Tony Fax wrote:I've always rated old Blacky but some guys on here (most notably Andy Boy who's conspicuous by his recent absence) doubted his re-signing. Great player, best half back we've had since the great Michael Hagan. Am I right? I'm not wrong!

jeffvickers wrote:His passing game is poor at times, his running game awsome

Mark Preston Fan Club wrote:Quite a few people on here were sceptical about Ben being brought back to the club wrongly stating that he went "missing" in big games.Their evidence for this was always the 2005 play off semi final defeat at Cas when he was targetted by the Cas pack who were fully aware of his ability as he was instrumental in knocking them out of the challenge cup that season meaning that his man of the match award yesterday is in fact his second against Cas in that competition.
Whether he could play regularly in SL is debateable but his fellow Aussie from the 2005 team Ben Fisher is probably a good comparison.
With regard to Clinch I wouldn't have minded seeing them paired up at half back.

Tortured Soul wrote:No, they weren't. And he did.

Tortured Soul wrote:No, they weren't. And he did.

Tony Fax wrote:I've always rated old Blacky but some guys on here (most notably Andy Boy who's conspicuous by his recent absence) doubted his re-signing. Great player, best half back we've had since the great Michael Hagan. Am I right? I'm not wrong!

Tony Fax wrote:Having exhausted myself in the past on the "Ben Black" debate, I thought I'd lay off this time round. But it still totally amazes me how some of you guys have got so excited by his return. Granted .... he looked spectacular on several occassions in his first stint, but he was rubbish on far more other occassions. His headless chicken, lazy, hangover style of play does nowt for me............