^^^ another idiot that's forgotten the form of kk before he broke his jaw
I remember KK's form.
I remember a bloke who played most of his games off the bench. I remember a guy who showed a good darting run and decent short kicking game. I remember a bloke that was exciting at times and could pull out some great plays. I don't recall a solid, consistent first grader that was leading the team around the park to victories. Do you? Please, tell me what you remember...
If anyone is making themselves look like an idiot here it is you. You seem to have an inability to read what people have written and understand the concepts that they are talking about. I'm not sure I can explain what I was saying in yet another way, but I'll give it a shot:
Robson has proven himself in first grade and in the Finals. He has shown that he can take a team to the GF, and within a whisker of the Premiership. He has proven that he can be consistent over a number of weeks while the team is winning. He has proven that he fits very well into the style of football that has us winning games. Has KK proven these things?
Now, before you go off half-cocked again, I NEVER said that KK won't end up a better player than Robson. Despite my apparent idiocy, I'm smart enough to know that I can't predict how KK will end up. As I said, he has potential. And I'm sensible enough to know that I can't see what each player brings to the team in the dressing room, on the training paddock etc. That's why I prefer performance over potential. And when talking about performance, I mean playing your part in a winning team.
And as we saw in 09 (and 06 for that matter), many things can happen over the course of a year - players get injured forcing a change of style, players go through different periods of form, things happen off-field, rep season hits, combinations can rise and fall. (eg if Hayne is injured, we might need someone like KK more than Robson, who knows?)
Because of this, I don't think that anyone who supports Robson is an idiot if KK is halfback in R26, just like i don't think that you're an idiot if KK is not halfback by Round 26. Why you look like an idiot is your inability to understand that what KK has done so far gives him no right to the halfback jersey, or to assume that he will end up with the halfback jersey based on his apparently superior talent. (I say
apparently superior talent because it seems that exciting football and darting runs are being rated more highly than organisation and consistency). Just the same, what Robson has done so far ensures he has the jersey for a while, but not indefinitely.
What you definitely have wrong is your comment that we should be playing a whole lot better if Robson is still the halfback in R26. If Robbo is halfback at the end of R26 we only need to be going as well as we were at the end of last year. If KK is the halfback by round 26 then I assume that will mean that he has brought something to the team that Robson hasn't, and that we are playing better. If that is the case we will be playing unbelievable football!
Look, I love that we are a club that produces juniors. I love that the fans like to see the local boys come through. But if we Parra fans have a failing - and we have a few - too often we hack on the team, and too often we think that an unproven youngster can do the business over the guy that is incumbent. It's understandable when we are losing because people get frustrated, but after going on an incredible late-season run to the GF it defies belief. And it's tiring. I just want to enjoy my team and chat to other fans without some know-all telling us that so-and-so isn't good enough. Two years ago it was Luke Burt not good enough, then Cayless, now it's Robson.
So... in summary, my point has always been this:
Robson has proven he can be part of a Grand Final team, all the rest is speculation.
