What I said about tackling practice with PP was a bit tongue in cheek, as much as like PP hes a great guy and always has time for us fans, I get what your saying re losing weight.
I too have lost 8kgs - albeit from January, but as you said if you can do it and I can do it a week away from being 53, then it cant be that difficult! (Even if its nearly killed me!)

You could say the same about Fifita! Being lean isn't everything, being fit is. Somehow Dave carries far to much weight yet he seems to be fit as a fiddle and can last most games. PP actually looks leaner to me than Dave yet clearly struggles. There has to be a natural athleticism as well as a good work ethic and it would seem PP doesn't have either, you can get by with one or the other but you can't be missing both. Solomona was the same as Dave, never looked the part but went like a train.

Agree with much that you say but to call him a disgrace is very harsh and to compare him to Hickey is grossely unfair, we've had good games from PP and some match winning tries, we never got anything at all from that useless lump.

Think thats harsh - he has contributed far more than you've given him (no) credit for.
As for Hickey, I could put in a better stint.

Wow. How quickly the forum turns on a player.

Tbf most are just seeing what CC seems to be seeing. It only a few who seem to be out to gett PP. He clearly needs to step up a gear if he's to match his obvious promise but to compare him to Hickey I agree, extremely harsh.

Can’t say I’ve ever noticed Pop Tart

I like nothing more than seeing Pauli run over a defender and leave him on his back. But Friday night was no near what is acceptable at this level. Let's hope it's a one off.

CC made a really small comment about 1 game.
Let's get it in perspective.

Well done BG by the way with the loss. Im now looking at body fat % too.

As for PP nputting two stone on through the off season for me is too much.

Somebody said to me a couple of weeks back, he is now over 20stone.

Would be interesting to compare Pauli and Fifita height and weight wise, with an accurate source, unlike Wiki. I think Fifita was carrying too much back in 2016, but I think he has become leaner than he was then.

I think a lot was said in 2018 about Pauli and how he would be even better with a good pre season behind him. I as well as others would have thought he would come back this year, if anything leaner.

Im not bagging him as he is a good player and very capable, but I think a leaner version would be much more effective, but for me thats down to the individuals attitude and not coaching staff.

The first part of the post was tongue in cheek, I thought that would be obvious with the link to Hickey tbf? Had I compared him with Grond (Laeano) or Tautai then I’d expect the reaction. Perhaps next time I shall use an emoji- it has been a long time since I’ve posted on this forum so I forgot how tetchy people become if not 100% clear.

The second part of my post I will stand by- Pauli has a poor and in my opinion lazy attitude, which is not just reflected in his weight and athleticism but his application on the pitch- In my opinion I think we can get more bang for our buck elsewhere.

Fair enough, re part 1,but I wasnt the only one who commented.
As for part 2, that is your opinion, which is fair enough. But you seem to have forgotten the good things (as others have also pointed out) he has done and concentrated on the bad one that has been brought up. I would like to think that we will see a better PP - remember he also missed the beginning of the season due to injury.
Also as has been mentioned Big Dave wasnt "bang on" for a while - and comparing him to Big Dave isnt quite right - hes taller and bigger than him.

Fair point PT but at the end of the day it’s a forum. As I stated on another thread I’d deffo keep PP assuming he wants to stay. There is so much more to come from that lad if it can be unleashed.

If you look at the interview it was a loaded question which in hindsight C.C. would have been better dodging but he’s not a politician so he’s not had all the training