In the Spotlight - Round 7

Well hello there, we meet again.

A sincere welcome to Round 7 of the In The Spotlight.

BOOM! POW! WHAAAAMMY! Just thought I'd throw in some action-packed words to get you pumped up for this week's extra-special* edition

*isn't extra-special, it's just a regular edition.

As I like to do, I'll start by taking a look at last week's victims. In the case of Trent Hodkinson, victim is right.Didn't the little cartoon character have a Barry Crocker?? No doubt the Saints defended incredibly well, but perhaps Trent from Canterbury and Trent from Punchy could have swapped places at halftime, at least then the halfback would have brought some variety to the table. Laurie ‘the Chicken Schnozztell" Daley has some serious thinking to do in regards to his NSW halves, that's for sure.

Onto big, bad James Tamouuuu-that-really-hurt. Not bad. 12 runs for 107 metres isn't spectacular reading, but he helped lay a platform for Jonathon Thurston to weave his magic wand. JT even had some time to play some sparkling footy as well. Not sure Jimbo has the attention if Origin selectors yet, but he's capable of much greater things and hopefully he can re-discover his 2012 form.

Onwards and upwards in Round 7 we go.

James Roberts

This bloke's so quick, Usain Bolt rides him to work. Talk about rapid.Last week J-Rob (like J-Lo, except male and much faster) scored a hat-trick, including a blinding intercept where he grabbed the ball, literally ran up the field and back six times and was finishing up a plate of scones and pot of tea by the time the defence realised where the ball had went.I think Chrissy Sandow's still standing there looking dazed and confused. So the challenge for Roberts is clear; keep up this excellent form and Blues selectors may just pencil you in for game one.I'll put in a good word for you if you do.*

*Translation: I'll post up a tweet about it, but I literally have no authority, anywhere.

James Maloney

"Gimme all ya money, mister. I'm James Maloney and my name is an ideal 1950's bank-robber moniker."

James, James, James. Now I know the last three subjects of ITS have all been named James, it's not that I'm biased against the name, it's just the way it goes. Alright, now I've comprehensively cleared that one up, onto the Chooks play-maker. It would probably be cruel to describe Maloney's output in the halves of late as ‘five-eighths of f***-all,' but it's a semi-humourous play on the position name, and it's actually pretty accurate.

Granted, he was a bee's appendage away from winning the Roosters the game against Brisbane last week with his field goal attempt, but if your Aunt had balls, she'd be your uncle.

This week the eternally bruised and bleeding Maloney heads down to Melbourne to face a well-drilled, resilient Storm outfit. Can Jimmy light a fire in Cooper Cronk's village? Let's wait and see.

Ciao.