Parramatta Eels: Reagan Campbell-Gillard, Clinton Gutherson, Junior Paulo and Maika Sivo
Gutho clearly are best player this year followed by Paulo in my opinion. I don't know how Sivo made the list.
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RCG, Gutho and Junior are hard to separate, but Gutho has been the most consistent for the entire year.
Sivo...yeah, nah, not this year.
Sivo went ok I don't know what some of you guys want out of the poor bloke. He was clearly targeted on kick returns with 3 and 4 in tackles. Some of you guys have a really weird idea that if a winger isn't running in 80 meter tries every week he's shit. His last half of the year was quieter but that had more to do with the team then him. If we let him go to a team like the storm he'd probably score 50 tries and you'd all complain about letting him go.
Last year Sivo was being positioned by Gutherson so he could get one on one on kick returns. That hasn't happened this year for some reason. I'm not talking about a halfback who needs to learn how to play under pressure - a winger is usually only as good as how he is utilised by his playmakers. Corey Oates is an effective winger but he's looked shit this year in the games he's played.
Sivo has his limitations but he's good at what he does and he's not someone we should be discarding. We just need to use him better and more effectively. He's also not our issue defensively - he's not a bad defender at all and he and Jennings have kept a pretty good edge statistically
Mate we are living in this year not 20 years ago. Sivo needs more involvement. 80 meters is very poor. I will let him be for his defensive issues because he is still learning the game and that will come with experiences. However, getting involved in a game is about effort and attitude, which is something all players must have to play in the NRL.