If you could sign anyone to the club who doesn't play in the halves, who would it be?
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Re: If you could sign anyone to the club who doesn't play in the halves, who would it
Pretty much this.
Farah is on another level, Ballin is basically better than McCullough in every way, Ennis is an all round great player now (feel dirty praising Ennis) and Luke is really dangerous when he's in form. Cam Smith is obviously Cam Smith, no one comes close. That's 5 that are clearly ahead of him and arguably he's no better than Jake Friend, Srama, Kingston and the likes.
McCullough hasn't done anything, no premierships, no rep games, no captaincy he's just been good enough to always get selected with his best competition for hooker being a halfback.
Sure you can argue he has the potential to be one of the best in the game but actions speak and he hasn't performed well enough to suggest to me he's going to be one of the best in his position at this point in his career. That can change in one season though and he could become one of the top 3 but the same really goes for anyone in our squad.
Pretty much this.
Farah is on another level, Ballin is basically better than McCullough in every way, Ennis is an all round great player now (feel dirty praising Ennis) and Luke is really dangerous when he's in form. Cam Smith is obviously Cam Smith, no one comes close. That's 5 that are clearly ahead of him and arguably he's no better than Jake Friend, Srama, Kingston and the likes.
McCullough hasn't done anything, no premierships, no rep games, no captaincy he's just been good enough to always get selected with his best competition for hooker being a halfback.
Sure you can argue he has the potential to be one of the best in the game but actions speak and he hasn't performed well enough to suggest to me he's going to be one of the best in his position at this point in his career. That can change in one season though and he could become one of the top 3 but the same really goes for anyone in our squad.
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Big Pete
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Re: If you could sign anyone to the club who doesn't play in the halves, who would it
Wouldn't be surprised to see Macca end up in the top 3 hookers in the game.
Defensively, he's arguably already in that group.
Also on 2012 form, he'd be above Ennis. Ennis hasn't been the same since 2010.
Wouldn't be surprised to see Macca end up in the top 3 hookers in the game.
Defensively, he's arguably already in that group.
Also on 2012 form, he'd be above Ennis. Ennis hasn't been the same since 2010.
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Re: If you could sign anyone to the club who doesn't play in the halves, who would it
Each of those dummy halfs ahead of McCullough exceed him in particular areas. He lacks a stand out attribute and is prone to dumb shit (like too many dummys, and getting the ball knocked out of his hands from dummy half).
McCullough lacks:
- Ennis' ball playing ability to big forwards at the line
- Farah's attacking creativity/ability to play as second halfback
- Isaac Luke's speed/dummy half running.
Off topic but the Blues would be better served with Farah over Ennis.
Each of those dummy halfs ahead of McCullough exceed him in particular areas. He lacks a stand out attribute and is prone to dumb shit (like too many dummys, and getting the ball knocked out of his hands from dummy half).
McCullough lacks:
- Ennis' ball playing ability to big forwards at the line
- Farah's attacking creativity/ability to play as second halfback
- Isaac Luke's speed/dummy half running.
Off topic but the Blues would be better served with Farah over Ennis.
Re: If you could sign anyone to the club who doesn't play in the halves, who would it
And then you have Cam Smith who, while maybe doesn't have Luke's speed, does all those areas of the game better than anyone else I've ever seen. Macca will never be that good, and there's no shame in that at all.
And then you have Cam Smith who, while maybe doesn't have Luke's speed, does all those areas of the game better than anyone else I've ever seen. Macca will never be that good, and there's no shame in that at all.
Alec
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Re: If you could sign anyone to the club who doesn't play in the halves, who would it
His passing speed off the ground is pretty slow too. It's not as noticeable when our forwards are dominating, but it's still there. His short range kicking is worse than anything I've ever seen, and he can still have the ball knocked out of his hands, showing us that he lacks ruck awareness. He has a long way to go to reach top 3, or even top 5 IMO.
His passing speed off the ground is pretty slow too. It's not as noticeable when our forwards are dominating, but it's still there. His short range kicking is worse than anything I've ever seen, and he can still have the ball knocked out of his hands, showing us that he lacks ruck awareness. He has a long way to go to reach top 3, or even top 5 IMO.
