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:lol: I still reckon I'd take Sterlo over Kelly.Exactly mate. They would be pretty old now.
:lol: I still reckon I'd take Sterlo over Kelly.Exactly mate. They would be pretty old now.
He wasn't that f**king big. There are plenty of halves bigger than him in today's NRL, including Campese and Sutton. And it is the only place to effectively utilise a player with a good kicking game. Cronin's kicking game would be wasted at centre.
I can't see how he would be wasted at edge forward - they make more runs and tackles than halves or centres. In fact plenty of big backs move to the second row (if they can't play fullback) to get more involved - e.g. Lewis, Bird, SBW, Glenn, Joel Thompson, Smith, Tony Williams, Mannering, Hurrell, Bodene Thompson, McQueen, Scott, Graham.
If anything, Cronin would be wasted at centre. Unless a player is an absolute jet in one-on-one situations (on both sides of the ball) then he is better off playing closer to centrefield, if he's one of your best players.
Ella was so under -rated in that team and his versatility meant he was on the bench for Australia a lot.
in my opinion playing ella and Kenny would be a stronger team than one with Simon
Cronin was bigger than Campese or Sutton. Anyway, I watched Cronin for his entire career. How about you?
It's good because it puts brackets around everything else that you post.
Fair enough. You could be right. But I always thought (sacrilege, I know) that Steve Ella was just ever so slightly over-rated.
I think Kenny and Cronin were both better centres than Ella. And Simon's kicking game gives him an edge at five-eight. I think he would bring another dimension to that incredible back-line.
Cronin played at around 90kgs from my recollection, but looked big because the average size of players then was much smaller. I don't think we had a forward over 95kgs in the 1982 Grand Final.
Sutton is 105kgs, Campese about 100kgs.
Obviously, if Mick did the weights work currently used he would have been bigger, but he didn'.t.
Cronin played at around 90kgs from my recollection, but looked big because the average size of players then was much smaller. I don't think we had a forward over 95kgs in the 1982 Grand Final.
Sutton is 105kgs, Campese about 100kgs.
Obviously, if Mick did the weights work currently used he would have been bigger, but he didn'.t.
I would have Kenny at 5/8 and Crow/Zip in the centres
In todays game it might be different but Sterlo did enough at half back to control the team and do all the kicking, all Kenny had to do was score tries which he did with ease
You dont need two half backs if you got Sterlo
Who do you think were the best two players out of Kenny, Ella and Cronin?
yehThe zip zip man was that ella?
Okay, so he was big compared to the average player back then. So you don't think (with extra weights, supplements and training) he's be big compared to the players now?
Anyway, I think he was a great centre (the best I've ever seen) and I think he'd be a great centre today. You don't agree?
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Sure, but it wouldn't make him taller than 5'10", unless he bought some of those lengthening pills on the internet.