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3 CNK
2 Sutton
1 Soliola

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3 CNK - Some really hard kicks to take and he had no errors. Stopped some tries. Dangerous when running.
2 Soliola - Really settled us down and was punishing in defense.
1 Papalii - Finally got us some points and laid a solid platform.

Looking at other voters the points are all over the place. Not really surprising. Depending on what you look for in performance there was plenty to like and dislike.
Wighton, Hodgo, Leilua could have all been high up on another night.

3- Papali
2- CNK
1- Wighton


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3 CNK
2 Williams
1 Papa

zim wrote: ↑April 14, 2019, 10:47 pm 3 CNK - Some really hard kicks to take and he had no errors. Stopped some tries. Dangerous when running.
2 Soliola - Really settled us down and was punishing in defense.
1 Papalii - Finally got us some points and laid a solid platform.

Looking at other voters the points are all over the place. Not really surprising. Depending on what you look for in performance there was plenty to like and dislike.
Wighton, Hodgo, Leilua could have all been high up on another night.

Yeah CNK looked solid to me, not spectacular (which almost sums up the performance of the team).

I've seen Wighton in quite a few lists when it could easily be argued he had a bit of a stinker- penalties, drops, kicks out. But he's ever dangerous and energetic. I a way he's got a touch of the Reynolds about him, just a bigger, fitter faster, athletic version.

I'll need to watch again before I can vote. Sia was noticeably good. Tapine ill disciplined,

Allan Tongue on ABC radio gave Hodgson 3 points, I can't remember the order of his other two but Papa was onre of them, probably Croker the other.
In a very defensive gameplan I was also impressed with Bateman, Sutton and Wighton alongside the usual suspects.

BadnMean wrote: ↑April 14, 2019, 11:31 pm

zim wrote: ↑April 14, 2019, 10:47 pm 3 CNK - Some really hard kicks to take and he had no errors. Stopped some tries. Dangerous when running.
2 Soliola - Really settled us down and was punishing in defense.
1 Papalii - Finally got us some points and laid a solid platform.

Looking at other voters the points are all over the place. Not really surprising. Depending on what you look for in performance there was plenty to like and dislike.
Wighton, Hodgo, Leilua could have all been high up on another night.

Yeah CNK looked solid to me, not spectacular (which almost sums up the performance of the team).

I've seen Wighton in quite a few lists when it could easily be argued he had a bit of a stinker- penalties, drops, kicks out. But he's ever dangerous and energetic. I a way he's got a touch of the Reynolds about him, just a bigger, fitter faster, athletic version.

I'll need to watch again before I can vote. Sia was noticeably good. Tapine ill disciplined,

Wighton's so frustrating. If he could raise his footy IQ by a few points we'd have a golden ticket of a 5/8. No idea how he didn't score earlier after doing all the difficult work. Reads the overlap, makes the play with great athleticism yet somehow doesn't get the biscuits. Just such a Wighton play.

zim wrote: ↑April 15, 2019, 12:02 am

BadnMean wrote: ↑April 14, 2019, 11:31 pm

zim wrote: ↑April 14, 2019, 10:47 pm 3 CNK - Some really hard kicks to take and he had no errors. Stopped some tries. Dangerous when running.
2 Soliola - Really settled us down and was punishing in defense.
1 Papalii - Finally got us some points and laid a solid platform.

Looking at other voters the points are all over the place. Not really surprising. Depending on what you look for in performance there was plenty to like and dislike.
Wighton, Hodgo, Leilua could have all been high up on another night.

Yeah CNK looked solid to me, not spectacular (which almost sums up the performance of the team).

I've seen Wighton in quite a few lists when it could easily be argued he had a bit of a stinker- penalties, drops, kicks out. But he's ever dangerous and energetic. I a way he's got a touch of the Reynolds about him, just a bigger, fitter faster, athletic version.

I'll need to watch again before I can vote. Sia was noticeably good. Tapine ill disciplined,

Wighton's so frustrating. If he could raise his footy IQ by a few points we'd have a golden ticket of a 5/8. No idea how he didn't score earlier after doing all the difficult work. Reads the overlap, makes the play with great athleticism yet somehow doesn't get the biscuits. Just such a Wighton play.

I asked my mates at the time if they'd ever seen anyone get over the line and not score as often as Wighton

3 - CNK - we really have struck gold with this bloke
2 - Papa - our best player week in, week out
1 - Soliola - A crucial contribution, we were starting to get a bit frustrated and ragged when he came on and he really steadied the ship. His experience coming off the bench can't be undervalued.

3 - Papali
2 - CNK
1 - Croker

3. Whitehead
2. Croker
1. CNK

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3 Papalii
2 Leilua
1 CNK

3- Papalii - I've said it before and will say it again. We're better when he's out there.
2 - Whitehead - These Pommies are tough. All of them are. The fact we have so many is transforming the side.
1 - Bateman - I'm unwilling to break my addiction to giving Bateman points. It's become a dependency. There are worse.

Honourable mentions to CNK, Lui and Ryan Sutton . I rarely give CNK points but it's worth mentioning that he's going well. Lui did his bit to get the party started. Ryan Sutton is finding his feet and is going to get a lot better.

Hodgson played well also.

This is tough. Our forwards laid the platform.

3- Paps
1- Sutton
1- Lui
1- Sia

3 Josh Papalii
2 Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad
1 Josh Hodgson

I saw some people posting in the game day thread how Josh Hodgson was having a bad game... I can't see why myself.

Croker, Leilua, Bateman unlucky not to figure in the points.

I am with you,GE. I was astounded to come home and read the contemporaneous comments where one poster even wanted to "hook" Hodgson.
I am at a complete loss as to what such commentators are looking for when they judge players. I thought he was very good. And, when there is a very specific emphasis on defence, the efforts of Wighton in the space alongside the middle forwards is immense.

zim wrote: ↑April 14, 2019, 10:47 pm 3 CNK - Some really hard kicks to take and he had no errors. Stopped some tries. Dangerous when running.
2 Soliola - Really settled us down and was punishing in defense.
1 Papalii - Finally got us some points and laid a solid platform.

Looking at other voters the points are all over the place. Not really surprising. Depending on what you look for in performance there was plenty to like and dislike.
Wighton, Hodgo, Leilua could have all been high up on another night.

Last week was the same, zim. Both weeks I've struggled to pick one standout player, let alone three!

Just shows me the whole team is playing well as a unit, and that's a good sign. Gone are the days of Fensom, Croker, Vaughan.

2 CNK
2 Whitehead
2 Soliola

this is a tough one

3 Papalii
2 CNK
1 Sia

I didn’t give him any points. But once again Lui has remained error free, line break cause free and try cause free for the season so far.

He caught and held couple of tough crash balls under pressure last night.

He’s not flashy, but a good honest toiler with a low mistake rate is good for this Raiders team.

3. CNK
2. Papa
1. Sia

3. CNK
2. Papalli
1. Sutton

Just watched a replay and CNK had as close to a perfect game as is possible. Hodgson controlled the game and despite a few errors/penalties from Wighton, overall he was very good.
3 CNK
2 Hodgson
1 Wighton

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twistedbydesign wrote: ↑April 15, 2019, 4:50 am 3 - CNK - we really have struck gold with this bloke
2 - Papa - our best player week in, week out
1 - Soliola - A crucial contribution, we were starting to get a bit frustrated and ragged when he came on and he really steadied the ship. His experience coming off the bench can't be undervalued.

Ditto in the 3,2,1s.

Super impressed by the teams defensive performance yesterday. Bet there were a few sore eels this morning.

2-Croker
2-CNK
1-Sia
1-Whitey

Not_Easy_Being_Green wrote: ↑April 15, 2019, 8:05 pm

twistedbydesign wrote: ↑April 15, 2019, 4:50 am 3 - CNK - we really have struck gold with this bloke
2 - Papa - our best player week in, week out
1 - Soliola - A crucial contribution, we were starting to get a bit frustrated and ragged when he came on and he really steadied the ship. His experience coming off the bench can't be undervalued.

Ditto in the 3,2,1s.

Super impressed by the teams defensive performance yesterday. Bet there were a few sore eels this morning.

Ditto on the 3, 2, and 1.

I've not seen us defensively monster a team like that for a very long time, every hit we put on was with intent (even Sam stopped a certain try).

Seeing it at the ground, I can only say I am even more impressed with Charnze! His defence and positioning was mighty, his takes of what were very high difficult balls was sound and his effort of running hard and dirty hit-ups was something I now understand needs to be seen live (in the flesh) to fully appreciate.

The following players have picked up points towards the 2019 Fan’s Choice Player of the Year award in our Round 5 win against the Eels.

Thank you to all that voted.

3 - Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad
2 - Josh Papalii
1 - Elliott Whitehead

Round 5 - Votes

140 - Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad
121 - Josh Papalii
61 - Elliott Whitehead
28 - Sia Soliola
27 - Ryan Sutton
26 - Jarrod Croker
25 - John Bateman
24 - Josh Hodgson
18 - Jack Wighton
12 - Sam Williams
8- Joey Leilua
5 - Jordan Rapana
3 - Siliva Havili
2 - Dunamis Lui
1 - Nick Cotric

2019 Total Points

8 - John Bateman
8 - Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad
4 - Josh Papalii
4 - Elliott Whitehead
2 - Jordan Rapana
1 - Jarrod Croker
1 - Josh Hodgson
1 - Jack Wighton
1 - Joey Leilua