Official Aiden Tolman

[BurgoShark]

What a Legend - bagging a rare try in his 300th. Funny after we were talking about his try scoring record and the odds of him getting one.
Hopefully that isn't his sole meat pie for the season and he breaks his average.

James Graham was on MMM on the weekend talking about Aiden and how people use to confuse them, were nicknamed the Tonke brothers or something hahahha. Both short slow stocky rugged sorta players but the red hair James!

Oh ****, didn't one of Aidens kids have red hair!?!?!?

Aiden was on the show too but missed his part, hopefully it's up on the MMM website would be worth a full listen. Been so much fanfare around Aiden, he deserves it but do 300 game milestones always get this much media attention, I know it's usually significant but still.

Not complaining just surprised they have a player like Aiden his due's (I mean he isn't Cameron Smith.) and all the players coming out giving him a wrap ect.

Aiden had a shave for the game and his hair looked blonder than usual. Wanted to look his best for the opening points.

Keep on Truckin boi

I think one of them was nicknamed “Bupa” back in the day, after the old ad where they show the same guy as young & healthy versus old & haggard.

 

[jocktheshark]

Never , ever thought i would say this , but we missed him today . Can't believe i have even typed this .

 

[Thresher]

Never , ever thought i would say this , but we missed him today . Can't believe i have even typed this .

Calming defensive influence?

 

[Blue_Eyes84]

Never , ever thought i would say this , but we missed him today . Can't believe i have even typed this .

I agree.

 

[MMsharks]

tolman is a rock
as thresh says,
calming influence - very true

 

[Gards]

he's the yin to dales yang

 

[Capital_Shark]

My chakras are not aligned without him ,,,,

 

[Western Sharkie]

Our new Prior.

 

[Gards]

how good was his effort in the second half sprinting up (well mild jog pace but its all relative) to put pressure on the Manly kickers and play makers without another Shark in sight.

I think there was a line break made against us in another instance and he didn't give up just kept running back along with the play and then came in and made a very important tackle

here we are getting points put on us, heads are down, we look in all sorts, conditions are bad, we are struggling but Tolman isn't giving Manly a free pass and shows how to keep fighting and the tide can turn

 

[MMsharks]

how good was his effort in the second half sprinting up (well mild jog pace but its all relative) to put pressure on the Manly kickers and play makers without another Shark in sight.

I think there was a line break made against us in another instance and he didn't give up just kept running back along with the play and then came in and made a very important tackle

here we are getting points put on us, heads are down, we look in all sorts, conditions are bad, we are struggling but Tolman isn't giving Manly a free pass and shows how to keep fighting and the tide can turn

mr reliable

 

[Sparkles]

how good was his effort in the second half sprinting up (well mild jog pace but its all relative) to put pressure on the Manly kickers and play makers without another Shark in sight.

I think there was a line break made against us in another instance and he didn't give up just kept running back along with the play and then came in and made a very important tackle

here we are getting points put on us, heads are down, we look in all sorts, conditions are bad, we are struggling but Tolman isn't giving Manly a free pass and shows how to keep fighting and the tide can turn

Absolute f*****g polar opposite to Woods.

 

[Thresher]

He's been one of our most important players over the last few games. Will do whatever it takes in defence, including those last ditch around the ankles tackles to prevent a getaway.

 

[Gards]

Watching Tolman get into dummy half and pass gave me both a heart attack and an erection

Regardless, in a team down on energy Aiden didn't shirk any of the work, kept putting his hand up for carries (good total metres & PCM this week) and didn't miss a tackle

He seems to do even more if our team is going bad

 

[Western Sharkie]

Watching Tolman get into dummy half and pass gave me both a heart attack and an erection

Regardless, in a team down on energy Aiden didn't shirk any of the work, kept putting his hand up for carries (good total metres & PCM this week) and didn't miss a tackle

He seems to do even more if our team is going bad

Let’s hope he does much less from now on then!

 

[Gards]

Only played 28 mins but we were down 2 players ? Did he get injured or Fitz trying not to over work him with Dale ect. back on board?

He was heavily involved last night doing alot more ball playing, would have seemed the ideal circumstances for a player like him to soak up more minutes with other forwards having to push further out towards the back line

Continues to make important last ditch tackles preventing line breaks that go a bit unheralded. He's slow but he manages to position himself to effect the tackle when it is needed. I think he reads the situation well

Good teams pushing towards the top end of the ladder / finals need consistent hard workers like him. We have Dale yes but Tolman backs him up and does his own thing well - why not have 2 as they say

 

[HaroldBishop]

Only played 28 mins but we were down 2 players ? Did he get injured or Fitz trying not to over work him with Dale ect. back on board?

He was heavily involved last night doing alot more ball playing, would have seemed the ideal circumstances for a player like him to soak up more minutes with other forwards having to push further out towards the back line

Continues to make important last ditch tackles preventing line breaks that go a bit unheralded. He's slow but he manages to position himself to effect the tackle when it is needed. I think he reads the situation well

Good teams pushing towards the top end of the ladder / finals need consistent hard workers like him. We have Dale yes but Tolman backs him up and does his own thing well - why not have 2 as they say

Have you found out where he lives yet mate?

 

[Gards]

Have you found out where he lives yet mate?

Hopefully not too far from Sione

Cops only let me visit on the weekend...

 

[Western Sharkie]

Only played 28 mins but we were down 2 players ? Did he get injured or Fitz trying not to over work him with Dale ect. back on board?

He was heavily involved last night doing alot more ball playing, would have seemed the ideal circumstances for a player like him to soak up more minutes with other forwards having to push further out towards the back line

Continues to make important last ditch tackles preventing line breaks that go a bit unheralded. He's slow but he manages to position himself to effect the tackle when it is needed. I think he reads the situation well

Good teams pushing towards the top end of the ladder / finals need consistent hard workers like him. We have Dale yes but Tolman backs him up and does his own thing well - why not have 2 as they say

Was on the bench with blood coming from his nose at one point. (The old tissues up the nostrils trick).
That may have had something to do with it???

 

[bort]

Only played 28 mins but we were down 2 players ? Did he get injured or Fitz trying not to over work him with Dale ect. back on board?

He was heavily involved last night doing alot more ball playing, would have seemed the ideal circumstances for a player like him to soak up more minutes with other forwards having to push further out towards the back line

Continues to make important last ditch tackles preventing line breaks that go a bit unheralded. He's slow but he manages to position himself to effect the tackle when it is needed. I think he reads the situation well

Good teams pushing towards the top end of the ladder / finals need consistent hard workers like him. We have Dale yes but Tolman backs him up and does his own thing well - why not have 2 as they say

In post match press conference Fitz explained he intentionally left everyone on for longer minutes in first half so he has some extra rotations in second half to keep players cycling through.

Rudolf 33 mins, 29 Graham mins, 28 Tolman mins, Williams 22 mins, Fifita 13 mins and Blayke actually came off with 2 to go so we clearly managed it very well. (Fifita picked up those two mins from Blayke it seems so actually only played just over 11)

Benefit of Dale and Cam who can both play long minutes well but also of four forward bench (although you could argue a half may have been useful too)

 

[Gumby]

deserves a 1 year extension.