Re: masoe and the rest : Fri May 02, 2014 6:04 am  

Magic Superbeetle wrote:

Masoe used in the current setup is what were seeing, he posts good metres, tackles when required (but his line speed is poor) and still will manage a few tackle busts.

An on song, correctly used masoe, still would be all those things that have described him previously. You can't expect a luxury player to rip up trees when the whole team can't get the basics right.

I'm not asking him to pull up trees, I'm asking him to run with some aggression and power. That's basic play for a prop.

Re: masoe and the rest : Fri May 02, 2014 6:36 am  

i dread this bloke having the ball..he didnt impress me in all the world cup games he played in and he doesnt impress me now..did his annual ball drop again last night i see!

Re: masoe and the rest : Fri May 02, 2014 6:48 am  

RIGSBY wrote:

i dread this bloke having the ball..he didnt impress me in all the world cup games he played in and he doesnt impress me now..did his annual ball drop again last night i see!

Not annually, it's weekly!

Re: masoe and the rest : Fri May 02, 2014 7:44 am  

St pete wrote:

Not annually, it's weekly!

i thought i'd go easy on him!

Re: masoe and the rest : Fri May 02, 2014 7:59 am  

RIGSBY wrote:

i thought i'd go easy on him!

To be honest, I'm totally amazed at his lack of aggression, power and will to win. I don't think he cares if he wins or loses.

Like I've said numerous times, I'm willing to give him more time to get more fit but IMHO it's not fitness that's the problem .

Re: masoe and the rest : Fri May 02, 2014 8:03 am  

St pete wrote:

To be honest, I'm totally amazed at his lack of aggression, power and will to win. I don't think he cares if he wins or loses.

Like I've said numerous times, I'm willing to give him more time to get more fit but IMHO it's not fitness that's the problem .

Spot on there Pete the bloke has no desire to use his size to any effect that requires any sort of effort?
He's lazy and needs a look at that youtube clip of the bloke he should be?

Re: masoe and the rest : Fri May 02, 2014 8:32 am  

Top metre maker in the forwards ... Again

Made 110 m off 13 carries, lms 95m off 12, walmsley 88m off 13 or Forster 29m off 6. Was also the top tackling prop...

Re: masoe and the rest : Fri May 02, 2014 8:36 am  

Magic Superbeetle wrote:

Top metre maker in the forwards ... Again

Made 110 m off 13 carries, lms 95m off 12, walmsley 88m off 13 or Forster 29m off 6. Was also the top tackling prop...

Yeah, but he didn't cause any defenders to explode upon impact, so we should swap him for Vea

Re: masoe and the rest : Fri May 02, 2014 8:44 am  

Magic Superbeetle wrote:

Top metre maker in the forwards ... Again

Made 110 m off 13 carries, lms 95m off 12, walmsley 88m off 13 or Forster 29m off 6. Was also the top tackling prop...

Doesn't do one on one tackles, he's 2nd and 3rd man every time.

If your happy with Mose being the run of the mill average meter maker than that's fine, I thought we'd signed a tackle breaking, aggressive big hitting prop that we needed.

Re: masoe and the rest : Fri May 02, 2014 8:51 am  

Don't put stats in the way of a good rant.

1 Tackle less than Sia
2 Tackle busts
1 error
1 Penalty

More meters and Tackles than Walmsley.

I think we have a slight case of transfering You Tube clips into a full 80 minutes of play. When it's more like 24 games in a season.

I've been a lot happier with him than I expected. I was expecting a Feka, 2 runs and no tackles, out of breath after 10 minutes. In stead he is doing longer minutes and yes he does not get back quickly into the defending line, but he has been an effective prop.

Would be even better if he was following up on a team on the back foot.