I went over the the One-Eyed Eels forum the other day, so funny to read those supporters trying to talk up Moses, justify the crap he puts out on the field.
I am sure we might do the same thing at the start, but by now we've watched Moses play like this for 3 years, we all know he's got mostly ordinary football with the odd highlight. He's not so bad that you just drop him without thought, and maybe he does achieve new heights of form at some point of his career, but the sensible money is on him continuing to produce mediocre football for as long as people select him in first grade.
But just reading the supporters, they thought he went alright "for his first run with the side". Hahaha what low standards. The thing they are failing to distinguish between is his play with new team-mates vs his play with no team-mates involved. E.g. his kicks, doesn't matter what team you play for, you don't need to know your team-mates well to put in kicks that land in the in-goal. Or missed tackles, doesn't matter if you have Lawrence or Terepo on your outside if Papalii swats you away all the same.
6 missed tackles… that's just not sustainable for a legitimate first-grader. They are going to continue to score on him all year, he's going to destroy the confidence of his RHS defence, and then the opposition is going to exploit the lack of confidence by attacking all across the RHS. Already in 1 game how many times did Raiders shift left?
