How \u2018angry\u2019 Ivan wake-up call, unsung hero saved Panthers<\/a><\/p>\nCronk is one of the best halfbacks to ever play rugby league, so he\u2019s well credentialed to breakdown Moses\u2019 game.<\/p>\n
Cronk says Moses\u2019 \u201ckicking game has gone to another level\u201d, highlighting two plays from the win over Brisbane to prove it. <\/p>\n
In the first play, Moses put in a kick on fifth tackle which was cleaned up by the Broncos. Cronk then showed a play with the Eels in a similar set up attacking the Broncos line.<\/p>\n
In this instance, Moses noticed Broncos winger Josiah Karapani up in the line, so the Eels star put up a pinpoint chip kick which was chased by Zac Lomax to score. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat play is on an absolute dime. What he\u2019s done is that he\u2019s taking mental notes. Next time I\u2019m coming down this side, I\u2019m doing this,\u201d Cronk said.<\/p>\n
Another play which was highlighted occurred in the second half, but was again the Eels\u2019 right side setting up for an attack on the Broncos line.<\/p>\n
Cronk explains: \u201cHe gets the ball and looks and realises that Karapani is sat back now because Lomax is a threat from a kick so Moses goes, \u2018you know what, I\u2019m pulling out the other play\u2019, and he hits centre Will Penisini with the out ball and takes advantage of the winger being back.\u201d<\/p>\n
After taking advantage of Broncos winger Josiah Karapani being up in the line to set up a first half try, in the second half here, Mitch Moses sees Karapani deep and keeps it through the hands, leading to another Eels try.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n
Again, Lomax was the beneficiary, scoring in the corner.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is the level that every halfback needs to get to. To take mental notes early in the game to then take advantage of it late,\u201d Cronk said. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou think about how close that game was as well. Mitchell Moses just nailed it as well. Such high footy IQ\u201d<\/p>\n
While this team will only go as far as Moses takes them, Johns pointed out another key player that deserves plenty of recognition.<\/p>\n
Starting the season with the Warriors, the versatile Dylan Walker was granted an early release by the New Zealand club to return to Sydney and sign with the Eels.<\/p>\n
Playing as a ball-playing middle forward, Walker has opened up the Eels\u2019 attack according to Johns.<\/p>\n
\u201cDylan Walker has been an exceptional pick up. When talking about the strain they were under at the start of the year when they couldn\u2019t get their attack going, when Walker arrived from the Warriors, the moment he operated,\u201d Johns said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he\u2019s been among the best signings this year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dylan Walker has been great in a middle forward role for Parra.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Cronk then paid Walker the ultimate compliment a lock in today\u2019s game can receive. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s only one Isaah Yeo but I tell you what, Dylan Walker is doing a very good job,\u201d Cronk said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe can be a little pass happy in my opinion but this is a guy who played for the Blues and Kangaroos in the centres. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s now moved into the middle of the field and playing his best footy.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Hall of Fame halfback says that the Eels are a \u201c15 to 16 point better side\u201d when…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,689,651,9124,29380,11101,11096,4463,29383,2105,29381,4556,22396,4744,29379,18656,29382,22326,761,762,673,1736,158,677,9112,29384,701,29378,85,670,29377],"class_list":["post-31359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-brisbane","tag-chris-hyde","tag-club-games","tag-cooper-cronk","tag-daniel-nuttall","tag-dylan-walker","tag-four-time-premiership-winner","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-healthy-arrogance","tag-jason-ryles","tag-key-player","tag-kicking-game","tag-legend-pinpoints","tag-matty-johns","tag-mental-notes","tag-mitchell-moses","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-new-south-wales","tag-new-zealand","tag-nrl","tag-oceania","tag-parramatta-eels","tag-pinpoint-chip-kick","tag-queensland","tag-rookie-coach","tag-sports","tag-sydney","tag-valuable-players"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}