Best forward today was Carvell, by a country mile.

Yes, the same person who hardly took the ball up in the first half, and when he did, he looked ####ed.
I made a point of watching Waterhouse today, and once again, I was underwhelmed for someone who arrived with such a big reputation
I'm not in the habit of slagging our players off, but as I said earlier, he leaves me cold. He'll still get my support, though.

I don't have an issue with the guy's defence, I'm just not seeing an NRL leading player, with Test match experience, that's getting a big contract (I presume).

On this, I will agree. Must have run Atkins (who was SUPERB) close, for MoM

He'll come good just wait, like King

I sort of agree with lefty, Waterhouse is like Nikau or Rauhihi , he's not bad but I thought he would be more given that he was a top player in the NRL and played for the Kangaroos and State of Origin etc.

I would rate Darren Burns and Sid Domic above him and neither of them were close to being rep players in Australia.

Having said that if you went back to the first season Michael Monaghan and Matt King were here I would have said the same about them, and they went on to be top players from their second season with us.

Superb defence and starting to come good in attack.

Most tackles, second most marker tackles, second most offloads, second most tries among the forwards. His metres and carries are about average for our pack. All in a brand new team.

Still, he leaves Lefty 'cold'.

Yes he does leave me cold.
His stats are good, as he's not been injured/suspended yet, so he plays every game.
When he starts replicating his NRL form/reputation, then I'll start praising him.
Until then, as I say, I wont slag him off

This. Definately my MOM.

I quite like durable players who don't get suspended or injured.

Trent was great today

Good point better to have a reliable player who can stay fit rather than a crock who play well once in blue moon

According to Sporting Life today, Tony Smith thought he had a great game. That will do for me.

Trent leaving people cold with the stats he has, 'kin hell imagine what he'd be like if the fans were actually loving him, i rate the guy, does the dirty stuff very well.

The guy was immense today - great defense, great going forward good offloads - I dont get why people expect a player just to slot into a new team in a new country. Look how long it took King and Monaghan.