Klemmer, Bateman and Ice … great line up there .. Should start up a law firm … Suspended. Injured and Gone ..
 
Tom Shines said:
I feel a little sorry for Stefano… all he has ever known here are losses and getting belted ..

Surely it must be easy to just think F this, and move onto greener ( and winning) pastures …I doubt there is going to be a lot of difference in the money at the end of the day .. if any ..

What mentors has he had here ? Klemmer, Bateman and Ice … great line up there .. Should start up a law firm … Suspended. Injured and Gone ..
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Poor Stef. Cmon, please.
 
Either the solution is A. introduce him to our reserve grade coach or B do a deal with the Panthers

close the door once and for all.
 
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