BHQ's Best Ever Broncos Team - Hooker

[The Brizz]

Berrigan was a pretty average footballer who through dogged determination achieved alot. The fact he never cemented one spot shows he wasn't a great player but the fact he could play solidly in so many roles made him extremely valuable.

 

[The Brizz]

Also, Berro didn't so much outplay Smith either he didn't really play hooker in the match. Shane Perry did about as much dummy half duties as Berro did for a start.

 

[Anonymous person]

lol, berrigan somehow beat luke priddis. suppose that shows how much most people on this board know about football.

 

[ningnangnong]

lol, berrigan somehow beat luke priddis. suppose that shows how much most people on this board know about football.

Yeah, shows that eight people disagree with you.

What a drama queen.

 

[Jeba]

I agree with Stu that in terms of playing at hooker that Priddis > Berrigan but if those that disagree know nothing about football, does that mean you know even less by not voting for Kerrod Walters? Fair dinkum mate it's personal opinion, like ning said, don't be such a drama queen.

 

[Coxy]

The consensus is not always right, people ;-)

 

[Anonymous person]

I agree with Stu that in terms of playing at hooker that Priddis > Berrigan but if those that disagree know nothing about football, does that mean you know even less by not voting for Kerrod Walters? Fair dinkum mate it's personal opinion, like ning said, don't be such a drama queen.

its not being a drama queen, its me just being surprised that either:

a) people on here cant differentiate between 'favourite' and 'best'
b) people on here dont actually watch much football
c) people on here are just stupid
d) all of the above

kerrod walters was a great hooker, luke priddis was a great hooker. shaun berrigan? he was a great player, but not a great hooker. thats not just my opinion, thats as good a fact as you can get in rugby league. he was not a hooker, and was definitely not even remotely close to walters or priddis in terms of being a hooker.

 

[Coxy]

The problem is in judging "favourite" or "best", it still comes down to personal opinion.

 

[Anonymous person]

it might, but despite what people like to think, opinions can be wrong. if its some crazy religious nuts opinion that the world is flat, they are wrong and their opinion is wrong. likewise, if its someones opinion that Berrigan is a better hooker than Walters or Priddis, they are wrong. firstly because hes not a hooker, and secondly because when he did play at hooker he didnt play better than Priddis or Walters.

opinions can be, and often are, wrong.

 

[Jeba]

Fair enough arguments mate, but a fair few people here only started watching and supporting the Broncos in the last 5 years or so and may not have seen Priddis or Walters play. Doesn't mean they know nothing about football. You're just being a bit harsh I reckon.

 

[Charmamba]

If i was to of started watching League in the past 5yrs and someone said to be "Who do you think is the Broncos best ever hooker. I would have said Berro and i would have felt confident in that choice.

 

[The Brizz]

If that were the case draggx I would say Ennis because he is the only guy we have had play there whole season and be even close to consistent.

 

[Anonymous person]

agreed. Ennis has been our best hooker since Priddis by a country mile. he was a great player, and if he wasnt such a grub i wouldve liked to have seen him as our long term hooker. he'll be the next australian hooker IMO.

and IMO, people that havent been supporting the broncos since at least mid-90s shouldnt even be voting in a 'Best Ever Broncos Team' poll.

 

[Charmamba]

Why not? they have every right to vote as a supporter doesnt matter if they support them for 5yrs 10yrs or 20yrs.

If Walters is truely the best Broncos hooker then he will win either way. But the best thing about polls is they arnt always correct and are more just a mass opinion.

 

[Coxy]

The only time an opinion can be wrong is if it can be proven beyond doubt with facts and facts alone that it is wrong.

Whether a footballer is better than another footballer is not possible to prove in that regard.
Footballers from different generations, where the game itself is different, it's totally impossible.

You might well say it's obvious that Steve Renouf was a better player than Danny Bampton, and 99.99999% of people would agree. But it's not provable.

If, however, you were to say Steve Renouf made a greater contribution to the Broncos than Danny Bampton, that could prove it without doubt using statistics and facts about their respective careers.

Achievements can be measured quantifiably. Talent, quality and ability can not.

These polls are mostly about that qualified view on who was best, and it will be indelibly biased towards players people have watched the most...and in many cases, most recently. Out of sight, out of mind. Why else would we ask people to vote?

If we wanted a quantified means of electing our best ever team we'd come up with some statistical formula to calculate a score for each player and tell you the results. And you know what? People would still question it - they'd say the formula was wrong.

 

[mick]

and IMO, people that havent been supporting the broncos since at least mid-90s shouldnt even be voting in a 'Best Ever Broncos Team' poll.

And that's an opinion even less valid than those you are criticising, particularly because many claim the Broncos teams of the EARLY 90s were among the best in history.

Coxy's got it bang-on. Some people just need to realise that opinions are never wrong when it comes to saying someone is better than someone else throughout history.

(FTR, Berrigan sh*ts all over Slater)

 

[Anonymous person]

and IMO, people that havent been supporting the broncos since at least mid-90s shouldnt even be voting in a 'Best Ever Broncos Team' poll.

And that's an opinion even less valid than those you are criticising, particularly because many claim the Broncos teams of the EARLY 90s were among the best in history.

hence why i said at LEAST the mid nineties. at least means generally that long or longer.

if you saw the mid nineties you saw the 98 team, which is widely regarded as one of the best of the modern era.

 

[Kimlo]

I agree with Stu that in terms of playing at hooker that Priddis > Berrigan but if those that disagree know nothing about football, does that mean you know even less by not voting for Kerrod Walters? Fair dinkum mate it's personal opinion, like ning said, don't be such a drama queen.

its not being a drama queen, its me just being surprised that either:

a) people on here cant differentiate between 'favourite' and 'best'
b) people on here dont actually watch much football
c) people on here are just stupid
d) all of the above

kerrod walters was a great hooker, luke priddis was a great hooker. shaun berrigan? he was a great player, but not a great hooker. thats not just my opinion, thats as good a fact as you can get in rugby league. he was not a hooker, and was definitely not even remotely close to walters or priddis in terms of being a hooker.

He won a premiership at hooker, by being a bloody fantastic one regardless of how short term it was the influence he had on the team upon his change to hooker was a big one and there's no way that we would of won that year if Master Coach Wayne Bennett didn't make that move along with other masterstrokes.