[Resurrected] Lachlan Croker (a smokey or 1st choice)

[SeaEagle21]

All the noise in the media suggests Croker (for now at least) will be first cab of the rank. Good luck kid, hope you deliver on your undoubted potential and kill it.

I agree that he will get first shot. Just something about the interviews with Baz where he keeps talking about Croker and then backs up a bit and says Hastings is also going well. Almost sounds like he gets carried away and then remembers he has other players in contention for the spot.

Either way there is a big opportunity there for someone and they would probably be hoping that the investigation doesn’t allow us to sign another player so that they get some luck and get a good crack.

 

[manlyfan76]

Well that rules out Hodkinson.

But he has played for Manly.
So there is that.

 

[Eagles2nv]

So looks like Crocker is going to be 5/8.


https://www.foxsports.com.au/news/d...y/news-story/24b17a5402abc12793d8ab13f3751de9


https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...y/news-story/5246ede6903404864429db220b4491dc

 

[BOZO]

So looks like Crocker is going to be 5/8.


https://www.foxsports.com.au/news/d...y/news-story/24b17a5402abc12793d8ab13f3751de9


https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...y/news-story/5246ede6903404864429db220b4491dc

Croker has 2 trial games to make this happen . How can we select an unknown without seeing him play. Common sense will prevail

 

[Fluffy]

Pretty sure "we" have seen him play by now

 

[Blake A]

A little more than you and me.

To be honest, I reckon I have more credibility than the media.

 

[nightster]

nice passing style ...

 

[nightster]

Croker has 2 trial games to make this happen . How can we select an unknown without seeing him play. Common sense will prevail

and which common sense will that be feathered fiend?
I think picking a young 5/8 who seems to be so far out playing his rivals is not an un-common sense move

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Let's hope this turns out well for the kid, I just hate " media hype", it so often turns to ****.

I too would love to see one of the kids get first crack but I think I'd be happier if we had an established half playing the Blake Green role.

It could either turn out as one of the great decisions of all time or equally so one of the great disasters.

I wish them both well, and hope it works out for at least one of them.

 

[manlyfan76]

Let's hope this turns out well for the kid, I just hate " media hype", it so often turns to ****.

I too would love to see one of the kids get first crack but I think I'd be happier if we had an established half playing the Blake Green role.

It could either turn out as one of the great decisions of all time or equally so one of the great disasters.

I wish them both well, and hope it works out for at least one of them.

I like the way Penrith have handled Cleary, kept him out of the media and rep teams.

 

[BOZO]

and which common sense will that be feathered fiend?
I think picking a young 5/8 who seems to be so far out playing his rivals is not an un-common sense move

I was saying you don't pick players on training form you pick them on match form and we have not seen a trial game yet . That is what I was trying to say . Sorry if I confused you 🙂

 

[andyvb]

Anyone else see this

 

[Holmsey]

Anyone else see this

Would love Walker but he wont come here, will end up at Broncos.

 

[BOZO]

Anyone else see this

I don't think that Walker is a play maker . We need a play maker to complement DCE

 

[Mitch]

Anyone else see this

Mate that Facebook page either rehashes already known news as ‘breaking’ or has stuff that’s way off the mark. This one is the latter. He’s re-signed with the bunnies.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/ex...k=ce712b99eeded267658cb04b68226a37-1517514211

 

[Pepi]

I hope I'm wrong but I don't have high hopes for Croker. Admittedly I've never seen him play, you have to wonder why raiders staff would let him go while they are pretty skinny on half options.
Every Raiders fan ive spoken to has said he's not 1st grade standard.
Let's hope he's a late bloomer like Blake Green.

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

you have to wonder why raiders staff would let him go

Multiple serious injuries at a young age is often the reason.
That's why the Eels let David Williams go. And Hodkinson too, for that matter.
Gosiewski may be a similar case.

 

[BOZO]

I hope I'm wrong but I don't have high hopes for Croker. Admittedly I've never seen him play, you have to wonder why raiders staff would let him go while they are pretty skinny on half options.
Every Raiders fan ive spoken to has said he's not 1st grade standard.
Let's hope he's a late bloomer like Blake Green.

The fact with Young up and coming stars is not all will shine at NRL level .
Unless they take the NRL stage and show us what they can do we will never really know . Did Ricky the raider do the right thing by not resigning him ?
NRL game time will tell .

 

[Fluffy]

View attachment 7372 nice passing style ...

Unique passing style flicking the ball with the forearm.

Note: if Media can use stills of the ball and draw a foreshortened line to the ground to try and say we were not ripped off by Croker at Canberra then it must be the laws of physics.....

 

[Snake]

Croker gets first shot because of how much the playing group love Jackson Hastings.