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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2642361, member: 1899"] Going to pass this thread along to Bman since I already have enough fingers in too many pies around here and I get sick of seeing myself around these boards. :laugh: [B]Beau Ryan[/B] - Is remembered more for his Footy Show exploits but I thought he had his moments on the wing for the Tigers. As far as his media appearances go, I thought he started off really well because he was the only guy with any balls to say anything that resembled the truth but it was clear that he didn't have much material. Nowadays, if I do watch the Footy Show, I tend to tune out from the Beau segments since they're all the same. [B]Ruben Wiki[/B] - Didn't see a lot of him. By the time I became interested in checking out other footy matches, he was nearing retirement and was a solid player getting by on his reputation. Before then, I knew him as a star player for the Raiders and a big hitter with one of the best hits I've seen on Adrian Lam in 2000. [B]Craig Gower[/B] - Was a fan of his from 2003-04 but never quite ascended to the level I expected him to. I really thought he'd make a splash in the representative scene but if anything, he never impressed and kept losing his spot to Kimmorley who was the quint-essential safe 'back-up' of the 00s. Don't know what the deal was but have a theory that he was one of those players who was probably more of a hooker than a halfback, got stuck playing half at club, did well but was always going to have a limited run. Sort of fear that Ben Hunt may end up the same way - I see a lot of similarities between the two. [B]Matt Orford[/B] - It was strange how he'd float in and out of games. One moment he's coming up with these ridiculously skillful plays that even the best of the best could only dream of executing with such precision. The next, he's totally missing or doing something completely stupid. At the end of the day, just don't think he had the mental toughness required to go to the next level and was fortunate to be apart of a Manly organisation on the rise because I don't think he was all that integral as demonstrated by their second premiership not long after through DCE. On paper, it always struck me as odd that he never ended up playing Origin. He had more going for him than say a Peter Wallace, Mitchell Pearce or Brett Kimmorley yet he was omitted and nobody seemed to bat an eyelid, myself included. Probably the least deserving Dally M winner of all-time. [B]Matt King[/B] - I've always wondered what sort of player he was for the Sharks to completely ignore him. Was he injury prone? Did he have feet for hands? I don't get it because he appeared to be a prospect for them since at least 2004 before coming into his own in 2005 in that remarkable display at Suncorp Stadium. For a time, he was one of those players I used to enjoy watching as a neutral but as soon as he hit JT with that cheap shot in Game 3 06, I dropped off the bandwagon in a big way and was so glad that my man Tate got the nod over him in the Tri Series Final. It served him right... Was a good player from that 05-07 period, I'd have him in my Top 5 centres for sure around that time but I've always wondered whether or not he made the right decision to leave the NRL when he did. Was he about to be exposed? Or did the NRL lose out on another talented back that could have added to spectacle of the game? [/QUOTE]

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