Official Faitala-Mariner to miss remainder of season

[KLil]

I disagree. What a massively unlucky and wierd innury to get. Its not lile he gets injured every hit up, its just a freak accident that happens to take ashit load of time to rehab.

RFM is deadset made of glass. He’s either injured or playing inconsistent footy. What a waste of cap space he is.

Would have to say his injuries mainly occur due to his running style and always happen when he plays through the middle. His ability to stand in tackles always has defenders attacking his legs or the strain on his legs whilst moving with all that weight is too much of a burden...

The only solution in my opinion is he either has to play on an edge or he should be used as a bargaining chip.

 

[Disposable Hero]

Missus said, he is a horse shoot him. He is no good.
I reminded her it was only his foot not his leg

 

[chisdog]

I'm pretty sure (not 100%) Des had him playing reggie's at stages in his early years here, so that is not completely indicative of matches available.

According to the 2020 Annual report, RFM has played 15 reserves games.

 

[Bulldog1966]

Missus said, he is a horse shoot him. He is no good.
I reminded her it was only his foot not his leg

as long as she didnt say "he's a horsefucker"

 

[GDR]

Even using the years post Des don’t paint a pretty picture though.

Actually Pay was playing him in reggie's also..

 

[GDR]

According to the 2020 Annual report, RFM has played 15 reserves games.

Yes at various stages both Des and pay dropped him to reggie's, skewing those stats somewhat.

 

[boggie23]

Would be decent in a star studded team. But not the player dogs need. Feels like he has had a few injuries.

Use him as a trade piece to get someone whether it be Pangai, cheese, tapine etc.

I’d even float Elliot for a potential move. Neither are horrible players. In fact they are solid players. But both have missed games to injury and have been hot and cold when fit. Yet they are on decent coin (especially Elliot).

 

[Disposable Hero]

Can we medically retire him for a year?

 

[GA45]

RFM is deadset made of glass. He’s either injured or playing inconsistent footy. What a waste of cap space he is.

Yep would rather Lane

 

[Kip Drordy]

7 years here and still waiting for him to shine just like Atoni and Ogden.. The train is leaving and they should all be on it, with about 10 others.

All 3 are Fa'afafine forwards

 

[Scoooby]

Love the bloke, it’s a pitty.. time to say goodbye.!!!

 

[Hulk76]

To the arm chair footy players calling him soft or made of glass, remember they play one of the toughest of all contact sports in the world with minimal safety gear. RFM plays hard, and for that reason has more chance of getting injured. Look at most of the hard men that have played the game and some that do now, and look at their injury records. Ffs this is becoming a joke.

 

[Roger the alien]

Send him to England for Matty Lees please

 

[ddt192]

Next year is do or die for RFM. Bench is the way to go I reckon. He goes the full 80mins but he smokes ciggies lolll

 

[ILiveForDib]

He has potential to be a great second rower but his like chase Stanley

 

[flamebouyant]

Apart from playing 20 games last year he’s lucky to have played half the games in every season of his career. Being on the field is a huge issue for him.

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So where are the stats for fg games vs reserve grade??? Theres every chance a number of them were played in reserves.

 

[Spoonman84]

So where are the stats for fg games vs reserve grade??? Theres every chance a number of them were played in reserves.

You’re welcome to find them

 

[flamebouyant]

You’re welcome to find them

Its your argument, not mine.

 

[Spoonman84]

Its your argument, not mine.

You wanted to know the amount of reggies games didn’t you?

 

[flamebouyant]

You wanted to know the amount of reggies games didn’t you?

Your using a stat showing games played, but only showing the stats that suit your argument. So either your argument is not as strong as you suggest, or it is. But your stats done prove either way, hence your argument is flawed.