HaroldBishop
Jaws
He's good but not that good.
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He's good but not that good.
The Punisher
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I rate him very highly
Hes the perfect modern day forward
Big, strong, dynamic and has an engine in him which could potentially do 70-80 mins.
I watched his development at St.Helens, his biggest mistake was joining the Dogs when he did as theyve been nothing but atrocious at times in the past couple of seasons.
Needs to get through this season without any major concussion issues.
snowman
Total gronk
would take LT in a heartbeat but i'd wager he will be back off to the uk when he is turfed or his contract is up
stormshark
Jaws
Lenin/Leinu aint no prop imho. Pass, we need a Truly AF size Bopper.
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Not-So-Great White
Yeah, for comparison. Feki was 6’2 and same weight. Feki was solid af tho.
Shortfin Mako
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Feki did not look 6'2 to me. Wow!
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Not-So-Great White
That’s from his wiki though. We’ve all been known to add a few inches, right fellas?
Article from 2019 says
Winger
Average height: 186cmAverage weight: 97kg
"Average" player: Dallin Watene-Zelezniak - Penrith Panthers (186cm, 97kg)
https://www.finder.com.au/the-nrl-match-up-what-does-the-average-player-look-like
So that puts Feki very marginally above average height and weight for a (nearly) modern winger. And back around 2016 times he would have been a bit more towards the top end you'd think, but still other bigger boys running around. Plus at that height weight it's typically a fairly balanced physique so it doesn't stand out as much.
Vs like a Tupou who is a few kilos heavier but a pretty significant 8cm taller, or Sivo who is a few kilos heavier also (same weight as Tupou) but a bit shorter than Feki and looks like a tank, especially compared to Tupou.
I think sometimes when spectating you lose track of the fact the medium sized guys are still relatively tall compared to average - average height in Aus only 176cm - and throw in a lot of 188cm tall people would not be athletes or would play a sport like basketball so they don't fill out the frame as much as a league players so they 'look' taller
Measure from the base of the Feki to the tip of the head
Fekimonster indeed
HaroldBishop
Jaws
Don't disagree but he'll never be as good as Haas or JFH.
100%. Thompson in our pack would be incredible. They interested in a player swap? Give them Hiroti for Thompson. Seems fair.
Offer Miller to them and then see what Knights can suddenly come up with
I’m still dumbfounded why we let him go and got nothing in return. Fucking embarrassing on our behalf imo.
HaroldBishop
Jaws
Hard to comment without knowing the full story. We were obviously trying.
If things came to a stalemate then I'm glad we let our old (by NRL standards) third choice go to a club where he probably starts.
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Not-So-Great White
Might have our eyes on someone else too. No point taking someone from the knights for the sake of the spot.
Sir Chadley
Jaws
Mate, as HB said, none of us are at the coalface. We don't know the situation. It's all speculation. Bit harsh to say it's fucking embarrassing. I think you are overreacting quite a bit. If we were to get someone I'm sure Fitz would have sorted it. And who says they haven't? Nothing official has been announced.
CrazyMatt
Jaws
Yeah I’d agree. Still it’s crap that we let him go for nothing. Kinda makes me wish we could demand a transfer fee and get some cash for him at least.
There are other factors though too, you won't have a great relationship between every club but it pays to have some good will around the place
Further to that there may be a managerial element to it, keeping good will (within reason) with those leeches can be important
And of course just good will in playing group, it's a juggling act - you don't want them to think the contract is meaningless if they get a better offer but you don't want your 3rd choice fullback stropping around kicking stones at every session because you made him honour his. You'd like to think a high profile player would know they won't get the same leniency of release as a squaddie but would also recognise at the end of the day if absolutely necessary the club would work with them
Agree a transfer fee kind of does a bit of each of the above and still lines our pockets though.
Cheeky 50k is half the value of winning the preseason!