Re: Antonio Kaufusi gone : Thu Oct 03, 2013 11:20 am  

Sarf Essex Taff wrote:

Personally I thought he had gone a bit better of late

Sod's law.

Re: Antonio Kaufusi gone : Thu Oct 03, 2013 11:23 am  

Yes he had one or two good games, but for the money he was on that is simply not good enough, be interesting how he goes with the Giants, he will not get away with going missing under Paul Anderson.

Did anyone see Sky last night and what Tony Rea had to say?

Re: Antonio Kaufusi gone : Thu Oct 03, 2013 11:30 am  

No.... what did Rea have to say?

Re: Antonio Kaufusi gone : Thu Oct 03, 2013 11:46 am  

Not in the least bothered about him going, though I concede he has a chance of playing well when he's playing in a winning team with a competitive environment (though iirc, he did bugga all for Newcastle).

Crabtree has nothing to worry about comparing their stats...Crabtree makes twice the carries and metres of Fusi, 3 times as many tackle busts and 50% more tackles (a lot easier I know when you've got a good team around you).

Would be more concerned if we were losing Krasniqi or Dollapi.

Oh..saw Tony Rea on telly...it was a discussion about sport in general...nothing to do with Broncos (although it was mentioned a few times that Tony is the coach of LB...note present tense!).

Re: Antonio Kaufusi gone : Thu Oct 03, 2013 12:32 pm  

I thought TR was ok on the show, but couldn`t help but smile at the main topic of conversation `The obsession of winning in sport`…….oh the irony of TR having to wax lyrical on this given our state of affairs.

Re: Antonio Kaufusi gone : Thu Oct 03, 2013 1:34 pm  

True

Hey, no comment from you Sticksy, re the departure of your favourite player?

I wonder if they've made his bike redundant?

Re: Antonio Kaufusi gone : Thu Oct 03, 2013 1:40 pm  

Dan Stains woz God wrote:

Not in the least bothered about him going, though I concede he has a chance of playing well when he's playing in a winning team with a competitive environment (though iirc, he did bugga all for Newcastle).

Crabtree has nothing to worry about comparing their stats...Crabtree makes twice the carries and metres of Fusi, 3 times as many tackle busts and 50% more tackles (a lot easier I know when you've got a good team around you).

Would be more concerned if we were losing Krasniqi or Dollapi.

Oh..saw Tony Rea on telly...it was a discussion about sport in general...nothing to do with Broncos (although it was mentioned a few times that Tony is the coach of LB...note present tense!).

Yes lads like Dolapi being local will tend to give 100%. When he's developed fully he will be good for us. Olsi also gives 100% and worth keeping.

Re: Antonio Kaufusi gone : Thu Oct 03, 2013 3:42 pm  

Dan Stains woz God wrote:

Hey, no comment from you Sticksy, re the departure of your favourite player?

I wonder if they've made his bike redundant?

I posted my comments on the Huddersfield site.......what`s the betting that they get oh so much more out of him and he has a barn storming season.

Somewhere in Twickenham there is an empty exercise bike with the pedals still going round......and no doubt a lot faster than when he was on it!!!

Re: Antonio Kaufusi gone : Thu Oct 03, 2013 3:56 pm  

He played well at the end of the season so he would look good for a move to another club. Should be interesting to see what happens to him under Paul Anderson I bet you he wont get away with roaming around the pitch for 10 minutes each half znd his fitness level will be much better.

Re: Antonio Kaufusi gone : Thu Oct 03, 2013 4:06 pm  

I must admit that I see the Giants as being very clever in acquisition.

They cover the home grown ruling by having developed a full suite of powerful, athletic and fast black fellas and a few youngsters who are rarely used.

On the federation trained rulings they just raid the assets from the bottom six and especially their Yorkshire neighbours of Cas, Wakey and Bradford.

They tend to sign older NRL forwards who are in their prime and who might not get a new NRL deal not because of performance but because the clubs want to secure their better younger players on longer deals.

With their new status as league leaders they may become attractive to others however.

I think they will get great value from Chris Bailey who I believe was Powell's best signing.

As for AK, he is the kind of forward who is capable of making 150 metres a game, or just 50 metres.

I suspect he will do enough to get a place in the side and I will miss him.

Mark