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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3067906, member: 1899"] I couldn't believe how young Parker was. Maybe it was the shaved head, but for the first few years I had assumed he was around Berrigan's age. Then one day I was at Suncorp where they announce all the players and show their details and Corey was 22 and had played 80+ games. Like you, I thought he was the weakest of the Dane Carlaw, Brad Meyers, Carl Webb batch and with Neville Costigan, Tom Learoyd, Sam Thaiday, Greg Eastwood etc. coming through I was never overly impressed until 2010 when he moved into the middle and made that position his own. Before then, he came across more as a good club player in that Aiden Tolman/Jarrod Croker/Luke Douglas sense where they just seem to lack that higher gear. In hindsight, Parker started putting the pieces together in 2003 when he was moved onto an edge. For years they had tried to make him into a Webcke type player when Parker had a wider skill-set which he was able to showcase more down that left edge. You can see an example here: [MEDIA=youtube]M36WeN4wKbo[/MEDIA] The first time I really noticed how important he was was when he missed the majority of the first half of 2007. The Broncos couldn't do anything right and as soon as he came back, he just set a stronger standard and suddenly the Broncos were able to get into the arm-wrestle. [/QUOTE]

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