Stranger said:
He gave Carney sniffs of FG, and now hes preforming well, cant fault elliot
Sorry but you just have not followed the Todd Carney situation at all.
Many of the Raiders fans believed that Toddy would be the clubs star halfback of the future, back as an 18 year old where he tore up the lower grades, winning SG Ball, and fast-tracked to premier league as a 17 year old.
He made his debut as an 18 year old, and for one reason, struggled for the next 1.5 years. The reason being that an organising and ball running halfback was being played off the bench for the final 15-20 minutes of most games when the game had already been settled. Now as a 20 year old, he's been given a decent shot at first grade with Smith out of the way, and he's improving every week because he's playing 80 minutes.
Matt Elliot also predicted that Willy Zillman would be a 'future star' in this comp. Has he played at all? Barely. Why? No idea. He'd much rather prefer to bring in hookers to play halfback, and base EVERYTHING around a 33/34 year old 5/8.
Along with his persistance to pick duds such as Bulgarelli, Gafa, Purtell, Tyran Smith, Drew etc, and the love affair with David "He's got rep footy in him" Howell, makes me sick in the stomach.
Can I ask, how is a side that runs one out, or from dummy half, a 'well trained' side? I'm sure you could get most NRL teams to do that without coaching.