What's happened to Stimson ?

Blueandwhiteblood1968

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Dissapointing game from Tolman, but he still had the second most run metres and second most post contact metres of all the forwards, after Napa.
Tolman's past it, he's slow and a hog and even though he is an 80 minute player he does fuck all, we need a forward to bend the defence not one that looks like he's running in quicksand.
 

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Tolman's past it, he's slow and a hog and even though he is an 80 minute player he does fuck all, we need a forward to bend the defence not one that looks like he's running in quicksand.
I honestly can't wait until the plodder is officially gone from our team. He has a motor and can do the odd good thing but he is more of a hindrance, especially in the attacking zone. When ever I hear his name get the ball I've already conceded that we have just burnt a tackle.
 

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My guess is Tolman gets so much time cos he’s still on Des-level money and it’s the old “don’t waste that money bu making him a benchie”

Seems obvious we didn’t train for the bomb under match conditions, srsly is it so hard not to tackle the guy in the air and before he gets the ball?

Stimson is just a meathead forward, underprepared for game 1
 

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He's a lumbering fat **** at the moment

I did have a good giggle when he took what he thought was a run of the mill soft hit up and got absolutely fucking smashed. Was towards the end of the match
 

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I hardly noticed Stimson was on the field during the whole game. I assumed he must have been off for a while but he was on for the full 80 ? Didn't do anything noticeable except the dropped ball

He is shit
 

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Mate you're kidding aren't ya? Elliot is a notch up from reggies. Any other team would have chopped him. But Deano keeps on giving him a go for some reason. He won't win us games .

I long for the likes of O'Meley, Mason SBW, Asotasi, Maitua Price ... when we we had real quality and intimidation factor. These plodders we got now, they are reggies level
Yeah nah mate I know when someone bends lines, puts on hits and raises the tempo and attitude when they are around. His your typical origin player..
 

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Britt looked the goods. Bit of a penalty magnet though.
 

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Yeah nah mate I know when someone bends lines, puts on hits and raises the tempo and attitude when they are around. His your typical origin player..
Nah mate, bloke is a plodders. Might be trying to add aggression, but lacks size. Blokes his size playing that style don't last long in this league. He's a player you pick if you're happy to finish 13th each year
 

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BecUze he takes every second hit up
I won't deny he wasn't great, and that he did a lot of hitups for not as many metres as he should have gotten. But if you look back at my post I was replying to someone who said he went backwards in every tackle. That isn't possible given he had a decent amount of post contact metres, and this was the point of my post.
 

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7 runs, 32 meters 7 post contact meters
 

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He's 31. It isn't going to improve. He's one of the worst attacking props in the game.
Maybe a mid year swap Aiden Tolman for Alex Walmsley from Saint helens? And next year we get Thompson. That would be good
 

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Nah mate, bloke is a plodders. Might be trying to add aggression, but lacks size. Blokes his size playing that style don't last long in this league. He's a player you pick if you're happy to finish 13th each year
Sorry mate but plodders to me don't put ****** on their arses..
 

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Sorry mate but plodders to me don't put ****** on their arses..
didn't see none of that champ. just saw doggies forwards plodding it up to the 30 metre line, then Lewis kicking straight to the fullback and Parra starting their sets at halfway. Saw no tries. Don't know what you were watching out there.
 

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Stimson ran for 29 metres in 69 minutes. Only 29 metres!

Gutherson probably caterpillared off the mark further.
Foxsports stats
 
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Pay needs someone to train him in bench management or have a specialist position appointment for someone to look out for nothing but signs of players under fatigue and let Pay know its time to inter change certain players. Stimpson was never a 80 min player at Melbourne and it showed tonight
 

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Stimson was a little off the pace but geez it’s only the first game... I think he was starting in Reggie’s anyway (which was the right call) but CHN suspended. Elliot and Napa have gone another level that’s the good news story here.
 
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