Quote jonh="jonh"So you are saying a player cannot be a success in a team unable to challenge for honours.
Has Rangi Chase been a success this year with his form?
It is a simple man that judges success or failure against the number of trophies in a cabinet in my opinion. '"
Only losers judge success by other criteria than what you actually achieve. Ali is the most successful import of the SL era. He has experienced more success than any other player. Its a fairly obvious point. Maybe you want to judge success by some other criteria than winning, but for me game losers, are still losers.
Quote jonhin relation to Backo and Ali, a world class Prop, one of the best of his generation, which was an excellent generation of Australian Props or Ali Lautitia, who had maybe 4 top seasons. No brainier for me, but each to their own.
Anyway back on topic.
Lauaki will provide us with much needed wide threat much in the same way Ali used to do for you......several seasons ago.'"
Firstly, Ali had many successful seasons, A Dally M second rower of the year winner, and played in an NRL GF, to say he only had 4 good years is just idiotic. This is a player who has played at the top level for 14 years, played in CC finals, a tri-nations finals, 6 SL grand finals and an NRL grand final.
Secondly, Lauaki as a player is very different from Ali, Lauaki doesnt have the footwork, ball handling, offloading skills, nor the ability to do something amazing like Ali does. Lauaki is bigger, plays a much more direct game, and is probably more dynamic, but he isnt and cant play the same game Ali does. Ali will likely be on a much higher wage at Wakefield than Lauaki at Wigan, if he isnt then your coaches have made a disastrous choice. As I said Lauaki is more like Hock than Ali or Solomona, but not at the same level as either of them.
