Then you didn't 'carry your team'. You were just the best player in a shit side.
So only the best player in the best teams can carry a side? Here was me thinking that Hayne has been carrying the Eels for the past 3 years, but effectively he is simply the best player in a shit team.
I assume you are of the belief that Carney carried the Roosters in the 2010 season? He had a good year no doubt (Dally M medalist), but his team only finished 6th on the regular season ladder that year, and got dominated in the GF (32-8). Other than 2010, his teams have won only 1 other finals match since 2004, and the team he was supposedly carrying slumped to 11th in 2011.
DCE has been a leading player in a side that has won the comp, made the prelim final and then the GF in the three years he has been playing.
That's because Carney is always injured. That's the only reason.
Every NSW half is 'dominated'. None of them have developed any combinations with the other spine players, or any of the edge players on their side. Except for Maloney (with Pearce and Jennings).
So because the other NSW halves are shit, Carney is excused for being shit?
Plus, I don't see "Carney is always injured" as an excuse, I see it as another reason why is I don't rate him. The best players in the game not only dominate, but they are resilient as well. DCE hasn't missed a game through injury in the NRL. Nor has he set anyone alight, pissed on anyone, or ran from the cops and blamed his mate.
SBW spends at least half of every game at lock, and is very involved, particularly in defence. There's a reason he's won two premierships in only five seasons. He is dominant.[/QUOTE]
How much of the 2004 GF did SBW actually play? 13 of his 15 games that season were off the bench.
