Stefano Utoikamanu #241

[mtd#2]

He's a bit precious isn't he.. glad he's talking about the tigers the week of his first grand final haha

https://archive.md/5IpnN

 

[innsaneink]

Big raps for him from Haas and Tapine...
He needs to learn keen league fans arent mugs and can spot a bloke not giving it his all

 

[Tiger-ferret]

Yep its just a bit meh.

He could of toughed it out on good money at the Tigers in the hope of turning it around, instead he has walked into the prem favourites this year. I don't really care for him, but I also don't hold it against him.

I honestly don't think ice and stef had what it took to lead us off the bottom anyway. Talent, yes, attitide, no.

Galvin is a different story to the above.

Your middle paragraph sums it up for me.

Both go hard when it suits them.

 

[TCL]

Majority of players would fear finishing their careers without a GF win. The NRL is not a level playing field and certain clubs have the ability to attract players be it through 3rd party deal loophole in the salary cap or because of the coach’s credentials or club’s history/chances of winning a GF.

Stefano, Galvin and many that have left our club and other struggling clubs have done so because they believe they have a better chance elsewhere. Only way to keep players is for us to improve as a club on and off the field.

Pascoe and the fedora in recent past, the club owners board squabbling and the coaching merry go round set us back. We have taken a few steps forward but have a long way to go before players fell like they have a chance of winning the gf at wt and are willing stay for a little less or leave other clubs to come to us.

 

[twentyforty]

Majority of players would fear finishing their careers without a GF win. The NRL is not a level playing field and certain clubs have the ability to attract players be it through 3rd party deal loophole in the salary cap or because of the coach’s credentials or club’s history/chances of winning a GF.

Stefano, Galvin and many that have left our club and other struggling clubs have done so because they believe they have a better chance elsewhere. Only way to keep players is for us to improve as a club on and off the field.

Pascoe and the fedora in recent past, the club owners board squabbling and the coaching merry go round set us back. We have taken a few steps forward but have a long way to go before players fell like they have a chance of winning the gf at wt and are willing stay for a little less or leave other clubs to come to us.

An accurate assessment, and exceedingly true when considering the short length of a players career. When Stefano came to Tigers he said he was playing for his brother who had a severe neck injury during a game, confining him to a wheelchair.
Winning may have different meanings for individual players, and those motivations can create some urgency to achieve personal goals.