Green eyed Mick wrote: ↑March 4, 2019, 7:26 pm
Northern Raider wrote: ↑March 4, 2019, 4:16 pm
Green eyed Mick wrote: ↑March 4, 2019, 4:05 pm
Northern Raider wrote: ↑March 4, 2019, 2:01 pm
BadnMean wrote: ↑March 4, 2019, 1:52 pm
DO you mean he isn't top 10 of all players in the NRL or the top 10 fullbacks for the first half 2018? Because he was easily a top 5 fullback. Probably even top 3 in that period.
I was saying top 10 fullbacks. Putting him top 3 or 5 is starting to sound like a Matt's Matchups doozy. I'm interested to hear your fullback rankings for 2018.
You say he wouldn't make the top 10 among his peers? Assuming, Teddy, RTS, Slater, Turbo and Ponga are the top 5
What 5 other fullbacks do you think were better in 2018 than Jack?
Val Holmes definitely. Darius is polarising but only Raiders fans would rank him behind Jack. Alex Johnston is another (Inglis was playing centre). A swag of others where it gets very subjective. Dufty was in red hot form at the time but he fell away dramatically 2nd half of the season.
Here is some independent rankings at the time Jack's season ended.
https://www.sportingnews.com/au/league/ ... iqqcgu7h01
Holmes and Boyd maybe but there is no way Dufty or Johnston are better fullbacks than Wighton.
All four of those players also have much better forwards and halves to play alongside.
That's one of the biggest issues that it is hard to gauge when you are running behind a tired team.Look at Tedescos efforts when he was playing behind a out of sorts Tigers team he did nothing and looked average at best, hell you could even say he virtually gave up because he didn't get his own way and that is one area I would rate Jack above him straight off he has never spat the dummy with the team or his teammates and always puts in an honest effort no matter what.
Then you put Tedesco behind the Roosters or NSW he comes out and puts in an effort because the conditions suit him and I must admit he played really well in the NSW team but look at the players he had in front of him.He has also played in that position most of his career where as Jack has never been a fullback in his so for him to reach even the lower ranking which you grant him in a competition as hard as the NRL is a quite and achievement in my view.
I would like to see someone like Tedesco or the other top rated fullbacks get thrown to the wing for a while then get their defence and attack tested at center both left and right then maybe throw a game in at second row for the IAS then have a go at 5/8 because the club needs you too and still come out smiling.
As an allround footballer Jack leaves most on ""THE LIST"
well behind.
For what its worth (and I can cop its not worth anything many on here can not) my top pick of the fullbacks over the last few seasons would probably be Val Holmes and that's with the Green goggles on.He would have to be or was the most natural attacker in that position out of all of them in my humble opinion.
Ps I don't understand why someone would not at least have a tinge of Green in their goggles why bother following a team that you don't like?