Re: Could Timoteo Simona play in Super League? : Tue Jan 15, 2019 4:43 pm  

LardoCabin wrote:

Aye, big signing at the time but didn't even bother breaking a sweat when he played.

Tbf to Tupou that wasn't through lack of trying if you watched him play, injuries just took there toll on him. Anyway if it wasn't for him we wouldn't have got Fifita to the Club, so swings and roundabouts.

Re: Could Timoteo Simona play in Super League? : Tue Jan 15, 2019 4:48 pm  

TheDreadnought wrote:

Leading on from them...

THE FLYING FULLBACK Kevin Locke
NSW REP Justin Poore with 170+ NRL apps
NRL GRAND FINAL WINNING Scott Anderson
THE SAMOAN SPEEDSTER Pita Godinet

This is a different Kevin Locke than the washed up ex-NRL Full-Back that played a paltry 5 games for Wakey and 16 for Salford right?

Yeah I remember him..... all the talent in the world but he pi$$ed it all away and is now playing Sunday League Rugby in NZ.

Not somebody you should be quoting in an argument unless the title is "most underwhelming players ever to play in Super League"

Re: Could Timoteo Simona play in Super League? : Tue Jan 15, 2019 4:49 pm  

Shifty Cat wrote:

Tbf to Tupou that wasn't through lack of trying if you watched him play, injuries just took there toll on him. Anyway if it wasn't for him we wouldn't have got Fifita to the Club, so swings and roundabouts.

He was done before he come over, watched him in a reserve grade game and he was walking around the pitch like he needed a hip replacement, top player in his day though. How on earth did he pass his medical? I am guessing at the time Wakey were just desperate to get some quality in.

Re: Could Timoteo Simona play in Super League? : Tue Jan 15, 2019 4:54 pm  

Ruune Rebellion wrote:

Please ignore the wakefield fans. They dont like threads like this because they would never be able to sign someone of his quality

But yet you bring so much to so many threads.

Nah, we could never aspire to sign someone who no one wants to touch, who's now a fitness instructor or something.

Re: Could Timoteo Simona play in Super League? : Tue Jan 15, 2019 5:06 pm  

SaleSlim wrote:

This is a different Kevin Locke than the washed up ex-NRL Full-Back that played a paltry 5 games for Wakey and 16 for Salford right?

Yeah I remember him..... all the talent in the world but he pi$$ed it all away and is now playing Sunday League Rugby in NZ.

Not somebody you should be quoting in an argument unless the title is "most underwhelming players ever to play in Super League"

tbh out of all the NRL players we've had he wouldn't be one I'd name. Like you say at one time he was a class player but not while he was over here. Could have named Shane Tronc, one of the best Props I've seen at Trinity or a better pick with the number of games he played and how good he was is Solomona, Paul Aiton as well, even guys in the side now like Bill Tupou or Arona tbh.

Re: Could Timoteo Simona play in Super League? : Tue Jan 15, 2019 7:00 pm  

Shifty Cat wrote:

tbh out of all the NRL players we've had he wouldn't be one I'd name. Like you say at one time he was a class player but not while he was over here. Could have named Shane Tronc, one of the best Props I've seen at Trinity or a better pick with the number of games he played and how good he was is Solomona, Paul Aiton as well, even guys in the side now like Bill Tupou or Arona tbh.

Cracking player was Solomona. Locke was such a waste of talent, a bit like Todd Carney. I'd have paid a fortune to watch Carney, Locke and Chase at the peak of their powers in a Salford shirt. Shame we got

Re: Could Timoteo Simona play in Super League? : Wed Jan 16, 2019 12:40 pm  

SaleSlim wrote:

Cracking player was Solomona. Locke was such a waste of talent, a bit like Todd Carney. I'd have paid a fortune to watch Carney, Locke and Chase at the peak of their powers in a Salford shirt. Shame we got

I'm sure to be shot at by the fans of 'big clubs' as nobody but them are entitled to have the best. However for me Solomona was the best signing ever made by SL from the NRL. He was still quite young, had not yet peaked, was a genuine International who went on to win a WC later that year and almost single handedly transformed a bottom two club into a team that got to within one win of a GF.

If another player did as well as that in their first season in SL and with the games most un-fasionable club at the time I'd like to know who?

Cue printer and his nonsense as he's bound to be outraged by my uperty Wakefield opinion.

Re: Could Timoteo Simona play in Super League? : Wed Jan 16, 2019 12:48 pm  

*2 wins from a GF.


Though Solomona was a beast.

And the trolls are wrong, again.

Re: Could Timoteo Simona play in Super League? : Wed Jan 16, 2019 3:41 pm  

Towns88 wrote:

*2 wins from a GF.


Though Solomona was a beast.

And the trolls are wrong, again.

Not just a beast, he also had sublime passing and off loading skills and a decent short kicking game.
He played stand off against Bradford in one of our games and although pace wasn't his thing, he certainly had the rest.

Re: Could Timoteo Simona play in Super League? : Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:47 pm  

vastman wrote:

I'm sure to be shot at by the fans of 'big clubs' as nobody but them are entitled to have the best. However for me Solomona was the best signing ever made by SL from the NRL. He was still quite young, had not yet peaked, was a genuine International who went on to win a WC later that year and almost single handedly transformed a bottom two club into a team that got to within one win of a GF.

If another player did as well as that in their first season in SL and with the games most un-fasionable club at the time I'd like to know who?

Cue printer and his nonsense as he's bound to be outraged by my uperty Wakefield opinion.

Wakey did well to sign Solomona as Wire were also keen to sign him. He was great to watch as the x-factor was still there when he did play at the HJS, and that was when his fitness and pace were a thing of the past.