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Post by True-supporter » 01 Jan 2019, 00:33

Swagger wrote:Tottenham being part of the top 3 in the premiership this year without signing 1 players shows it can be done. Just need to hope we don't pick up injuries along the way. We have lost Webster and a couple more so injuries would hurt us bad.
As usual we look for any excuse that if we sign nobody we wll do ok. Last year we took nearly a season to sign a fullback this had a major impact on are season.we need to get players in place.

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Post by Swagger » 01 Jan 2019, 00:54

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Swagger wrote:Tottenham being part of the top 3 in the premiership this year without signing 1 players shows it can be done. Just need to hope we don't pick up injuries along the way. We have lost Webster and a couple more so injuries would hurt us bad.
As usual we look for any excuse that if we sign nobody we wll do ok. Last year we took nearly a season to sign a fullback this had a major impact on are season.we need to get players in place.
We took nearly a season to sign a full back yet walked it into top 4 :roll: without Luke Gale half of season. Shows we can perform without star players.

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Post by bane73 » 01 Jan 2019, 10:57

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Swagger wrote:Tottenham being part of the top 3 in the premiership this year without signing 1 players shows it can be done. Just need to hope we don't pick up injuries along the way. We have lost Webster and a couple more so injuries would hurt us bad.
As usual we look for any excuse that if we sign nobody we wll do ok. Last year we took nearly a season to sign a fullback this had a major impact on are season.we need to get players in place.
So you want us to pay a bloke, ikahihifo, 160 grand a year, he, never plays a full game has low stamina and isn't a game changer. I know he's strong and has great hands and I'd love him in our side, but, no way would I expect the board to spend that kind of money on a player who only spends half the game on the field.
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Post by Tigerade » 01 Jan 2019, 11:24

So you want us to pay a bloke, ikahihifo, 160 grand a year, he, never plays a full game has low stamina and isn't a game changer. I know he's strong and has great hands and I'd love him in our side, but, no way would I expect the board to spend that kind of money on a player who only spends half the game on the field.
Agree with this. ^^
SI is probably worth about 70 to 80 K a year tops. What I cannot understand is why on earth have Hudds put him om a vastly inflated wage in the first place ?

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Post by SREGITSAC » 01 Jan 2019, 12:34

The position we find ourselves in now is not comparable to this time last year. We have not lost a key element of our spine and we are coming off the back of a season where we largely performed inconsistently and below potential but managed to secure 3rd spot in the table. The amount of potential in the squad is phenomenal, considering the absentees from last year (from long term injuries) and the players that were hindered by joining late, niggly injuries and those that didn’t perform as well as we know they can.
You can probably count on one hand the number of times we were able to play the same squad consecutively without chopping and changing due to injuries and the same can be said for our first choice spine, it never got to gel fully.

All of this points to an improved 2019 season with or without any signings.

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Post by fords » 01 Jan 2019, 13:14

bane73 wrote:
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Swagger wrote:Tottenham being part of the top 3 in the premiership this year without signing 1 players shows it can be done. Just need to hope we don't pick up injuries along the way. We have lost Webster and a couple more so injuries would hurt us bad.
As usual we look for any excuse that if we sign nobody we wll do ok. Last year we took nearly a season to sign a fullback this had a major impact on are season.we need to get players in place.
So you want us to pay a bloke, ikahihifo, 160 grand a year, he, never plays a full game has low stamina and isn't a game changer. I know he's strong and has great hands and I'd love him in our side, but, no way would I expect the board to spend that kind of money on a player who only spends half the game on the field.
And now only 8 interchanges per game. Having a bloke on 160k who can only do 20mins a game is not much good to us. Maybe why hudds want rid?

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Post by derbystiger » 01 Jan 2019, 13:24

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And now only 8 interchanges per game. Having a bloke on 160k who can only do 20mins a game is not much good to us. Maybe why hudds want rid?
There could be something in that, a Hudds fan told me a while back that Woolford had given him some targets as he wasn't happy with his fitness but he's well short of them. This was apparently the reason that Woolford wanted rid. Only what I was told, but it is the rumours section :lol:

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Post by bane73 » 02 Jan 2019, 11:19

I don’t think we’ll sign anyone, or, anyone of note this off season and tbh I wouldn’t want us to throw money at just any one to make a few moaning ‘supportes’. I’d be happy to go into the season as we are, then, if someone be comes available ala watts or peanut we can make a move for them.
I expect next off season to be busier with a few big earners deals coming to an end which gives us more in the way of leverage on the salary cap.
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Post by princeka01 » 03 Jan 2019, 13:32

People need to think about this... yes Ikahihifo is a good player but imo we already have the best pack in SL and I think considering his fitness etc he would struggle to get into the side .... its a position we are full up on.

For example a typical full strength front row would be

8. Moors
9.Mc Shane
10.Millington
11. Mc Meekan
12. JSL
13. Milner

Bench: Clarke, Watts, Holmes, Foster/Massey/Cook/Wardle

That to me is soild and well covered ... we dont need to waste money on front row

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Post by fords » 03 Jan 2019, 13:40

princeka01 wrote:People need to think about this... yes Ikahihifo is a good player but imo we already have the best pack in SL and I think considering his fitness etc he would struggle to get into the side .... its a position we are full up on.

For example a typical full strength front row would be

8. Moors
9.Mc Shane
10.Millington
11. Mc Meekan
12. JSL
13. Milner

Bench: Clarke, Watts, Holmes, Foster/Massey/Cook/Wardle

That to me is soild and well covered ... we dont need to waste money on front row
Your prob right, however in the last 2yrs it has won us nothing ..... just saying

Now if Zak had not been a silly boy i reckon we would have won the GF or CC in one of those years

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Post by princeka01 » 03 Jan 2019, 14:20

fords wrote:
princeka01 wrote:People need to think about this... yes Ikahihifo is a good player but imo we already have the best pack in SL and I think considering his fitness etc he would struggle to get into the side .... its a position we are full up on.

For example a typical full strength front row would be

8. Moors
9.Mc Shane
10.Millington
11. Mc Meekan
12. JSL
13. Milner

Bench: Clarke, Watts, Holmes, Foster/Massey/Cook/Wardle

That to me is soild and well covered ... we dont need to waste money on front row
Your prob right, however in the last 2yrs it has won us nothing ..... just saying

Now if Zak had not been a silly boy i reckon we would have won the GF or CC in one of those years

The pack we had last year got us that 3rd position ..most of the trys came from the forwards.. we was clueless in the backs with same plays and dis-organised .. there is only so much the forwards can do and last year you cant say a bad word about them.

Certain choices of fullback/other backs.

As a whole mental composure cost us... which is the whole team... something powell needs to work on

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Post by fords » 03 Jan 2019, 19:44

princeka01 wrote:
fords wrote:
princeka01 wrote:People need to think about this... yes Ikahihifo is a good player but imo we already have the best pack in SL and I think considering his fitness etc he would struggle to get into the side .... its a position we are full up on.

For example a typical full strength front row would be

8. Moors
9.Mc Shane
10.Millington
11. Mc Meekan
12. JSL
13. Milner

Bench: Clarke, Watts, Holmes, Foster/Massey/Cook/Wardle

That to me is soild and well covered ... we dont need to waste money on front row
Your prob right, however in the last 2yrs it has won us nothing ..... just saying

Now if Zak had not been a silly boy i reckon we would have won the GF or CC in one of those years

The pack we had last year got us that 3rd position ..most of the trys came from the forwards.. we was clueless in the backs with same plays and dis-organised .. there is only so much the forwards can do and last year you cant say a bad word about them.

Certain choices of fullback/other backs.

As a whole mental composure cost us... which is the whole team... something powell needs to work on
And 2019 will have the same backs minus webster ......

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Post by princeka01 » 04 Jan 2019, 09:43

fords wrote:
princeka01 wrote:
fords wrote:
princeka01 wrote:People need to think about this... yes Ikahihifo is a good player but imo we already have the best pack in SL and I think considering his fitness etc he would struggle to get into the side .... its a position we are full up on.

For example a typical full strength front row would be

8. Moors
9.Mc Shane
10.Millington
11. Mc Meekan
12. JSL
13. Milner

Bench: Clarke, Watts, Holmes, Foster/Massey/Cook/Wardle

That to me is soild and well covered ... we dont need to waste money on front row
Your prob right, however in the last 2yrs it has won us nothing ..... just saying

Now if Zak had not been a silly boy i reckon we would have won the GF or CC in one of those years

The pack we had last year got us that 3rd position ..most of the trys came from the forwards.. we was clueless in the backs with same plays and dis-organised .. there is only so much the forwards can do and last year you cant say a bad word about them.

Certain choices of fullback/other backs.

As a whole mental composure cost us... which is the whole team... something powell needs to work on
And 2019 will have the same backs minus webster ......

Yes we will but my main argument is we dont need anymore forwards

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Post by Sharlotiger » 04 Jan 2019, 15:03

princeka01 wrote:
fords wrote:
princeka01 wrote:
fords wrote:
princeka01 wrote:People need to think about this... yes Ikahihifo is a good player but imo we already have the best pack in SL and I think considering his fitness etc he would struggle to get into the side .... its a position we are full up on.

For example a typical full strength front row would be

8. Moors
9.Mc Shane
10.Millington
11. Mc Meekan
12. JSL
13. Milner

Bench: Clarke, Watts, Holmes, Foster/Massey/Cook/Wardle

That to me is soild and well covered ... we dont need to waste money on front row
Your prob right, however in the last 2yrs it has won us nothing ..... just saying

Now if Zak had not been a silly boy i reckon we would have won the GF or CC in one of those years

The pack we had last year got us that 3rd position ..most of the trys came from the forwards.. we was clueless in the backs with same plays and dis-organised .. there is only so much the forwards can do and last year you cant say a bad word about them.

Certain choices of fullback/other backs.

As a whole mental composure cost us... which is the whole team... something powell needs to work on
And 2019 will have the same backs minus webster ......

Yes we will but my main argument is we dont need anymore forwards
If the deal that Powell had wanted gone through we wouldn't have had any more forwards it would have rebalanced the pack swopping a second row where we have plenty of good options for another quality prop.

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