Will Croker be back?
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IMO he is vastly under-rated on this forum ... no one is saying he is a world beater ... but he is a valuable player ..
He was signed by Barrett/Fulton ... then extended by Dessie the wunderkinder ... then extended again by Seibold ... so 3 coaches in a row have seen something in him that you admit you can't ... go fiqure ..
agreed...and when bellamy tells his players to avoid running at him that speaks for itself.
Who cares they are long gone and we are still stuck with this bog average reserve grader
Nordburg
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Is he a great defender though? I feel as though his defence is overrated because he looks beaten up after every game,which gives that impression.Manly’s defence as a whole,has been ordinary in Croker’s time and I won’t say it’s much or any better with Simpkin,but the attack certainly looks better with Simpkin
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And yet those coaches have had such brilliant success with us in the past 10 years 🤔
Rocky
Bencher
"I feel as though his defence is overrated because he looks beaten up after every game"
Stange comment - maybe actually judge him on his defence.
Nordburg
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Ok,I will. I believe his defence isn’t commanding enough to 1)warrant an immediate return to first grade and 2) make up for his lack of efficiency and creativity from dummy half
Rocky
Bencher
Remember he's on the bench - so probably only playing 20-30 minutes.
I'll take that from Croker rather than GCKT any day.
Me too but I'd prefer he starts, I feel like Simpkin offers more from the bench.
Rocky
Bencher
I'm actually hoping Croker plays a genuine forward utility role in this iteration of his career.
But let's see.
Fair call but I think its over the top some saying Seibold is a poor coach for bringing back Croker on the Bench for 15-30min
The injury to Simpkin was crucial at that stage of the game. He goes off and Jazz is running on empty, giving away ruck penalties, and pretty much cooked.
And the bash and barge of Lodge and Ola in particular was useless. How about some second phase play. That was hard to watch.
And the bash and barge of Lodge and Ola in particular was useless. How about some second phase play. That was hard to watch.
HK_Eagle
First Grader
“Second phase play”? Is that some fancy term you learned in NRL Uni? lol.
It doesn’t exist until it burns us in a game (which it has done many times)
lol@ NRL Uni. The mind boggles what could be learnt there?
All those coaches that we had
Had one thing in common
They all got the sack for underperforming
Not sure any of our dumb players would have the required ATAR to get in to NRL Uni.
Second phase play for our guys feels like 4 Unit Maths.
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