Re: Lama Tasi/Tama Lasi : Fri Nov 13, 2015 12:16 pm  

MarioRugby wrote:

I'm obviously not a Saints fan but I have been reading your forum and as a rugby fan who has watched Lama Tasi extensively these past 2 seasons I'm amazed that some of your fans seem to think Tasi is going to be a world class signing. I can assure you he wont be.

Tasi is an average squad player at best. His line speed and defence in the line is questionable at best. His only contribution to games is one or two big hits he puts in once every 40 minutes on average. Annoyingly, some fans only seem to remember these hits and it gives them a little cheer but they forget the other 40 minutes a game he plays where he's being ripped apart by fast play the balls.

On top of this he's gained himself a reputation (correctly or not i dont know) of enjoying the night life in Manchester and he was on a booze-up with Chase in France this summer which meant they missed training and I believe both faced disciplinary action and Chase has now had his contract terminated.

Tasi has the potential to be class and I think he will go on to be one of the best props in the league at Saints. He's only 24 as well.

Re: Lama Tasi/Tama Lasi : Sun Nov 29, 2015 2:03 pm  

The bondi bruiser will do good at saints

Re: Lama Tasi/Tama Lasi : Tue Dec 01, 2015 1:58 pm  

yogi bear wrote:

It's not like we're pinning all our hopes on Tasi - after Walmsley Amor and Savelio , I see Tasi being the 4th prop in our starting 17. Battling with Greg Richards for his spot

Well if you put him at Greg Richards level, I'm expecting the worst.

Re: Lama Tasi/Tama Lasi : Tue Dec 01, 2015 9:15 pm  

saint at wire wrote:

Well if you put him at Greg Richards level, I'm expecting the worst.

I,m expecting him to be around Amor (at his best) level.

Re: Lama Tasi/Tama Lasi : Wed Dec 02, 2015 8:33 am  

Judder Man wrote:

I,m expecting him to be around Amor (at his best) level.

That's what were getting!

Re: Lama Tasi/Tama Lasi : Wed Dec 02, 2015 8:52 am  

Top Saint wrote:

That's what were getting!

IF we do, then we're golden in the forwards for next season, with Savelio graduating.

I would be tempted to essentially rotate Greenwood and Thompson in the back row. Greenwood started so brightly, but it felt like a long season for him. He likes a physical battle, you can tell by how aggressive he is in defence, but his high centre of gravity meant that days "in the grind" could be extremely tough on him. It will be interesting to see what sort of weight he's put on in the off season.

Re: Lama Tasi/Tama Lasi : Wed Dec 02, 2015 10:48 am  

Offside Monkey wrote:

IF we do, then we're golden in the forwards for next season, with Savelio graduating.

I would be tempted to essentially rotate Greenwood and Thompson in the back row. Greenwood started so brightly, but it felt like a long season for him. He likes a physical battle, you can tell by how aggressive he is in defence, but his high centre of gravity meant that days "in the grind" could be extremely tough on him. It will be interesting to see what sort of weight he's put on in the off season.

I'd be tempted to include Vea in the rotation to keep him fresher for the business end of the season. Some of our forwards did look a touch jaded towards the back end of last season an Tasi will help to keep the props fresher. I loved Mose for his impact but his workrate was poor. Our pack is more rounded and has more genuine depth than last year. It's the backs where I think we could be in trouble following any injuries.

Re: Lama Tasi/Tama Lasi : Thu Dec 03, 2015 5:53 pm  

Barker/Mario seems to think the sun shines out of his own cloaca, when in fact, he's just a very poor troll. He continues to speak of himself in the third person and pretends to be a Salford fan (Why the fook you'd pretend to be a Salford fan I don't know) even though he was part of a Wigan fan group on Twitter. Please remember, good Saints fans, that this imbecile is not representative of all the decent Salford fans that frequent these boards, and just continues to try and pour negative vibes the way of us real fans.

As for Tasi, well, I think he'll do great for you guys. He's young, fit, enthusiastic and got plenty of development left in him which can only lead to better things. He was great for us in his time, and given the right environment will take the next step up to be a really decent prop.

Re: Lama Tasi/Tama Lasi : Mon Dec 07, 2015 1:18 pm  

Longys view of Tasi is that he will run through brick walls for you all day.

That was all Saints were looking for.

Re: Lama Tasi/Tama Lasi : Thu Dec 10, 2015 8:21 pm  

The Chief wrote:

Longys view of Tasi is that he will run through brick walls for you all day.

That was all Saints were looking for.

That's all you want from a prop really