Ghostface Killah
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Defends as well as Joey or Freddy and his kicking is as good as Joey but yeah not on his level elsewhere.Look if he drastically improves every aspect of his game outside of his kicking then still no.
Cleary is a good defender but he’s not on Joey’s level there either. Joey would pick up and dump big blokes on their ass weekly.Defends as well as Joey or Freddy and his kicking is as good as Joey but yeah not on his level elsewhere.
Those great tackles would be penalties nowCleary is a good defender but he’s not on Joey’s level there either. Joey would pick up and dump big blokes on their ass weekly.
Both fantastic defensively in their positions, but different styles. Joey put on more big hits, where Nathan is still strong one on one, it's his cover defence that is the standout. Very hard to call one as better than the other defensively.Cleary is a good defender but he’s not on Joey’s level there either. Joey would pick up and dump big blokes on their ass weekly.
Johns was an outstanding halfback no doubt. But he only really dominated at State of Origin level occasionally. Don’t get me wrong when he did dominate it was awesome… but he wasn’t even the first choice halfback at times… eg Toovey was selected ahead of him.
If Cleary can steer the Blues to more series victories, and dominate Qld for the most part, he’s got a chance of bettering Johns. He was selected young, and with a few series under his belt… absolutely caned Qld this year. And was sorely missed in game 3… and we lost.
Like Captain Apollo said, it’s too early to assess but nonetheless a good topic to chew over.
Cleary hasn't dominated QLD though.
Turbo, teddy and latrell have.