Prior to winning the 05 Season, how would the 05 players have rated? Not anywhere as much as you have rated them there.
The "experts" didn't even see the Wests Tigers making the top 4 and said that they'd be lucky to make the eight as "they don't have the roster".
I like many of you will...
I did a side by side comparison in a post today of the 2005 & current squad's top 17, given each player a score then tallying up the scores and the two sides only had a fraction between them.
The 2005 squad just pips the current squad by a fraction taking into account I gave the 2005 side two...
Poor old Brooksy. I can't see him in the NRL beyond this season, at least not in a run on side.
His best bet would be going over to the UK Super League.
Can you imagine the scores both the Wests Tigers & Cowboys would have put on other teams with the current interpretation and implementation of the "SIx Again" rule ??
They'd have put 80 plus on slower teams! 🤔
I thought I'd rate each player from each side and tally the results up to make a fair comparison.
I acknowledge the 'Benji Factor' comes into it, but what I'm looking for is who are the better 17 PLAYER TEAM ON PAPER.
2005. 2026
1: Hodgson C 8.5...
Drinkwater is their biggest dangerman as far as I'm concerned. He needs to be shut down, he's a freak. He seems to like playing the wests Tigers and if he did have a bad game in Vegas he'll be hell bent on having a blinder.
Fark the NRL scheduling,.......t's too long to wait until R2.......we get a couple of teaser games, then we have to wait what,, another 20 odd days?
This constitutes cruel and unusual punishment!!
We all (well most of us) said that about A.D. prior to last year, then his defence went to absolute other level in season 2025.
Hopefully either Benji or Skeleton himself identified his short comings at season end 2025 and they have worked on it in the pre season and J.S. does an Adam Doueihi...