Lino : Sat Mar 19, 2022 10:52 pm  

Lino is quality, he has a good passing range - short & long, he has a side step in his game, he has a kicking game + short kicks, he has strength & can tackle, he should get better in decision making, sure he makes some mistakes but so do all players, provided he plays above his mistake numbers then so what, nothing tried is nothing gained, we look much better when he plays then when he doesn't.
So a new contract should be given asap, in my opinion.

Re: Lino : Sat Mar 19, 2022 10:58 pm  

TrinTrin wrote:

Lino is quality, he has a good passing range - short & long, he has a side step in his game, he has a kicking game + short kicks, he has strength & can tackle, he should get better in decision making, sure he makes some mistakes but so do all players, provided he plays above his mistake numbers then so what, nothing tried is nothing gained, we look much better when he plays then when he doesn't.
So a new contract should be given asap, in my opinion.

In my opinion I’d suggest that a few weeks ago you were one of those saying he wanted out. He’s under contract & playing great!

Re: Lino : Sat Mar 19, 2022 11:03 pm  

I'm not sure we should be renewing contracts on the basis of 1 good game - especially for a player who asked for a release because he sulked when he wasn't getting picked.

I do hope we retain him, but on the basis of a dozen straight top performances...fingers crossed.

Re: Lino : Sat Mar 19, 2022 11:57 pm  

dboy wrote:

I'm not sure we should be renewing contracts on the basis of 1 good game - especially for a player who asked for a release because he sulked when he wasn't getting picked.

I do hope we retain him, but on the basis of a dozen straight top performances...fingers crossed.

I’ll be honest I’m not on the inside track but did he ask for a release?

Re: Lino : Sun Mar 20, 2022 6:50 am  

Lockers700 wrote:

I’ll be honest I’m not on the inside track but did he ask for a release?

I’m with you, I’ve heard nothing on this but dboy tends to be more right than wrong so I can’t dismiss out of hand.

Certainly tightened up at Trin under WP, I’m finding it very difficult these days to get any reliable team info. Used to be a doddle.

Re: Lino : Sun Mar 20, 2022 8:56 am  

All this is just new's from the fish shop ,the comment '',not after one match'' is so stupid.Lino played to a high standed for most of last season .Think there will be bigger teams than the French team tackling note . We have got a season to sign him up .Let's hope we can keep him .A post like this after the best performance I have seen from Wakefield for years ,playing open football, taking chances, soon great defence All this done by a Coaching staff that have had not much input in to the new .players that have come in .Think the post should be What the hell was Chester up to on the last two year

Re: Lino : Sun Mar 20, 2022 8:59 am  

Other than being injured, when has Lino not been selected?

Re: Lino : Sun Mar 20, 2022 9:28 am  

chissitt wrote:

Other than being injured, when has Lino not been selected?

That's the million doller question.

Injured or dropped?

Either way he's come back on fire.

Also noted he took on the kicking roll again.

Re: Lino : Sun Mar 20, 2022 10:02 am  

Everything in the way he's come back into the team suggests he was injured...

All the regular updates before he came back about getting fitness back, doing more running etc...then he made his comeback and first time out looked pretty rusty, then against Toulousse put in a great shift and controlled the game and got motm!

Was great yesterday and again was motm by quite a way and showing he's back to 100% with the couple of games under his belt and resuming kicking duties showing what a fantastic goalkicker he is,,,a huge asset.

I've not seen any sign whatsoever that he's unhappy, or was dropped? Just an important player given the time to come into the side when 100% fit. Hopefully we've learned our lessons from previous seasons bringing players back and playing them when not right. We've assembled what looks a decent squad and already, even though early results didn't go our way, have proved that if needed we've plenty of cover that can come in and do a job.

Re: Lino : Sun Mar 20, 2022 10:21 am  

Personally only heard positive things regarding Mason, never causes any trouble around the club apparently.

Think he injured his calf in pre season. He might have made those comments in the boozer as a wind up.

Anyway he was rusty vs Toulouse but he got us home and was quality yesterday. Those jinking runs reminded me of watching rugby in the early 90's as a youngster.

Have to say the forward pack dominated which gave Mason the platform to do his thing. The pack looked really good and fit, good signs for the rest of the season.