maxta
First Grader
No particular order...
Garrick - There were times I thought he was lucky to be a fill in winger, he had mistakes, poor read, often missed try scoring opportunies and was an easy target for the opposition defence to belt up....he looked out of his depth and yeh I was being over critical for a young bloke breaking into the NRL, but us Seaeagles supporters have high expectations, maybe even unrealistic standards but that's just how it is.
Well Garrick has today not only exceeded my expectations, the bloke is a genuine quality NRL player who "looks faster, stronger and confident".
He makes gutsy runs to dig out of trouble and is a genuine Team player, has a decent passing game and courage, recently when looking half busted, has dug deep and shown great heart....much admiration to this bloke and I'm proud to see him as a Manly player and hopefully long term and the only part of his game I want improved is his shots at goal...anyways he is a nomination.
Croker - Has copped heaps on here and everywhere and let me add, much has been justified, but I'm giving credit where it's due....this bloke has improved greatly and gives it everything - every week.
His defence a few times I have mistaken for Jake with Massive head on contact and super technique, stopping many rampaging forwards in their tracks.
In attack is actually springing out at key moments and threatening that ruck area which for a long time has been a downfall and still can improve, but he is on the right path and has looked dangerous and made the odd bust or won momentum.
Still has the odd error, but to be fair, due to the fact he earlier on was making far more, I reckon many including myself make a bigger deal of it as he was so much of a whipping boy early on.....Cook and Grant make a couple a game but they go unnoticed because of who they are, I mean your 9 touches the ball far more than ANY other position so are constantly in the spotlight, but thats his position so you gotta expect the heat.
Anyways, Croker has come a long way and is my 2nd vote.
Who are your 2 most improved and why ?
Garrick - There were times I thought he was lucky to be a fill in winger, he had mistakes, poor read, often missed try scoring opportunies and was an easy target for the opposition defence to belt up....he looked out of his depth and yeh I was being over critical for a young bloke breaking into the NRL, but us Seaeagles supporters have high expectations, maybe even unrealistic standards but that's just how it is.
Well Garrick has today not only exceeded my expectations, the bloke is a genuine quality NRL player who "looks faster, stronger and confident".
He makes gutsy runs to dig out of trouble and is a genuine Team player, has a decent passing game and courage, recently when looking half busted, has dug deep and shown great heart....much admiration to this bloke and I'm proud to see him as a Manly player and hopefully long term and the only part of his game I want improved is his shots at goal...anyways he is a nomination.
Croker - Has copped heaps on here and everywhere and let me add, much has been justified, but I'm giving credit where it's due....this bloke has improved greatly and gives it everything - every week.
His defence a few times I have mistaken for Jake with Massive head on contact and super technique, stopping many rampaging forwards in their tracks.
In attack is actually springing out at key moments and threatening that ruck area which for a long time has been a downfall and still can improve, but he is on the right path and has looked dangerous and made the odd bust or won momentum.
Still has the odd error, but to be fair, due to the fact he earlier on was making far more, I reckon many including myself make a bigger deal of it as he was so much of a whipping boy early on.....Cook and Grant make a couple a game but they go unnoticed because of who they are, I mean your 9 touches the ball far more than ANY other position so are constantly in the spotlight, but thats his position so you gotta expect the heat.
Anyways, Croker has come a long way and is my 2nd vote.
Who are your 2 most improved and why ?
