Lafai or Hopoate?

[St Tangles]

Lafai signed with my team. So, obviously, he's the better player.

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[The Enforcer]

If Lafai wasn't hated at Dogs then he'll be ok at Dragons

Well played that.

 

[Jason Maher]

Yeh but with these types of polls people tend to over rate the bloke leaving because 1. It makes out that it was a bad decision for the club and 2. People arehoping to sign him

Heck, even i argued that souths were stupid for bringing in inglis got champion.

If you mad the poll now i reckon it would be closer to 60/40 compared to the 90/10 now.

Nice theory, but I'm afraid there's just too many butthurt Parramatta fans for it to hold.

 

[POPEYE]

Lafai shouldn't be drive by gun shy in Kogarah . . . there is a wall isn't there?

 

[Packy]

I guess as a Dogs fan I am just surprised it is getting this much attention. I really couldn't care less about which middle of the road player we get. Just gotta go with the coach.

 

[jaseg]

Lafai, easily.

Going off 2015... Lafai wins in combined try, linebreak & assists count, Lafai wins in tackle count and effective tackle rate (only counting Hoppa's games at centre for this, for obvious reasons), Lafai wins looking at combined tackle break & offload rate. Lafai also has a better combined error/penalty concession rate. And for all his injury issues(??), he actually played more games last year than Hoppa - same as the year before that. The only thing Hoppa comes out better in is run metres - an area that surely shouldn't be the focus, given what that Dogs pack has available...

That was 2015... Lafai's 'bad' year. And Hoppa is almost certain to be on more money than Lafai.

Hoppa is a decent player, even pretty good with the right players around him. He's not better than Lafai - he's been outperformed by Lafai in both of the last 2 years. Maybe he'll fit better into the Bulldogs team in terms of style, but I'm not so sure about that.

 

[ek999]

So do the 92% who picked Lafai over Hoppa still think Lafai has been the better buy? Hoppa has been the Bulldogs best so far and Lafai has been ordinary

 

[Packy]

Lafai seems to have peaked at 22

 

[The Dominator]

Hopoate in a canter. He has been on fire and shown football nous that Lafai can only dream of. Hasler was right.

 

[cleary89]

Hopa has been great. Lafai looked ordinary in the trials but went alright last weekend.

 

[muzby]

So do the 92% who picked Lafai over Hoppa still think Lafai has been the better buy? Hoppa has been the Bulldogs best so far and Lafai has been ordinary

to be fair to both players, both are of exactly the same quality..

hoppa only looks good because he's playing in a team of muppets..

whereas lafai is looking ordinary because he is now surrounded by quality players..

it's just like the below optical illusion.. are shapes a & b the same colour?

 

[cleary89]

 

[Xnowmann]

to be fair to both players, both are of exactly the same quality..

hoppa only looks good because he's playing in a team of muppets..

whereas lafai is looking ordinary because he is now surrounded by quality players../QUOTE]

This merkin for real?

 

[wittyfan]

The NRL should move the Grand Final to Saturday if the Bulldogs make it out of respecct for Hopoate's faith.

 

[SET2JT]

Lets hope for Hoppas sake the Dogs never make the Grand Final so he never has to make the tough decision to play.

 

[Johnnie Red]

So do the 92% who picked Lafai over Hoppa still think Lafai has been the better buy? Hoppa has been the Bulldogs best so far and Lafai has been ordinary

I picked Lafai....boy was I wrong. Hoppa has been outstanding.

 

[Twatface Magee]

People have voted for Lafai since this got bumped :lol:

 

[This Year?]

Never heard of either of them.

 

[typicalfan]

Reg Gasnier would look average in that Dragons backline.

 

[Drew-Sta]

Reg Gasnier got a pretty average Saints backline to the finals in 1967 and nearly got them to a 12th grand final appearance on his own. Between he and Billy 'I'll drink the pub dry' Smith, the two of them nearly got us over the line.

So no, I respectfully disagree TF ;-)