Will Croker be back?

[manly al]

Looks like Froggy has been mainly included to give Simpkin a rest for whatever time .
Jazz to put most time at 13 all things normal , Brown to be used as a general middle .
Really don "t think that Froggy has any edge over Simpkin and even if he probably can soon get some match fitness .
Fair enough that Croker usually provides gritty defence and good tidying up role but Simpkin has been showing some good reliable defence for some time now and on general indications , better in service delivery .
Froggy can offer an option kicking game but not that effective really on the few limited times he tries clearance kicks .
Full credit to him however for getting back to i st grade after that difficult recovery time .
Coming in at the expense of Navale most likely and a bit questionable there but of course hope that he can go well when he does get introduced into the game

 

[Ohgeez]

Navale should be in there this week. Not the week to bring Croker back IMO. Who's he gunna come on for, Simpkin ? Been out too long. Would have thought they'd bring him back through the ressies first. Strange move.

Nothing against him but the only players that should come straight back into a team after being out so long is the representative level guys. He had problems in the off season & then misses the first 10 weeks, how can his fitness levels be expected to be good enough? Should have taken the Lodge route with him IMO but I guess we’ll see Friday night