Zac Cini #243

[izotope]

Had a shocker but still not our worst

Definitely was our worse, offered nothing.

Could almost go as far as saying he cost us the game.

Has promise needs some more time in reggies now

 

[Blacknwhite]

He still had some very good moments in that game. He's shown that he's deserving of a first grade spot.
Definitely worth persisting with.

Definitely good moments, happy to take the tough carries.


Those tough carriers were so predictably you may as well given the defence a hand written note as to what was going to happen.
Same with our attack, it wouldn’t be hard to set a defensive plan against us.

its like his boots are made of lead... can cop the errors, but someone needs to explain to him the philosophy of running, and how it is supposed to be quicker than walking.

 

[hobbo1]

Had a shocker but still not our worst

Definitely was our worse, offered nothing.

Could almost go as far as saying he cost us the game.

Has promise needs some more time in reggies now

I doubt he’ll be there next week with Talau due back ..
He was diabolical with catching.. but some of our more seasoned arm grabbers and playmakers need punting .

 

[balmain boy]

Obviously he had a shocker. The media attention got to him. He'll get another shot next week to redeem himself. Everyone else has, would be way too harsh to drop him after his great game last week.

 

[Thaiger]

Obviously he had a shocker. The media attention got to him. He'll get another shot next week to redeem himself. Everyone else has, would be way too harsh to drop him after his great game last week.

I agree.

 

[weststigerman]

Had a shocker, but it's his second game.

I've seen Chris Lawrence early in his career and Kepaoa more recently have games like that.

Time will tell if he goes Lawrence's direction or AJ's.

 

[Guest]

Not one of his finer moments but the pressure really told tonight - he had no confidence and never looked likely under the high ball tonight and that's the difference between FG and KOE.

 

[watersider]

That's one of the worst games by a winger I've ever seen. Maybe Lipina Kaufusi played worse once? Maybe you give him another chance, but honestly I'm not sure.

 

[Chicken_Faced_Killa]

Bad night for the kid hopefully he learns from it. A lot of hype during the week for an above average debut. He dropped an easy one to start and never looked like recovering. He’s got potential but is a work in progress.

 

[Geo]

Felt for the kid ... from the penthouse to the Dog house in a week..

Hopefully he can bounce back..

 

[tony soprano]

With all his errors he will now be called Zac blindy.

 

[TCL]

Tuff night at the office.

 

[innsaneink]

A cucumber would've done better

 

[twentyforty]

It’s not so much the mistakes from the rookies that are the problem, it’s the unwillingness of the team to defend them, to rise above the adversity they produce which makes the team not a team. If I was part of this team I would leave rather than offer up a paltry resistance.

 

[earl]

I like him but he was the worst player on the park for us and the best player for them.

He needs to be dropped and given another chance after a couple of weeks of showing good form in reserves.

Who would replace him?

Talau. You could keep Cini there but I don't think that is the right option. Let him work on his game in reserve grade and give him another chance later in the season or next season.

I'm not writing him off.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Obviously he had a shocker. The media attention got to him. He'll get another shot next week to redeem himself. Everyone else has, would be way too harsh to drop him after his great game last week.

agree give cini one more week and maybe put talau in for mmbye

 

[Tiger5150]

IMO you can NOT pick him next week,

He will be bombed into the stone age immediately. You can so "so what, he gets a chance to make up for it"...but he had that chance after the 3rd or fourth chance today.

Let him catch bombs for a few weeks in KOE. We can not afford that in first grade.

 

[hobbo1]

With all his errors he will now be called Zac blindy.

I thought it was sack cini

 

[hobbo1]

IMO you can NOT pick him next week,

He will be bombed into the stone age immediately. You can so "so what, he gets a chance to make up for it"...but he had that chance after the 3rd or fourth chance today.

Let him catch bombs for a few weeks in KOE. We can not afford that in first grade.

He won’t be there next week ..
Talau will be back ..

 

[balmain boy]

IMO you can NOT pick him next week,

He will be bombed into the stone age immediately. You can so "so what, he gets a chance to make up for it"...but he had that chance after the 3rd or fourth chance today.

Let him catch bombs for a few weeks in KOE. We can not afford that in first grade.

So he defused 99% of bombs in KOE. And diffused everything last week no problems too. One game he got nervous after being in the spotlight. You'd have to be a psychopath to drop him, would have a major impact on his confidence.

Kepaoa dropped many bombs and still kept getting picked over the past year. Talau has also survived numerous poor games, as has Roberts. Cini should most definitely get another game to make amends, let's see how he faces adversity. Most of our players to into their shell and are mentally weak, let's eeeywhat this kid is made of. We need stronger characters in our squad.

Hopefully he'll be taking 1000 bombs in Training this week too to help calm the nerves too.