What to do When Locke Returns?

[Izz]

J. Ropati - Hastings - the fruitbowl of New Zealand.

:lol:

 

[aargon]

you guys have a pretty lame sense of humour...

 

[hitman82]

you guys have a pretty lame sense of humour...

:lol: /thread

 

[Blair]

:lol: /thread

I want some more.

I still think the Packer one is the best. I'd forgotten all about T-town, from memory it's on the main trunk line and the train always stops there but why no-one knows.

The Packer train flew through on the weekend though. Must have been a timetable glitch.

 

[_addict]

Yeah, well hopefully the Packer train remains an express.

I was really impressed with Sam Rapira in that last game. I wouldn't say he's back to his best yet, but there looked to be some signs of the Sam of old, and with Lilyman not too far from a return we could be ready to start making life miserable for opponents again.

 

[LeagueNut]

Luck - Invergargill - tough, solid, unspectacular and white.

:lol: Another good one

 

[_addict]

Mannering - Manapouri - rock solid powerhouse
Matulino - Benmore - absolute powerhouse
Bluey - Kinleith - smells like rotten cabbages

 

[Iafeta]

Fisiiahi - Eketahuna - blink and you'll miss it
Locke - Tauranga - bangin grannies

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

F*cked if I know what Bill Tupou does to win so many admirers. I don't hate the lad or anything but he's pretty dispensable.

 

[Fast Eddie]

Agreed to an extent, he's a solid winger who flies under the radar criticism wise. Probably because he doesn't make many errors with ball in hand, his best and main attribute especially towards the end of last season was making good metres on the 1st or 2nd tackle. He isn't great defensively and doesn't offer anything in the air, not quick, pretty strong though. Solid FG winger and guys like Ropati and Vatuve take the heat off him due to their noticeable errors.

 

[vvvrulz]

F*cked if I know what Bill Tupou does to win so many admirers. I don't hate the lad or anything but he's pretty dispensable.

Dispensable in favor of who?

With one strictly rock-or-diamonds winger its a blessing to have another one who is bankable and gives you 80 mins of mistake free footy.

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

Dispensable in favor of who?

With one strictly rock-or-diamonds winger its a blessing to have another one who is bankable and gives you 80 mins of mistake free footy.

There's no truth in this at all though. Tupou is average-to-poor with his defensive reads and ability under the contested high ball. He is mediocre in terms of being "safe" and sub-par in terms of being a threat to the opposition.

 

[Warrior@Heart]

There's no truth in this at all though. Tupou is average-to-poor with his defensive reads and ability under the contested high ball. He is mediocre in terms of being "safe" and sub-par in terms of being a threat to the opposition.

Yeah I think Omar will be a better wing prospect long term, he has good speed, good footwork, is solid under the high ball, an outright finisher and has great instincts not sure about his defence though (All of the warriors wingers fly in, it's an weekly tradition). I think he has the potential to be converted into a ball playing/try scoring centre ala Jamie Lyon. I definitely wouldn't be opposed to him getting some experience this year. Tupou does run well at the defensive line to start our sets though which helps us get on the front foot and play our natural second phase style offense so i'm not too fussed for now.

 

[beefstew]

Vatuvei - Auckland - big, expensive, over-rated, and more trouble than it's worth.

 

[northmanlywarrior]

My back line
1 Locke
2 Ropati
3 Henry
4 Inu
5 Vatuvei

 

[Skinner]

Vatuvei - Auckland - big, expensive, over-rated, and more trouble than it's worth.

:lol::lol:

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Johnson: Queenstown - spectacular to look at, half Asian

 

[forestfan]

Tupou is not a safe winger

Jason Nightingale is a safe winger

that sharks winger Matt Wright is a safe winger


Tupou tries his best..whether his best is NRL standard..well we all clearly numpties cos hes been in the team since 1906 now

 

[hitman82]

Johnson: Queenstown - spectacular to look at, half Asian

You should really add (no homo) after saying things like that.




...but I do agree.

 

[MKEB...]

Johnson: Queenstown - spectacular to look at, half Asian

BINGO ... no homo... no racism either