|
 |
Rank | Posts | Team |
Club Owner | 36156 | Wakefield Trinity |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Oct 2004 | 21 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Jun 2025 | Feb 2025 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
TO BE FIXED |
|
| Quote frogcat="frogcat"ewan is going to play in aus mate. him and richard never saw eye to eye anyway but you are right. we have no front row to speak of.apart from kyle who could be called back anytime it suits leeds . trouble is we are trying to put second rowers up front and they are getting battered as they did in catalans. said weeks ago before we released the props we had, don't throw the baby out with the bath water. there is no one around to pick up now thats good enough.'"
Stop talking rubbish, Johnson is a first class SL prop in the making and Wilkes is already a good SL prop. I can never understand why fans like you take a reasonable point (we are one of the lighter front rows and cou;d do with another prop) and then stretch and twist it to the ridiculous length that we have only one prop. You just destroy any credibility you're point had.
Friendlies mean nothing IMHO other than giving people excuses to moan.
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Club Owner | 36156 | Wakefield Trinity |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Oct 2004 | 21 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Jun 2025 | Feb 2025 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
TO BE FIXED |
|
| Quote sandaltrinityfan="sandaltrinityfan"Well I think you have a point and one which has been highlighted on here many times. We have perhaps ONE established superleague prop in Kyle Amor and even he is still learning his trade. Ollie Wilkes is a great forward but not an out and out prop, nor are Raleigh or Johnson.
We are lightweight and the likes of Kylie Leululai must be rubbing their hands in anticipation of facing us in battle. I sincerely hope I'm wrong but I don't think the reduction in interchange will make any difference to the rotation of props!'"
Yeah let's just make it up as we go along shall we. Johnson is an out and out prop and anyone can see that. I can't for the life of me see how you get Amor as an established SL prop. He'd barely played a game until we rescued him. He's no further down the track than Johnson. They are both good IMHO and come the real season will give Leululai plenty to think about. Give your head a shake and wait and see and give them a chance.
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Moderator | 21789 | Wakefield Trinity |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Oct 2008 | 17 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Aug 2025 | Feb 2025 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
TO BE FIXED |
Moderator
|
| We don't need an impact prop anymore in my opinion, we need a tackle buster and momentum builder. Not the same thing.
Physical size does matter but not at the expense of the rest of the game.
I'd like to see Kylie play for us, or even a young Korki, but if they are not there I don't want a big fat prop just for the sake of it.
Peacock isn't exactly big in weight and size nor was Fielden. It isn't just a matter of getting a giant, it's a momentum builder we need. They come in all shapes and sizes.
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 974 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Dec 2010 | 15 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Aug 2015 | Aug 2015 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
TO BE FIXED |
|
| Quote vastman="vastman"Yeah let's just make it up as we go along shall we. Johnson is an out and out prop and anyone can see that. I can't for the life of me see how you get Amor as an established SL prop. He'd barely played a game until we rescued him. He's no further down the track than Johnson. They are both good IMHO and come the real season will give Leululai plenty to think about. Give your head a shake and wait and see and give them a chance.'"
Oh ok then I will give my head a shake but you give yours a shake if we hit injuries to Amor and Johnson because I think you will find that what we can then put at prop will get ripped to pieces by a lot of SL teams!
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 14143 | Wakefield Trinity |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Oct 2006 | 19 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Aug 2025 | Feb 2025 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
TO BE FIXED |
|
| Quote PopTart="PopTart"We don't need an impact prop anymore in my opinion, we need a tackle buster and momentum builder. Not the same thing.
Physical size does matter but not at the expense of the rest of the game.
I'd like to see Kylie play for us, or even a young Korki, but if they are not there I don't want a big fat prop just for the sake of it.
Peacock isn't exactly big in weight and size nor was Fielden. It isn't just a matter of getting a giant, it's a momentum builder we need. They come in all shapes and sizes.'"
Basically a Tronc, only without the personal issues.
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Moderator | 21789 | Wakefield Trinity |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Oct 2008 | 17 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Aug 2025 | Feb 2025 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
TO BE FIXED |
Moderator
|
| Quote Khlav Kalash="Khlav Kalash"Basically a Tronc, only without the personal issues.'"
I'd be ok with that 
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Club Owner | 36156 | Wakefield Trinity |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Oct 2004 | 21 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Jun 2025 | Feb 2025 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
TO BE FIXED |
|
| Quote sandaltrinityfan="sandaltrinityfan"Oh ok then I will give my head a shake but you give yours a shake if we hit injuries to Amor and Johnson because I think you will find that what we can then put at prop will get ripped to pieces by a lot of SL teams!'"
Would that not apply to any team.
We have 3 props in Amor, Wilkes and Johnson and two more in Raliegh and James as back up and a couple of youngsters. It's as good as most. Even Saints or Leeds would struggle if they lost there first choice props. You are just creating an issue that isn't there. Yes another big prop would be very nice, and that would apply to at least ten other clubs.
Wilkes is 6'2" and 17 stone by the way and thus is bigger than Amor (6'2" 16 1/2 stone) or Johnson and has way more experience. Andy Raleigh is exactly the same size as Amor whilst James is the same height and just 2lbs lighter.
Kyle Leululai is 5'10" and 17 stone 2 lbs and thus a smaller specimen than Wilkes.
These are the stats like it or not. Of course there is more than just size that makes a prop. The main one is ticker and certainly Wilkes, Amor, Johnson and Raleigh have proved not to be short of that.
As I say fans make it up as they go along to suit their particular issue, real or imagined.
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Club Coach | 10926 | London Skolars |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Jun 2005 | 20 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Dec 2021 | Feb 2019 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
TO BE FIXED |
|
| Quote Khlav Kalash="Khlav Kalash"Basically a Tronc, only without the personal issues.'"
I'd have a Stosic - just as he was! 
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 14143 | Wakefield Trinity |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Oct 2006 | 19 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Aug 2025 | Feb 2025 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
TO BE FIXED |
|
| Quote TRB="TRB"Quote TRB="Khlav Kalash"Basically a Tronc, only without the personal issues.'"
I'd have a Stosic - just as he was!
'"
Agreed, but it would be better if he had a Serbian passport!
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 659 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Mar 2007 | 18 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Feb 2014 | Feb 2014 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
TO BE FIXED |
|
| Stosic is the best prop we've had in years, better than Tronc in many ways, obviously not as eye catching but certainly more reliable, solid and one of those players that allowed his team mates to play their best rugby while he did the graft.
If we had a James Stosic in the team alongside Southern there wouldn't be many teams that would enjoy attacking us down the middle.
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 1251 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Sep 2007 | 18 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Oct 2019 | Sep 2019 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
TO BE FIXED |
|
| Quote PopTart="PopTart"We don't need an impact prop anymore in my opinion, we need a tackle buster and momentum builder. Not the same thing.
Physical size does matter but not at the expense of the rest of the game.
I'd like to see Kylie play for us, or even a young Korki, but if they are not there I don't want a big fat prop just for the sake of it.
Peacock isn't exactly big in weight and size nor was Fielden. It isn't just a matter of getting a giant, it's a momentum builder we need. They come in all shapes and sizes.'"
Mark O'Meley would be my ideal choice, in an ideal world.
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
International Star | 141 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
May 2011 | 14 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Feb 2012 | Feb 2012 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
TO BE FIXED |
|
| With interchanges being reduced I feel the teams with the bigger impact props wil struggle this year like you Warrington's, Leeds, Dragons and so on. And lets also not forget the unlimited interchanges on Saturday.
|
|
|
 |
|