Re: Wigan II the resurrection : Fri Apr 15, 2022 8:29 pm  

I’m not saying Tanginoa has been good by any stretch VM. He’s not performing at prop though we did see the odd flash when him vs wire when miraculously he spelled in the SR. Tanginoa was the best SR and forward at the club end of 2020 season until the experiment to convert him to a prop early 2021.

Tanginoa was a destructive left SR and has been converted into a average at best prop. The only reason I can think is to accommodate Ashurst. What an error that has been. Ashurst needs a rest and so does Pitts if we don’t want them burnt out for KR. We have Tanginoa and Batchelor who I think could be better options. Tanginoa would need to rediscover some form and fast and he will only do that on the edges.

Re: Wigan II the resurrection : Fri Apr 15, 2022 8:37 pm  

If the players want to apologise properly they’ll go to Wigan and win.

Re: Wigan II the resurrection : Fri Apr 15, 2022 9:28 pm  

vastman wrote:

Which Tanginoa are you watching? It much rather play Sid or even Windrow, almost anyone except Tanginoa.

The Tanginoa that was playing when Miller was on the field .What was is stats against Cas .Did not think he played that bad compared to some of the forwards

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Re: Wigan II the resurrection : Fri Apr 15, 2022 9:38 pm  

alegend wrote:

The Tanginoa that was playing when Miller was on the field .What was is stats against Cas .Did not think he played that bad compared to some of the forwards

The thing with Kelepi is that he is absolutely the best at running the ball and can smash people in defense but his ball is not as good as the other second rowers and his over all defense in that position is not as good.
So you win something and lose something playing Tangino in SR.

Re: Wigan II the resurrection : Fri Apr 15, 2022 10:05 pm  

PopTart wrote:

The thing with Kelepi is that he is absolutely the best at running the ball and can smash people in defense but his ball is not as good as the other second rowers and his over all defense in that position is not as good.
So you win something and lose something playing Tangino in SR.

As a second rower he was good enough to get in the dream team, a team selected by opposition coaches using a criterion of selecting the opposition player who performed well against you and caused you problems.

Re: Wigan II the resurrection : Sat Apr 16, 2022 1:34 am  

The Avenger wrote:

As a second rower he was good enough to get in the dream team, a team selected by opposition coaches using a criterion of selecting the opposition player who performed well against you and caused you problems.

He did get some consecutive MOTM performances in. He was killing it in left SR when we signed him. Think Ashurst was injured. Soon as Ashurst came back from injury Tanginoa was ousted and sent to prop. The end result is what we see now. Whether he can get back the form he showed on the edges remains to be seen but I remember his damaging runs down field.

Re: Wigan II the resurrection : Sat Apr 16, 2022 6:36 am  

Willzay wrote:

If the players want to apologise properly they’ll go to Wigan and win.

It's a big ask, they've got players coming back that weren't in the team at Saints, it would be some apology though if they did

Re: Wigan II the resurrection : Sat Apr 16, 2022 7:17 am  

Crowther may not have the experience of Tanginoa but has twice the work rate if not more and wants to play for Trin . Something is definitely amiss with Kelepi and seems a shadow of that barn storming forward we all watched and took to .Is it a confidence thing or is it attitude,I don’t know but it needs sorting ASAP as we are paying for the privilege of have having an overseas passenger at present . Is whitbread any better than Aydin , for me the jury is out ,Arona ,tupou and fifita have earned their stripes over the years and have been full value for their price tags IMO . Kelepi in his pomp is a sight to behold, let’s hope he gets back to those ways sooner rather than later because we certainly miss that attacking presence on the field

Re: Wigan II the resurrection : Sat Apr 16, 2022 10:19 am  

upthecats wrote:

How does it work when there is no appeal?

That today is about as clear cut a ban as you can get! Player knew he'd done wrong...coach has come out and said he's done wrong...I can see a big ban coming as it was a shocker...worse than Will Pryce's for me and he copped a big one!

I agree, how on earth that wasn't a straight red, only the ref knows.
Did the ref gat any input from the VR because it was perhaps THE most clear Red Card decision I've seen, especially in the current climate of supposedly "protecting" players.

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Re: Wigan II the resurrection : Sat Apr 16, 2022 10:36 am  

wrencat1873 wrote:

I agree, how on earth that wasn't a straight red, only the ref knows.
Did the ref gat any input from the VR because it was perhaps THE most clear Red Card decision I've seen, especially in the current climate of supposedly "protecting" players.

Still needs an opportunity to appeal whether it's clear cut or not.