Who was The most influential player ever?

[expert]

Dally messenger for mine..

 

[HayneKloppter]

You spelt egg spurt incorrectly

 

[Bigcoq]

Dally messenger for mine..

Wanka! Those old time players wouldn't cut it today, No 1 player has ever controlled any game like Cam smith. todays game is that fast and Cam looks like he's got days to make his decisions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He will go down as the best ever, made Thurston and Slater and those around him look super.............. Imagine a team with johns Smith Hayne and SBW in it..

 

[veggiepatch1959]

Eric Simms.

He influenced the NSWRL to decrease the value of a field goal from two points to one.

 

[Danoz Direct]

Why is Lockyer not there?

 

[LeagueXIII]

Steve Mortimer, Terry Lamb, Peter Sterling, Ray Price etc

 

[Through the Lens]

Wanka! Those old time players wouldn't cut it today, No 1 player has ever controlled any game like Cam smith. todays game is that fast and Cam looks like he's got days to make his decisions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He will go down as the best ever, made Thurston and Slater and those around him look super.............. Imagine a team with johns Smith Hayne and SBW in it..

Any one of George Piggins, Noel Kelly, Steve Kneen, Ian Walsh, would have put little Cammy on his bum, to never get up again. it's an illusion perpetrated and sustained by soft rules.

 

[JamesRustle]

Rob Farrah

 

[veggiepatch1959]

I just can't understand all this Dally Messenger fanboy crap.

There wouldn't be one person alive who has actually seen him play in the flesh. And it would be highly doubtful that there is any footage of him playing.

If there is any film, it would be grainy old black and white shit taken from ground level. You'd be lucky to recognise any of the players, let alone Messenger.

To me, the playing prowess of Messenger is written in folklore, handed down over the years and probably exaggerated, just like the "big fish" story.

 

[roostersrule2]

Andrew Johns was often under the influence.

 

[JamesRustle]

Brett Kimmorley was able to influence 6 clubs to sign him up.

 

[Tommy Smith]

I just can't understand all this Dally Messenger fanboy crap.

There wouldn't be one person alive who has actually seen him play in the flesh. And it would be highly doubtful that there is any footage of him playing.

If there is any film, it would be grainy old black and white shit taken from ground level. You'd be lucky to recognise any of the players, let alone Messenger.

To me, the playing prowess of Messenger is written in folklore, handed down over the years and probably exaggerated, just like the "big fish" story.

Perhaps Dally Ms extensive influence upon the game of rugby league has little to do with his playing ability.

This isn't a thread for best player ever.

 

[veggiepatch1959]

Perhaps Dally Ms extensive influence upon the game of rugby league has little to do with his playing ability.

This isn't a thread for best player ever.

Fair enough. But where's the evidence of his influence? Not some hand me down comment from Joe Blow at the Bat And Ball Hotel back in 1915.

It wouldn't be unreasonable to consider some coaches to be a greater influence on the game than any player.

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

Most influential player?

That human shitbag who has the words 'John Ribot' on his passport.

 

[kit66]

I just can't understand all this Dally Messenger fanboy crap.

There wouldn't be one person alive who has actually seen him play in the flesh. And it would be highly doubtful that there is any footage of him playing.

If there is any film, it would be grainy old black and white shit taken from ground level. You'd be lucky to recognise any of the players, let alone Messenger.

To me, the playing prowess of Messenger is written in folklore, handed down over the years and probably exaggerated, just like the "big fish" story.

By "fanboy crap" I'm guessing you mean "history":roll:

Here...... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dally_Messenger
get yourself educated.

Messenger was obviously one of the greatest athletes of his day and his feats widely recognized and recorded. His stats and records ( one record from 1911 only recently broken ) are pretty impressive by any standard with or without film footage to back it up. Legends don't come into being just because of a few delusional fans.

 

[mave]

Captain Cook wasnt influential, cause no-one alive actually saw him land.

 

[dangerousdave]

Wanka! Those old time players wouldn't cut it today, No 1 player has ever controlled any game like Cam smith. todays game is that fast and Cam looks like he's got days to make his decisions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He will go down as the best ever, made Thurston and Slater and those around him look super.............. Imagine a team with johns Smith Hayne and SBW in it..

I just can't understand all this Dally Messenger fanboy crap.

There wouldn't be one person alive who has actually seen him play in the flesh. And it would be highly doubtful that there is any footage of him playing.

If there is any film, it would be grainy old black and white shit taken from ground level. You'd be lucky to recognise any of the players, let alone Messenger.

To me, the playing prowess of Messenger is written in folklore, handed down over the years and probably exaggerated, just like the "big fish" story.

You two have entirely missed the point.

Dally M must be right up there.

Alex Burden anyone? Wasn't he the Glebe player who was injured badly and really got the debate about professionalism and player payments off the ground in NSW?

 

[POPEYE]

If there was a single player responsible for turning Union into a game I can watch he gets my vote

 

[Albert Rosenfeld]

Why is Lockyer not there?

Because he could not tackle anyone bigger than Matty Bowen.

Back in 2004, during the Test match Australia vs France, the French second rower Jamal Fakir, running with the ball, charged straight at Locky, and knocked Locky back 10 feet. Locky landed on his bum looking very pathetic. All the French players were laughing at what happened.

 

[Rhyno]

Hayne