Without your Key player in 2008?

[Inferno]

what about the sharks without kimmo they will go pretty sh*t...
anyone else at the sharks who could hav a major effect on them missin the playoffs???

lol, surely you jest.

I think we could still make it without Gallen to be honest, especially if Thommo gets back to his best.

 

[byrne_rovelli_fan82]

Fall to pieces? Perhaps...after all we only won 1 game without Pricey...great record

 

[effnic]

Matt Bowen is pretty handy also..

Have you seen how Bowen goes when thurston isnt on the field. He is a totally different player, goes missing big time.

 

[Phil McGrawhan]

Have you seen how Bowen goes when thurston isnt on the field. He is a totally different player, goes missing big time.

crap..most games he seems to be the only one trying anything..have a look at the game against the roosters last yr .We scored 30 pts (mostly thanks to Bowen)& still got smashed by 30.
It seems the whole team loses faith in themselves when JT isn't there.
It is a problem(mentally) that Murray has to fix or the same will happen next yr.

 

[Abz]

Every team has a key player and most simply cannot be replaced.

What are your thoughts on who is your Key Player and without them where will you finish.

Melbourne: Smith - Top 8 just
Manly: B. Stewart - 9th or 10th
Cowboys: Thurston - 12th
Warriors: Price - 10th or 11th
Eels: Hindmarsh - 10th or 11th
Bulldogs: SBW - Last
Bunnies: Asotasi - 9th or 10th
Bronc's: Lockyer - 11th or 12th
Tigers: Farrah 15th or 16th
Roosters: Not sure now probably Mason - Miss the 8
Sharks: Gallen IMO - miss the 8
Titans: Prince - 13th or 14th
Dragons: Gaz - 11th or 12th
Raiders: Tongue IMO - 11th or 12th
Knights: Buderus 12th or 13th
Panthers: Big Civ - Won't change there position too much but their heads will go down without their leader

Is there a team outside of Melbourne that if they lose their Key player for the majority of the year can still make the 8 and has it happened previously?

Bulldogs finish last without SBW?
LOL - that'll do me.

 

[watatank]

Dragons hopes rest on the fitness of Ryles IMO. He is definitely the hardest to replace in the team. If he doesn't play most of the season I think 13th or 14th is on the cards just like this year.

 

[effnic]

crap..most games he seems to be the only one trying anything..have a look at the game against the roosters last yr .We scored 30 pts (mostly thanks to Bowen)& still got smashed by 30.
It seems the whole team loses faith in themselves when JT isn't there.
It is a problem(mentally) that Murray has to fix or the same will happen next yr.

Exactly you lost to the roosters by 30 Bowen let in most of those tries.

 

[perverse]

we would challenge for the spoon without buderus on the paddock. i don't think we'll come close with him there though. buderus means a lot more to the knights than just his playing ability.