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Message: [QUOTE="I bleed Maroon, post: 3038518, member: 8274"] 1. [B]Boyd[/B] - I've been pretty happy with his efforts the past couple of games. It's clear he's taken the criticism of him pretty seriously, but you need only watch the likes of RTS, Ponga and Tedesco to see just how far off the pace he is. I dearly hope he is giving retirement serious thought so we can poach Ponga. 5 2. [B]Oates [/B]- It's been a quiet couple of games try scoring wise for Corey, but his runs out of our end are as good as ever. He also seems to have really cleaned up his efforts under the high ball. Now if only his wing partner could do the same. 6 3. [B]Staggs[/B] - Always runs with plenty of vigor, very rarely if ever makes an error or gives away a cheap penalty and defends stoutly on his edge. He practically owns the number 3 now barring a massive fall in form. 6 4. [B]Shibasaki[/B] - Sorry folks, I'm just not seeing it. Even a lazy Roberts generally offered more than this bloke. He seems to have solid defence but doesn't know how to find space and regularly spills the ball in poor errors. He reminds me a lot of Whitchurch to be honest. If I were coach he'd be out for Roberts in a fortnight. 4 5. [B]Isaako[/B] - Call it lowered expectations after years of having shit goalkickers, I do love what he brings with his kicking boot, but FMD is he shaky under the high ball. He was very lucky the team were defending so well because the Warriors were bombing him like Dresden with great effect and if our defensive effort was off, they would have carved us off the back of it. He needs to get it right and fast. 5 6. [B]Milford[/B] - Seems to be growing in confidence with every passing week. He has the ball on a string with his general play kicks at the moment, and is even finding his fleet footedness again to break the game open when the time came. We probably won't ever see 2015 Milf again, but that's because his role in the team structure has fundamentally changed. That doesn't make him any less valuable. 9 7. [B]Dearden[/B] - I don't think I speak out of turn when I say his composure and discipline at such a young age with so few games is Lockyesque. He is gonna be some player. He has taken a mountain of pressure off Milf's back and allowed him to play the way he wants. He came up against the bloke he replaced and for mine won the duel comfortably. Needs to work on those long kicks but that will come with experience. 7 8. [B]Lodge[/B] - Alongside Haas the best front row pairing in the comp on form. They're making 150+ metre efforts a regularity and laying a perfect platform for the spine to work and in the case of Dearden and Turpin, find their feet in first grade. Will almost certainly be wearing blue this year. 8 9. [B]Turpin[/B] - The "lucky charm" continues to impress. Hits like an axe in defence despite being such a small bloke and provides golden service in the ruck. He is close to everything we have been missing in the Macca era. If he can get the silly penalties out of his game, he will be hard to unseat. [B]If he is[/B] unseated by McC, it is a disgusting injustice and he might even start fielding strong offers from other clubs. 8 10 . [B]Haas[/B] - He is some sort of freak. Has to have the highest ceiling of any young prop in a generation. He even makes the Peptide Sharks look soft in comparison. Averages 150+ metres a game with 30+ tackles and makes it look easy. I'll say it again, [B]thank ****[/B] we have him locked up long term. 9 11. [B]Glenn[/B] - Has lifted his game in a big way over the past few weeks. Perhaps he saw the young forwards coming up in the rear view mirror and chose to go out on his own terms. Either way he is proving to be an invaluable source of experience. Is still outplaying Gillett which is a credit to him. The question is for how long. 7 12. [B]Gillett[/B] - I was happy to see him a bit closer to his best. Defended really well and found some room for some decent runs. It's well timed with his inevitable Origin call up next week. The neck seems to be holding up well even in heavy defensive affairs like that game. 6 13. [B]TPJ[/B] - Has admittedly been pretty overshadowed by some of his fellow forwards for awhile. He still looks like he puts the fear of death in the defence every time he runs despite not killing them. Still if he wants big money he needs to find a way to try and get close to what he did to the Cows with some sort of regularity. 6 14. [B]Segeyaro[/B] - It was somewhat more of a low key night out for Segs compared to his debut, but I put that down to the heavy grind nature of the game more than anything else. Delivered a nice pass to Milf for his try but little else to remark about. 6 15. [B]Fifita[/B] - It's becoming hard to write a comment about him to be honest. Maybe he is being underutilized. I'm still waiting for that moment when he gets a beauty of a short pass from a half to barge over the line at speed. Right now all he seems to be doing is unremarkable hitups. 5 18. [B]Carrigan[/B] - Apart from that one unfortunate error in our half, it was a solid bench performance. I'm not sure whether he provides more or less than Flegler, but for Wolfie's sake I'm happy to give him a chance to mature. Still think he should be starting 13 with TPJ coming on as impact. 6 17. [B]Joe O[/B] - Still has a big problem with consistency. One minute he is delivering a superb bench prop performance a week after resigning, the next he's being comprehensively outplayed by a 10 game youth. Maybe just keeping the motor going is all we need from him, but from a player with his experience I would have expected more. 5 [/QUOTE]

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