Top 5 halfbacks.

[Hamm.0]

LOL at Rock. What did he do to you and your dog? JT is golden!

Why don't you ask the other 15 people the same thing that voted in the poll for Prince over Thurston. [icon_shru

Because you're my precious.

 

[gUt]

I reckon Wallace will turn out to be as good a halfback as any in the comp, but you can't go past JT. Wouldn't be losing much if you had to get Prince. If I actually had the chequebook and was considering Prince, I'd have to take his injuries into account.

 

[bronco_babe77]

I went for Prince. He is a specialist - unfortunately too often ruined by injury.

 

[mrslong]

Thurston by the length of the straight. Prince is good, Thurston is great.

 

[Coxy]

If you could bottle Thurston's tenacity and robustness and put it in Prince's body with his silky skills and brilliant kicking game you'd have the ultimate halfback.

 

[Browny]

If you could bottle Thurston's tenacity and robustness and put it in Prince's body with his silky skills and brilliant kicking game you'd have the ultimate halfback.

You would then have Alfie langer icon_thumbs_u

 

[Coxy]

Touche! :P

 

[mrslong]

let's have a moments silence to reflect on alfie langer's career.........and how it had to come to an end.....and then rejoice to know he'll be coaching our halves next year!

 

[ronnyd]

I gotta say also, there are so many games where the Cowboys lose even with Thurston being outstanding. The bloke is just everywhere, clean up defence, diving on loose balls, making the last ditch effort to stop a bloke scoring, give me JT any day.

He can choke at times too.

I don't why so many people think Thurston chokes, he is a big game player. Case in point Origin 3 this year and golden point in the 2006 tri nations finals, both times he broke the line with a dummy and gave the last past for the winning try!!

If anything, Princey seems to go a little AWOL in the big games.

 

[Hamm.0]

People love to hate ronnyd.

The fact is, Thurston is MORE deadly if it is a big game. He is the reason we were even in the position to win Game 3 06. He ran all of game 2 07, and never forget game 3 08. In fact, up with Price and Civinoceva, Thurston is an integral part of recent Origin success.

 

[Bucking Beads]

We all know what your opinion is Hammo stop repeating it FFS.

 

[Hamm.0]

Have a cry.

The fact is, Thurston is MORE deadly if it is a big game. He is the reason we were even in the position to win Game 3 06. He ran all of game 2 07, and never forget game 3 08. In fact, up with Price and Civinoceva, Thurston is an integral part of recent Origin success.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Thurston has been great in Origin yep but this isn't a poll about which halfback was better in Origin. It is a poll about which halfback you would want if you were the CEO of a new club.

 

[Hamm.0]

Yawn.

I was merely agreeing and supporting ronnyd's post on his opinion of Thurston.

Sorry, fun police. Next time I post, I'll run it by you. K?

 

[Bucking Beads]

no you were beating your own chest trying to make sure everybody thinks your right..

 

[Hamm.0]

Ok champ.

So, I will never see you agree with somebody to further support their post?

 

[Coxy]

We all know what your opinion is Hammo stop repeating it FFS.

I reckon. He's easily the most agenda-driven poster on this forum :P

 

[mick]

1. Thurston. He IS a consistent player personally, but this wasn't helped by his pack being sh*thouse at times in recent years. Can turn a game on its head and dominate like no other #7 in the game since Joey IMO.

2. Prince. He's got all the skills, great short passing and kicking game. Great competitor too.

I'd probably look to Wallace and Cronk as the next two, though Cronk in particular has never had the opportunity to show us his stuff away from the Storm. Like many of his teammates, I've still got a big question mark over his head as to how he would perform under a different coach with different guys around him. The Storm game plan suits him to a T, however, and his impressively accurate kicking game can't be ignored. Similarly there's Wallace. Good variation in his game, but still finding his way in the top grade. He could be anything.