Cracking player was Solomona. Locke was such a waste of talent, a bit like Todd Carney. I'd have paid a fortune to watch Carney, Locke and Chase at the peak of their powers in a Salford shirt. Shame we got

I'm sure to be shot at by the fans of 'big clubs' as nobody but them are entitled to have the best. However for me Solomona was the best signing ever made by SL from the NRL. He was still quite young, had not yet peaked, was a genuine International who went on to win a WC later that year and almost single handedly transformed a bottom two club into a team that got to within one win of a GF.

If another player did as well as that in their first season in SL and with the games most un-fasionable club at the time I'd like to know who?

Cue printer and his nonsense as he's bound to be outraged by my uperty Wakefield opinion.

*2 wins from a GF.


Though Solomona was a beast.

And the trolls are wrong, again.

Not just a beast, he also had sublime passing and off loading skills and a decent short kicking game.
He played stand off against Bradford in one of our games and although pace wasn't his thing, he certainly had the rest.

Wakey did well to sign Solomona as Wire were also keen to sign him. He was great to watch as the x-factor was still there when he did play at the HJS, and that was when his fitness and pace were a thing of the past.

Complain when I post, but yet bring my name up when you post on a thread I wasn’t getting involved in

you just like being a crybaby don’t you?

Solomona was a good NRL signing. As for best during the SL era I’d probably throw Lesley Vainkolo’s name into the ring.

I’d also throw in big Ali who was imo a slightly better player but both played for teams that would have been successful even without them. That’s the key performance indicator for me, too be that good in what was a mediocre team was incredible. Pretty much everything he did he created himself, yes there were a few good players at Wakefield at the time but nowhere near as many as at Leeds or Bradford.

Also he didn’t jump ship, we signed him for two seasons and he gave us two seasons worth. He didn’t need too, he could have done a deal with a big club after his first five games and then handed in his sick note but he didn’t - you have to admire that.

Ali is definitely up there, think he probably had too many injury lay offs to be classed as the best though. He does have one of key performance indicators that I apply for something like this (best ever debates) and that is longevity. Some in a debate like this will throw out the name Jamie Lyon, as good as he was he only did 2 seasons....not long enough to be considered imo.

This thread is specifically about the former ace NRL centre Timoteo Simona, not Wakefield's past signings.

Stop derailing.

Edited for accuracy.

Is this thread about Tim Simona who was at the Tigers? Where did the Timoteo come from LOL

That is his original ethnic Polynesian name, Timoteo Simona. The same applies to Timoteo Lafai at the St. George-Illawarra Dragons.

Australians like to use the more familiar Tim.

Why don't you then.

Because he is often referred to as Timoteo.

Personally, as a cultural anthropologist I prefer the authentic ethnic "Timoteo."

In any case I am pretty sure that "Timoteo" is on his passport.

But it's not his name? His name is Tim...

Unless you've seen it how would you know?

Did you play rugby at school btw, because you've got a good side step.

Yes. I played both codes of rugby at school. I was a winger with a great sidestep.

A school that played both codes, haven't come across many of those - which was that if you don't mind me asking Jean?

After extensive Googling I have not been able to find evidence of former Wests Tigers centre Simona's given name being Timoteo, even though as a Samoan it would be his likely given name. I was convinced that I had read it in the press. It is definitely the case with the fellow Samoan, St. George-Illawarra centre Timoteo Lafai, aka "Tim Lafai."

In the interests of certainty and accuracy I have changed the name in the title of the thread to "Tim Simona."

I regret the anxiety, pain and suffering that I might have caused by my bold leap into the intricacies of Samoan culture. It was certainly not my intention.

I cannot reveal this in the interests of privacy.

But I can say that I hated rugby union because I never got the ball.

Have you tried googling Timuel?

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Timuel is not a Samoan name. Timoteo is.

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