2014 new boys thread!

[The Elephant In The room]

A possible dark horse as a starter in the BR is Pauli Pauli

Its funny. Everyone talks about how weak we are in the BR department, but between Pauli, Pauli, Edwards, Mau, Tanginoa, Santi, Terepo & Ualesi I'm pretty happy that we'll have a decent number of options that can get the job done in 2014 and beyond.

 

[hindy111]

I think wing we are weakest

 

[Stagger eel]

Its funny. Everyone talks about how weak we are in the BR department, but between Pauli, Pauli, Edwards, Mau, Tanginoa, Santi, Terepo & Ualesi I'm pretty happy that we'll have a decent number of options that can get the job done in 2014 and beyond.

The last 2 blokes you mentioned are central forwards, I don't think there'd be much use out wide, I asked a member of the support staff about terapo recently and he said that he just doesn't have the defensive smarts to be an edge forward.

 

[Delboy]

Ualesi has been playing upfront in all the training I have been to, and Alvaro has been very conspicuous taking the ball up. Terepo compliments the middle players, he meets players front on and doesn't appear to have the lateral movement required to be on the edge, hard straight running is his forte.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

I still am undecided if we should go for an attacking forward pack or a hardworking one.We should have the firepower in the backs if our halves fire to score points so maybe defense is the way to go.
I don't want to sound racist but you cant have to many Islanders in one team-It just doesn't work.Even the NZ team has a lot more white kiwis now.

Please make sure that you email BA once you are decided. He can't keep delaying his decisions.

We're all islanders by the way...last time I checked a map.

 

[Pazza]

Reading all the pre season reports by the fans, the name that keeps popping up is Alvaro!

Does anyone think he'd be good to go to replace moi moi in 2015?

 

[Obscene Assassin]

I still am undecided if we should go for an attacking forward pack or a hardworking one.We should have the firepower in the backs if our halves fire to score points so maybe defense is the way to go.
I don't want to sound racist but you cant have to many Islanders in one team-It just doesn't work.Even the NZ team has a lot more white kiwis now.

I suppose if you swap Ualesi with Terepo then you probably have a better defensive team without losing too much impact. All of the players, barring Sandow are able to stop defenders one-on-one without too much trouble.

Well, it is racist. You're generalising a person because of their background. But let's not get into that because that's not the point of the blog.

 

[hindy111]

Please make sure that you email BA once you are decided. He can't keep delaying his decisions.

We're all islanders by the way...last time I checked a map.

check it again you Fu$$witt.I don't like you.Your a Fu$n smart a$$.

 

[hindy111]

I suppose if you swap Ualesi with Terepo then you probably have a better defensive team without losing too much impact. All of the players, barring Sandow are able to stop defenders one-on-one without too much trouble.

Well, it is racist. You're generalising a person because of their background. But let's not get into that because that's not the point of the blog.

Ok fair enough-I don't think we will do well with too many islanders in one side.

Just like in American football the great Qb's are Caucasian. And the best playmakers in soccer are white. Now im being racist but its just how it seems to be, even thou 66% of players in nfl are African American. Whys is this so-well it would be racist of me to say.

 

[Obscene Assassin]

Reading all the pre season reports by the fans, the name that keeps popping up is Alvaro!

Does anyone think he'd be good to go to replace moi moi in 2015?

Alvaro is more of a work-horse rather than pure impact. The players that will replace Moi Moi are Terepo and or Junior Paulo. To me these two are more like Fui than anyone at our club. Alvaro is definitely on the way to being a Corey Parker/Paul Gallen type player.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Alvaro is more of a work-horse rather than pure impact. The players that will replace Moi Moi are Terepo and or Junior Paulo. To me these two are more like Fui than anyone at our club. Alvaro is definitely on the way to being a Corey Parker/Paul Gallen type player.

Paulo is much bigger and slower than Moimoi. I see Peni Terepo as a Fui clone - undersized but insanely quick for a prop.

 

[Suitman]

Paulo is much bigger and slower than Moimoi. I see Peni Terepo as a Fui clone - undersized but insanely quick for a prop.

Move him to the wing.

Suity

 

[The Elephant In The room]

Move him to the wing.

Suity

That's Tanginoa's spot

 

[Suitman]

That's Tanginoa's spot

Sorry.

Suity

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Move him to the wing.

Suity

Huge wingers are a defensive liability. Kickers (and chasers) are just too good these days.

I expect Bureta Faraimo to play a couple of games in first grade this year, and I'm sure he'll do some spectacular things in attack (and defence), such as smashing merkins and running over the top of them. But ultimately he will be a liability against the kick.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

check it again you Fu$$witt.I don't like you.Your a Fu$n smart a$$.

OK. But the feeling isn't mutual. I quite like most of your stuff.

 

[The Elephant In The room]

Huge wingers are a defensive liability. Kickers (and chasers) are just too good these days.

I expect Bureta Faraimo to play a couple of games in first grade this year, and I'm sure he'll do some spectacular things in attack (and defence), such as smashing merkins and running over the top of them. But ultimately he will be a liability against the kick.[/QUOTE]

When he's tackling Teflon Billy?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

OK. But the feeling isn't mutual. I quite like most of your stuff.

I'm ambivalent about the pair of you. Which is more than I can say about all these other merkins.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Huge wingers are a defensive liability. Kickers (and chasers) are just too good these days.

I expect Bureta Faraimo to play a couple of games in first grade this year, and I'm sure he'll do some spectacular things in attack (and defence), such as smashing merkins and running over the top of them. But ultimately he will be a liability against the kick.

When he's tackling Teflon Billy?

I never saw the hit on Josh Papalii (but I have seen a good photo of it). I would have expected some merkin to put it up on YouTube, but alas.

 

[hindy111]

OK. But the feeling isn't mutual. I quite like most of your stuff.

AS tome cruise once said-You better put your manners back in.

I apoligise-Just had a speeding ticket