Best player in his position in the world, on form, is Josh Hodgson. Can't believe I'm typing that.

Yes, right now I'd say him and Jake Granville are top dogs.

Fair play.

I'm sure Jake Friend and Cameron Smith would have a thing or two to say about that!

Maybe they would, but I can't argue with richardviking there. JH has been superb.



And surely, Jake Granviille, rather than Jake Friend?

Cr@p is Widdop.

Just a try, 2 conversions and 2 penalties in a victory against an albeit depleted, nevertheless top of the table Melbourne Storm.

Depleted doesn't really do it justice - their starting 1,4,6,7 and 9 were missing, which is horrendous for any team - but particularly Melbourne who's whole game plan is built around set structures around their spine. Once you take Cronk and Smith out of that Melbourne side, there's not much left, the next level of players are Chambers (out long term injured), Munster and Green, who were pulled out last minute, leaving only really Jessie Bromwich (genuinely class) and at a push Proctor and Koriabete as top drawer players. The other 14 players from this weekend were generally squad men at absolute best.



And St George still made hard work of it, and as always Widdop looked at his usual unspectacular average best... He's try came from a rubbish chip kick attempt of his that bounced of a defenders back and into his arms in open space - hardly a creative masterstroke.

St. George always make hard work of it.

Whatever, apart from the fact that he'd stroll into any SL team in our comp even at his usual unspectacular average best.....

With the current state of standard in Super League, particularly in the halves, it's hardly a ringing endorsement that he'd get a game over here...

He's a steady Eddie every day of the week.... He has the odd good game, but more often than not, he's just a plodder a longer.... No frills, will rarely win you a game, will rarely lose you a game..... He's certainly showing he's no game manager.

And just to add to the point about the Melbourne team at the weekend - they had a squad man 2nd rower in Kenny Bromwich at hooker, an 8ft, 20 stone 2nd row in Tohu Harris at 6, an 18 year old kid on debut at 7, a reserve grade winger playing fullback and a reserve grade 2nd row playing his first NRL game in 3 years. If ever there was a game for Widdop to stand up and own a game, this was it.... He didn't... As per usual...

And yet they keep picking him. Do these Aussies know nothing!?

The Dragons are a conundrum. They continually seem to be less than the sum of their parts. Widdop and Marshall, whatever you say, are by no means the worst pair of halves in the NRL, they have two of the most potent strike players in the comp in Dugan and Nightingale, decent go-forward from the likes of Ah Mau, Cooper, and Frizell (rated highly enough to get an Origin start) , and yet... again and again they fail to trouble the scoreboard.