I don't think Croker has been terrible either and it's a tough gig to play 6...I don't so much mind the way he has been using the football because we don't need him to be flashy and we don't need him to set up a bunch of tries each week, but we definitely need him to be kicking the football on occasions to take pressure off Chez. Our 5th tackle options are costing us games.
Perhaps this time around the unhandsome fellow will win out over the handsome fellow.
Except Api's kick to the in-goal (and beyond). In that instance 'nothing' would have been preferable.
Gees I feel like a casual idiot! But I think you are right! I hate egos!
I feel that everyone else is pitching in with the kicking to make up for Croker's shortfalls. This is where Hastings has the edge on Croker. Croker needs to lift his game as it's not up to fg standard.
Before June 30 I reckon.
Well he hasn't been awesome. He has no kicking game, he should go to regies to develop that and then get another shot at NRL as a complete player. I said on another thread where somebody was saying people that want Hastings think he's the messiah, not the case, but he's the best option signed to our club, and a more complete player than Croker. Give him the same 5 games that Croker has had and let's see how the comparison sits then.
The other thing is players can look a million dollars at training because the pressure is off. They throw amazing passes, banana kicks come off, they run all the set plays nicely...game day and it all goes out the window. I reckon Croker is playing a really steady hand at training and Baz is waiting for him to feel his way into FG and bring his A game (the one they see at training). If he fails for long enough, he'll be dropped but Baz is gonna give him plenty of opportunity to take his game from training out onto the field in FG.Did Croker put more in at training over the offseason that made Barrett pick him over Hastings?
Coaches seem to get carried away with a player who is a great trainer, they always want to reward them with a first grade spot thinking they’ll play the way they train. A lot don’t measure up.
I remember in the dreaded Northern Eagles days we had a guy named Greg Ebrill who played backrow.
He wasn’t a big guy, just average size but very very fit. Apparently he was such a great trainer they put him in first grade. While he was adequate in defence, I don’t think he broke a tackle! Each game they showed the commentators would say what a great trainer he was.
I didn’t care how he trained I just wanted someone to hurt in defence and bust the line.
I think Nathan Green got a spot from Barrett 2 years ago because he trained so well and now we have Croker who has won him over. Not sure if it’s because of his training ethic or not but I think Croker seems to have the spot for quite some time.
I suppose it’s Barrett’s job on the line so he better hope he measures up.
We will probably only see Hastings at 5/8 if croker is injured
Don't think this is a "down on Croker" thread. Don't think anybody blames him... just a bit pissed off that TB can't see there is a better option at this point in time
| Team | P | W | L | PD | Pts |
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7 | 6 | 1 | 99 | 14 |
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8 | 6 | 2 | 66 | 14 |
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7 | 6 | 1 | 54 | 14 |
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8 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 11 |
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8 | 5 | 3 | 64 | 10 |
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7 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 10 |
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8 | 4 | 4 | 73 | 8 |
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7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 8 |
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8 | 4 | 4 | -14 | 8 |
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8 | 4 | 4 | -16 | 8 |
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8 | 3 | 5 | -55 | 8 |
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8 | 4 | 4 | -60 | 8 |
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8 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 7 |
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8 | 3 | 5 | -25 | 6 |
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7 | 2 | 5 | -55 | 6 |
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7 | 1 | 6 | -87 | 4 |
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8 | 1 | 7 | -166 | 4 |
