Quote: imwakefieldtillidie "Atoni looks leaner to me this season, and he's also shown some handlng skills we didn't see last year. I've been impressed with Uele since Boxing Day. Not seen much of Vagana but reckon we could see him in the second row at some point. I'd like to see him running some lines out wide.'"
Yeah, he does seem to be getting up to speed quicker and hitting the line harder and just sort of looks lighter on his feet if you like, it must be from the off-season fitness improvements he's made. You can see he's made a real effort to show us all what he's made of, which is encouraging from both sides, Atoni and the coaching staff, in getting into such good shape. There's also no doubt he's doing longer spells than last year as well.
Vagana, although we've only seen for a short spell, I think we've got a real find on our hands. He's got that physical presence of height and size with long legs and arms, that some of the top players are blessed with. He just needs to get some game time into him now and hopefully become the player we all hope he can be. As you say, I could see him making meters down the middle or using him a little wider and causing havoc on the edges, no doubt he'll get a chance in the back row to see what he can do at some point.
Long story short, unusually for us, so far I've been really impressed by the players DP has brought in, hopefully, it's part of that new system they're using to find players that fit into Trinity's game present and future.