It's easy to see a star player in an opposition team - which most of you guys see in Farah.
When you hear fans talk about that crucial un-noticed played in their side... they often talk of guys like Tongue and Hindmarsh.
For us - Farah runs our sh*t. If he doesn't go good... our team doesn't go good. Our entire team of forwards drop their game due to the service being poor. Our halves can't keep up. Our backs basically don't get a look in.
He threw a few of these in recently. The Storm game for example. He was just a little off. A slight knock on at dummy half. Forwards half a metre in front of the ideal position to receive the ball. Marshall not seeing space due to a lack of a kicking game or space from forwards. It destroys the entire team when he doesn't play well.
Interestingly... he still set up around 3 trys and out-performed a certain QLD and AUS dummy half, playing his standard footy.
I'd wager we'd have won the spoon in recent seasons without him (as others have suggested)... and we'd have struggled to make the 8 this season without him.
He's a special player and should have played for NSW. He couldn't have won sh*t by himself, considering what was around him, but he'd have delivered far better than the dribble Ennis served up. He's 10 times better than Smith... but he's got a reputation. Farah needs to bide his time for a Roos spot. If NZ do what they should do, and romp the 4N... Smith's estimation may go down, especially after a non-existent season when things aren't going well. Playing without half an Aussie team around him.... Smith may well be shown up, and Farah will get his deserved Green and Gold jersey.
When you hear fans talk about that crucial un-noticed played in their side... they often talk of guys like Tongue and Hindmarsh.
For us - Farah runs our sh*t. If he doesn't go good... our team doesn't go good. Our entire team of forwards drop their game due to the service being poor. Our halves can't keep up. Our backs basically don't get a look in.
He threw a few of these in recently. The Storm game for example. He was just a little off. A slight knock on at dummy half. Forwards half a metre in front of the ideal position to receive the ball. Marshall not seeing space due to a lack of a kicking game or space from forwards. It destroys the entire team when he doesn't play well.
Interestingly... he still set up around 3 trys and out-performed a certain QLD and AUS dummy half, playing his standard footy.
I'd wager we'd have won the spoon in recent seasons without him (as others have suggested)... and we'd have struggled to make the 8 this season without him.
He's a special player and should have played for NSW. He couldn't have won sh*t by himself, considering what was around him, but he'd have delivered far better than the dribble Ennis served up. He's 10 times better than Smith... but he's got a reputation. Farah needs to bide his time for a Roos spot. If NZ do what they should do, and romp the 4N... Smith's estimation may go down, especially after a non-existent season when things aren't going well. Playing without half an Aussie team around him.... Smith may well be shown up, and Farah will get his deserved Green and Gold jersey.
