5 years Who will be the Superstar?

[tonesy87]

Bored Saturday morning going through old threads, thought I would bump this thread up so people can see how their predictions from over 5 years ago went, some of them are funny, some went on to become superstars, others went to other codes and some dropped off the face of the planet

 

[bor]

players like sbw and weyman are too injury prone and wont make the status of even good player

Bump

 

[TheDalek079]

Jonathon Thurston
Cameron Smith
Benji Marshall
Sonny Bill Williams
Greg Inglis
Robbie Farah

obvious choices.

that's spookily correct!

 

[Puntastic]

that's spookily correct!

So that puts those players ~ 23, 24 Right? (Bar Inglis who was 20-21!)

So, who will be the superstars in 5 years if we're focusing on those age groups?

Edit: Marshall Magic isn't allowed in tipping comps as he clearly has a sports almanac from 2032.

 

[dogslife]

J Hickey (Bulldogs)

:lol:

 

[Perth Red]

The burgess boys, not had a superstar prop since webke, I reckon these twins could be. Marketers dream to have two bookends like them to promote.

 

[jezmond]

:lol:

I don't understand? Hickey IS a superstar.....

at the Illawarra Cutters

He is even their captain! :lol:

 

[BranVan3000]

So that puts those players ~ 23, 24 Right? (Bar Inglis who was 20-21!)

So, who will be the superstars in 5 years if we're focusing on those age groups?

Edit: Marshall Magic isn't allowed in tipping comps as he clearly has a sports almanac from 2032.

I'm gonna say

Shaun Johnson
Adam Reynolds
The Burgii
Ben Barba
Konrad Hurrell

Hard to make up a list seems the talent is very congested right now without a lot of stand outs

 

[t-ba]

in 5 years time, Brett Stewart will have about 130-140 tries if he continues to score as he does, and would still only be about 27-28 i think. He is def the fullback to watch

Considering how injury prone he's been and the whole unsavouriness, the fact he's made it to 130 in (almost) that timeframe is amazing.

 

[Pete Cash]

Biased call of course but Blake Ferguson is only 23

 

[Perth Red]

The two young stand offs for souths yesterday and melbourne the other week. Will be interesting to see if widdop kicks on or is hit with the Melbourne curse. Some exciting young wingers around the league at the moment.

 

[umina panther]

DWZ and Bryce Cartwright for penrith

 

[Eels Dude]

that's spookily correct!

Not really. Those players were already established stars when he made his post.

 

[Phil McGrawhan]

Aaron Groom
Michael Bani ( Watch this guy he is a dark version of Brett stewart)
Brett Stewart
Glenn Stewart
Matt Ballin

FMD!!! This is the one year where i can really say Manly have some bloody awesome depth.

:lol::lol::lol:

 

[t-ba]

The trade we got for Bani at the time turned out to be one of the best pieces of business the club has done...

 

[Puntastic]

I'm gonna say

Shaun Johnson
Adam Reynolds
The Burgii
Ben Barba
Konrad Hurrell

Hard to make up a list seems the talent is very congested right now without a lot of stand outs

It's just incredible how far ahead of the curve Thurston was. Johnson, Reynolds, DCE are fantastic but Thurston is just a cut above (and was at that age).

I tend to agree with you that the talent is very congested. The only player to have broken the mould quite as much is Barba who is yet to stand the test of time - a few years will tell.

 

[Marshall_magic]

that's spookily correct!

About time I got something right, most of my big tips turn out to be shockers.

 

[Inglis#3]

Luke Keary
Dylan Walker
Aiden Sezer
Matt Lodge
Ben Hampton
George Burgess
Corey Oates
Anthony Milford

 

[ek999]

Reynolds x 2
Klemmer
T Peachey
Sims x 2

I think they will be big stars in 5 years. Another is John Sila at the Bulldogs. Has scored an absolute shitload of tries in lower grades

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Biased call of course but Blake Ferguson is only 23

Haven't seen a talent like him since Julian O'Neil.