Utai the dog

[Ausmunin]

I would have Brown on the wing instead of Utai. He is bigger, faster and has more recent experience in the top grade. Personally I think he is a better player.

 

[derailed]

Can't say I saw Utai do too much wrong tonight. Like a few others have said ran the ball back hard up the guts and had a go.

Did Blake pass him the ball once??

 

[Joel Helmes]

A couple of things I noticed about Utai (as pointed out by other posters) - his runs were full of effort and impressive despite the fact he probably caught a cold out there last night. Secondly he was very vocal,, it almost seems like he was playing a leadership role in the backline.

A bit tough to criticise his game I think.

 

[CocaCola]

Utai wasnt to blame for anything, he didnt have much ball to begin with & he had to get himself involve for the most part. Chasing down Morris isnt going to be easy when he has a head start on you.

It was his 1st game in the nrl with the tigers, cut the guy some slack. Fulton, Dwyer, Galloway, Payten & Robbie were just as quiet & didnt have much impact on the game.

 

[Goose]

IMO Beau is much better than Utai, younger than Utai, faster than Utai and more reliable than Utai. Beau has received a lot of unwarranted criticism from various forum members and had a few blunders last year but overall I thought he had a pretty decent season. Those who try and claim those blunders were as a result of his Footy Show segment are just fools and you guys need to take a good look at yourselves.

I agree, i think Beau overall was pretty good last year. He had a shocker against the Rabbits, and had a brain snap in the prelim final, why did you kick beau, why?? but overall quite good.
Everyone has been talking about how hard Utai runs, and I agree, but he has no subtly to his runs and does not actually make many metres.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

I think most would happily have Beau or Brown ahead of Utai, but to insinuate he was horrible last night was terribly unfair.

He had a relatively good game compared to some of the others.

 

[Golden]

Did I not say he was a lazy player?? I also said he cant catch bomb noticed Ayshford was trying to catch the bombs while he was infield coming off his wing.. hes useless perfect sheens winger he likes useless wingers. the dogs attacked the left hand side all night and poor Ayshford was having to save the day playing 2 positions

a few people said give him a chance for 1 game, after playing 3 years of reserve greade there is your game, he sucks plain and simple and has to go

 

[hybrid_tiger]

IMO Beau is much better than Utai, younger than Utai, faster than Utai and more reliable than Utai. Beau has received a lot of unwarranted criticism from various forum members and had a few blunders last year but overall I thought he had a pretty decent season. Those who try and claim those blunders were as a result of his Footy Show segment are just fools and you guys need to take a good look at yourselves.

I agree, i think Beau overall was pretty good last year. He had a shocker against the Rabbits, and had a brain snap in the prelim final, why did you kick beau, why?? but overall quite good.
Everyone has been talking about how hard Utai runs, and I agree, but he has no subtly to his runs and does not actually make many metres.

What good attributes of a winger does Ryan have? Tell me.

 

[magpiecol]

Did I not say he was a lazy player?? I also said he cant catch bomb noticed Ayshford was trying to catch the bombs while he was infield coming off his wing.. hes useless perfect sheens winger he likes useless wingers. the dogs attacked the left hand side all night and poor Ayshford was having to save the day playing 2 positions

a few people said give him a chance for 1 game, after playing 3 years of reserve greade there is your game, he sucks plain and simple and has to go

You my friend simply do not have a clue. Go watch the game again. He played ok. Check out Farah, Big Red,
Dwyer, Heighington and Fulton. Very, very ordinary. If anyone was happy with that display they are easily pleased.

Fullback to slow, Farah hopefully playing injured, Ellis, playing injured, Ayshford will not pass the ball and his tackling ordinary. So all and all a very ordinary display from the second favourites for the comp.

There should be, but you can bet money there won't be, changes for next week.

 

[jirskyr]

I think most would happily have Beau or Brown ahead of Utai, but to insinuate he was horrible last night was terribly unfair.

He had a relatively good game compared to some of the others.

x2

 

[Golden]

give me a break, everytime the bulldogs went down the left hand side, Utai was hanging around in the middle off his wing creating a overlap back peddling, cant belevie Im saying his Fitzy, would do better in defence

You the difference is the players that had bad games Liam Fulton etc will play better games, This is what you will get with Utai average reserve grade play week in week out

 

[Zaibatsu]

I was never a fan of Beau Ryan being dropped, the bloke played with more passion than anybody in the side, but the OP is way too harsh on Utai, the guy had an alright game from what I've seen, certainly no more to blame than any other player…

Not chasing down Morris? REALLY? What about the bloke Morris effortlessly stampeded over the top of, anybody who pins any blame on Utai for that try is a goose.

 

[bonstonker]

IMO Beau is much better than Utai, younger than Utai, faster than Utai and more reliable than Utai. Beau has received a lot of unwarranted criticism from various forum members and had a few blunders last year but overall I thought he had a pretty decent season. Those who try and claim those blunders were as a result of his Footy Show segment are just fools and you guys need to take a good look at yourselves.

I agree, i think Beau overall was pretty good last year. He had a shocker against the Rabbits, and had a brain snap in the prelim final, why did you kick beau, why?? but overall quite good.
Everyone has been talking about how hard Utai runs, and I agree, but he has no subtly to his runs and does not actually make many metres.

What good attributes of a winger does Ryan have? Tell me.

good defender.makes a decision to come in early and gets the job done.
is above average fielding kicks
has a high work rate.

i think in all 3 areas he outplays utai.

doesn't mean ryan is a great winger,but i think he is better than utai.

utai ran the ball ok,but i wanted to see the same eagerness to get the ball like ryan does.
if he is not going to look for more ball, i don't see the value in utai at all.
his defense is not quality,and you don't need to see a bunch of trys down his side to see he will cost us points in the future.

 

[hybrid_tiger]

IMO Beau is much better than Utai, younger than Utai, faster than Utai and more reliable than Utai. Beau has received a lot of unwarranted criticism from various forum members and had a few blunders last year but overall I thought he had a pretty decent season. Those who try and claim those blunders were as a result of his Footy Show segment are just fools and you guys need to take a good look at yourselves.

I agree, i think Beau overall was pretty good last year. He had a shocker against the Rabbits, and had a brain snap in the prelim final, why did you kick beau, why?? but overall quite good.
Everyone has been talking about how hard Utai runs, and I agree, but he has no subtly to his runs and does not actually make many metres.

What good attributes of a winger does Ryan have? Tell me.

good defender.makes a decision to come in early and gets the job done.
is above average fielding kicks
has a high work rate.

i think in all 3 areas he outplays utai.

doesn't mean ryan is a great winger,but i think he is better than utai.

utai ran the ball ok,but i wanted to see the same eagerness to get the ball like ryan does.
if he is not going to look for more ball, i don't see the value in utai at all.
his defense is not quality,and you don't need to see a bunch of trys down his side to see he will cost us points in the future.

I suspect Ryan has cost us more tries than Utai will.

They are both average players, but Utai at least runs the ball harder than Ryan ever has.

 

[bonstonker]

I agree, i think Beau overall was pretty good last year. He had a shocker against the Rabbits, and had a brain snap in the prelim final, why did you kick beau, why?? but overall quite good.
Everyone has been talking about how hard Utai runs, and I agree, but he has no subtly to his runs and does not actually make many metres.

What good attributes of a winger does Ryan have? Tell me.

good defender.makes a decision to come in early and gets the job done.
is above average fielding kicks
has a high work rate.

i think in all 3 areas he outplays utai.

doesn't mean ryan is a great winger,but i think he is better than utai.

utai ran the ball ok,but i wanted to see the same eagerness to get the ball like ryan does.
if he is not going to look for more ball, i don't see the value in utai at all.
his defense is not quality,and you don't need to see a bunch of trys down his side to see he will cost us points in the future.

I suspect Ryan has cost us more tries than Utai will.

They are both average players, but Utai at least runs the ball harder than Ryan ever has.

of course he will,because ryan will be back on the wing when he is fit.
utai won't.
:laughing: if only running the ball hard was all you needed to do on the wing.

 

[system]

Latu and Brown are better wing options than Utai or Ryan for mine.

Brown in particular offers the hard running of Utai, the pace to run down Kevin Gordon last year and the defensive positioning. It should be a no brainer

 

[hybrid_tiger]

If anything, Brown should be on the wing. Far superior to both Utai and Ryan.

Ryan is a poor finisher, doesn't make any ground from kick returns, and is slow for a winger.

 

[Guest]

If anything, Brown should be on the wing. Far superior to both Utai and Ryan.

Ryan is a poor finisher, doesn't make any ground from kick returns, and is slow for a winger.

Agree. Utai was not the worst player out there last night, but I'd definitely prefer Brown for the extra size and speed.

 

[system]

Yeah but if you play Brown than there can be no justification in bringing Ryan back into the FG side when fit.

Thats my first conspiracy theory for the year and i'm sticking to it :sunglasses:

 

[happy_tiger]

No Utai was not the worst but as i said in a previous thread Ayshford seemed unconfident playing with him defensively . Ryan may lack skills and speed of some wingers but what l like about Beau is he is always the first to come rushing to congratulate someone if they pull off big hit and has heaps of enthusiasm Still prefer Brown over Ryan over Utai