Re: Solomona : Sat Oct 13, 2012 12:01 pm  

charlie wrote:

The abuse he got from some sections of the crowd was shocking after he left. He played the last part of the 06 season with a busted arm but managed to drag us through and keep us up.

Well you are not wrong and it just shows how some fans are brain dead.


He played on with a torn muscle and a broken bone in is hand, several games later he helped keep us up.


Injections and a desire not to fail made him a special Wakey player.


All the best to David Solomona.

Re: Solomona : Sat Oct 13, 2012 1:53 pm  

I have watched Trinity for the last 25 years and in that time the number of reputation players who have come here and really had an impact is tiny.

There are plenty who made there reputation with us like JD, but that's different.

The list FWIW is in order

David Solomona
Ray Price
Sid Domic

and if all goes well this season Tim Smith.

There are others who made limited but honourable efforts, Steve Ella, Adrian Shelford, Steve Prescott, Andy Mason and Andrew Leeds to name a few - but only the three I named really made an impact to match their reputations for me - unless I've forgotten a really obvious one (remember though they had to have arrived with a big reputation).

Re: Solomona : Sat Oct 13, 2012 2:30 pm  

canterburywildcat wrote:

One of the best tries I ever saw, was when we were playing Bradford I think the week before the million pound game, he took the ball and went down a ridiculously small blind side, fed semi for a try.

Great player

I think it was Ned Catic who backed him up and scored the try.
His try in the final seconds at Wigan where he used his Inspector Gadget arm and his four at home v London stand out too.

Great player. Could have signed for any team in Super League and whoever got him to sign for us on the quiet did a good job.

Re: Solomona : Sat Oct 13, 2012 2:47 pm  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

I think it was Ned Catic who backed him up and scored the try.
His try in the final seconds at Wigan where he used his Inspector Gadget arm and his four at home v London stand out too.

Great player. Could have signed for any team in Super League and whoever got him to sign for us on the quiet did a good job.

Robbo I think.

Re: Solomona : Sat Oct 13, 2012 3:10 pm  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

I think it was Ned Catic who backed him up and scored the try.
His try in the final seconds at Wigan where he used his Inspector Gadget arm and his four at home v London stand out too.

Great player. Could have signed for any team in Super League and whoever got him to sign for us on the quiet did a good job.

My bad! evidently I was so impressed by the Solo move, I didn't pay enough attention to the try scorer!

Re: Solomona : Sat Oct 13, 2012 5:35 pm  

I read recently that David said his time at Wakefield was one the most enjoyable time of his career, with the situation at the club and the players who were there. A lovely man and a joy to watch, thanks for the memories dave

Re: Solomona : Sat Oct 13, 2012 6:06 pm  

Wakefield No 1 wrote:

I read recently that David said his time at Wakefield was one the most enjoyable time of his career, with the situation at the club and the players who were there. A lovely man and a joy to watch, thanks for the memories dave

Best single punch,when he downed Nero at BV I've ever seen.Watching it with my son and told him that I don't agree with what he did,but if you do ,that's how to do it.....All the best David for the future,great player.

Re: Solomona : Sat Oct 13, 2012 8:28 pm  

A cracking player and by all accounts, a lovely fella; best of luck in whatever he does next.

Re: Solomona : Sat Oct 13, 2012 9:00 pm  

Basically a Scum half trapped in a props body, at Wire i've seen him do things and thought 'did he just do what i think he did'?
I've gone home watched the replay and thought bloody hell he did do that.

Re: Solomona : Sun Oct 14, 2012 5:47 pm  

King David

Deserves the genius tag... frustrating at times with discipline as folk have mentioned but edge of seat stuff as soon as play came near him - with or without the ball, especially with...

He Domic and Semi was the most devastating partnership ive ever seen at Belle Vue and I'd go as far as to say on there day I havent seen many more better anywhere else. Moments of magic.. loved a scrap (or at least knocking Nero out) .. and a thoroughly nice guy off the pitch who would always have a chat and make time with fans


David