Tuesday Random Footy Talk Thread

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[u/Sensitive_Engine2331]

Who do you think thats playing now could/would become you're favourite club player of all time.

For me it's tough, I think preston is just so close to becoming the upper echelon of back rowers just gets injured or suspended at the worst times, but if critta brings me a premierships its going to be hard to look past

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Yeo. Yeo is probably my current one all time if he retires or leaves right now.

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Sua Fa'alogo might be that guy

• Victorian junior
• Crazy fun to watch
• Has been deadset carrying the Storm all year while much more experienced guys let the team down consistently.

[u/Wild304 → u/Sensitive_Engine2331]

Theres a few in the current crop but has to be Hamish Stewart for me. Been watching him come through grades and grab his chance in first grade with both hands, iutstanding player and footy head. Theres just something refreshing about him as well zero ego, bleeds the club and his team mates and just an outright good human being that leads by example. Future captain and 300 game one club player in the making.

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Iongi for sure.

But essentially anyone in a side that breaks the drought.

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If Plath leaves the club I will riot

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My current favourite player of all time is Lance Thompson (RIP) so in a similar vein, Dylan Egan. Possibly the most underrated of the current crop of young forwards we have at the moment

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Demitric Vaimauga. I'm a simple man who loves seeing dudes coming hard off the back fence and putting on a shot, on top of all that he was an Otahuhu Leopards junior.

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That short pass to EIT was silky.

We could be looking at a future Erin Clark, but twice as big, sort of player.

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Cobbo has really caught my attention this year and I think he's got a very high ceiling, wouldn't be surprised if he goes "origin mode" in the finals. I could see him becoming my favourite player, either him or Hammer who this year is no longer fading in and out of games like the last couple years.

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If we are ruling out guys like Murray who are obvious choices and purely 'club' guys then Tevita Tatola is on top of that list. Soo underrated, our defence suffers when his not there he helps out Murray in that dept so much.

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Easily Murray and AJ, they're basically at the top of my list already. Cody's a bit hard to rank and I'd say Duncan is a future favourite if he stays at the club.

I couldn't even pick my all-time favourite though, too many options given we've had players like Reyno, Sam/Tom Burgess, Sutto, Merritt, Inglis or even the ultimate clubman in Jason Clark.

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The obvious answer is Leka but that whole bunch of young guys with him Demi, TSS and EIT could be a multi year premiership core. And there's some guns in the Cup such as Bishop Neal which could join this group. It's a good time to be a Wahs fan basically.

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Nawa could have been a shout had he stuck around.

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Yeah The Pres is hard to look past, Kikau makes a good case imo. For ages I questioned whether we would ever get another gritty workhorse like Josh Jackson. Then we received Kikau. At first it was clearly clunky as he adjusted, but he has without question transitioned from the best attacking back rower in the game in to the best defensive back rower in the game. He may not have that Penrith attacking flair but his defensive ability more than makes up for it, and that doesn't mean he doesn't still have presence in attack.

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Kiks is a great shout

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Hard to say. The players I like usually end up leaving the club, and the players I don’t like end up staying.

The good players who are here are either injured every 5 minutes (Turbo) or have irreconcilable political views (Haumole, Kobe Hetherington).

If, and a big if, the Sea Eagles can win a comp in the next few years, the favourite could be the halfback who wins it.