Re: Tim Moltzen? : Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:18 am  

St pete wrote:

I'd be happy If all current overseas players left the club. It be great to replace them but I'd even go with the kids before this lot.

TP, Perry, Hohaia, laffranchi can all go for me.

Please rephrase, unless you really are including Sia in that statement!!!!!!!

Re: Tim Moltzen? : Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:52 am  

I asked Puletua on twitter what he thinks about Moltzen signing for us and he as just replied!

Pretty much gives it away as he wrote 'yes he's a good signing as he can cover a number of positions in the backs which is handy'.

Re: Tim Moltzen? : Wed Jul 17, 2013 10:18 am  

Great - Timid Tim to add to our host of pansies.

Hopefully Masoe won't turn out to be as soft bellied as the likes of Laffranchi and Perry.

Re: Tim Moltzen? : Wed Jul 17, 2013 10:23 am  

Offside Monkey wrote:

Great - Timid Tim to add to our host of pansies.

Hopefully Masoe won't turn out to be as soft bellied as the likes of Laffranchi and Perry.

I'll believe his timid after 20 games in a Saints shirt. History shows the 2 competitions show you get different results from different players.

Michael Dobson, Scott Dureau, Blake Green etc... All slaughterd by there fans in the NRL for being poor players, yet guess what ? they light up our comp.

In fact on Leagueunlimited there was poll asking which player is the worst ever half back to play in the NRL, guess who won the poll ? Scott Dureau!

Re: Tim Moltzen? : Wed Jul 17, 2013 10:31 am  

Zeus The Saint wrote:

I'll believe his timid after 20 games in a Saints shirt. History shows the 2 competitions show you get different results from different players.

Michael Dobson, Scott Dureau, Blake Green etc... All slaughterd by there fans in the NRL for being poor players, yet guess what ? they light up our comp.

In fact on Leagueunlimited there was poll asking which player is the worst ever half back to play in the NRL, guess who won the poll ? Scott Dureau!

I'm not talking about his skills or attacking ability - I'm talking about a guy who is a laughing stock because of his continued reluctance to put hs body on the line. Our lack of any sort of agression in either attack or defence is a real issue for me - another player who'd rather be playing touch sevens is a poor move. I'd rather be going for a solid pro who'll pull his weight, but we've already got Lance to "cover a number of positions" whilst cocking up our defensive line because he can't keep his bottle.

If you know that the "Timid Tim" thing is an unfair monikor, then fair play. I know very little about him and would be happy to listen to people who've seen him.

Re: Tim Moltzen? : Wed Jul 17, 2013 10:36 am  

Zeus The Saint wrote:

I'll believe his timid after 20 games in a Saints shirt. History shows the 2 competitions show you get different results from different players.

Michael Dobson, Scott Dureau, Blake Green etc... All slaughterd by there fans in the NRL for being poor players, yet guess what ? they light up our comp.

In fact on Leagueunlimited there was poll asking which player is the worst ever half back to play in the NRL, guess who won the poll ? Scott Dureau!

And yet Perry and Laffranchi both came with good reps and are utterly terrible. Works both ways.

Re: Tim Moltzen? : Wed Jul 17, 2013 10:55 am  

No1 Saint wrote:

And yet Perry and Laffranchi both came with good reps and are utterly terrible.

And Hohaia.

Mustn't forget Hohaia...

Re: Tim Moltzen? : Wed Jul 17, 2013 11:00 am  

To be fair to Tim, he looks awesome in his Youtube highlights roll.

Then again, who doesn't?

Re: Tim Moltzen? : Wed Jul 17, 2013 11:18 am  

never heard of the guy until this week. looking around the internet you seem to get a string of comments such as:

"on his day he is class" or conversely, "fails to find form consistently"

He was top try scorer and most line breaks for Wests in 2012 (from full back), but hopefully he wont be dislodging Lomax at FB.

Re: Tim Moltzen? : Wed Jul 17, 2013 11:34 am  

EHW wrote:

never heard of the guy until this week. looking around the internet you seem to get a string of comments such as:

"on his day he is class" or conversely, "fails to find form consistently"

He was top try scorer and most line breaks for Wests in 2012 (from full back), but hopefully he wont be dislodging Lomax at FB.

People assume that he would be brought in to play in the halves but it might not be the case. Brown may decide to go with a Walsh/Lomax pairing with Moltzen at fullback . Although I would have my reservations I suspect Lomax would show up much better with a proper 7 alongside him with Wilkin playing at 13. On the highlights reel he looks to have outstanding pace and footwork.