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

[Woodsie]

I think we can change the thread title now, from a Smokey to current first choice 5/8.

Done ....

 

[nightster]

to be continued ..

 

[globaleagle]

Tom backs Crocker

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...s/news-story/ed78738d65687cf374194246d3b0c51f


https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...a/news-story/78f43b829fe14fe0c99288982ad80390

 

[Johnno74]

Hi guys i think he will be ok ,good size body good boot on him ,junior kangaroo looks ok without being great.But has potential to be real good an has everything to play for.I suspect he will earn a 2 or 3 yr contact an be real solid if he can put us in good field position that will let cherry ,tom an api to be creative. Doesn't have to set world on fire ease into it as confidence grows so will he ☺

 

[Stuey Davis’s Socks]

Not playing in the first trial, what do we read into that people?

 

[Tragic Eagle]

Hastings is getting his shot. Let’s see if he takes advantageous of the opportunity.

 

[40 years an eagle]

Not playing in the first trial, what do we read into that people?

Neither are

Tom Turbo
Taufua
Uate
DCE
Croker
Api
Kappow
Thompson
Sironen
Jake Turbo
Walker

Looks like he is our starting 5/8 to me, saving him to partner DCE in the second trial.

 

[Spartan Eagle]

Not playing in the first trial, what do we read into that people?

I'd say that he is part of TB best team. He said he would field his best squad for Roosters

 

[Rosko]

I'd say that he is part of TB best team. He said he would field his best squad for Roosters

Hardly earned it, as he has played no first grade. You’d think Croker would need all the game time he could get, if he is now supposed to be ‘game manager’ for an NRL side.

 

[Bubbler]

He is too green to do better than Green. Hastings the better man for the job I would have thought.

 

[robbiea]

I saw Hastings put up a pic of himself on Instagram and in the comments he wrote Steven Bradbury.Which had me wondering , " Has Croker been injured" ?

 

[Smokin Joe]

What is interesting is that Trent has publicly stated hat he wants a person in the 6 who is able to manage the middle third of the field and a game manager I guess you call it.Tom refers to him as good with the ball in hand and a good runner,to me it sounds more like Walker instead of Green.However,Trent has impressed me so far and I assume he has a way of making these guys work and gel together(maybe Croker has a better kicking game than we all assume he has?Tom I think did say he is a good talker).I hope it goes well if Croker starts but it has interested me to see him there over Hastings.Trent knows more than me..........

 

[Spartan Eagle]

Hardly earned it, as he has played no first grade. You’d think Croker would need all the game time he could get, if he is now supposed to be ‘game manager’ for an NRL side.

Baz has probably seen a lot from Croker to believe that he's earned it. The fact that he has played no first grade is a moot point given the circumstances we are in. We have limited options with no established 1/2 other than to blood someone within. He's competing with Hastings who by no means has set the world on fire in the reserves last year. It's a big step up for either of them. Just because Hastings has played more fg games doesn't make him more entitled. I'm thinking that Croker will get game time next to DCE in the Roosters match where he can work on his combinations and game management.

 

[robbiea]

What is interesting is that Trent has publicly stated hat he wants a person in the 6 who is able to manage the middle third of the field and a game manager I guess you call it.Tom refers to him as good with the ball in hand and a good runner,to me it sounds more like Walker instead of Green.However,Trent has impressed me so far and I assume he has a way of making these guys work and gel together(maybe Croker has a better kicking game than we all assume he has?Tom I think did say he is a good talker).I hope it goes well if Croker starts but it has interested me to see him there over Hastings.Trent knows more than me..........

Do u think that after training and playing alongside Green last year ,Dce may be given another go at that role ,as he may have a better grasp of it now ?
Especially if Croker will be playing the ball running role.It may work if it takes a bit of pressure off Daly whilst providing the reliable good defence that Green lacked.Also keeping the opposition on their toes because they would never know when Daly would convert to his old running style game.
Maybe even add to his longevity too..
( Just a thought)

 

[Smokin Joe]

Do u think that after training and playing alongside Green last year ,Dce may be given another go at that role ,as he may have a better grasp of it now ?
Especially if Croker will be playing the ball running role.It may work if it takes a bit of pressure off Daly whilst providing the reliable good defence that Green lacked.Also keeping the opposition on their toes because they would never know when Daly would convert to his old running style game.
Maybe even add to his longevity too..
( Just a thought)

It is more than possible,but Baz did also say that he wanted Daly to be free to adlib down the right hand side and to have someone else playing a Green role.I have no idea though until I see what they play like....

 

[robbiea]

After all the crap Green was dished last year (Some deserving) ,I dare say we are going to really miss what he did provide.
We won a lot of games on the back of repeat sets.

 

[The Who]

We won a lot of games on the back of repeats.

Simple. We get a replacement with a stutter.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

The thing that really worries me about young Croker is the poor kid is going to have a huge weight of expectations hanging over him.

And we the fans need to be patient as Rome wasn’t built in a day.

 

[globaleagle]

And we the fans need to be patient as Rome wasn’t built in a day.

Only because I wasn't the foreman.

 

[pjayz]

Only because I wasn't the foreman.

You’ve been waiting for a chance to use that one.