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Just a point of correction, not being picky but when comparing players it’s important, 2 is Right Wing & 5 is Left Wing. As the comparison t am has Tadulala on the right the choices are Johnstone or Cockayne (Tom by a mile) and BJB or Tadulala which for me isn’t so straight forward. Semi was a far better defender than BJB, offered more when bringing the ball back and was better under the high cross field kicks while he we no slouch for speed either.
Rooney had far more to his game than Miller, no contest for me.
Fifita in for Korkidas
I agree with Aiton over other Hookers, there was a good reason Leeds went after him.
Ashurst, as good as he is, isn’t in Lauitiitis league and playing Ali in the same 17 as Solomona would be a nightmare for the opposition.
No way should JD replace Poching as a Loose Forward
Tony Myler is the 2nd Best Stand Off I’ve ever seen play the game.
Lewis’s stats at Origin level blow Thurston out of the water, although I rate Thurston as the 2nd best Aussie Half I’ve watched in my 50+ years.
All just my opinion of course
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LOL at Korki being included by some. I would say we've probably had the following props who were better than him (roughly in order):
Tronc
Fafita
Watene
Stosic
Lauititi
Pauli
Wilkes
Amor
Griffin
Jackson
England
And that's just from the top of my head.
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Quote ="Tommy Duckfingers"LOL at Korki being included by some. I would say we've probably had the following props who were better than him (roughly in order):
Tronc
Fafita
Watene
Stosic
Lauititi
Pauli
Wilkes
Amor
Griffin
Jackson
England
And that's just from the top of my ">head.'"
He was included by some. He was included by enough of the majority to be voted in the original team. I agree with the first 4 you put in though, except two didn't make a full season.
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Quote ="Tommy Duckfingers"LOL at Korki being included by some. I would say we've probably had the following props who were better than him (roughly in order):
Tronc
Fafita
Watene
Stosic
Lauititi
Pauli
Wilkes
Amor
Griffin
Jackson
England
And that's just from the top of my ">head.'"
He was included by some. He was included by enough of the majority to be voted in the original team. I agree with the first 4 you put in though, except two didn't make a full season.
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| Quote ="The Clan"Just a point of correction, not being picky but when comparing players it’s important, 2 is Right Wing & 5 is Left Wing. As the comparison t am has Tadulala on the right the choices are Johnstone or Cockayne (Tom by a mile) and BJB or Tadulala which for me isn’t so straight forward. Semi was a far better defender than BJB, offered more when bringing the ball back and was better under the high cross field kicks while he we no slouch for speed either.
Rooney had far more to his game than Miller, no contest for me.
Fifita in for Korkidas
I agree with Aiton over other Hookers, there was a good reason Leeds went after him.
Ashurst, as good as he is, isn’t in Lauitiitis league and playing Ali in the same 17 as Solomona would be a nightmare for the opposition.
No way should JD replace Poching as a Loose Forward
Tony Myler is the 2nd Best Stand Off I’ve ever seen play the game.
Lewis’s stats at Origin level blow Thurston out of the water, although I rate Thurston as the 2nd best Aussie Half I’ve watched in my 50+ years.
All just my opinion of course'"
If you don't mind me asking and I realise this is a bit of a drift from the original subject but knowing when you played you must have lined up against Woods, Holmes, Myler, even Topliss at Hull? Who would you say the best was in your experience? | | |
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Quote ="The Clan"Just a point of correction, not being picky but when comparing players it’s important, 2 is Right Wing & 5 is Left Wing. As the comparison t am has Tadulala on the right the choices are Johnstone or Cockayne (Tom by a mile) and BJB or Tadulala which for me isn’t so straight forward. Semi was a far better defender than BJB, offered more when bringing the ball back and was better under the high cross field kicks while he we no slouch for speed either.
Rooney had far more to his game than Miller, no contest for me.
Fifita in for Korkidas
I agree with Aiton over other Hookers, there was a good reason Leeds went after him.
Ashurst, as good as he is, isn’t in Lauitiitis league and playing Ali in the same 17 as Solomona would be a nightmare for the opposition.
No way should JD replace Poching as a Loose Forward
Tony Myler is the 2nd Best Stand Off I’ve ever seen play the game.
Lewis’s stats at Origin level blow Thurston out of the water, although I rate Thurston as the 2nd best Aussie Half I’ve watched in my 50+ years.
All just my opinion of course'"
When EW mentioned Aiton I was surprised I'd forgotten him. I'll put it down to the fact we've been through a fair number of players just in the last 5 years or so.  icon_redface.gif" alt="icon_surprised.gifops:" title="Embarassed" />
Would you say the Ali we got when he left Leeds was in a different league to Ashurst? Obviously, over his career, he was a special player and we saw some of it here but he didn't play very long minutes by the time he arrived and although he could still create havoc at times, his defence or work rate wasn't near Ashursts. For me, it all depends on the makeup of your side.
Rooney had a better kicking game than Miller for sure but conversely, Miller has a far better running game than Rooney did and Miller is leading the try assists for SL this year, so he's no slouch there either. Be interested why you think it's a no contest in Rooney's favour between them Clan.
Don't know if my memory is totally right and tbh I missed some of his time here but Tadulala did have some those qualities especially bringing the ball back and his defence wasn't too shabby but I also remember him being a bit of an error and knock on merchant, to the point I almost closed my eyes when he'd get the ball at times.
Like you say it's all about opinions and sometimes hazy memories. icon_thumb.gif" alt="icon_thumb.gif" title="Thumbs up" /> |
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Quote ="The Clan"Just a point of correction, not being picky but when comparing players it’s important, 2 is Right Wing & 5 is Left Wing. As the comparison t am has Tadulala on the right the choices are Johnstone or Cockayne (Tom by a mile) and BJB or Tadulala which for me isn’t so straight forward. Semi was a far better defender than BJB, offered more when bringing the ball back and was better under the high cross field kicks while he we no slouch for speed either.
Rooney had far more to his game than Miller, no contest for me.
Fifita in for Korkidas
I agree with Aiton over other Hookers, there was a good reason Leeds went after him.
Ashurst, as good as he is, isn’t in Lauitiitis league and playing Ali in the same 17 as Solomona would be a nightmare for the opposition.
No way should JD replace Poching as a Loose Forward
Tony Myler is the 2nd Best Stand Off I’ve ever seen play the game.
Lewis’s stats at Origin level blow Thurston out of the water, although I rate Thurston as the 2nd best Aussie Half I’ve watched in my 50+ years.
All just my opinion of course'"
When EW mentioned Aiton I was surprised I'd forgotten him. I'll put it down to the fact we've been through a fair number of players just in the last 5 years or so. icon_redface.gif" alt="icon_surprised.gifops:" title="Embarassed" />
Would you say the Ali we got when he left Leeds was in a different league to Ashurst? Obviously, over his career, he was a special player and we saw some of it here but he didn't play very long minutes by the time he arrived and although he could still create havoc at times, his defence or work rate wasn't near Ashursts. For me, it all depends on the makeup of your side.
Rooney had a better kicking game than Miller for sure but conversely, Miller has a far better running game than Rooney did and Miller is leading the try assists for SL this year, so he's no slouch there either. Be interested why you think it's a no contest in Rooney's favour between them Clan.
Don't know if my memory is totally right and tbh I missed some of his time here but Tadulala did have some those qualities especially bringing the ball back and his defence wasn't too shabby but I also remember him being a bit of an error and knock on merchant, to the point I almost closed my eyes when he'd get the ball at times.
Like you say it's all about opinions and sometimes hazy memories. icon_thumb.gif" alt="icon_thumb.gif" title="Thumbs up" /> | |
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Quote ="Shifty Cat"Don't know if my memory is totally right and tbh I missed some of his time here but Tadulala did have some those qualities especially bringing the ball back and his defence wasn't too shabby but I also remember him being a bit of an error and knock on merchant, to the point I almost closed my eyes when he'd get the ball at times.
Like you say it's all about opinions and sometimes hazy memories.
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Tadulala would take high ball after high ball during the pre match warm up then knock on from receiving the proper kick off. Remember him letting a drop out through his legs during the original million pound game v Cas. On the +ve, remember him running the ball out up through the middle v Bradford and setting Ben Jeffries on a try scoring run under the sticks. |
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Quote ="Shifty Cat"Don't know if my memory is totally right and tbh I missed some of his time here but Tadulala did have some those qualities especially bringing the ball back and his defence wasn't too shabby but I also remember him being a bit of an error and knock on merchant, to the point I almost closed my eyes when he'd get the ball at times.
Like you say it's all about opinions and sometimes hazy memories.
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Tadulala would take high ball after high ball during the pre match warm up then knock on from receiving the proper kick off. Remember him letting a drop out through his legs during the original million pound game v Cas. On the +ve, remember him running the ball out up through the middle v Bradford and setting Ben Jeffries on a try scoring run under the sticks. | |
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