Re: Impact forward for 2018 : Thu Apr 20, 2017 7:57 pm  

airliebird,runninglate! wrote:

Think the kid from Halifax fits the bill. Plus I think Ellis will stay and be used off the bench as a prop interchange

I think this could be Gareth's last year . Unless he's been playing with a knock most this season , especially the last 3/4 games , to me he's starting to look his age now . I hope he proves me wrong and can get back to last seasons form but he's not having the same effect on games like he was .

Re: Impact forward for 2018 : Thu Apr 20, 2017 8:08 pm  

number 6 wrote:

someone on the wigan board said tautai wont be offered a new deal or turned a deal down for next season

could be a load of old cobblers too if it was posted by mariorugby! (will have to check)

I honestly can't decide if Tautai is excellent or terrible!

Re: Impact forward for 2018 : Thu Apr 20, 2017 8:10 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

I honestly can't decide if Tautai is excellent or terrible!

me neither but twice the player he was at wakefield, started first season at wigan awful but seems to have got better

Re: Impact forward for 2018 : Thu Apr 20, 2017 8:14 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

I honestly can't decide if Tautai is excellent or terrible!

I'm the same , I'm not sure if it's his hair that flys all over when running that makes him look a powerful strong runner or that he just gets no where and flatters to deceive . Either way he doesn't seem consistent enough for me !

Re: Impact forward for 2018 : Thu Apr 20, 2017 8:37 pm  

airliebird,runninglate! wrote:

Think the kid from Halifax fits the bill. Plus I think Ellis will stay and be used off the bench as a prop interchange

Heard there's nothing in the Tangata rumour and apparently it's likely Ellis will hang up his boots and is looking at a two year coaching gig with us.

Re: Impact forward for 2018 : Thu Apr 20, 2017 8:42 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

I honestly can't decide if Tautai is excellent or terrible!

He seemed to cut back on the dirt and thuggery towards the end of last season and has become as much better player for it. Unless there are reasons we don't know about, which may be as simple as cost, then I'd be surprised if Wigan got rid as he's been better than a lot of their recent overseas players.

Re: Impact forward for 2018 : Thu Apr 20, 2017 11:36 pm  

FC-Steward wrote:

I think this could be Gareth's last year . Unless he's been playing with a knock most this season , especially the last 3/4 games , to me he's starting to look his age now . I hope he proves me wrong and can get back to last seasons form but he's not having the same effect on games like he was .

I think he is playing with a niggling injury at the moment which is why his game time has been reduced

Re: Impact forward for 2018 : Fri Apr 21, 2017 4:48 am  

FC-Steward wrote:

I think this could be Gareth's last year . Unless he's been playing with a knock most this season , especially the last 3/4 games , to me he's starting to look his age now . I hope he proves me wrong and can get back to last seasons form but he's not having the same effect on games like he was .

Really? I think he's being managed due this silly part of the year. April has 6 games. A quarter of the year in a single month. Makes sense. Came on v Leeds and was still the player that fired us up and got us moving in a way mini Taylor watts etc hadnt. Ended up the only forward over 100 metres. Defence goes without saying

Re: Impact forward for 2018 : Fri Apr 21, 2017 4:49 am  

Dave K. wrote:

I honestly can't decide if Tautai is excellent or terrible!

He's both

Re: Impact forward for 2018 : Fri Apr 21, 2017 9:27 am  

Dave K. wrote:

I honestly can't decide if Tautai is excellent or terrible!

He can be a bit of a penalty machine at times and given our discipline this season I am not sure that would be good.

How long is Elloitt Whitehead contracted for in the NRL??