Fairleigh Good! said:
Lyon and Albert would be the 1st choice centre-wing partnership for the Roos were it not for the (Probably illegal) decision to not pick non-NRL players.
Lyon, i'll give you (even though Sonny Bill Williams made him his bitch in his very first game), but Albert? :lol: Learn to f**king type. Albert wouldn't even make the NSW Country team right now.
Fairleigh Good! said:
Other players such as Keiron Cunningham, (who despite what nospam49 says is still the worlds best hooker),
He _may_ just squeeze into the top 5 hookers in the world, but he's not half the player of any of the following people: Buderus, Smith, Wing, Priddis. Having said that, both Gower and Johns can play hooker better than him at a pinch.
I'd akin Cunningham to a less clever version of Riddell. A big fat ugly f**ker who can pass a little and plays as an extra backrower.
Fairleigh Good! said:
Jamie Peacock ... Paul Sculthorpe
:lol: You live in a fantasy land. With the quality we have in the backrow (by far the most competitive position in the NRL), do you really think Sculthorpe or Peacock would even rate a mention? Off the top of my head, Fitzgibbon, Ricketson, Topou, Simpson, Hindmarsh, Ryan, Crocker, Johnson, Hoffman, Menzies, Kennedy, Watmough, Williams, Harrison and Morrison would all be rated higher than either of those two. Won't even mention the juniors coming through in the backrow. More I think about it, I reckon we could get make an Australian team of backrowers which would beat a full strength Great Britain team, simply because we have so many bullsh*t players there.
Oh yeah, you forgot Andrew Farrell, the Golden Boot winner for the best player in the world last year. He'd dominate in the NRL too! How's he going in union anyways? :lol:
Fairleigh Good! said:
Not much to argue with there, he is a quality player. Not better than any of the Australians who represent, but not far off the pace either.
Fairleigh Good! said:
Also bear in mind the players who return from Super League to the NRL seem like better players than when they left. Danny Nutley top ratings every week, Langer walked into an Origin match and bossed it after 2 years in the wildnerness of Super League. How could that happen if the imaginary gap was as wide as you lot think?
:lol: Allan Langer came back as a better player, did he? Hahaha. Langer was able to come back and play good because he's an exception, rather than the rule.
You can continue to dream about the ESL being as strong a competition as ours, but whilst hidings are dished out each and every week, our rejects continue to dominate your competition and our Kangaroos (Often times minus our best players) give it to your Lions time and time again, it simply won't be the case. The Queensland Cup is of a higher standard than the ESL.
