Josh McCrone

[jonno_knights]

Oh this one has come back to bite. Great match winning play from McCrone. Takes balls to go for the try instead of the field goal.

 

[POPEYE]

There is absolutely no reason the Raiders can't play like that against every team. As soon as others took the ball away from Josh after the 5th the team came back. That last kick was blind man's luck.

All the Raiders need is to work on finding a competent 6th tackle kicker so they don't have to have 2 steps forward, one back.

 

[Alan Johnson]

His 4th/5th tackle kicks were arse for most of last night's game but I thought he was alright otherwise. He did score one try and then set up the match-winner.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

There is absolutely no reason the Raiders can't play like that against every team. As soon as others took the ball away from Josh after the 5th the team came back. That last kick was blind man's luck.

All the Raiders need is to work on finding a competent 6th tackle kicker so they don't have to have 2 steps forward, one back.

You sure know your rugby league 'old' man. Givedoome credit where it's due, the kick was perfectly weighted as were the majority of his kicks in the 2nd half.

 

[POPEYE]

You sure know your rugby league 'old' man. Givedoome credit where it's due, the kick was perfectly weighted as were the majority of his kicks in the 2nd half.

His 3 or 4 kicks in the 2nd half were terrible. All the good kicks were by others and were responsible for the game being in a position for Josh to 'win' it. Turning points were the kick by Williams and 2 by Dugan, especially the shallow kickoff.

Don't get me wrong, McCrone made his presence felt. Not nearly as much as Buttris and Fensom who were the men instrumental in the turnaround. Dugan showed what he can do if the forwards do their job.

 

[Pierced Soul]

the kick was perfectly weighted as were the majority of his kicks in the 2nd half.

well he had plenty of practice kicking them dead in the first half

his last kick took a lot of balls, could ahve easily taken the tackle then tried to set up for another FG

 

[AlwaysGreen]

His 3 or 4 kicks in the 2nd half were terrible. All the good kicks were by others and were responsible for the game being in a position for Josh to 'win' it. Turning points were the kick by Williams and 2 by Dugan, especially the shallow kickoff.

Don't get me wrong, McCrone made his presence felt. Not nearly as much as Buttris and Fensom who were the men instrumental in the turnaround. Dugan showed what he can do if the forwards do their job.

You can't have guns in every position, unless you're Melbourne and repeatedly cheat the cap so as to have an unfair advantage over everyone else.

 

[Paullyboy]

McCrone needs to take on the McLinden role I think (not just because of his name, they are actually quite similar players).

There can now officially be no doubt that Alan Tongue has been hurting us playing at hooker. I love the bloke, and I don't want him to get turfed on the scrapheap, but he's not our best hooker or lock and he can only play a bench role moving forward. Unfortunately when Campo is back, that's the same role McCrone should probably also play (ie super sub off the bench to try and dart through tiring forwards).

 

[POPEYE]

McCrone needs to take on the McLinden role I think (not just because of his name, they are actually quite similar players).

There can now officially be no doubt that Alan Tongue has been hurting us playing at hooker. I love the bloke, and I don't want him to get turfed on the scrapheap, but he's not our best hooker or lock and he can only play a bench role moving forward. Unfortunately when Campo is back, that's the same role McCrone should probably also play (ie super sub off the bench to try and dart through tiring forwards).

All the raiders need is some inspiration. Tongue has had his day and should be moved to a managerial position if he wants one. Buttriss to start and Williams to begin perfecting his kicking, Dugan to undergo training to improve his longevity.

 

[POPEYE]

You can't have guns in every position, unless you're Melbourne and repeatedly cheat the cap so as to have an unfair advantage over everyone else.

Well, that's it, I give up on you . . . what's your home life like?

 

[AlwaysGreen]

All the raiders need is some inspiration. Tongue has had his day and should be moved to a managerial position if he wants one. Buttriss to start and Williams to begin perfecting his kicking, Dugan to undergo training to improve his longevity.

That's some insightful stuff there. And all this time I thought the Canberra boys went to training to read comic books. :lol: at Popeye - supercoach :lol: