Re: Sam Walters : Sat May 06, 2023 5:30 pm  

Aggressive and impactful are not the same.

Re: Sam Walters : Sat May 06, 2023 6:13 pm  

ploinerrhino wrote:

Not sure i get this Sangare has been impactful at all

All rephrase. Sangare has been what I expected. He’s raw and makes the odd error/defensive lapse, but he’s big, can skittle a defender and offload. He’s exactly the type of prop who has been causing us problems for years in the mould of Paasi or Kasiano, granted he’s not the finished article.

Also realise my previous post may have been unfair to Tom Holroyd, who has been pretty good.

Re: Sam Walters : Sat May 06, 2023 7:13 pm  

Barrie’s Glass Eye wrote:

All rephrase. Sangare has been what I expected. He’s raw and makes the odd error/defensive lapse, but he’s big, can skittle a defender and offload. He’s exactly the type of prop who has been causing us problems for years in the mould of Paasi or Kasiano, granted he’s not the finished article.

Also realise my previous post may have been unfair to Tom Holroyd, who has been pretty good.

Not sure ‘pretty good’ cuts it anymore…..

Re: Sam Walters : Sat May 06, 2023 7:29 pm  

Shabino wrote:

Not sure ‘pretty good’ cuts it anymore…..

So you don’t think Holroyds had a good season so far?

Re: Sam Walters : Sat May 06, 2023 8:00 pm  

Holroyd got an England call up for his form. His best is still yet to come he could be a bigger Barrie McDermott.

Re: Sam Walters : Sat May 06, 2023 8:06 pm  

Shabino wrote:

Not sure ‘pretty good’ cuts it anymore…..

No I think he’s been very good actually. But they all need to be paying, ‘very wellI’ most of the time now. Long gone are the days where we could just turn it on at will and blitz teams…..

Re: Sam Walters : Sat May 06, 2023 8:18 pm  

Jack Burton wrote:

If he's going to cement a place in the 17 in the front row, then he needs to improve his defence and up the amount of carries he makes. All our props are currently 3rd or 4th props. We really need a proper leader in the front row. This is the role Mik should be doing, but it's clear he's still working his way back to full fitness.

Holroyd is our best prop he's got aggression and a massive engine and he'll get better and better quality.

Re: Sam Walters : Sat May 06, 2023 9:44 pm  

Holroyd and Walters are our two best props,Mik is way off at the minute. Lisone is a ten minute man and as for Sangare,well to be honest Donaldson is better value

Re: Sam Walters : Sun May 07, 2023 7:53 pm  

Sangare has offered more than Donaldson.

Mik will come good,will just take time to regain march fitness and the fact we now have props means he isn't doing it all himself.

Re: Sam Walters : Mon May 08, 2023 6:50 am  

Mik has been poor since his return - I appreciate that is not allowed on here - but he has.