just about finished work for easter (and a holiday!)

so was cruisin around and saw something similar to this on the Leeds site...


who are the best 5 overseas players you have seen play in a trinity shirt


for me

1) Wally Lewis
2) Steve Ella
3) Ray Price
4) David Solomona
5) Jason Demetriou

1. Albert Talipeau
2. Robert Piva
3. Brennt Todd
4. Matt Stevens
5. Clinton O brien

What no Dallas 'raffle ticket' Hood?

What no Lino Foai

What! No David Nelson????

rob piva only 2nd , are you mad

Players who I have seen (1999 to present);

Willie Poching – Carried Trinity in the early stages of SL.
David Solomona – Crazy Offloads.
Jason Demetriou – Captain Fantastic.
Sid Domic – Unstoppable in 2004.
Brad Drew – Great player showed glimpses of his class prior to injury.

he wasnt overseas was he?

My top 5:

1. Steve Ella- First real class player I remember seeing play for us.

2. Henry Paul - Wow. Top player. What a step.

3. Darren Fritz - Massive bloke, aggressive, rough, no nonense.

4. Willie Poching - Superb team player. Awesome for us.

5. David Solomona - Magic on his day with ball in hand.

hang your head in shame no dennis beecraft lol

Henry Paul
Darren Fritz
Ray Price
Willie Poching
David Solomona

players just missing out are Geoff Bagnall and JD

From recent memory:-

Sonny Whakarau
Matt Fuller
Willie Poaching
Henry Paul
Roger Kenworthy

Here goes:

1 Toppo
2 Henry
3 Wrighty
4 Fritzy
5 Ray Price

Add them to any side and you'd be top of the league!

Overseas?

glen tomlinson has gotta be in there somewhere

Domic - Quality player.

Poaching - Always played well when I went to watch and always says good things about the club to other players who join us.

Solo - Was class act on his day.

Halpenny - Ok nothing flash but safe as houses and always underrated

JD- True captain and always plays his heart out.

WT@..........



its overseas players



deary me i now you have other things on your mind at the mo phil so we will let you off and just s at you

There are a few things to weigh up before answeringthis question.

e.g.
Wally Lewis was without doubt the most brilliant overseas player I have ever seen at the club but he was'nt here for many games.
but
JD has served the club well for a long period of time and has, for most of that time, been very good.
however
Henry Paul, Darren Fritz, David Solomona & Willie Poching amongst others are all somewhere in between these two.
then
there's others to consider who were excellent for us but in a less demanding league. Mike Kuiti, Sonny Whakaru, Garen Casey, Matt Fuller, Brad Waugh, Steve Ella, Ray Price etc...

The big names who easily come to mind are all well and good but some of the other players deserve to be on the list for a bunch of reasons.

Maybe the list needs more catagories like:
Most Brilliant
1. Wally Lewis
2. Henry Paul
3. Steve Ella
4. David Solomona
5. Ray Price

Best Value
1. JD
2. Willie Poching
3. Darren Fritz
4. Andrew Leeds
5. Alan Burns
6. Geof Bagnal

Unsung Hero
1. Sonny Whakaru
2. Sam Obst
3. Matt Fuller
4. Chris Perry
5. Brad Waugh

I'm sure I've missed a few like Don Swanson and Darren Waters who were very good for us in the mid 80s at a time when we needed players just like them.

Georgellis, Du toit , domic often get forgotten but i thought they were splendid

I might be wrong but I think we were in the old Stones Bitter division 1 when Ray Price played for us, which at the time was the top league.

Would go along with that barring 1, Brian Jackson, thought he was great value and disspointed he didnt stay longer.

Glad to see Chris Perry in there, i really liked him a real tryer.

1 WALLY LEWIS
2 HENRY PAUL
3 MARK GRAHAM
4 RAY PRICE
5 STEVE ELLA

easy one for me this

price
fritz
obst
jd
poaching

i know ill be linched in some quarters for not putting solomona down but i think i have based mine on what i go to watch games for, and sometimes solo just annoyed me.

Did he come over when we first signed Brad Davis in the mid 90's ?? Both great players for us at that time.

As I said: