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Sometimes his play the balls are so slow I want to scream, but i'll take it any day over the scrappiness of his game last year. Has had an awesome start to the season, best of the squad.
 

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It doesn't matter if it's a slow play the ball if there's 4 blokes tackling him and lying on the ground with him.

I sorta feel for Fifita, he's playing so damn well at the moment but he probably won't even get a look in with Laury Daley as NSW coach. For reasons. It's good for us that he doesn't play Origin, but as a NSW fan watching all the old losers stodge up while he is playing club and slapping props around is pretty annoying.
 

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It doesn't matter if it's a slow play the ball if there's 4 blokes tackling him and lying on the ground with him.

I sorta feel for Fifita, he's playing so damn well at the moment but he probably won't even get a look in with Laury Daley as NSW coach. For reasons. It's good for us that he doesn't play Origin, but as a NSW fan watching all the old losers stodge up while he is playing club and slapping props around is pretty annoying.
agreed. Woods will be the first prop picked because the media always talk him up but in my opinion fifita is the better prop. I mentioned the other week how he always has 3 or 4 blokes on him so it shows just how hard he is to handle and it surprises me how even with the attention he receives he still motors forwards. He always stands up and has shown he wants to lead the pack and when gal isn't there he basically single handedly takes on the opposition forwards

I love him and if he left the only prop that would ease the pain of his departure for me would be if we recruited james graham.
 

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IMO he should be picked on the bench for the Anzac test. Or even as number 8. He's currently the in form prop as of round 3.
 

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Playing very well.

He's copped a lot on here about his play the ball and bull**** attempts to milk penalties in the ruck and rightly so. Obviously he's worked on that and if he keeps it up with his big runs I see a big year for him. God forbid some of our quicks follow him up and he starts offloading :cheers
 

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Playing very well.

He's copped a lot on here about his play the ball and bull**** attempts to milk penalties in the ruck and rightly so. Obviously he's worked on that and if he keeps it up with his big runs I see a big year for him. God forbid some of our quicks follow him up and he starts offloading :cheers

Val needs to start following this bloke around around. And Barba for that matter.
 

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We are smashing teams in the first 20 and coming away without points.

Maybe as a change up, Taga to play the first twenty and Fifita to play the second 20. The way he has been playing he would devastate the opposition in the last half of the first half when the oppositions legs are burning.

It is just a thought. Zero criticism offered on Fifita's play intended.
 

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I mean the last few times we did that we got destroyed by Cowboys in a final and the Roosters put like 4 tries on us in 20 minutes a couple of years back.

The best players should be given the most chance to play the highest amount of minutes, which means starting.
 

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We are smashing teams in the first 20 and coming away without points.

Maybe as a change up, Taga to play the first twenty and Fifita to play the second 20. The way he has been playing he would devastate the opposition in the last half of the first half when the oppositions legs are burning.

It is just a thought. Zero criticism offered on Fifita's play intended.
nah mate we need him at the start. He's our leader and especially while gal is out he needs to start

I get what you're saying but we are a better side when he starts. He just gets us in the front with his strong runs
 

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I mean the last few times we did that we got destroyed by Cowboys in a final and the Roosters put like 4 tries on us in 20 minutes a couple of years back.

The best players should be given the most chance to play the highest amount of minutes, which means starting.
I think we won the Roosters game.

I'm reticent to do it. That was what I was thinking after the first twenty. The last hour was simply amazing across the board.
 

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We lost 40-0...

But we had a really good victory against them when we versed them a few weeks later, you're probably thinking of that. (Fifita started.)
 

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nah mate we need him at the start. He's our leader and especially while gal is out he needs to start

I get what you're saying but we are a better side when he starts. He just gets us in the front with his strong runs
Yep and Taga's been awesome off the bench . A real handfull
 

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nah mate we need him at the start. He's our leader and especially while gal is out he needs to start

I get what you're saying but we are a better side when he starts. He just gets us in the front with his strong runs
What to do with Fifita at the moment? He is earning the big bucks at the moment.

I'm not a complainer. I'm just thinking out loud.
 
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