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For all his kennel brothers and sisters here is a photo of Izzy Forreal. I would also like to say we have all taken great comfort in reading your posts over the last day. He really was a great man who had a heart of gold. Someone I was proud to call my dad. Thank you all again for your kind...

yes I'm his wife, thank you for your wishes

Izzy lost his battle with cancer after five and a half long years.

Hi everyone out there in Bulldog land, Just letting everyone know that Izzy Forreal passed away at 12:33pm today after a five and a half year battle with cancer. He is laying down in his bulldog t-shirt ready for his final match. The one thing that put a smile on his face, regardless of the...

When? Or do we have to think up a more boring departure first?

Hmm, sounds interesting.

You're not wrong bro. :grinning::grinning::grinning::grinning:

This would be he worst news report ever other than to hear Kim Jong-un was elected as Australia's prime minister.

Good on you Jammer, you've given the Bulldogs everything you could have given them as a player and leader. His little chat with Ray Dib didn't sound real warm and comforting: "My first reaction to my meeting with Ray was surprise and disappointment". Anyway, best wishes for the St...

With all the flak that we've had to fly through regarding the salary cap disaster I'd say that the only new stars we're shelling out for would be Woods and maybe Foran. But... if Hasler is shown the door and collects his termination payout as he walks through it I'm doubtful about signing...

A very well balanced recruitment and retention. The thing that hits me more than anything is two current captains who who wouldn't take a backward step on the field, but are leaving the club while they are still captains. IMO that's a real big indication that the football club is being badly...

So James Graham is really on the way out eh?. When I saw his face after the St George match all I thougt was: "Good on you mate, you're one one of the best we've had around this joint and we won't be picking up another one as good as you too easily".

So would I. When he's under pressure he always comes up with the goods. He just might be that rockstar that has been talked about for so long.

I would have thought that the mentoring would have been a more low key thing. The way I interpret your description of it its like a high pressure "you have to make e all the grades" or you're out. The fact that some people do like to read their own headlines is a sad but true situation...

Through the clubs junior systems there are so manny top gun young players produced. Its just my opinion but I think its sad that such a large percentage of them seem to go through this "personal Issues" problem. Is it drugs, is it money or is it both? I'm no guru but I think a mentoring...

If the Mozzles are here next season I'd say Josh Morris for sure. JMoz is playing his best football for a while now and is showing real passion in what he does, The reason I've said no to Josh Jackson is that he is playing great football now and is leading the team with a bit of mongrel...

Okay, his defence could be better but lets balance out that with his attacking ability. That cross kick he put in for Reynolds to score was a cracker, and not too many of our fellas can do that. Also he can break tackles and throw a top pass for a support player to score. On top of that he...

This perfectly sums up his tenure at the Bulldogs. A total failure.

Thanks for that. Sorry, I was being too formal with "opium" :), I've also heard him as Opie.

What a huge loos Donny Singe was... A motivational speaker and elite fitness coach. When he came to the Bulldogs his job description had obviously been changed.

Okay, Chris Anderson's nick name is opium (a slow working dope) but I agree with him on this one. I've got that feeling that Foran's hamstring injuries are as bad now as when he got them.

The ISP side named on 29 August had Tom Carr and Tyrone Phillips named as wingers. In the first grade line up dated 29 August, Holland was given the no.23 jersey and was the last cab on the rank in reserves. The fact that Hasler had named him gave me the idea that he would be the replacement...

Although Chase Stanley is a good right wing or centre I don't think he goes well on the left side. Hasler likes Holland so in that regard I think Stanley will be dropped off and Holland will take his place. If this happens we will at least have a decent goal kicker which will be a real big...

If BMoz is out the outside backs will be: Hoppa Holland JMoz Brenko Montoya At least we will have a decent goal kicker in the side, so all we need to do is score tries and not give away penalties.

Very true Raysie, but for the Bulldogs a high percentage goal kicker is a must. In recent matches its been a case of they score one and kick the goal, then we score one and miss the goal. Then bugger me the opposition get a penalty and pot another goal which puts them four points in front...

I reckon you're right about Hasler flamebouyant, but I'm hoping like hell he will just be a memory in 2018. So in 2018 lets say we've got a new coach, a salary cap that's choking us and therefore no extra money to spend on new players. I won't pretend to know what sort of contract deals...

Here's discussion 45,001 Mr I... :grinning::grinning: BMoz was bought as our you beaut, watch him go fullback but his body failed the physical. Hoppa was bought as right centre but had to fill in for BMoz at fullback. Goes well but... And now we have Moses who is an excellent running back...

Yeah... its strange how a very hurtful truth can be so easily forgotten. Personally I think If we do end up with Woods and Foran the NSW Cup is the only "club" we can go shopping from to get new first graders. It looks as though they're pretty well clued up on that too as they seem to be...

I agree with you re the Mozzles. Josh was terrific in attack but his defence was even better. Now Josh's knees are gone. He can only run a straight line with his swerve and step just a memory. Brett can still strut his stuff to a certain extent but his knees are letting him down badly...

No doubt about it. The best that Des can hope for on his report card is "FAIL".

There isn't an NRL club in the comp that would raise a finger to help the Bulldogs. Just my opinion but as I see it the other fifteen clubs are just sitting back with a big smirk waiting for the Dogs to stagger away from their own train wreck and be a non competitive outfit until at least...

Dammit! You beat me to it.:grinning::grinning::grinning:

QUOTE "Canterbury’s poor on-field performances have not helped with the players they were hoping to move on now becoming less attractive. Rival clubs are also aware of the Bulldogs overspending, so they hope they can capitalise by securing a bargain buy". UNQUOTE "Securing a bargain buy..."...

Personally I'd like Jammer to stay on, especially as Kasiano is going and some idiots might pick up Eastwood. But bugger it... NRL is a multi million dollar business and our salary cap has stretched to bursting point. So yeah, if the Warriors want Jammer we have to let him go.

Personally I'd like Jammer to stay on, especially as Kasiano is going and some idiots might pick up Eastwood. But bugger it... NRL is a multi million dollar business and our salary cap has stretched to bursting point. So yeah, if the Warriors want Jammer we have to let him go.

Annd worst of all the prick has dragged it along to Belmore.

Yeah. If all our forwards were as bad as RFM we would have a pretty decent pack... In attack and defence..

Genuinely looking forward to to your follow up post DT. For the Bulldogs to play the way they have for the last couple of seasons something smells real bad at the top end of Belmore Town.

I've never put myself up as being the sharpest tool in the shed so I can't see anyone putting his hand up to be any organisation's CEO where he is going to have his reputation trashed by the sitting board and its chairman. What has happened at the Bulldogs thanks to Ray Dib and Des Hasler has...

Fair dinkum, what we've got here is "Fawlty Towers Football". But the question that demands an answer is: "Who is Basil"? Des Hasler can be blamed for a good part of it which is naming players whose bodies are starting to creak as youthful players with plenty of miles (kilometres?) left on...

He sure has. Any chance of a cremation before season's end?:):)

With all the appropriate amount of fanfare Todd Greenberg announced to all and sundry that Des would have everything to do with football +while he would look after the the money side of the deal. Everyone said hooray and were very happy. The thing that I can't get my head around is that if...

Personally I think Hasler and Fulton wold be be a great combination. They're both one man bands with a mindset an ICBM couldn't shift. The explosion that happens when they come together will be a ripper. But lets look on the bright side. At Belmore (or wherever) Hasler has set up the...

If Dib does sneak his way through the next election and remains as our chairman how can Hasler be given the benefit of the doubt? There is no doubt. Hasler is already a tried and proven failure. Any rugby league coach that uses prop forwards as first receivers has lost the plot big time...

For me this one is a simple but sad decision. When he arrived he was certainly something different. He was the hardest man we've had since the Dogs of War. This is just my opinion but I think that the referees killed him physically. Jammer copped enough high shots to have half of our...

Gotenks you're right on the money. I don't believe it. I thought that I was the only one who thought that the other team had more players than us. In a way they have got more than us as they are able to cover more ground than us. Simply because they are that much more fit than us and find...

A pair of gutter rats who are lining their pockets with as much cash as they can while they watch the Bulldogs, a once proud club, crash and burn. That is two conscienceless bastards who have taken power over a spineless Board of Directors who are too gutless to make a positive move against the...

You're dead right Spoonman84. Graham and Tolman are players who are aiways selected no matter what they do game in game out.. Fair enough they may have the "want to do it" in their hearts but their bodies are too slow and worn out to take the hammering they cop every week. Okay, Brenko Lee...

From what I read the Philadelphia Athletics had nothing and Connie Mack was able to make something out of nothing. So okay... he did good. But we all know the Bulldogs did have good players doing pretty good things. Then along came Des and with his total dedication to fucking up what was...

And you fucking broke it!

Kasiano will be out injured. He copped a sternum injury and it takes longer than a week to recover from one. I think Francis Tualau will take his place on the bench. I hope Hasler gives him plenty of minutes because he will give it his best shot. I'll probably get the shoot him at dawn...

Which is something our backline will never have to worry about.

I reckon rumours are great, because for a little while they lift the gloom of reality. Sometimes they turn out to be what really happens. It would be great if the bit about Des was fair dinkum. :):):)

Which would be great if there was a bottomless drop in front of him.

I think we can forget about them playing shit football because of Kasiano and Reynolds leaving. Its a lot simpler than that. The entire squad has no morale. There's no spirit at all in our team and that's thanks to Hasler being a dud coach making our guys the comp's easy beats. All...

I voted that Hasler will be here until the end of 2019. Why? This season is gone. If he was going to get the flick it would have happened by now. But unfortunately the Board don't want to look more stupid than they are already by reneging on his contract extension and paying him out...

In attack Brenko reads the situation so well. If a try is on for himself he'll just go for it. Otherwise he has the ability to fire a pass under pressure to a support player who usually scores. The only way we will learn under Hasler is when he plays with another club and cuts us to pieces.

Just a little comparison... For away games Hasler demands the Bulldogs have their own team room for breakfast. He doesn't want players "distracted" by fans, or eating unsanctioned food at the hotel buffet. Luke Lewis has a sausage roll and can of coke on game day. The Sharks veteran is in...

Except for wasting David Klemmer at lock this is about the best line up Hasler could have come up with. That's why I'm waiting for Thursday's late mail to tell us that Lichaa will start at 9 and Magic Moses will be at 7. At the back end of his lowest year as Bulldogs coach there's no way...

And lets not forget that Josh Morris started the game with a dud knee. So with Reynolds shoulder injury being a first tackle situation we were never going to be in it at the end with both halves and our left centre gone. Our forwards went well with Jammer putting in a real big one.

That's exactly what will happen. I got a bit confused with what his new deal is though. I don't know if Ray Dib and his merry men are going to increase Des's salary or extend his extension another couple of years. Either way I know we'll just love it. :):):)

Geoff Toovey as Bulldogs coach? No, not a real good idea. But there's always room for compromise. Tooves would make a great Public Relations Officer. He is just the man to bring the Bulldogs, the NRL and the Referees Association together in harmonious agreement. Especially when there is...

I'd love to see this happen but I can't see it going through. The solution is just too simple. Will Jim Dymock be put in as the caretaker coach and what will be Ray Dib's future?

The coaching problem the Raiders have is Ricky Stewart, not Dean Pay. Stewart''s previous win percentage before the Raiders is: Roosters 61% - Sharks 42% - Eels 21%. And that is not much to be proud of. Blaming Dean Pay for the way the Raiders are traveling now is like blaming Jim Dymock if...

I've gone for Dean Pay on the prviso that Jim Dymock is the Assistant Coach. This is a must do. Together these two guys played for the Dogs of War and won a premiership. Firstly the combination of these two will give our roster a culture shock by bringing in up to date coaching methods...

In any other context this would be nothing but sarcasm. In this context it is the simple truth. How sad it is. Sadder is the fact that I can still remember the fanfare of 2012.

You've put together a good summing up of the way the Bulldogs are and how its happened here Gotenks. 1. Yep, its true forwards win matches. But they have to be fast, mobile forwards who can fit into today's style of the way the game's played. 2. Then we need a backline that can complement...

Please don't let it happen. :):) On his good days Woods has got a reputation of being on the weird side. Lets hope that the Klemmer and Woods combo turn out to be one of the best front rows in the comp.

I agree. In our last two games I can remember Matt Frawley gave away penalties in our own 20 metre area. If we want something to stuff us up that's a pretty good way to do it. But really, our lack of discipline is pathetic at times.

Yes, the 59% possession the Broncos had and the 9-4 penalty count did hurt us. But in my opinion what hurt us more was our lousy defence. I can't remember a game where the opposition was allowed so many offloads. Surely when two or three players go in to make a tackle at least one of them...

RFM certainly impressed me last night. He runs hard and has a good step to go with it. When he offloads the ball he actually passes it to a player who knows that it is coming; there's no way he just lets it go with a "floppy drop" going nowhere. His defence? Yes it can improve but last...

I agree with you flamebouyant, but the only thing wrong with your suggestion is that Hasler "Do the honourable thing..." As I see it Des Hasler and the honourable thing don't tread the same turf. The only things that counts with Hasler is his bank balance and how stupid Ray Dib is.

Should we call an ambulance for who is on he lower level? Ooh its gruesome...

Whether we like it or not that is the way it is. Mbye is a disaster, Reynolds has only got six more games here and no matter how good Lachlan Lewis and Josh Cleeland might be Hasler won't let them out of ISP.

Its obvious that the type of game played in the 1960s is completely different from what is served up now but I still can't go past Les Johns as the Bulldogs best fullback.

Nope

You're 100% right Dogzof95. Its that surprise factor that's gonna get 'em. Brisbane won't know what to do 'cause they'll be pissing themselves laughing.

Lets just say that both Hasler and Foran are at the Bulldogs for the 2018 season. I can't see Foran doing much for us as I'm convinced that his left hamstring is shot beyond repair. With the pace and intensity of the way the game is played today he may as well come out in a wheelchair with a...

When a person applies for a job the employer looks at what the applicant has done recently, not three or four years ago. In 2015 Foran's wheels started to get wobbly. In 2016 and 2017 Kieran played for the Eels and Warriors respectively. I've seen images of him in both those years which...

That's bullshit c-b-b. We're not going nowhere, we're going backwards... fast! :):smiley::smiley: Especially if Hasler is still our coach. There's no way Cooper Cronk would go to a club coached by the "Career Killer".

Looking at how we have played over the season, "pedestrian" would sum us up pretty well. On a good day we win the game in the middle 60-70 metres of the field, the problem with that is we can only score points at the try line. This of course brings up another problem: When we get close to...

I think that this is a bit weird to say the least.. The Bulldogs are coming 13th on the NRL ladder, but have three repping in the Origin series. Of them Brett Morris and David Klemmer were two of the best on field with Josh Jackson giving the best he could as he always does no matter who...

Sad but true.

First off lets bear in mind Foran was the best five eighth in the NRL when he was with Des and Manly. So with the players we've got available now and who we're going to get for 2018 what is your halves combo for 2018?

I agree. Even the commentators gave RFM a couple of wraps in the Newcastle game. With everyone fit and rarin' to go I'd like our starting pack to be: 8 Klemmer 9 Mbye 10 Graham 11 Jackson 12 Elliott 13 Faitala-Mariner On the down side of the Bulldogs squad is our pathetic kicking game...

Don't worry, you'll be sweet. You have got got a couple of strange things in your team though. Its those blokes who wear the no.1 through to no.17 jerseys. They actually play like they want to win.

Hodko might not want to come back as a player, but do you think we could get him as our KICKINg COACH ?

Thank you and thank you :smiley::smiley:

I couldn't get my head around it when I saw Matt Frawley as hooker/dummy half and Mbye still at half back. Mbye at half back is as good as Josh Jackson cutting up the oranges for half time. And has Matt Frawley ever played hooker? Any comments or opinions...?

Yeah.. Okay...

As I posted before: " but due to (I think) the so called Super League war Dean Pay and at least two other forwards and maybe a back left club and transferred (again I think :smiley:) to Parramatta." So Oatley Dog I suggest you read the post above fromm Croydon Dog. It is obvious that Dean Pay...

When the NSW Cup side is stricken with injuries I agree. I agree with Novdgggie that Garvey would have been a much better impact option off the bench. But... How did Channel 7 get the inside run on this piece of earth shattering news?

But Mr Invisible, will it be a while before Des is gone? Or will it be immediately after the 2017 season is gone?

Dean Pay played for the Bulldogs for eight years (1988-1995) and was captain for the last three. The Bulldogs won the premiership in 1995 but due to (I think) the so called Super League war Dean Pay and at least two other forwards and maybe a back left club and transferred (again I...

I do :smiley:

I don't pretend to know what really goes on at the Bulldogs but as I see it Hasler is a one man band. His assistant coach is just there to carry the towels and the drink bottles. I remember seeing a replay of a Bulldogs game when Jim Dymock was playing lock. I saw that Jimmy had two things...

I think the number would be around 60% - 65%. Its not that we want to see the Bulldogs lose, but what we really want is Hasler out. Personally I think that the players whose careers he has destroyed would love to see this happen too. Hasler out as soon as possible and permanently I think...

Our marriage broke up so I can't be spot on but he would have played around 15 years.

When Hasler came to the Bulldogs Greenberg said that he would run the business side of the club and Hasler has total control of everything related to football. So taking that as the way that the business and the football sides of the club were to operate, Hasler has been given a mandate by the...

I apologise for deleting the rest of your post dogluva (which I agree with by the way) but you've just reminded what a lousy memory I've got. One of my sons was a real big unit and he dislocated his knee a number of times before the muscles and tendons were able to hold the whole contraption...