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Are you suggesting he was stoned...?
PLAYER Ezra Mam
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Are you suggesting he was stoned...?
- Jun 12, 2013
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I get the Milf trauma...I have it ffs, but while a big portion of the blame goes to him a chunk needs to go to the club IMO. Trying to turn him into something he wasn't, an organising half was always a risky endeavor. It also massively took away from his natural game...running.
Manofoneway
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I guess we are just questioning if Mams 2023 was an anomaly. In 2024 we got to see him play without Reyno and Walsh and it was pretty uninspiring. He's not a lowly min wager anymore and he needs to be earning his 800k contract. Being good because of Walsh and Reyno is probably not going to cut it for the wage he is on.
- Jun 12, 2013
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I'm right there with everyone when it comes to Ezra, I have genuine concerns. I don't want to take too much out of 24 as I think the whole Spencer thing got to him more than he let on...not just the incident itself but the fallout from Spencer fans etc. I was more addressing the Milford trauma comment in my post.
I guess it sort of rolls in to the Ezra situation though. Do we really want to take away from Ezra's running game? I imagine the hope is that Black will come in and be the controlling, structured half.
- Feb 25, 2015
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I wouldn't be quick to judge on '24 - lots of players were fronting up to games and playing injured because - there was just no firepower left to send. There were points last year were we had up to what like 10 people scratched?
Madden was a train wreck. All the pressure fell to Mam to wow everyone and he didn't live up to it. He would get tackled hard and spend the next two sets limping.
He's not a game manager yet - and that's OK. Last thing we need is for people to push him to be something he's not. He's a running half - there's a place for that in the modern game. Let him just be good at that for a few years.
Madden was a train wreck. All the pressure fell to Mam to wow everyone and he didn't live up to it. He would get tackled hard and spend the next two sets limping.
He's not a game manager yet - and that's OK. Last thing we need is for people to push him to be something he's not. He's a running half - there's a place for that in the modern game. Let him just be good at that for a few years.
Manofoneway
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The coach got judged pretty harshly if that was the case.. Cant have it both ways, injuries are injuries and they happen. If we are saying there's no excuse for Kev, there is also no excuse for Mam. He's highly paid, it was his first test and he failed to fire. The hesitation around him is warranted, particularly after grubbing it up in the off season.
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My hope would be Walsh being the new 'experienced half' but just doing it from fullback. He'll be nearing or beyond 100 games by 2027 by then.
For a period Lockyer was the main man from fullback, before he got shifted to five eight.
Sanjit Joseph
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I really think Milford could be a good back-up option- since he is in our feeder. Keep tabs on him @ Magpies. He is coming to the back end might be able to come cheap as well. Great depth option cover for losing H.Perham.
Just my thoughts
Just my thoughts
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No thanks.
- Apr 9, 2012
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We killed Milford because we played like we were u/10's. Give the ball to Milf....he'll score all our points for us.
Was totally unfair to put that much pressure on one single player.
- Aug 25, 2018
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Thoughts and prayers.
Big Del
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Then they made him the designated kicker so he had to not get caught with the ball on the 4th or 5th tackle . Essentially nullifying his running game
Because he had to be in position to hoist an inside out mid field bomb for the 6th play / tackle .
Brilliant tactics from the master coach .
mitch222
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- Apr 4, 2014
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Milford killed himself. Said he wanted to be the main half so we paid him accordingly and he fell to pieces because he didn't realise the main half directs the team around the field. Some halves need to learn to stay in their lanes with this kind of stuff. Dylan Brown will find this out if he leaves the eels for the knights. Without Moses running the show, he is utter trash
- Aug 25, 2018
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Except for the bit where he was moved around and allowed to "play his own game" and then fared no better at other clubs even in lower grade.
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You need to include an interchange in there.
BroncosFever
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When you agree to take a million dollars a season, you accept that you're going to cop is the most. We weren't coached well and you are right, we did throw it to him and ask him to do it all but still, that comes with it when you sign on for that much money. It has to be said, he didn't do himself many favours either with his physical condition, he made a name for himself being the fleet footed stepping Anthony Milford. He lost that and you can't put it down to any injury.
It's why Dragons' fans are probably going to be witch hunting Ben Hunt. Is it fair? No probably not, he was still their best player. Just not good enough to get them into the finals on his own back. Very few are.
- Jun 13, 2019
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True but I think the main reason he went backwards was his mentality was fragile from the start, once he couldn't rely on his youth as he got older and more injuries he just fell off since he didn't have the workrate in training to maintain it.
