Talanoa, read it again mate, maybe not the greatest English, but have had a couple tonight

would expect radford to go for a similar mould of player

Full stop rather then a comma......

So because i'm a rovers fan i cant have an opinion and im trolling? righto pal. Bet your one of these left wing nutcases who accuses every brexit voting person as being a racist as well.

Back on point - Fonua is clearly having a great season and at his explosive best he is unreal. He's also a penalty machine, prone to a knock on and inconsistent. Consider his consistency levels to a minichello or ellis maybe will illustrate my point better. The others i mentioned i feel are more consistent and have greater attributes, doesn't mean he's a bad player.

He's no Liam Salter!!

( that's trolling FYI Hessle Roader, stay calm )

5 penalties conceded by Fonua this season, hardly suggests he's a penalty machine. Minichello, on the other hand has given away 12

30% missed tackles, up to round 12 had highest no. errors in SL, defensively very, very weak. Great in attack but sides know where to go for the most part.
Pearson wasn't happy with increase in cap so doubtful he'll splash to keep him, we certainly aren't getting a marquee player next season by sounds of it.

pearson voted to increase the cap

Can't recall many try's this season being Fonua fault this season , I suppose that watches the matchs rather than just looking at stats. Michaels been at fault for more in less games. Think a lot of his misses came when he played centre.

Outstanding winger, one of the best in SL, massive loss if he goes.

Haha Coming from you, thats a joke statto

Love stats me, but I also go to the games and judge them with my eyes, unlike a few on here....

Not absolving Michaels of tries conceded down his wing, but since Easter Monday Carlos and Connor have played at Centre, would it be fair to say that is part of why we havent conceded so many tries out wide like we did Wire A, Salford + Leeds H, having a centre who the winger can trust and rely on in certain situations

Makes a massive difference that why Griffin was dropped

Agree, but you only use stats to try and prove a point and totally disregard them when it doesnt. Your a wannabe coach dave , with no inside knowledge apart from what you get from easthullfc , who as suprisgly! Disappeared! You may fool some , but no way me. Bring easthullfc back, your becoming obsolete

:lol

Exactly the type of post I expected from you.

listen to the radford interview re the salary cap increase

I did and we'll be spending up to the increased cap next year so your point is irrelevant (as ever)

Barnstorming first half from him again. Superb.

I've seen a couple of mentions on twitter that he has signed for West Tigers

Sounds like a done deal. A great shame as after a slow start last year with an injury he's been excellent for us. It's no real surprise that he's caught the attention of an NRL club and he can't be blamed for returning there.

At least we have found out early in the year and can look for a replacement.

He'll end up playing along side Rankin.

He's more suited to SL.

I think your right on this, hes been great for us and in sl, but doesnt mean he'll be as affective in the NRL, can see him doing a season or 2 then be back over here

Great game again yesterday. Good players will do well in any league but I get the point that he is less structured than might be required in the NRL. However he's improved the power in his backfield running since joining us and that will go well there.

Perhaps so, but would you want to be a big name in a small league or an run of the mill player in a bigger league earning twice as much?

Fair play to the lad, all players want to play at the top. The NRL is that.

if so gutted, but he goes with my best wishes and thanks for the last 2 years,

He was excellent at the Storm as a very young man, I fail to see how he'd struggle with a further two years development under his belt.

Will be a massive loss to us but as has been said previously, this is the risk you run when you sign younger players from the NRL. There's always the chance they will outgrow you, best of luck to him back in Aus.