[quote author=Canteen Worker]
Serious question (Maybe worthy of its own thread) - Has King ever made a line break?
How many tries has he scored in his career?
How quickly you all forget, you spend so much time being critical of King that you forget that he scored possibly one of the best tries ever by a front rower.
He scored a 100m try whilst playing for the NE in either 2000 or 2001 at Northpower against Canberra. Took the ball from the kickoff, busted the line, he offloaded the ball to a support, player, I can't recall who, on about the 50m line & backed up to score the try.
Whatever his current shortcomings are, and there are a few this was great try and those of you who got all exited over Roses' recent 35m effort have very short memories.
[/quote]
Hey Pete, I see you post sensibly and without the ST v MSE rivalry prejudicies, but King surely cant be deserving of your support with a rememberance of a sole deed back 1/2 a decade ago.
I think this Mata fella has spoilt all the ST haters with too much anti King abrasiveness, inducing some sort of Anti-Mata/support King rebellion.
King is a front row forward & has performed at substandard level for the majority of his time in 1sts. Yes he showed glimpses. But they are glimpses. Yes he scored the try you mentioned. I saw that. Twas brilliant. I remember him breaking the line at a game at Gosford also brilliant. He was brilliant that whole game in fact. But you cant build a career on highlights.
I said this at the start of this season both here and MSE. King needed to learn the ethic of earning his way back into this side from injury which he never did. He was granted admission way to early. He needed the hunger and the will to prove to himself his own worthiness. Didnt happen.
All of his own injuries & interruptions (valid or not) cant escape the fact that King has passed through over 50% of a permanent long term 1st grade career without any notable success. In comparison to other top line props in the NRL he fails in the week in week out standards of 1st grade football.
I disagree with the"mediocrity" term sometimes bandied around here, but if there is one player that this applies to its King.
Face facts. King is a dud and his involvement in this team lessens the collective good.
Having said alll of that, did anyone like my line about..."Anti-Mata" 8)