Recent content by Taylforth

Much appreciate your concise report, for those of us who can’t get to these games. Thx Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Much appreciate your concise report, for those of us who can’t get to these games. Thx Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We created 6 or so line breaks in the first 65-70 minutes and really outplayed Penrith much of the time. Could not just “ice” any of those LB opportunities. Too many frustrating errors at critical times in good attacking positions. Just releasing all the pressure, we had built quite well. At a...

Agree re Hutch. Yes he’s solid and steady. But yesterday against the Tigs, saw too many sets that went nowhere with no clear direction. Of course it’s not all Hutch’s fault. Occasionally does some nice stuff but rarely see him scheming to change direction of the attack or initiate/direct...

Guys like him will attract others in future to come to our club and strongly influence our gun juniors coming through.

Where does this case end for NRL clubs? Does it mean that every time some squad player gets the hump over some training aspect that he cannot do or does not suite him, where he perhaps arguably feels bullied or intimidated, then he lawyers up & prosecutes the club for compensation? He can...

After watching the replay of our Knights game a couple of times, I must say, I was quite impressed by Taafe’s 12-13 minutes @ HB. Short though it was, he was out there chirping away, heavily involved and let the ball reach our back line several times utilising our weapons. Resulting in a try on...

And one thing is for sure, he is hugely unlikely to ever play NRL level again nor will any club sign him with that history. Sounds like someone got in his ear about “lawyering up” and “sue the bastards”. Bad decision. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Agree. What that whole sad exercise proved, was that the physical / mental standards & expectations of an NRL player were not something Topine could handle nor meet. Handy NSW cup player but not suited to NRL. Goodbye & good luck. Hope our lawyers can avoid a long expensive drawn out case.

I think you’re right re Skelton. I bit like Hayward, (HB/hooker) to get considered and noticed he may need to develop more flexible positional skills. But agree he needs to be somehow given a shot at NRL level.

Couldn’t agree more. Widely varying opinions on TK, but am also of the view that Taafe/Sexton are clearly better options than Hutch, until O’Neil is ready. I also feel we need to get players like Suluka-Fifita, Tetevano, Hoffman consistently back on the field asap to bolster our forward pack...

Yes those 2 matches should have been Dogs wins. IMO blew good chances with both. Hopefully we learnt from that, how to close out matches. However what’s done is done. Need to look to matches ahead Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yep good move for Hayze. I think he’ll do well. He should take it if offered. No future @ Bulldigs for Hayze anymore. Agree re the others however Tetevano is an odd one. Recent recruit and yet to play NRL (injury still?). Not totally clear why we bought him so late in his career Sent from my...

Yes we can only assume CC/JT have something planned here, as the attacking and defensive prowess of our team is now accelerating exponentially each week. Hutch doesn’t seem to fit attack-wise IMO. He essentially plays somewhat like Flanno when he was with us. Reasonable/good defence & doing...

Yep ecstatic at last after so many years of gloom. Gives a real lift to the weekend. Each game we now regularly seeing 7-8 players running 100m or more. Really getting some go forward and finally winning >50% possession share. Missed tackles this week have been kept under 10% again. Yay...