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Sonny Bill who

Posted: 03 Feb 2020, 10:52
by bobby
What an anticlimax. He looks like a waste of money. Nobody seems able to say how bad his debut was. Is it just me who thought he was hopeless.

Re: Sonny Bill who

Posted: 03 Feb 2020, 10:57
by mdean
Curious one I have not heard any good reports, I am torn on this, I think going in to a negotiation of a TV deal for the game as a whole, there is a lot riding on his profile, he is one of the few people outside RL that brings a profile. Other than against us, it would be great if he played well.

Sadly same for IF at Catalans too attracts "attention" not necessarily the right attention. I think we need to get to mid-season with everyone beating everyone and it has to be one of the best seasons ever - there is a great deal riding on the next TV deal when you consider the proportion of clubs held up primarily by the Sky monies.

Re: Sonny Bill who

Posted: 03 Feb 2020, 13:55
by scottiger
bobby wrote: 03 Feb 2020, 10:52 What an anticlimax. He looks like a waste of money. Nobody seems able to say how bad his debut was. Is it just me who thought he was hopeless.
1st game in 5 years . Was he great ? No . Was he absolutely terrible ? No . Whoever thinks he's gonna be near the level of his prime is stupid he's 34;. Publicity was the main reason the the signing .

Re: Sonny Bill who

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 06:59
by jackknife
Tbf he looked dangerous on the right edge n i think he's going to be a handful once hes upto speed.

Re: Sonny Bill who

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 08:57
by Swagger
He was awful. Knocked on 3 times and did nothing.

Glad we played them now though.... I'm sure he will get better.

Re: Sonny Bill who

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 11:00
by corvusxiii
jackknife wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 06:59 Tbf he looked dangerous on the right edge n i think he's going to be a handful once hes upto speed.
This. He is a big specimen and I suspect he will cause all sorts of problems as he beds in. I don't think we've heard the last of Sunny by a long stretch.

Re: Sonny Bill who

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 13:26
by cogito ergo sum
Wish we had him.

Re: Sonny Bill who

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 15:49
by lurcher
still looks very fit.

Re: Sonny Bill who

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 15:52
by tallguyx
A fifty percent sonny bill would walk in to most teams. I wish he played for cas

Re: Sonny Bill who

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 20:03
by Swagger
tallguyx wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 15:52 A fifty percent sonny bill would walk in to most teams. I wish he played for cas
For the money he wanted..... No thank you.

Re: Sonny Bill who

Posted: 06 Feb 2020, 16:35
by Squaddie86
5 years out of the game, 34 years old, surrounded by a very mediocre team.

His value is in the attention he attracts for Toronto (and Rugby League in general), I doubt he'll achieve much on the pitch this year. Although it'd be nice to see him hit something like the kind of form he managed in his prime later on in the year.