2014 Ladder predictions/season talk

It's painful just typing that.

 

Maybe for impact but I'm not a fan of his defence in the middle at all. He would need to up his defensive involvement before I would consider him playing hooker, we will leak territory and tries if he doesn't IMO.

 

Would improve the Brocnos halves for next season.

 

Nah legit post. He seriously would.

I think he's underrated in general on here. Had a poor finish to this season but that hardly makes him a dud all of a sudden.

 

A half short? There's a good possibility you'll find yourselves two halves short a few rounds in.

McCrone has his limitations but when he plays within himself he's definitely first grade standard and he's proven that in previous seasons. Picks up his line runners well, has a very understated running game, has a good short kicking game, a passable long kicking game and his decision making is probably the strongest part of his game, knows when and where to distribute and when to run.

He finished last season off with some terrible form but so did quite a few other Raiders, it's certainly not enough to dismiss a career of over 100 first grade games.

Compare that to Hunt who's proven to be nothing but a dud in the halves for the majority of his first garde career to date and taking a punt on a couple of reserve garders. Yeh he really would improve your halves.

 

Yeh if Barba turns out to be a quality 5/8, Hunt turns out to be a top halfback, McCullough finds some ability and Hoffman doesn't leave then Yeh I suppose there's a case to be made.

 

He's not far from it, even if that says more about the opposition than his ability it's still true imo.

There's nothing more crucial than getting good service from your hooker as a inexperienced half. Has less of an impact on the more experienced players but as an inexperienced half just starting out (which is what Hunt, Barba & Strasser all will be), not having your decision making time cut down because of shit service is crucial.

He's already out the door... I think you're being extremely optimistic. And it's really not going to be a hypothetical argument I'm going to get into becuase even if he does stay there's very little chance he'll be the fullback and Barba the 5/8.

 

I never said anything about McCrone at hooker, you came up with that on your own. I'm purely suggesting that if Brisbane's rookie halves are going to succeed then McCullough is going to need to find some ability.

Unlikely is an understatement. It's such a ridiculously low chance of him even finding himself at 5/8 to begin with ignoring his previous failures at 5/8 that the hypothetical isn't even worth talking about. It's like me saying Thurston would be a big improvement on the Bulldogs 5/8 and Rocks saying well not if Reynolds turns out to be the best player in the world.

No shit.