Tigers v Quins

[Roly]

Manu is still one of the players that can misshape a defence - working him out is one thing, stopping him quite another!

Can't argue with that.

[Latecomer]

It was interesting that Matt O'Connor referred to small margins being the difference in games at the moment and referenced the Mulipola sin-binning at Glaws. Tom Youngs was also adamant that they could and would win against Quins and even that the playoffs were still a possibility (but I'm not sure I agree with this - seven wins out of the remaining eight League games including Sarries away?)

[Cardiff Tig]

Unfortunately, Manu's impact on a game was even more short lived than his health. Much like Jamie Roberts for Wales, defences quickly worked him out and covered him off. His mythical status was largely borne from a handful of decent performances and subsequent media hyperbole. Its a sad fact that while the Tuilagi clan might be human wrecking balls, they simply do not have wherewithal to exploit it when defences work them out. I can't think of an exception.

The 'fans' and to a certain extent, the club have been in hock to this expectation for far too long. Its time to wish him well and hope that he may one day return to something like his pomp. I just don't think that it should be with Leicester.

I guess Nonu would be the one example of a wrecking ball actually developing their game considerably - don't get me wrong, his game was always centred around power but he developed other parts of it over the years. It would require Manu staying injury free though...

[JP14]

Unfortunately, Manu's impact on a game was even more short lived than his health. Much like Jamie Roberts for Wales, defences quickly worked him out and covered him off. His mythical status was largely borne from a handful of decent performances and subsequent media hyperbole. Its a sad fact that while the Tuilagi clan might be human wrecking balls, they simply do not have wherewithal to exploit it when defences work them out. I can't think of an exception.

The 'fans' and to a certain extent, the club have been in hock to this expectation for far too long. Its time to wish him well and hope that he may one day return to something like his pomp. I just don't think that it should be with Leicester.

I guess Nonu would be the one example of a wrecking ball actually developing their game considerably - don't get me wrong, his game was always centred around power but he developed other parts of it over the years. It would require Manu staying injury free though...

Nonu was the worst tackler ever and it was always high as well, Alesana could tackle more legal than him and that’s saying something

[DeadlyDunc]

Yeah Nonu was rubbish, Manu was rubbish apart from his first dozen or so games, Denton is rubbish, Spencer is overrated, Farrell isn’t world class, Burns is better than Ford, Ben Young’s hasn’t played well for Tigers since Waldrom was playing for us, all of our current players are rubbish, all of the players that we are linked with are amazing but those we sign are rubbish even if they were good when they were linked in the first place, our coaches are rubbish, CEO is useless, the Board are worse (or not), we need a forwards coach but not the one we are getting, we’ve got a powder puff pack but when we bring is more powerful ball carriers we’ll be even worse but they need proper coaching by a forwards coach.

That about sums it up I think.

[strawclearer]

Yeah Nonu was rubbish, Manu was rubbish apart from his first dozen or so games, Denton is rubbish, Spencer is overrated, Farrell isn’t world class, Burns is better than Ford, Ben Young’s hasn’t played well for Tigers since Waldrom was playing for us, all of our current players are rubbish, all of the players that we are linked with are amazing but those we sign are rubbish even if they were good when they were linked in the first place, our coaches are rubbish, CEO is useless, the Board are worse (or not), we need a forwards coach but not the one we are getting, we’ve got a powder puff pack but when we bring is more powerful ball carriers we’ll be even worse but they need proper coaching by a forwards coach.

That about sums it up I think.

You forgot the catering...

[chewbacca]

I blame the Romans.

[Grimlish]

Yeah Nonu was rubbish, Manu was rubbish apart from his first dozen or so games, Denton is rubbish, Spencer is overrated, Farrell isn’t world class, Burns is better than Ford, Ben Young’s hasn’t played well for Tigers since Waldrom was playing for us, all of our current players are rubbish, all of the players that we are linked with are amazing but those we sign are rubbish even if they were good when they were linked in the first place, our coaches are rubbish, CEO is useless, the Board are worse (or not), we need a forwards coach but not the one we are getting, we’ve got a powder puff pack but when we bring is more powerful ball carriers we’ll be even worse but they need proper coaching by a forwards coach.

That about sums it up I think.

+1

[Rugbyflanker]

And there was me thinking we were in 8th place and doing considerably worse than last season,finished bottom of our Euro group winning only one game instead of two last season,only got one TBP with a superstar back line,lost the two b2b European games for the first time ever,went on our worse run for over 50 years and are gonna miss out on 4th for the first time in God knows how long. Silly me ;)

[TigerCam]

Yeah Nonu was rubbish, Manu was rubbish apart from his first dozen or so games, Denton is rubbish, Spencer is overrated, Farrell isn’t world class, Burns is better than Ford, Ben Young’s hasn’t played well for Tigers since Waldrom was playing for us, all of our current players are rubbish, all of the players that we are linked with are amazing but those we sign are rubbish even if they were good when they were linked in the first place, our coaches are rubbish, CEO is useless, the Board are worse (or not), we need a forwards coach but not the one we are getting, we’ve got a powder puff pack but when we bring is more powerful ball carriers we’ll be even worse but they need proper coaching by a forwards coach.

That about sums it up I think.

Glass more than half-full then

[Wayne Richardson Fan Club]

Nonu rubbish....in a club shirt maybe, not in a Black one.
He & Umaga should of been Manu's template, started on Wing finished at 12.
They both had the fortune to play with Conrad Smith though. If only Manu had had more game time with Mauger.

[Grimlish]

And there was me thinking we were in 8th place and doing considerably worse than last season,finished bottom of our Euro group winning only one game instead of two last season,only got one TBP with a superstar back line,lost the two b2b European games for the first time ever,went on our worse run for over 50 years and are gonna miss out on 4th for the first time in God knows how long. Silly me ;)

It’s one thing ng to say the obvious that things aren’t right. It’s another to use truly bizarre logic to address how things should change. It’s the latter point which Deadly was making. To confuse the two is itself a part of the problem imo.

[Rugbyflanker]

Get rid of MOC and truthfully scour the world for a top coach this time instead of lying about it. Fixed!

[Coops]

Yeah Nonu was rubbish, Manu was rubbish apart from his first dozen or so games, Denton is rubbish, Spencer is overrated, Farrell isn’t world class, Burns is better than Ford, Ben Young’s hasn’t played well for Tigers since Waldrom was playing for us, all of our current players are rubbish, all of the players that we are linked with are amazing but those we sign are rubbish even if they were good when they were linked in the first place, our coaches are rubbish, CEO is useless, the Board are worse (or not), we need a forwards coach but not the one we are getting, we’ve got a powder puff pack but when we bring is more powerful ball carriers we’ll be even worse but they need proper coaching by a forwards coach.

That about sums it up I think.

All your opinion of course

Get your CV drafted then and send it into the club - looks like you should be Head Coach, CEO and Forwards Coach as a minimum for starters.

[LE18]

Nonu rubbish....in a club shirt maybe, not in a Black one.
He & Umaga should of been Manu's template, started on Wing finished at 12.
They both had the fortune to play with Conrad Smith though. If only Manu had had more game time with Mauger.

Both appeared to have far more pace than Manu, was that what made them so good?