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| Quote newgroundb4cas="newgroundb4cas"Johnson needs more size to be called a out and out prop no way. Wilkes and Amour ; James is he upto SL standard,? Jury is out for me . As for Hickey we didn't no he would come like Homer Simpson; if he was fit he would have been a good signing.'"
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| Quote frogcat="frogcat"ewan is going to play in aus mate. him and richard never saw eye to eye anyway but you are right. we have no front row to speak of.apart from kyle who could be called back anytime it suits leeds . trouble is we are trying to put second rowers up front and they are getting battered as they did in catalans. said weeks ago before we released the props we had, don't throw the baby out with the bath water. there is no one around to pick up now thats good enough.'"
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| Quote Sesquipedalian="Sesquipedalian"Stosic is the best prop we've had in years, better than Tronc in many ways, obviously not as eye catching but certainly more reliable, solid and one of those players that allowed his team mates to play their best rugby while he did the graft.
If we had a James Stosic in the team alongside Southern there wouldn't be many teams that would enjoy attacking us down the middle.'"
Which many ways was Stosic better than Tronc? |
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| Quote Shifty Cat="Shifty Cat"Which many ways was Stosic better than Tronc?'"
He was fit, settled and did the job he was supposed to do. That's 3 straight away! |
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| Quote TRB="TRB"He was fit, settled and did the job he was supposed to do. That's 3 straight away!'"
Tronc was fit while he was here, the rest is unfortunate that he didn't settle here but that doesn't take away from what a player he was, he was world class imo. |
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| Quote Khlav Kalash="Khlav Kalash"Didn't you once complain Stosic was too small a few pre-season's back?!'"
Yes he did. He also fails to realise because he never researches what he types at 5 ft 11 in 16 st 7 lb Stosic is slightly smaller than Johnson but about 1/2 a stone heavier. However he has IMO a props physique and will carry an extra stone easily, may well have added 1/2 a stone in the off season.
We have an obsession on this forum with making out our players to be smaller than they are and the opposition much bigger.
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| Quote Sesquipedalian="Sesquipedalian"Stosic is the best prop we've had in years, better than Tronc in many ways, obviously not as eye catching but certainly more reliable, solid and one of those players that allowed his team mates to play their best rugby while he did the graft.
If we had a James Stosic in the team alongside Southern there wouldn't be many teams that would enjoy attacking us down the middle.'"
Tronc was better than Stosic for me (when he 1st arrived) I liked the way he could take out 3 or 4 players and offload. A proper prop. |
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| Quote Shifty Cat="Shifty Cat"Tronc was fit while he was here, the rest is unfortunate that he didn't settle here but that doesn't take away from what a player he was, he was world class imo.'" |
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| Quote Shifty Cat="Shifty Cat"Tronc was fit while he was here, the rest is unfortunate that he didn't settle here but that doesn't take away from what a player he was, he was world class imo.'"
Tronc could have been a legend at BV if things had gone in the way they should have done. |
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Tronc and Stosic were very different style players but equally they were two of the best props we've had in a long time.
I'd have either back now. Both would be great.
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I think Tronc had to retire due to injury.
While he was here he was a class above.
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| Quote charlie="charlie"I think Tronc had to retire due to injury.
While he was here he was a class above.'"
Of course he was, but he didn't fit in with our club - for whatever reasons - and for that reason I would choose Stosic ahead of him.
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