Benji & Robbie

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tiger05

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As per last season Benji steps up and prove he is our best player by a mile. Robbie again looks out of sorts but does come up with a crunch play to win us the game.

There are a couple of issues I have with this:
1\. Should Benji be made captain ?
2\. What has to happen for Robbie to start playing like one of the top players in the game ?

I have no problem with Benji - he is our best player and if this continues he is the best player in the game (maybe Hayne as well).

As for Robbie there are glimpses but he is still that little off the pace. Why has he gone backwards whereas Marshall has gone forward. Has he peaked as a player ?
 
Benji has captain.
No, he makes to many mistakes , Robbies the best selection for captain
I just think Robbies a bit out of form
he isnt playing to bad
 
Lets wait a few weeks before we judge Robbie. From all reports he had a cracker against the Sharks. Dont forget as a hooker Robbie is always going to rely on the speed of the play the ball. If we are slow he is always going to be nullified to some extent.
 
@pacey said:
Benji has captain.
No, he makes to many mistakes , Robbies the best selection for captain
I just think Robbies a bit out of form
he isnt playing to bad
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A bit out of form for the past two years - now the 3rd year.

As for Benji it has got to the stage where it isn't even close - minimal errors (again none tonight) / solid defence and consistent big plays.
 
Manlys forwards were smashing us up the middle. Robbie was probably buggered trying to bring down their big men down. Marshall didn't use as much juice up in defence. Its only Round 1 Rob will be better for the run.

Going to be a big ask to play with the same intensity against the Roosters after a quick back up
 
im going to put some money on benji for the dally m, this is his year.

your comments on farah are rubbish, i wouldnt swap him for any other 9 in the game
 
What?! I think if you look at Farah's stats, they will be right up there with the top in the league! Marshall has gone forward because he hasn't been a consistent footballer like Farah has always been.

Plus, after watching him in the sharks trial, he has heaps up his sleeve to deliver this year.

He wasn't as effective tonight because the Dirty Eagles really slowed down the play the ball.
 
Farah gets murdered by the refs, nearly every time he runs from dummy half the markers are offside but we never seem to get a penalty anymore.

I was happy with Farah tonight anyway.
 
@tiger05 said:
A bit out of form for the past two years - now the 3rd year.

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This could be the worst post ive ever seen on here. Farah might have played some average games at the end of last year, but he carried the team by himself in 2008, and majority of last year he was good whilst maybe not up to his brilliant best.
 
@ron burgandy said:
your comments on farah are rubbish, i wouldnt swap him for any other 9 in the game
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I whole heartedly agree Ron, Robbie probably played his best season last year, and just about carried the team through the year. We shouldn't be relying on Farah as much as we used to, as we have the stock now in ball playing forwards like Fulton and Flanagan and depth in the backs from Moltzen, Lui and Lawrence.

To insinuate he's peaked or wasn't putting enough in is just stupid. The fact the the coaching staff and some of the fans expect him to be involved with every play the last couple of seasons was probably half the reason why he wanted to up stumps and start looking around in the first place.

I wouldn't even trade him for Smith…
 
This topic is a shocker.

Farah is just as important if not more important than Benji. And he played very well tonight. Few great kicks, especially the one to win it as well as the one for Beau Ryan who should've scored!
 
Farah wasn't too bad tonight, considering how our forwards got bashed. A bit rusty with some of his attacking kicks, but still managed some big plays.

Benji looked real confident tonight once our big guys decided to get into the battle. Give us a slick halfback and we are premiership contenders again (is Scotty Prince unsettled up there yet???).
 
Farah is solid but he is nowhere near the player of 2007\. I used to love him but now it is like he is just a plodder.

I hear the stats argument all the time but simply he is not a gun player anymore. Ennis and Farah are close and I don't think Ennis is a gun player at all.

Benji on the other hand has gone from all flash to the best player (or one of the top 5 at worst) in the game. Farah has gone from the best player (or one of the top 5 at worst) to maybe the 2nd best hooker in NSW - and this is obvious to the SOO selectors.

Will Motzen turn into our 2nd star ? At the moment it looks more likely.

I hope this year Farah turns it around but again tonight he came up with the SOO passes. His defence is still good but geez he has gone down a notch.

Has he lost some pace ? Has his passing game suddenly become inconsistent ? I am struggling to see why this has happened.
 
I can only assume the OP is trolling here and we've all fallen for it.

Thought Robbie was terrific tonight. Benji was flawless….great to see.
 
Can't wait till both hit top form because they will be unstoppable. Thats about as slick as Benji has ever been for a round 1 match. Robbie was solid but could work on his kicking. For round 1 I'm very happy with the way they are going.
 
@hybrid_tiger said:
@TimmyB said:
The kick for Ryan was just extraordinary.

Agreed and a good winger would have scored.
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I totally agree. He still has a good kicking game in him but he mixes it up with dud kicks.

It is like he has taken over the inconsistency tag from Benji and Benji is now consistent.
 
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