cnx_tigers
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Being realistic fellas, we have looked good for the odd half here or there this season and that's it. We haven't looked anywhere near as good as we did during the ten game streak last season or the team that went within an inch of the GF in 2010.
On paper we looked stronger this season than 2010 and 11, so what's gone wrong? I think it comes down to regression and the reality that some players have gone over the hill in their careers + some are going backwards fast.
Lote = not even close to the player he was in 2010 (and even then he wasn't close to the player he was at Brisbane) Reality is that he's done. Yes, he may have one or two strong games from this point on…but at his age and with a broken down body, there's no way he'll turn in good games week after week. He's going backwards fast.
Lawrence = this is painful to write...it's tragic to see a bloke who was the game's third best center last season and a certainty for a long NSW career.........now become a below average center at club level. He's just not the same player after that horrific injury. He may never be again.
Ayshford = turned in a great second half of the season in 2011 and looked like he could be anything. In 2012 he's dead set done nothing. Absolutely invisible almost all season and a liability at times. Hard to say what's gone wrong? No excuses, no injuries........what's gone wrong? Going backwards rapidly in 2012.
Heighno = geez...this one is too obvious. He peaked in 2008 and has declined ever since, but thisyear that decline has been rapid. Capable of the odd decent defensive game here and there, but mixes it in with inept games and is the biggest liability in the NRL in attack.
Blair = Tiger 99 keeps saying "he's the ultimate professional and does all the little things right"...but so do Jeff Robson, John Morris and Todd Lowrie and they all do it for a bus ride to the game and free beer afterwards. Dead set for $450 000 a year, Blair needs to help WIN games....GET INVOLVED...SHOW SOME AGGRESSION...ACTUALLY HIT THE BALL UP...He's had three decent games all season. Last season he was referred to commonly as part of the 'big four' and 'the world's best forward'........this season he's a solid first grader (at best) who has not really impacted more than a game or two. MASSIVE regression.
Throw in that guys like Utai, Reddy and Bell all are past their best years also.........and you suddenly see a trend here. We've got well over half who have peaked and are going backwards.
On paper we looked stronger this season than 2010 and 11, so what's gone wrong? I think it comes down to regression and the reality that some players have gone over the hill in their careers + some are going backwards fast.
Lote = not even close to the player he was in 2010 (and even then he wasn't close to the player he was at Brisbane) Reality is that he's done. Yes, he may have one or two strong games from this point on…but at his age and with a broken down body, there's no way he'll turn in good games week after week. He's going backwards fast.
Lawrence = this is painful to write...it's tragic to see a bloke who was the game's third best center last season and a certainty for a long NSW career.........now become a below average center at club level. He's just not the same player after that horrific injury. He may never be again.
Ayshford = turned in a great second half of the season in 2011 and looked like he could be anything. In 2012 he's dead set done nothing. Absolutely invisible almost all season and a liability at times. Hard to say what's gone wrong? No excuses, no injuries........what's gone wrong? Going backwards rapidly in 2012.
Heighno = geez...this one is too obvious. He peaked in 2008 and has declined ever since, but thisyear that decline has been rapid. Capable of the odd decent defensive game here and there, but mixes it in with inept games and is the biggest liability in the NRL in attack.
Blair = Tiger 99 keeps saying "he's the ultimate professional and does all the little things right"...but so do Jeff Robson, John Morris and Todd Lowrie and they all do it for a bus ride to the game and free beer afterwards. Dead set for $450 000 a year, Blair needs to help WIN games....GET INVOLVED...SHOW SOME AGGRESSION...ACTUALLY HIT THE BALL UP...He's had three decent games all season. Last season he was referred to commonly as part of the 'big four' and 'the world's best forward'........this season he's a solid first grader (at best) who has not really impacted more than a game or two. MASSIVE regression.
Throw in that guys like Utai, Reddy and Bell all are past their best years also.........and you suddenly see a trend here. We've got well over half who have peaked and are going backwards.
