Re: Patrick Ah Van : Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:22 pm  

Chris B wrote:

Just reading some of the comments on the Bulls board and it seems that he had a decent first half of the season and then struggled.
The two key things for me being a) he's come from the NRL with a bit of an alright reputation and b) he seems to have performed well for a while in a team that currently sits in 11th in the league.
Many are happy to see him go on the back of the Warrington game when it was already decided that he wasn't going to be offered a new contract.

Any chance he might have an Adam Hughes type first season??

He has only seemed to play well against lesser teams but when up against any quality player he is absolute pap - dodnt work out for us but part of me hopes he goes well for yourselves !!

Re: Patrick Ah Van : Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:23 pm  

Believe he played well at the start of the season.He is in a bad Bradford team and probably not arsed.

Re: Patrick Ah Van : Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:25 pm  

OFFTHECUFF wrote:

Believe he played well at the start of the season.He is in a bad Bradford team and probably not arsed.

Just the type of player you need then

[Bullseye]

Re: Patrick Ah Van : Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:30 pm  

He'll be adequate if he plays on the wing. He is NOT a centre or fullback as he can't catch the ball if anyone is within 3m of him and his tackling technique involves him racing out of the line and missing his target to leave a gaping hole behind him.

Having said that on the wing he's alright, despite not being that quick. He's solid enough, and is good attacking a high ball and has scored a few for us from this tactic. His goalkicking is ok too 81% success rate this season.

He does wander around looking like he can't be ar5ed a lot. Might be an unfortunate manner but recently it would suggest that he's given up for us.

Re: Patrick Ah Van : Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:32 pm  

Damn. Not a good sign that.

[Bullseye]

Re: Patrick Ah Van : Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:36 pm  

Chris Dalton wrote:

Damn. Not a good sign that.

Maybe he's just looking forward to getting over to Widnes? Perhaps someone told him to check out all those vids on youtube and he thinks he's going to be playing with Offiah, Tait, Sorensen etc

Re: Patrick Ah Van : Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:39 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

Maybe he's just looking forward to getting over to Widnes? Perhaps someone told him to check out all those vids on youtube and he thinks he's going to be playing with Offiah, Tait, Sorensen etc

Yeah, just like when he went over to Bradford he was looking forward to playing in a side worth watching. He's been duped since the moment he got here.

Come on, Bradford are one of the biggest jokes in rugby league.

Re: Patrick Ah Van : Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:44 pm  

He will go good for us, my lad is exited about it as he has watched him kicking goals for bradford.Fresh start and all that the whole bradford team is playing poop at the moment hard to blame 1 or 2 player.
Am i the only 1 made up with this signing

Re: Patrick Ah Van : Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:46 pm  

im made up mate and im fooking ace, so it must be good

Re: Patrick Ah Van : Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:48 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

He'll be adequate if he plays on the wing. He is NOT a centre or fullback as he can't catch the ball if anyone is within 3m of him and his tackling technique involves him racing out of the line and missing his target to leave a gaping hole behind him.

Having said that on the wing he's alright, despite not being that quick. He's solid enough, and is good attacking a high ball and has scored a few for us from this tactic. His goalkicking is ok too 81% success rate this season.

He does wander around looking like he can't be ar5ed a lot. Might be an unfortunate manner but recently it would suggest that he's given up for us.

He will be coming in to go on the wing. The fact he can play elsewhere in the back line (albeit potentially poorly) is a bonus I suppose.

Just watching a couple of the SL highlights of your games on youtube and he looks very much like Tangi Ropati has in defence for us. Shoots out of the line at times and tries to bump the attacker off, only to be spun or miss completely.

Competent goalkicker and younger than I thought with some decent NRL experience behind him. Ultimately the big negative seems to be defence.

I will see how he goes for us but in the meantime he is another signing on the way to a full squad.