Benji Marshalls his focus
July 21st 2008 08:09
Try and and stop me - Marshall was full of running against the Rabbitohs
No kid ever feels like going to school when Benji Marshall plays.
Nor do they want to get an education. These kids want to be just like Benji.
Marshall was recently voted the second most overrated player in the NRL. Yep, the player that single handily produced the pass of the century in front of over 80,000 fans in the 2005 grand final.
Yep, him.
Those who voted on the poll were probably on crack, praying to satin in a bid to keep one of the most exciting players in league off the field.
While Marshall and co. will be growing tired of getting hit in the face by such comments, there is a period now were Marshall will have three things stopping him from achieving league immortality.
Injury, his Kiwi background and being 'overrated'.
No matter how racist that sounds, please find me a kiwi player that was named in league's top 100 players of the century.
Stacey Jones did not make it, neither did Ruben Wiki. Enough said.
To Marshall's credit, the man simply got bored of bull***t. He thrust his nuts on the table against the Rabbitohs yesterday and made them pay.
Many have lured him in the corner to produce miracles week in week out. Peer Pressure can be bad for you kids.
Like getting threatened to get your skin ripped to bone marrow, Marshall always had something up his sleeve for critics and journo's alike.
After yesterday's performance, all are praising his efforts, crazed by the turnaround of a team that had lost its previous four games on the trot.
On the field, Marshall was a maniac. Taping the ball from his own twenty or throwing no look 'air Jordon' passes, like an angry teenager full of rage.
Whether he was boosted by the criticism remains questionable. No doubt Marshall was influenced by his burning desire to support everyone that supports him.
In the end, that was the excuse that led to an overwhelming performance from Benji. To the point that South Sydney became bereft and isolated from the belief that steered them to five wins on the trot.
Marshall's performance will now compel the rest of his unit to excel in the football we know the Tigers can play.
Prior to yesterdays game, many expelled the Tigers chances to produce against the pride of the league itself.
But Tim Sheens raised his boys to fight, beating up any psychiatrist who reminds them about the past four weeks.
Like Marshall, the Tigers and Sheens are smothered in belief and attitude. Conversations between the latter are full of optimism and passion.
When the side emerged on to the surfaces of ANZ stadium, Marshall's face was far from lenient, ignoring everything that surfaced in the past few days.
While his fame all over schools across QLD and NSW remains true, Marshall will always have people not fond with a football in his hand.
The allowance of having to see the Kiwis superstar tormenting opposition flips all who watch.
Slowly but surely, Marshall is wrestling out of his trench coat, eager to silence all who doubt his capabilities.
Judging by yesterday's effort, he is going about it the right way.
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