Most Improved/Gone Backwards

[ANTiLAG]

And the fact he's 1.1m tall

Heh, and still near 100kg gives a very powerful and low centre of gravity, great for bulldozing your way over the line...

 

[woodyk2]

Gone backward.
Kade Snowden
Adam Cuthbertson
Benji Marshall
Adam Blair

 

[BranVan3000]

John Sutton has to be amongst the most improved. He is finally achieving that level of consistency that has eluded him for so long

 

[madunit]

Utai was Dally M Rookie of the Year in his debut season.

As for the rest of the Tigers, improvements can be seen in Beau Ryan and Aaron Woods.

I'd throw Liam Fulton and Robbie Farah in there too.

Adam Blair, Benji Marshall, Chris Heighington, Blake Ayshford, Chris Lawrence, Lote Tuqiri all gone backwards.

Tuqiri was crap last year

Lawrence and Ayshford have been f**ked around by the coach all year.

Last weekend they were both very good. Of the 15 games they've both played together this year, they've been paired in the centres 7 times. Both have been stupidly made to play as five-eighth. Lawrence was playing as a second rower for much of the first 6 or so games when Reddy came on the field.

Benji was going well until the dumb f**k coach moved him to halfback and made him focus entirely on passing and kicking and not on his strong point, running at the line.

Hino busts his arse every time but has been producing poor quality for 2 years now.

Blair is a lazy f**king thief who doesn't deserve $5 a year.

 

[Red Bear]

Beau Ryan has improved big time since this time last year, should be kept on the wing though. Joel Reddy would go down as one of the shitter buys of the season (if un noticed in comparrison to Blair).

Josh Morris has stepped up big time. Kasiano an obvious improver. ditto Josh Reynolds

 

[the bondi spy]

Mitch Aubusson has gone backwards with a bullet. Mose masoe as well.

 

[Special K]

backwards - Nathan Gardner

 

[Big Pete]

Improved:

James Tamou
Reece Robinson
Josh Morris
Sam Kasiano
Wade Graham
Issac De Gois - Or at least recaptured his '09 form
Matt Keating
Travis Burns

Backwards
Chris Sandow
Darius Boyd
Adam Blair - Or at least been exposed
Jamal Idris
Matt Duffie
Kalifa Fai Fai Loa
Jarrod Croker

 

[madunit]

Duffie gone backwards?

you serious?

 

[Frailty]

Backward:

Penrith....

 

[skeepe]

So being the leading pointscorer in the NRL and making more linebreaks than any other centre is going backwards?

 

[Big Pete]

Duffie gone backwards?

you serious?

Have you been watching him the past couple of months?

Guy isn't anywhere near Test standard at this stage. A massive weak link.

 

[skeepe]

Most Improved - Josh Morris, Reece Robinson, Ben Barba, Kris Keating, Jeff Robson, Ben Pomeroy, Wade Graham, Corey Norman, James McManus, Greg Inglis, Aaron Woods, Robbie Farah

Gone Backwards - Jack Reed, Josh Hoffman, Lachlan Coote, Sam Mckendry, Dan Hunt, Chris Sandow, Willie Tonga, Lote Tuqiri, Chris Lawrence, Blake Ayshford, Manu Vatuvei, TLL, Jarrod Croker, David Shillington, Joel Edwards, Aku Uate, Neville Costigan, Richie Fa'aoso, Wes Naiqama, Junior Sau, Newcastle.

Shillington gone backwards? WTF? Best prop in Origin + career-best club form = going backwards?

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Mose Masoe was always shit.

Aubusson and Jake Friend are going backwards at an alarming. Friend is f**king everything up. Phil Graham as well lol

 

[Achillies]

So being the leading pointscorer in the NRL and making more linebreaks than any other centre is going backwards?

His defence rivals Sandows as worst in the NRL.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Most improved - Anyone that leaves Parra
Gone backwards - Anyone that signs for Parra

 

[Allstar Knights]

Shillington gone backwards? WTF? Best prop in Origin + career-best club form = going backwards?

He's been very average up until the last month though.

 

[Allstar Knights]

So being the leading pointscorer in the NRL and making more linebreaks than any other centre is going backwards?

Completely ignoring that he's a skirt in defence and a centre that can't or won't pass.

 

[dogslife]

Shillington gone backwards? WTF? Best prop in Origin + career-best club form = going backwards?

 

[Ladmate]

Beau Ryan should be on more Most Improved lists. It wasn't long ago where people called him one of the worst players in the competition, now he's a top tier winger than can play good in multiple backline positions.