Tronc is far better than Stos. Completely different class of player.



That's no disrespect to James, he was an honest prop, a good grafter and I wish we still had him. But Shanes game is a class above, could anyone see James popping up the passes Shane does? Could you honestly see James getting the ratings in the NRL Shane got last year.



Shane is the best WT prop I've seen in my 23 years of watching the WT.

Jeez, these feeble attempts at point scoring make you look a touch needy.

It's the context you have got wrong and for reasons best known to yourself won't give ground.



I'll try one more time to put it in a context that suits you.



With the time and money available after the Stosic fiasco I consider King as adequate. Especially when you consider SL props with the experience of King don't grow on trees, also Kear knows him and this must count for something. If you can name me an English player with as good a CV that we could have got in the time I'll be happy to accept him.



Finally you seem to have ignored the fact that I also included Sculthorpe ie both props who have left (perhaps I should have also included Bibey). In other words it wasn't meant to be a player v player comparison.



I'd have loved to have retained Stosic, but you run with what you have. HTH

sorry vasty but IMHO king couldnt lace sausages boots , not a slur on king but a judgement on much i rated sausage . i think that if he was still available for selection then we would be quite a force to be reckoned with.

He is not comparing King to Stotic though!

Matters not to me my friend. You seem to think that I am deliberatley trying to bait you, when all I was doing was agreeing with Bloomers. Is noboby else allowed an opinion (I did state it was imho), because that's all mine is. I am not trying to state that I am correct (as you seem to do

), just offering my opinion. I thought we had already established that we have differing views on King and our front row options (KH - utility

), it's just that JK seems to agree with mine rather than yours





It's also called having a GSOH.................which too many people that use this forum seem to lack.



No agenda pal.

King, looks an adequate replacement for Stosic or Sculthorpe

Does this mean Tronc could be Trin's best prop since Fritz??

THANKYOU!!!



For heavens sake how obvious does it need to be.



Again thanks, I was starting to think I'd gone mad

King replacement adequate for stosic

perhaps we have all cracked up

time will tell big boots to fill

That's the point, he - is - an - adequate - replacement! No where does that suggest he is as good, that is subjective/opinion and you don't have the monopoly on that even if you are deluded enough to think you and JK are thinking the same.



If Stosic had not cocked up, no one myself included would be suggesting we would have chosen to replace Stosic with King. However there was no choice - was there - hence King was an adequate replacement all things considered - still with me





However for those who can't stomach me using the sainted Stosic as an example I gave you Sculthorpe as an alternative.



So one more time - King is an adequate prop who due to the circumstances at the time was probably the most adequate replacement for Stosic/Sculthorpe (delete to taste) available.



Happy