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Crocombe v Bennett

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diehardmariner
October 10, 2023, 11:26am
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From memory, Crocombe took a good number of games before he won the crowd over.  His first seven games brought just four points.  He came in during that shitty mid-season run and didn't look to be a significant upgrade on McKeown.  Once he settled in and with a settled backline he began to look an improvement.

Eastwood looked absolutely fine and indeed an upgrade in the early games of the season, especially with a settled and first choice back-line ahead of him.  He's wobbled a bit since but the whole defence has looked shaky.

Still too early to say if he's an improvement or not.  He's also playing at a level higher than when Crocombe first came into the team.  Crocombe, much like Eastwood I'm going to guess, is a confidence player and suffered highs and lows with his form whilst here.  I dare say he'll do the same at Burton and is riding the crest of a wave at the minute, good on him.
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Do we have the wage budget for Bennett, or the desire to give Crocombe a shirt unchallenged as first choice, and hope he signs sometime before the season starts? Probably not.

I don't think I remember any posts last year saying Crocombe was doing great, or that renewing him was the right thing given what we know about the pre-season talks. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but I don't think anyone would have done much different from Hurst on that front.


I asked a question would we be stronger not if Hurst was right or wrong.

I answered it myself Bennett is better than Waterfall and Crocombe is better than what we have.

Not everything is a dig at Hurst.


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If anyone is interested, there were 3 Bennetts playing, all at the same time.


2 Gordon's, 3 Bennetts at one-point!
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I'm no common sewer, but I thought what a difference our defence would be with Ryan Bennett.

He hardly made one bad pass all evening.

Surely still worth pursuing.
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I'm no common sewer, but I thought what a difference our defence would be with Ryan Bennett.

He hardly made one bad pass all evening.

Surely still worth pursuing.


I think the young uns call this.......Simping


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Thought Bennett was allowed so much time he nearly went to sleep.

Could not really assess whether his performance was good or just never challenged. His side did go 2-0 down however and lost.

Crocombe kicking distribution was much improved
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Quoted from grimsby pete


I asked a question would we be stronger not if Hurst was right or wrong.

I answered it myself Bennett is better than Waterfall and Crocombe is better than what we have.

Not everything is a dig at Hurst.


Oh right. My mistake. I didn't realise we were doing that.

Would we be better with John Stones, and Aaron Ramsdale? Hell yeah.
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