Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="Ari Gold, post: 2576351, member: 1917"] Honestly I don't think you can yet. The guy has played 4 games for a team who save for last weekend haven't been playing great footy. It would be no fairer to rank him than it would be Luke Brooks, or even say Will Hopoate, who despite having NRL experience IMO is playing poorly upon his return and is on big bucks. But as I said, I think it'd be unfair to rank them too, we need more time. One thing I will be brutally honest about -- Sam Tomkins will never be more valuable to a team than he will be to the Warriors. Their set up is the perfect environment for him, so I will say that if he doesn't succeed at the Warriors, it's entirely on him and not the set-up. I think too he will need SJ to perform well in order for him to do well himself. He's no Greg Inglis, I don't think he'll beast mode on his own. However, the potential with SJ is exceptional. Remember that try SJ scored against us in the trial? Tomkins was on his outside and because of the threat he offered SJ walked right through. I can very easily see Tomkins and SJ being a far superior combination to anything Bowen + JT ever offered in attack, but at the same time he could be a flop. Time will tell if it is either or somewhere in between, but you do need to give him time. Also, on the point you made earlier about the salaries of JT and Smith etc., no, he is not worth the same salary, but the Warriors don't have the option of paying that money to JT and Smith instead as they wouldn't be able to lure them, so what they've done is taken a calculated gamble on a player who suits their team very well. Whether or not it is a winner or lose is again, something time will tell us, but honestly, tell me one player who the Warriors could reasonably expect to sign that would offer them the potential payoff as Tomkins? IMO there's none. [/QUOTE]

Verification

Active Now

No members online now.

Total: 11 (members: 0, guests: 11)

Reply to thread

Log in

Active Now