Good for receiving a hiding?
I have faith in Porter.
porter is avg at best kelly and bird as my halves combo strength and speed what a mix
ive seen toyota cup and nsw cup with him playing and he has more talent in his left toe than porters whole body....... i know everyone likes porter but look at his try assists line break assits and trys from last year, not very good numbers ( and yes i do realise that we had injurys sacking ect ) besides kicking he is the same as any players playing park footy
I am not going to defend Porter as that is not the way I really want to go here. My point is that I have seen Kelly play a few NYC games as well, I am going to assume not as many as you but as I am sure you would know the step up to NRL level is something totally different and any NYC superstars still have to adapt and may get lost in this much bigger pond. Just ask Ben Barba. Add to that he is now joining a new team where he must fit in with a new system.
So Albert Kelly may be our long-term option, he shows alot of promise. However I just get a bit sick of everyone on here acting like he is the Messiah because he has performed well in NYC and is Inglis' cousin. He hasn't played one NRL game for any club and hasn't played for our club at any level so it imo it is foolish to rate him over Porter already who really is the first person who has even looked like he could replace Noddy (in patches). But again I do not want to overate or underate Porter. He needs the first opportunity with a full team not under pressure and then if he can't deliver then it is time to look around, possibly in Kelly's direction.
How can you bag porter??..he came into our team and we won four in a row and ran a team around the park that kept competitive in most games which was constantly changing and understrength! Please dont bag him til we see what he can do with a full team that he has ha a proper chance to train an develope with!