The Rickman wrote: ↑June 8, 2019, 2:16 pm
woppadingo wrote:I dont know a centre who is consistently a great defender. On wednesdsy night the both NSW centres were responsible for major defensive lapses. Most notably rushing in, leaving their wingers stranded.
I’ve said this so many times now... centres let in the most tries because they defend against second rowers, centres and wingers, generally the most attacking players in any team. They’re gonna let in tries, they ALL **** do it.
It just really bugs me that every time he lets a try in we want the guy sacked.
It is by far one of the oddest discussions within this forum over the years.
Croker can clearly hold his own or beat his opposite centre 9 times out of every 10 games, but the once or twice a year his opposite gets the better of him there's a bunch of people out there ready to jump on him and punt him to the wing, or reggies.
I've found in life that some people make a judgement about someone and will use every opportunity to make their point, despite whatever evidence there is to the contrary. That's just human nature.
Is Jarrod Croker the best centre in the NRL? Probably not. Is he better than 80% of them out there? The eye test suggests to me he probably is. He is almost the clubs leading try scorer and is already our highest point scorer of all time. I've also seen him shut down rep centres over his career numerous times.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but the hammering this guy gets, despite consistently being one of our best players over a decade, astounds me.
yeah, imagine that!
