Is Lachlan Maranta Really That Bad?

[Cult]

To put it in other terms, can anyone tell me who in the NRL currently, is worse?

Bill Tupou, BOOM!

 

[subsbligh]

I 100% agree with @Morkel's description of Lachlan.
I can't fault his application, and the reason Wayne has him in the team is probably because of how hard he works.

I think Vidot has more upside, but I don't know what he's showing at training, so he may be the best option we have.

I absolutely still think he's the worst winger in the NRL, and no, I'm not exaggerating to push a point, I absolutely believe that!

To put it in other terms, can anyone tell me who in the NRL currently, is worse?

These guys are probably in the same class.

Justin O'Neil, Jonathan Wright, Joel Reddy, Anthony Don.

I'd probably take Maranta over the above.

Better the devil you know.

 

[broncos4life]

Bill Tupou, BOOM!

Yeah but he had an ok game on the weekend so that will over shadow his career of rubbish performances

 

[Porthoz]

Bill Tupou, BOOM!

BOOM? What's this... primary school?

I will grant you that he is probably the second on the list, and a testament to Sticky's coaching shittiness, but still better than Maranta.

FTR, people may think I hate the kid, because I do judge him harshly, but I would love for him to prove me wrong. He certainly deserves it.
I just don't think he has the talent, ability and instinct to be anything more than a mediocre winger.

 

[rnabokov]

Don't know if this was posted before but Maranta has been named in the NRL Team of Week

(as was Kahu)

Team of the Week: Round 3 - NRL.com

 

[Porthoz]

Yeah but he had an ok game on the weekend so that will over shadow his career of rubbish performances

Do you mean as comparison to Maranta's career of magnificent ones?

 

[broncos4life]

BOOM? What's this... primary school?

I will grant you that he is probably the second on the list, and a testament to Sticky's coaching shittiness, but still better than Maranta.

FTR, people may think I hate the kid, because I do judge him harshly, but I would love for him to prove me wrong. He certainly deserves it.
I just don't think he has the talent, ability and instinct to be anything more than a mediocre winger.

I dont think you hate the kid, but you are wrong in your claim that he is the worst winger in the NRL. So far you have one other person agreeing with you

 

[broncos4life]

Do you mean as comparison to Maranta's career of magnificent ones?

No, I don't think Maranta has ever had a magnificent game, he also has never been consistently ridiculously poor as Bill Topou. You think that Maranta bombs tries... Topou has made bombing tries an art form

 

[Porthoz]

These guys are probably in the same class.

Justin O'Neil, Jonathan Wright, Joel Reddy, Anthony Don.

I'd probably take Maranta over the above.

Better the devil you know.

I wouldn't.

It's too early to tell about Don, and despite being pretty average the others have certainly shown more in their careers than Maranta.

 

[Ari Gold]

The fact that it's hard to come up with wingers worse than Maranta after the latter has played 40 or so games underlines exactly what's wrong with him.

Sure does try hard though. Shame he doesn't have the talent of a skilled **** like Blake Ferguson.

 

[Foordy]

The problem when Boyd comes back is whether Kahu is a better winger than Maranta.

hell yes

 

[Nashy]

Do you mean as comparison to Maranta's career of magnificent ones?

Yeah but, it's not a very long career.

 

[Nashy]

hell yes

In what way? He's not exactly living up to the massive hype BroncosHQ has on him.

 

[Anonymous person]

Don't know if this was posted before but Maranta has been named in the NRL Team of Week

(as was Kahu)

Team of the Week: Round 3 - NRL.com

That's cause he scored 2 tries. Doesn't matter that they were both handed to him on a platter, 2 tries = great game.

 

[Broncoman]

Is safe and solid under the high ball but is a bit of a spud elsewhere, his best attribute is his realibility he doesn't have the speed and strength and finishing skills.

 

[Cult]

BOOM? What's this... primary school?

I will grant you that he is probably the second on the list, and a testament to Sticky's coaching shittiness, but still better than Maranta.

FTR, people may think I hate the kid, because I do judge him harshly, but I would love for him to prove me wrong. He certainly deserves it.
I just don't think he has the talent, ability and instinct to be anything more than a mediocre winger.

Yes this is primary school, where people take everything super seriously. Sorry for being a child and saying boom. I'll be sure to keep my responses on BHQ more mature in the future.

 

[Anonymous person]

Who would your replacement be, and why?

Daniel Vidot, because he's a better player and makes more ground than pretty much any other player in the NRL.

 

[subsbligh]

Can I just say he's just gimpy looking and that's enough?