dallymessenger said:
yep, it was campese id mixed up with in the cowboys game
im not saying carney is a poor player. i just think hes young yet for origin. let him establish himself as a top half in the nrl.
having mullen and carney halves for nsw against lockyer and thurston?
i know what you're saying and realistically 2009 is probably the aim for Carney as a NSW player but for mine Mullen and Carney would be just as good a bet as anything else NSW can throw up.
Bird and Anasta arnt 5/8ths arseholes, Orford chokes in big games, Wing at half is just as risky, Kimmorley's been tried and failed. TBH theres not much to work with, my theory is throw the young blokes to the wolves, Mullen's main issue was his kicking game, Carney has a sublime long kicking game, will take alot of pressure off Mullen in that regard, both are execellent runners of the football and can distribute well enough.
Would they win SOO? Probably not, but then again what halves combination in the state is capible of standing up to Thursty-Lockyer? IMO, if they are fit and in reasonable form, with the quality players around them that NSW have, Mullen - Carney is as good a hope as any for NSW