Loko Pasifiki Tonga

[R&WTILLIDIE]

What a weapon at the age of 19!!!!! And I only watch the 1st half live.

If we can hold onto this kid, he will be our equivalent to Melbs NAS for many years to come.
A Kid you could build a team around.

As soon as they pulled him off the field the team went backwards. What’s with this stupid club buying all these old farts and not giving these young kids a go? You can f**k players like Cook and chlamydia off and use the likes of Loko and that bloke that farked off to Canterbury instead? What’s the worse that can happen? They gain experience but lose games? Guess what brainstrust at the dragons. The team is still losing and these young kids are f**king off to other teams. Can this team just fold or move to Perth or something?

 

[saintmar]

Next Bath‘s babes in the making.

Youngs Babes without doubt

 

[KingFlanno7]

As soon as they pulled him off the field the team went backwards. What’s with this stupid club buying all these old farts and not giving these young kids a go? You can f**k players like Cook and chlamydia off and use the likes of Loko and that bloke that farked off to Canterbury instead? What’s the worse that can happen? They gain experience but lose games? Guess what brainstrust at the dragons. The team is still losing and these young kids are f**king off to other teams. Can this team just fold or move to Perth or something?

Flanno logic.

 

[hook hook]

As soon as they pulled him off the field the team went backwards. What’s with this stupid club buying all these old farts and not giving these young kids a go? You can f**k players like Cook and chlamydia off and use the likes of Loko and that bloke that farked off to Canterbury instead? What’s the worse that can happen? They gain experience but lose games? Guess what brainstrust at the dragons. The team is still losing and these young kids are f**king off to other teams. Can this team just fold or move to Perth or something?

Not giving them a go? there has beeen kids debut left, right and centre

 

[blacksafake]

Not giving them a go? there has beeen kids debut left, right and centre

This.
You’ve got a 19 yo on debut in the middle who’s played some minutes starting to fatigue so the last thing you do is leave him out there with the risk of injury or mistakes.

 

[Dragsters]

I thought Loko did very well on debut.

He did his job with minimal if any errors and looked at home for such a young guy up against a fearsome Warriors pack.

Well done lad.

Nice job!

 

[JubileeJeffro]

Loko was excellent. 100 metres in 30 mins, a great debut. He, Egan, Stewart and Couchman have been the highlights of a what looks another bleak year.

 

[InFlannoWeTrust]

As soon as they pulled him off the field the team went backwards. What’s with this stupid club buying all these old farts and not giving these young kids a go? You can f**k players like Cook and chlamydia off and use the likes of Loko and that bloke that farked off to Canterbury instead? What’s the worse that can happen? They gain experience but lose games? Guess what brainstrust at the dragons. The team is still losing and these young kids are f**king off to other teams. Can this team just fold or move to Perth or something?

These are the sort of comments that piss me off.
And not sure if you were at the game though I was and could see this clearly!
Loko was out on his feet 5/10 minutes before he got taken off BUT he kept putting in! Though he was f**king gassed and needed to come off!
Same as liddle & Egan! These players were taking 3 plays to get back onside after playing amazing!!
so to say why they came off. You needed to be at the game and not on the tv to see what was happening!

 

[Dorothy the Winowhore]

I too was impressed with his debut effort....Nick T has to be close to next fresh cab off the rank. He is impressing week after week playing centre in NSW Cup

 

[thebigredv]

One of the more promising debuts I can remember and we were already blessed with Egan's against the Storm this year.

If big Loko can do that exact thing each week then he will be a mainstay, and as I already indicated, a huge improvement on that guy that shafted us for Dolphins. He really gave the opposition a lot to do and focus on and makes us a very different challenge to come up against...just like when our backline was firing early in the year.

For all the very much warranted negativity right now surrounding the team, we have what look like the best juniors coming through at this moment and it's keeping the fans from standing on the ledge.

 

[R&WTILLIDIE]

These are the sort of comments that piss me off.
And not sure if you were at the game though I was and could see this clearly!
Loko was out on his feet 5/10 minutes before he got taken off BUT he kept putting in! Though he was f**king gassed and needed to come off!
Same as liddle & Egan! These players were taking 3 plays to get back onside after playing amazing!!
so to say why they came off. You needed to be at the game and not on the tv to see what was happening!

Mate. Of course he had to come off. Of course he was gassed. Same as everyone else on the team. what the hell do you think my point is?

 

[R&WTILLIDIE]

Not giving them a go? there has beeen kids debut left, right and centre

Not Latu. Supposed to be the next best thing but farked off to Canterbury. What about Tamale? Killing it in Canberra, poor kid was behind Ravalawa, Sloan and Feagai at the dragons. Loko was great, only reason he made his debut was because Guller was injured. The poor kid could only get a go in first grade because Guller was injured.

 

[R&WTILLIDIE]

I thought Loko did very well on debut.

He did his job with minimal if any errors and looked at home for such a young guy up against a fearsome Warriors pack.

Well done lad.

Nice job!

Looked like a seasoned professional to me.

 

[hook hook]

Not Latu. Supposed to be the next best thing but farked off to Canterbury. What about Tamale? Killing it in Canberra, poor kid was behind Ravalawa, Sloan and Feagai at the dragons. Loko was great, only reason he made his debut was because Guller was injured. The poor kid could only get a go in first grade because Guller was injured.

Why waste a spot developing latu when he’s already gone? We have our lock rotation in Stewart and De Belin, so why bring in another? We need to be bringing in middles, but apart from Loko none are ready. Just on Loko, he got his shot through injury (same as most players that debut), took it with both hands so he won’t be displaced when Guler gets back. Much like Egan and Stewart haven’t been dropped.

 

[R&WTILLIDIE]

Why waste a spot developing latu when he’s already gone? We have our lock rotation in Stewart and De Belin, so why bring in another? We need to be bringing in middles, but apart from Loko none are ready. Just on Loko, he got his shot through injury (same as most players that debut), took it with both hands so he won’t be displaced when Guler gets back. Much like Egan and Stewart haven’t been dropped.

You missed my point mate. If he had been given a go beforehand, maybe he wouldn’t have left. There’s no way I’d want to see him in FG now. I have no issue with Stewart and DeBelin. They’ve been playing well. Loko got his opportunity because of injury. But the way Guller had been playing, I think Loko should have been given an opportunity much earlier.

 

[hewi]

Need to give Fafita another go if he and Loko both made the grade 2 man mountains in the middle just what we need.

 

[hook hook]

You missed my point mate. If he had been given a go beforehand, maybe he wouldn’t have left. There’s no way I’d want to see him in FG now. I have no issue with Stewart and DeBelin. They’ve been playing well. Loko got his opportunity because of injury. But the way Guller had been playing, I think Loko should have been given an opportunity much earlier.

Point made and it’s a good one. I can also see the other side of it too. Which is not bringing too many through at once. Seems like it would be the right call in hindsight because they’re all playing well, but you definitely need the experience and it’s not on Flanno. No other coach would have started the season with a rookie forward pack. That said, I think they will all retain their spots and their few games experience will allow for another at some point in the season.

 

[R&WTILLIDIE]

Point made and it’s a good one. I can also see the other side of it too. Which is not bringing too many through at once. Seems like it would be the right call in hindsight because they’re all playing well, but you definitely need the experience and it’s not on Flanno. No other coach would have started the season with a rookie forward pack. That said, I think they will all retain their spots and their few games experience will allow for another at some point in the season.

Excellent points mate. Cheers

 

[maestro1]

Not Latu. Supposed to be the next best thing but farked off to Canterbury. What about Tamale? Killing it in Canberra, poor kid was behind Ravalawa, Sloan and Feagai at the dragons. Loko was great, only reason he made his debut was because Guller was injured. The poor kid could only get a go in first grade because Guller was injured.

At all levels, a lot of debuts of a young junior occur due to injury. It's how I got my chance.

 

[Saint52]

Loko did not play last weekend, this would not have helped his stamina.