Joey or Thurston, who is GOAT?

[mozza91]

JT's defense is nowhere near as bad as the narrative dictates

Maybe not but Johns was a much better defender. If they are neck and neck in attack, Johns has him covered easily defensively.

 

[perverse]

JT's defense is nowhere near as bad as the narrative dictates

Geez I dunno about that. When targeted well he can be absolutely horrendous. I can remember quite a few games where Jarrod Mullen made him look like a right idiot.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Johns leads the way in whining and whinging

 

[butchmcdick]

Geez I dunno about that. When targeted well he can be absolutely horrendous. I can remember quite a few games where Jarrod Mullen made him look like a right idiot.

Must be the roids

 

[parraeel]

If he criteria is carrying your team to mediocracy to be goat, Hayne wins hands down 2 time dally M.

I've always said this , langer > Joey and Thurston

Langer dominated countless SOO and won qld series when SOO was a fair dinkum contest , joey only ever domnaited the one series

As for Thurston , the other would shyt all over him the way the refs control the game these days , the amount of piggy back penalties makes it easy for him to show his attack , also with all the wrestling the players can't tackle for crap anymore and that's why the give so many penalties away in the red zone as they can't defend a line. The others played in a era where players could tackle and actually play the game

 

[King hit]

You do know Langer lost 3 straight series to Stuart and was destroyed by Johns in 1996 getting whitewashed in the process. He never had winning records against either of those 2 in Origin.

You criteria is carrying mediocracy to the top yet you have Langer ahead of Johns when in his whole career he was surrounded by champion Broncos teams. The Knights would not have won those premierships without Johns.

 

[Exsilium]

James Maloney

 

[Travitoh]

Definitely Joey Williams

 

[umina panther]

Definitely Joey Williams

His brother Richie Williams was always the better player

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Brett firman

 

[Sphagnum]

Ben Hunt

 

[Fire]

Andrew Johns > Billy Smith > Peter Sterling > Allan Langer > Ricky Stuart > Cooper Cronk > Johnathan Thurston

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Joey was way better than Thurston,an absolute beast of a defender(Used to pick up forwards and drive them into the ground like they were midgets) whilst Thurston was useless in defense,not only that but was also better than him in attack,but most importantly Jarryd Hayne is better than both combined.

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Needs more beau henry

 

[Silent Knight]

Needs more beau henry

And Grant Rovelli.

 

[veggiepatch1959]

Well, eight pages of 80% dribble.

The Golden Bib Award for the dribbliest posts goes to the f**ktards who mentioned Messenger.

The last person to see him play died over 20 years ago.

 

[M2D2]

Jt being so good despite not being picked up by scouts is to be applauded.
However hes just not as good as Johns who is the best player ive ever seen (im 33) so ill always think hes better.
*shrug*

 

[isaiah]

Billy Slater?

Can't ever imagine him being an immortal, so not top ten all-time. Lewis, smith, daylight from the forty years I have seen. Thurston and Lockyer only barely top ten. We imagine they were greater only because of recent memory

 

[Hutty1986]

Can't ever imagine him being an immortal, so not top ten all-time. Lewis, smith, daylight from the forty years I have seen. Thurston and Lockyer only barely top ten. We imagine they were greater only because of recent memory

How do they rate in post contact metres though?

 

[dogslife]

Well, eight pages of 80% dribble.

The Golden Bib Award for the dribbliest posts goes to the f**ktards who mentioned Messenger.

The last person to see him play died over 20 years ago.

I saw him play.

Hack.