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hindy111

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I rate Stefano. But the games moving towards smalls,faster and more mobile forwards. Look what JFH and Leota did in the last three grand finals. Quick leg speed. Ferocious defense. They are the style you want. Big men are ok if dominating but if go thru a tough spell you leak to many points.
I still remember when peanuts on here thought Tepau was better then the vicious fish.
 

jk13

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would be nice to entertain the thought they we are one of the teams looking at josh curren, maybe a swap for joffa?
 

Poupou Escobar

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Meh I’m not the one claiming Stefano is a saint. He tried to hold us to ransom and we decided not to play. If you reckon BA playing someone for very small game time is just around players signing elsewhere, you don’t watch many of our games.
We had a bunch of merkins play NRL all last year despite having signed elsewhere.
 

Gronk

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Came across this on my afternoon walk.

Is this the same Broderick Wright that played for Parramatta 15 years ago
He ditched us. #boo

 
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Well considering Stef debut at Parramatta was so important to Parra and Parra fans its worth remembering that his debut in the NRL, that his whole family came to and was no doubt excited..........BA put him on 1minute to go. He and his family must have been so happy. Really shitty thing to do and no doubt in response to him signing with the Tigers (but still wouldnt release him). he got 10mins and 13mins in his next two games.
That's just standard BA use of the bench to be honest, not any special treatment for Stefano...
 

Parra Pride

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Well considering Stef debut at Parramatta was so important to Parra and Parra fans its worth remembering that his debut in the NRL, that his whole family came to and was no doubt excited..........BA put him on 1minute to go. He and his family must have been so happy. Really shitty thing to do and no doubt in response to him signing with the Tigers (but still wouldnt release him). he got 10mins and 13mins in his next two games.

Shows the pettiness and small mindedness of BA IMO.

Some of us still havent forgotten Mitchell Moses last game as a Tiger after the Tigers refused his request for a release.

M Moses - 80mins - 2 runs - 6 run metres - 0 PTB - 9missed tackles showing the mental toughness and professionalism that would stand him in good stead for his future employer and future teammate in Ryan Matterson.
He played his own son in a Grand Final for like five minutes or some shit. Play Stefano a minute in his debut wasn’t pettiness, BA is just a dumb merkin who doesn’t know how to make a proper bench rotation work.
 

Poupou Escobar

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He played his own son in a Grand Final for like five minutes or some shit. Play Stefano a minute in his debut wasn’t pettiness, BA is just a dumb merkin who doesn’t know how to make a proper bench rotation work.
Only dumb merkins don’t realise that you can win any game with 16 players. That last spot on the bench is there for injury cover or to reward the effort of a lower grader. If you’re lucky enough to have 17 genuine first graders available you might be able to give all four bench players half a game, but then you need to take 160 minutes away from your starters.
 

yy_cheng

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I rate Stefano. But the games moving towards smalls,faster and more mobile forwards. Look what JFH and Leota did in the last three grand finals. Quick leg speed. Ferocious defense. They are the style you want. Big men are ok if dominating but if go thru a tough spell you leak to many points.
I still remember when peanuts on here thought Tepau was better then the vicious fish.
i agree but you need a big edge player like Kikau, Nelson, Fatfita, et al.

Players who will attract defenders even though they dont get the ball.
 

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