John Buttigieg- after that awesome origin he and webb never did all that much.
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Butts had a chronic quad injury that couldnt be 100% repaired and had to retire at 26. Was a real shame cuz at the time he was the heart and soul of our pack and missed out when the club started to come good in 04 and be regular top 8 finishers (dropped back down since).
I'll have a go at a few
Chris Muckert - Was moving up towards being a possible qld bolter while he was up north unitl he moved to the eels and just went downhill from there
Amos Roberts - Was a try scoring freak at penrith then just couldnt keep it rolling at the roosters, similar to firman, harrison, o'meley, etc etc. Maybe they can start singing qld stars in a ploy to finally win back origin as their form will immediatly turn to sh!t when they put on the tri-colours
Jamaal Lolesi - Was very strong at the dogs and was happy to see him doing well being a fellow keebra park high product. Went to the tigers and got played at lock by supercoach sheens and never excelled
Iafette Paleassina (complete guess at the spelling) - kept up his damaging form in england was just disappointed i didnt get to see his charges every week after he left which was always an awesome sight, that and he apparently had a few talks with the cowboys before leavign to england and would have been devasting up front with rauihihi at the time.
Glen Morrison - Same as muckert as never quite being at the same level at the eels as he was in townsville. Left cuz he was sick of being snubbed by nsw selectors even after gould saying he was the best on the paddock during the city v country match. Funnily enough after stating north qld is a black hole for nsw selectors he's replacement in Luke O'Donnell headed up north and walked straight into a sky blue jersey and has been one of the best buys the club has ever made.
Kaufasi & Manukafoa - Out of all the off contracts forwards we could have picked we ended up with these two powder puffs. Kaufasi's menacing 30m gained a match and manese's ability to turn slower then the QE2 proved to be great for us last year :?
Leon Bott - was suppose to be the next matt utai (when he was in his damaging prime) only with more pace. Had a decent debut and remember watching him score a cracker with an explosion of pace then just fell off the radar.
Be dozens more but my brain is fried atm
Wasn't Travis Burns already playing for the Cowboys when Manly won the premiership ?Travis Burns - but was he ever any good?
Just about the only player Manly let go when they won the premiershiP.
cant believe knight fans havent named Mullen or Uate... i know they are both still very young and have plenty of time to live up to the hype, but these guys were supposed to best in their position by now had you listened to knights fans.
But he's proven your rating to be correctFor the Raiders:
Michael Weyman
...Ali Lauititi for mine has to be one of the greatest waste of talents that the game has ever seen....
Bit rich coming from a Raiders fan. Probably the only bunch who prematurely ejaculate over their juniors more than we do.
Will agree with Uate, not with Mullen. He's only 22 and did a good job for us last year. Not the best half in the competition, but then again I never expected that of him.
Brett Firman for sure, he was a good player at the Dragons before coming up to the Cows. He just never seemed to fit in, played one brilliant game against the Panthers and then turned to sh*t again.
Don Malone has played 1 or 2 games in FG and what i saw i was happy with, i dont know how anyone could really be dissapointed with him yet.
He was average in the NRL games I saw him play, was bundled out of touch, dropping balls etc.
I was thinking their may be an attitude problem if he cannot get a starting spot in such an injury depleted backline last year.
i ment no disrepect when saying that, im well aware that when it comes to over-rating ones juniors, its a two horse race between our two fan bases. I mean you only have to look at this thread to see some of the high hopes we've had for some players.
Im just saying, Uate and Mullen were touted as two future INT. players... as far as i can see Mullen is a good player who can occasional look awesome and Uate is a very average winger who can occasionally out sprint people
Amos Roberts - Was a try scoring freak at penrith then just couldnt keep it rolling at the roosters, similar to firman, harrison, o'meley, etc etc. Maybe they can start singing qld stars in a ploy to finally win back origin as their form will immediatly turn to sh!t when they put on the tri-colours
For the Raiders:
Michael Weyman
William Zillman
Todd Carney (I think he is grossly overrated)
Bronx Goodwin
Jermaine Ale
Peter Penia
Other Teams:
Brett Firman
Owen Craigie
Richie Williams
Sonny Bill Williams
Tim Smith