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Milford is a lot closer to it than Taylor at least.

Whoever is closer is irrelevant. Both are extremely talented and both have very bright futures in the game.

 

[winslow_wong]

I tend to agree. Once he improves his kicking, he will pretty much be the complete player.

What about Defence?

 

[Danoz Direct]

What about Defence?

Milford can defend. Just needs to do it consistently.

 

[Porthoz]

I think you're getting way ahead of yourself in regards to the bolded.

Have to remember too that, at the time, Hunt & Milford were pencilled in to be the long term Queensland halves. There is no way Taylor was going to overtake either of them. No one predicted that Hunt would be offered crazy money. Treating this like the club fucked up, like Bennett made the wrong call, is grossly revisionist. Hindsight.

Revisionist and hindsight my arse. Go read the 2015 threads about this...

It's one thing to understand Wayne's decision for Ash's benefit. It's entirely another to agree with it, even if there was no way either half was going to be ousted by a rookie at the time.

Another thing that irks me, is that while Ash won't be filling highlight reels with amazing stepping and running plays, his talents are severely underrated in the way he does so well exactly everything the Broncos lack.
I have not seen a pure halfback like him coming through the system in at least 10 years anywhere, and longer at the Broncos (pretty much since Alfie and Locky).
There is no comparison between him and Milford, as they could really be seen as two halves that make a whole. Taylor doesn't have the running game, evasiveness and speed of Milford. Anthony doesn't have the kicking, poise and control of Ash.

 

[KnToad]

Milford can defend. Just needs to do it consistently.

I thought he defended really well in Origin I. All the talk was how he would be a target and the Blues definitely sent some traffic his way which he handled much better than I thought he would.

 

[KnToad]

There is no comparison between him and Milford, as they could really be seen as two halves that make a whole. Taylor doesn't have the running game, evasiveness and speed of Milford. Anthony doesn't have the kicking, poise and control of Ash.

Which is why everybody is pining for the match made in heaven where we get the two of them in Broncos jerseys playing together... the running half and the controlling half.

Wouldn't it be nice....

 

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Which is why everybody is pining for the match made in heaven where we get the two of them in Broncos jerseys playing together... the running half and the controlling half.

Wouldn't it be nice....

It'd be nice but reality says that the Broncos cannot afford both of them despite the cap being increased. You can only have so many million (or close) dollar men.

 

[KnToad]

It'd be nice but reality says that the Broncos cannot afford both of them despite the cap being increased. You can only have so many million (or close) dollar men.

killjoy.... :pokeytongue:

 

[pagey]

Revisionist and hindsight my arse. Go read the 2015 threads about this...

It's one thing to understand Wayne's decision for Ash's benefit. It's entirely another to agree with it, even if there was no way either half was going to be ousted by a rookie at the time.

Another thing that irks me, is that while Ash won't be filling highlight reels with amazing stepping and running plays, his talents are severely underrated in the way he does so well exactly everything the Broncos lack.
I have not seen a pure halfback like him coming through the system in at least 10 years anywhere, and longer at the Broncos (pretty much since Alfie and Locky).
There is no comparison between him and Milford, as they could really be seen as two halves that make a whole. Taylor doesn't have the running game, evasiveness and speed of Milford. Anthony doesn't have the kicking, poise and control of Ash.

Would've been great to see milf and ash play together (in bronco colours), but sounds like it is a long shot.

 

[Nashy]

It'd be nice but reality says that the Broncos cannot afford both of them despite the cap being increased. You can only have so many million (or close) dollar men.

I bet the Titans are aware of the exact amount of the next cap too.

 

[Murphda]

Kodi is showing the goods. His passing and vision is intinct. If he can work on his defence..Boom him and milf will guide us to a premiership.

 

[Morkel]

Kodi is showing the goods. His passing and vision is intinct.

 

[Harry Sack]

Oi! Go easy on the new guy....

 

[Huge]

I think Taylor has become a bit overrated. He's talented, but hasn't shown THAT much yet. He certainly seems considerably below Milford in terms of talent too.

No, cannot agree. Taylor is the real deal and will, barring injuries and personality, personal problems, will kick on to great heights.

 

[Mr Fourex]

I think Taylor has become a bit overrated. He's talented, but hasn't shown THAT much yet. He certainly seems considerably below Milford in terms of talent too.

Yeah.....gotta agree. Sure there are signs, but once in a decade? Bit over the top at this stage.

 

[pagey]

Yeah.....gotta agree. Sure there are signs, but once in a decade? Bit over the top at this stage.

Yeah i am a big Taylor fan but once in a decade..... very early call. He can definitely become a great but ball is in his court .i also think the titans meay hinder his growth, don't think much of Henry as a coach.

 

[Mr Fourex]

What about Defence?

What about Thurston or Lockyer's defence? Constantly under question throughout their careers, yet both will go down as immortals of the game.

 

[Morkel]

Considering the amount of decades Rugby League has been going, "once in a decade" pretty much suggests they'll be an Immortal. Calling Taylor that is even beyond Media-spec sensationalism.

Revisionist and hindsight my arse. Go read the 2015 threads about this...

It's one thing to understand Wayne's decision for Ash's benefit. It's entirely another to agree with it, even if there was no way either half was going to be ousted by a rookie at the time.

Another thing that irks me, is that while Ash won't be filling highlight reels with amazing stepping and running plays, his talents are severely underrated in the way he does so well exactly everything the Broncos lack.
I have not seen a pure halfback like him coming through the system in at least 10 years anywhere, and longer at the Broncos (pretty much since Alfie and Locky).
There is no comparison between him and Milford, as they could really be seen as two halves that make a whole. Taylor doesn't have the running game, evasiveness and speed of Milford. Anthony doesn't have the kicking, poise and control of Ash.

It's so perpetually revisionist that, even if a famed revisionist wrote what you wrote, then we'd never know because the imbedded revisionism would have revised any evidence of them revising it.

2015 was a long time ago in Rugby League terms but not that long ago for most of us to have forgotten the circumstances. The biggest concern wasn't Taylor leaving. It was Taylor and Jayden leaving, which left us with only Kodi as our only backup half with any decent NRL experience (and even then it was as bench hooker). The level of worry about Taylor leaving was almost mirrored by that of the exit of Jayden, seeing as he was being touted as the more talented of the Niko brothers.

So yeah, plenty were concerned by the exit, but not because Taylor was already ordained the next Immortal. It wasn't even because the consensus was that Hunt was going to turn to shit (which again seems like something that has become an accepted truth, even though it was never the case). It was because with two young halves leaving, our halves depth was going to be seriously tested, especially because most of us expected both Hunt & Milford to be missing a large chunk of the year through Origin.