His strike rate I guess isn't that high, although the Warriors have tended to favour the left edge with Mateo and Vatuvei out there. His defensive reads have improved this year, TBF so has all the outside backs defensive reads improved. McFadden has at least improved that part of our game. The one area he needs to really improve is his ability under the high ball. I think in some ways the Parramatta game Vatuvei went through a number of years ago was a blessing in disguise, because teams continually went to him and frankly he's fairly good under the high ball... Tupou though, anytime the ball went up you'd be fearful that the opposing team would score. If I'm not mistaken, it was Tupou that Edrick Lee went over the top of late in the Canberra game early this year.
Was his last game the Penrith debacle? He produced probably his strongest ever run at the back end of the game. Finished it off by losing the ball, but he made a 60 metre dash up through the guts of the Panthers.
No doubt he has ability, he was prolific in NYC and that's often not remembered, he's not out and out fast, he's decent sized but not massive, he'll go alright. He would have remained good depth for us and I suspect as his career goes on he will become a good NRL winger. I see the papers are saying moving to Canberra will mean he'll get to start, meaning he'll have a chance at the Kiwis - though I think he's a mile off that TBF. The first thing that will happen on the wings for the Kiwis is Manu will stroll back into his spot, given his outstanding form of late.
Well said.
