The way he faded concerns me and the reality came to the fore, which is, he isn’t one of the best 10 halfbacks. He was bought as a moneyball signing and definitely improved the team, but his ability to improve has to be seriously questioned and doubted. We need him to improve a lot or get someone like Hunt, if we want to move further up the ladder.
Sexton "faded" is a myth, people keep repeating it as if it is a proven fact, when as the stats show it's not;
Round 28 Manly, the 2nd most run metres in his season (much better than his season average), the 2nd most post contact metres, the most tackle breaks, 2nd most try assists and did not miss a single tackle.
Round 27 Toonsville, his most kicked metres in the season by some margin, scored his only try, made his only line break, run metres better than his season average, kick metres better than his season average and he only missed 2 tackles.
Round 26 Manly, 2nd most kicked metres in his season, 2 forced drop outs, 1 try assist, 1 tackle break, and was on his average running metres,
In summary the stats show the last 3 games in the season he bested most of his season averages, some by quite some margin. That's not my definition of "faded".
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