Popelord, I think it was admirable of Monk to come out and state his opinion at the time about Jack and now putting his hand up and saying yep that was me and that is what I believed at the time rather than hiding under a rock.
I think after that Port Game in 2008 when he bagged 6, Many of us thought Cleve would be the next king of the forward line, also I reckon a lot of us thought Jack was a little soft and slow at the start of his career and knew he had some work to do. To his credit, Jack put in the hard yards, got rid of the yips and is now a Coleman medallist. Who would have predicted that two years ago?? Not me that’s for sure.
There are many here who fly under the radar and are too scared to post their opinion in case they get proven wrong later. Monk is not one of them. Sometimes we're right, sometimes we're wrong, but it takes a fair bit of intestinal fortitude to make detailed predictions on individuals that seriously leave you open to potential ridicule.
If we all reserved judgment until such time that it is a safe bet to give an accurate opinion, this forum would be as boring as Bat Poo.
I think We all have gotten it wrong here at some stage or another (except for Jackstar
) and if you dig deep enough I'm sure you'll find plenty of dirt to dish out. Just start with the prediction threads over the past 4 or 5 years.
