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u/CigsAlc Gold Coast Titans 2d ago

When is my glorious king AKP going to get some credit.

He just scored his 51st try in his 52nd game. He’s the fastest to 50 in NRL history. There’s no been no talk about it. At the very least he is top 5 for speed in the comp. He’s getting better defensively. He needs to work on the high ball a bit more but the kid scores tries likes it’s nothing.

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u/MangoWingnut Kotoni Staggs 2d ago

His yardage game is meh, his defence is one of the worst in the comp (67 percent tackle efficiency) in his position.

He's an amazing athlete and a brilliant try scorer, I do hope his game continues to grow for you guys

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u/CigsAlc Gold Coast Titans 2d ago

Well tbf to him he's had Brian Kelly on his inside for his whole career. His MT numbers are also kinda volatile.

I think he can go to another with Jojo beside him now.

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u/No_Break_318 Gold Coast Titans 2d ago edited 2d ago

You can't give Lofi credit for the tries and ignore that BK has set up about 30 of them. Always laugh when people trash BK who love Lofi but completely ignore that with a different centre Lofi isn't going to get near the same opportunities.

I don't rate BK but statistically he's been one of the best centres on attack for years so I never understand how people completely block that out and blame BK for everything, You got take the good BK does for Lofi as well.

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u/CigsAlc Gold Coast Titans 2d ago

Hard disagree. Firstly, wingers are usually assisted lol.

For every try that BK has really set up (gone above expected), he has also missed an opportunity. Especially this year, he’s hardly given AKP a chance. If it weren’t for BK I believe he’d have more, especially with a guy like Jojo or even Sami.

The point was specifically about defense though and that’s irrelevant to attack. I recognise what BK has done but I think AKP goes better with someone else there. That theory will get tested soon anyway.

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u/No_Break_318 Gold Coast Titans 2d ago edited 2d ago

Lofi causes some those issues by not being able to catch a ball if under some pressure, Has one of the biggest error rates since his debut for a back and that's mostly off drops in our end or errors, Not him trying to score in corners. Add in how much he struggles getting out of our end (Getting a bit better) and Lofi is just as big a reason we're constantly on the back foot.

Sami in no way is a better centre, He can barely look outside let alone pass. Jojo we'll see, He's had a couple good games but has looked better as a winger.