Then and Now - Sterling v Cronk

[Vee]

Found this one hard to call. Growing up, I always thought I'd be telling my grandkids about Sterlo, shaded Turvey and Alfie, but Johns eclipsed him.

 

[Vee]

Cronk lacks the individual game-breaking brilliance but his consistency, composure and game-management push Sterlo all the way I reckon.

 

[T-Boon]

Sterlo had to control and orchestrate a game that wasn't so structured. You didn't know where your field position /territory was going to come from in the 80s. Cronk is well and truely in a permanent comfort zone of knowing exactly what is going to happen in advance of each play and knowing that the rest of the team knows what is going to happen.

 

[Vee]

K

Sterlo had to control and orchestrate a game that wasn't so structured. You didn't know where your field position /territory was going to come from in the 80s. Cronk is well and truely in a permanent comfort zone of knowing exactly what is going to happen in advance of each play and knowing that the rest of the team knows what is going to happen.

May not have been so many gaps from tired defenders and lack of structure for Sterlo in the modern game.

 

[muzby]

Cronk. Purely based on trichology.

 

[POPEYE]

Snooker and Billiards . . . not the same game, different rules, 17v17 not 13v13, different haircuts

 

[Vee]

Snooker and Billiards . . . not the same game, different rules, 17v17 not 13v13, different haircuts

Fair call but it's still fun to play.

 

[muzby]

Here's pops, right on cue..

 

[T-Boon]

Here's pops, right on cue..

Hayne would have been a star in the 80s but Cronk would have struggled with the leather ball and his lack of athleticism.

 

[Perth Red]

Different skills, for different times. both outstanding players and pretty much impossible to say who was best, better to say they were each best of their generation for the way the game was played in their era.

 

[McLovin]

Sterlo would be Dan Mortimer level if he played in this era...

 

[T-Boon]

Sterlo would be Dan Mortimer level if he played in this era...

Cronk would have been the Stu Galbraith of the late 80s.

 

[Vee]

Sterlo would be Dan Mortimer level if he played in this era...

And Churchill? Pedestrian?

 

[McLovin]

And Churchill? Pedestrian?

I'm not 90 years old and didnt see him play so can't comment on his playing ability. Does he have any highlights on youtube?

 

[Nice Beaver]

Sterlo would be Dan Mortimer level if he played in this era...

Ordinary bait

 

[Vee]

I'm not 90 years old and didnt see him play so can't comment on his playing ability. Does he have any highlights on youtube?

No, sorry. No footage of Daily Messenger either, apparently

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Sterlo.

The best players can perform whether their playing with Drongos or champions. Sterlo and Kenny carried the eels for a long time post 86.

 

[Sea_Eagles_Rock]

We will know more next season watching Melbourne without Cronk, but I think Cronk is a bigger key to the Storm than Sterling was to Parramatta.

 

[POPEYE]

Sterlo would be Dan Mortimer level if he played in this era...

Little unfair, Sterlo could've played the modern game as well as Cronk if he began his career at the same time

 

[T-Boon]

Sterlo would have had too much integrity to get mixed up in the Storm tactics. He would probably have been man enough to confront Belly and say "hey man that is outside the spirit of the game. I don't need another boat and I don't want to give that guy a leg lock."