Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Tue Sep 04, 2018 2:39 pm  

Lolohea has just had a baby, doubt he wanted to leave Oz before the young one was born

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Tue Sep 04, 2018 2:56 pm  

Bang wrote:

Lolohea has just had a baby, doubt he wanted to leave Oz before the young one was born

I'm surprised he's coming at all then! what's betting he'll be off after the first year as looking after a newborn in a new country 13,000 miles away from family will be tough.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Tue Sep 04, 2018 3:27 pm  

christopher wrote:

I'm surprised he's coming at all then! what's betting he'll be off after the first year as looking after a newborn in a new country 13,000 miles away from family will be tough.

It's obviously not ideal, but presumably plenty of players have done it before.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Tue Sep 04, 2018 3:48 pm  

How do we know his partner and child aren't coming over with him.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Tue Sep 04, 2018 11:30 pm  

Lolohea playing reserve grade is nothing to do with having a baby - he's been deemed a reserve grade player in a team that didn't make the top 8 and would have been ruled out weeks ago but for continual slip ups by higher placed teams. Lolohea is at best third choice full back for Wests (where he's seemingly played most of the year for the Magpies in the NSW reserve comp) and fourrth or fifth halfback. He's definitely not a superstar, although he may go well in SL.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Wed Sep 05, 2018 7:08 am  

Sounds about right for us then.
Why get Blake Austin when we can have Lolohea?

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Wed Sep 05, 2018 7:35 am  

I'm not saying he won't do well, but certainly in terms of profile he's close to zero here, whereas every NRL fan will know who Austin is, and Austin has generally played first team (I think he was dropped to the bench a while ago but came back at the end of the year).

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Wed Sep 05, 2018 11:02 am  

Leeds need players who will help us build in the short and long term. A big name player like Austin (or Barba, Segeyaro, Sandow etc) comes with a big risk they won't be around after a year or less.

Lolohea is younger and has a point to prove, much like Parcell when he signed. Hopefully it will turn out that way and not follow the pathway of Ben Cross, Vickery, Falloon etc.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:16 pm  

We're being linked with Sean Fensom & julian o'neil by total RL both OOC at the NQC.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:46 pm  

RHINO-MARK wrote:

We're being linked with Sean Fensom & julian o'neil by total RL both OOC at the NQC.

I hope its Justin not Julian!