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-PJ- wrote: September 16, 2019, 7:08 am
Billy Walker wrote: September 15, 2019, 10:54 pm Apparently Rheese Martin was going 97% for a while this year which is supposed to be best ever territory, surprisingly the next best historically is Ryan Girdler who went around 93% for a season. That’s all based on a lazy half assed google and may be proven untrue by a better googler. Impressive numbers!
Comparing Reece Martins % to Nathan Clearys is like..

Comparing Adam Voges batting avg to Steve Smiths.

Sure..its impressive but it's not sustained consistently..more a short time flurry !!
To be fair though Peej, Billy Walker would ABSOLUTELY walk into the Cricket thread and argue a case for Voges over Smith until he's red in the face.
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Rhys Martin kicking at 72% this year.
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Northern Raider wrote: September 16, 2019, 7:33 am Rhys Martin kicking at 72% this year.
I wish we had him instead of Croker.
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-PJ- wrote: September 16, 2019, 7:08 am
Billy Walker wrote: September 15, 2019, 10:54 pm Apparently Rheese Martin was going 97% for a while this year which is supposed to be best ever territory, surprisingly the next best historically is Ryan Girdler who went around 93% for a season. That’s all based on a lazy half assed google and may be proven untrue by a better googler. Impressive numbers!
Comparing Reece Martins % to Nathan Clearys is like..

Comparing Adam Voges batting avg to Steve Smiths.

Sure..its impressive but it's not sustained consistently..more a short time flurry !!
Very true! Not a bad run though 33/34
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Voges for Australian captain, Billy!!!11!!11!


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Didn't Peter Handscombe have a better average than Bradman after his first test series? Big difference between having "a good run" and sustaining that level of performance over a whole career.
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On the original topic. Croker has consistently been an 80%+ kicker so there's little doubt he's down on form this year at 73%. By comparison to the other 5 teams remaining the 2019 % are:

Adam Reynolds 83%
Cam Smith 82%
Mitch Moses 77%
Rueben Garrick 77%
Latrell Mitchell 76%

A-Rey and Smith are well in front but in reality there's only a few kicks between the rest of them. Change the results of a couple that hit the post and go in or out. Of course this is just a straight out % success rate and doesn't take into account other factors like position of kicks, prevailing conditions etc.

Our only alternative option is Sezer and his overall record when handed the duties at the Raiders is 76%.
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Croker just needs to worry about doing his best. He is an attacking weapon for us and has great experience.

The kicks he missed against the Storm were tough clutch kicks... he will take even more away for going through that and will be awesome. I am not losing sleep over this.
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Happy for Croker to stay as our first choice kicker, I just hope he spends the next 2 weeks practising and getting himself sorted for more clutch kicks

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Aero wrote: September 16, 2019, 12:25 pm Happy for Croker to stay as our first choice kicker, I just hope he spends the next 2 weeks practising and getting himself sorted for more clutch kicks

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And tackling - he can practice that as well because he got “Hurrelled” again in the second half by a bloke pushing 80kgs.
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Billy Walker wrote: September 16, 2019, 12:34 pm
Aero wrote: September 16, 2019, 12:25 pm Happy for Croker to stay as our first choice kicker, I just hope he spends the next 2 weeks practising and getting himself sorted for more clutch kicks

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And tackling - he can practice that as well because he got “Hurrelled” again in the second half by a bloke pushing 80kgs.
yEaH, bUt dID iT cOsT uS tHe mAtCh?????
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Northern Raider wrote: September 16, 2019, 9:25 am On the original topic. Croker has consistently been an 80%+ kicker so there's little doubt he's down on form this year at 73%. By comparison to the other 5 teams remaining the 2019 % are:

Adam Reynolds 83%
Cam Smith 82%
Mitch Moses 77%
Rueben Garrick 77%
Latrell Mitchell 76%

A-Rey and Smith are well in front but in reality there's only a few kicks between the rest of them. Change the results of a couple that hit the post and go in or out. Of course this is just a straight out % success rate and doesn't take into account other factors like position of kicks, prevailing conditions etc.

Our only alternative option is Sezer and his overall record when handed the duties at the Raiders is 76%.
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So if Cameron Smith scores another 20pts this season his career tally will be 2646.

Croker will need 660pts to pass him, 3 seasons at current rate.

3 seasons, approx 80 games.

he's 45 losses behind Paul Gallen's most losses record.
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bonehead wrote: September 25, 2019, 12:54 pm So if Cameron Smith scores another 20pts this season his career tally will be 2646.

Croker will need 660pts to pass him, 3 seasons at current rate.

3 seasons, approx 80 games.

he's 45 losses behind Paul Gallen's most losses record.
Hard to see him beating Gallen's record unless he plays another *checks calculator* 15 seasons.
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I take great joy in the fact Paul Gallen is RL's biggest loser, but if we're being honest with ourselves, that tells you absolutely nothing about him as a player and whether he was good or not, other than he played on a lot of bad teams.

Assigning team stats to an individual is, and forever will be stupid*

*Paul Gallen excluded, because **** paul gallen always.
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I’m telling you ***** right now, there’s no way Croker comes anywhere NEAR that Gallen record without 2020/21 being a repeat of 2017/18.

And if it does, I’ll be furious for many other reasons beyond meaningless individual statistics
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The Rickman wrote: September 25, 2019, 1:31 pm I’m telling you **** right now, there’s no way Croker comes anywhere NEAR that Gallen record without 2020/21 being a repeat of 2017/18.

And if it does, I’ll be furious for many other reasons beyond meaningless individual statistics
Are you saying all individual stats are meaningless or just the ones you don’t like?
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Billy Walker wrote: September 25, 2019, 1:56 pm
The Rickman wrote: September 25, 2019, 1:31 pm I’m telling you **** right now, there’s no way Croker comes anywhere NEAR that Gallen record without 2020/21 being a repeat of 2017/18.

And if it does, I’ll be furious for many other reasons beyond meaningless individual statistics
Are you saying all individual stats are meaningless or just the ones you don’t like?
No, just you.
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Billy Walker wrote: September 25, 2019, 1:56 pm
The Rickman wrote: September 25, 2019, 1:31 pm I’m telling you **** right now, there’s no way Croker comes anywhere NEAR that Gallen record without 2020/21 being a repeat of 2017/18.

And if it does, I’ll be furious for many other reasons beyond meaningless individual statistics
Are you saying all individual stats are meaningless or just the ones you don’t like?
Team win loss stats arent an individual stat, you **** simpleton
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Billy Walker wrote: September 25, 2019, 1:56 pm
The Rickman wrote: September 25, 2019, 1:31 pm I’m telling you **** right now, there’s no way Croker comes anywhere NEAR that Gallen record without 2020/21 being a repeat of 2017/18.

And if it does, I’ll be furious for many other reasons beyond meaningless individual statistics
Are you saying all individual stats are meaningless or just the ones you don’t like?
Think that one went straight past your bat and into the keepers gloves.
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PigRickman wrote: September 25, 2019, 2:50 pm
Billy Walker wrote: September 25, 2019, 1:56 pm
The Rickman wrote: September 25, 2019, 1:31 pm I’m telling you **** right now, there’s no way Croker comes anywhere NEAR that Gallen record without 2020/21 being a repeat of 2017/18.

And if it does, I’ll be furious for many other reasons beyond meaningless individual statistics
Are you saying all individual stats are meaningless or just the ones you don’t like?
Team win loss stats arent an individual stat, you **** simpleton
And yet we celebrate 100 games, 150 games, 400 games which tend to be be difficult for an individual to achieve without a team 🤔
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Hey Billy, are you going to be at the game on Friday night being the ardent supporter you are? I'd be keen to say gidday and shout you a tray of beers to show there's no hard feelings despite constant differences of opinion on the forum. I've met just about everyone else who posts here regularly, would be great to put a face to the name!
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No but I'm coming Rickman! I can introduce you to the twins (as groundskeeper willie would call them).
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Azza wrote: September 25, 2019, 3:14 pm No but I'm coming Rickman! I can introduce you to the twins (as groundskeeper willie would call them).
Oh yeah?? C'mere a minute!
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The Rickman wrote: September 25, 2019, 2:57 pm Hey Billy, are you going to be at the game on Friday night being the ardent supporter you are? I'd be keen to say gidday and shout you a tray of beers to show there's no hard feelings despite constant differences of opinion on the forum. I've met just about everyone else who posts here regularly, would be great to put a face to the name!
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The Rickman wrote: September 25, 2019, 3:21 pm
Azza wrote: September 25, 2019, 3:14 pm No but I'm coming Rickman! I can introduce you to the twins (as groundskeeper willie would call them).
Oh yeah?? C'mere a minute!
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Billy Walker wrote: September 25, 2019, 3:50 pm
The Rickman wrote: September 25, 2019, 2:57 pm Hey Billy, are you going to be at the game on Friday night being the ardent supporter you are? I'd be keen to say gidday and shout you a tray of beers to show there's no hard feelings despite constant differences of opinion on the forum. I've met just about everyone else who posts here regularly, would be great to put a face to the name!
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Nice one, Billy! I'll try and catch you in the bar behind the East stand at halftime?
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The Rickman wrote:
Billy Walker wrote: September 25, 2019, 3:50 pm
The Rickman wrote: September 25, 2019, 2:57 pm Hey Billy, are you going to be at the game on Friday night being the ardent supporter you are? I'd be keen to say gidday and shout you a tray of beers to show there's no hard feelings despite constant differences of opinion on the forum. I've met just about everyone else who posts here regularly, would be great to put a face to the name!
I won’t say no to a free beer
Nice one, Billy! I'll try and catch you in the bar behind the East stand at halftime?
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The Rickman wrote: September 25, 2019, 4:20 pm
Billy Walker wrote: September 25, 2019, 3:50 pm
The Rickman wrote: September 25, 2019, 2:57 pm Hey Billy, are you going to be at the game on Friday night being the ardent supporter you are? I'd be keen to say gidday and shout you a tray of beers to show there's no hard feelings despite constant differences of opinion on the forum. I've met just about everyone else who posts here regularly, would be great to put a face to the name!
I won’t say no to a free beer
Nice one, Billy! I'll try and catch you in the bar behind the East stand at halftime?
That’s a long walk from the Meninga stand! How will I know it’s you? Will you wear a red rose?
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Billy Walker wrote: September 25, 2019, 4:25 pm
The Rickman wrote: September 25, 2019, 4:20 pm Nice one, Billy! I'll try and catch you in the bar behind the East stand at halftime?
That’s a long walk from the Meninga stand! How will I know it’s you? Will you wear a red rose?
Ok, I'll catch you in the Meninga Stand bar at halftime! You can't miss me, I look like my avatar, and I'll be holding a tray of beer!
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The Rickman wrote: September 25, 2019, 4:30 pm
Billy Walker wrote: September 25, 2019, 4:25 pm
The Rickman wrote: September 25, 2019, 4:20 pm Nice one, Billy! I'll try and catch you in the bar behind the East stand at halftime?
That’s a long walk from the Meninga stand! How will I know it’s you? Will you wear a red rose?
Ok, I'll catch you in the Meninga Stand bar at halftime! You can't miss me, I look like my avatar, and I'll be holding a tray of beer!
There are two people in your avatar picture, are you the bucked toothed ugly guy without a chest or the nervous looking old guy? 🤣
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Haha Billy trying his hardest here to get out of meeting me... you hate to see it.
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The Rickman wrote: September 25, 2019, 5:27 pm Haha Billy trying his hardest here to get out of meeting me... you hate to see it.
How are you interpreting me asking you to identify who I’m meeting as me trying to avoid a meeting. I’m very keen to meet you - I like free beer.
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