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Tracey JAC Xerri Crichton Kiraz Burton Hayward King Mahoney Hughes Kikau Preston Curran Mann Skelton Todd Kautoga

What a potato

So good to see these blokes hungry and mentally tough

Who arrrr

We want another

Hahaha

Marzhew is the target

Will we have one on the Bye?

Something to keep an eye on. Below is a comparison that grades the 5/8's in the comp from a pure attacking stat point of view. For the nerds or those thinking that this is an attempt to skew the results in Burton's favour, the formula weights different stats and goes as follows: (Tries x 4) +...

Of course, but we know with fairly high accuracy that halves don't enter their prime until late 20's, early 30's - he's shown real improvement this year on items that people have had issues with, enough to believe that he's worth persisting with in the 6 - we have to be patient.

Shit I got nervous when I saw "SWAP DEAL" and "Jack Gosiewski."

Are you saying that Burton should be on $150k?

Not convinced people are saying 24 year old Burton is as elite as 30 year old, on a perennial contender, QLD/AUS five-eighth, Cameron Munster.

Crichton moves to the right imo. I think Xerri fits better on the left. Gives us legitimate strike on both sides of the field

Yeah, if you're complaining about Burton not running enough, wait til you see this bloke operate

It is famously the hardest position to thrive in, but everything I saw tonight makes me think he's the most appropriate stop gap until these young guys come through - doesn't have the glaring weaknesses of Sexton or Hutch, play a basic straighten, distribute and tackle game.

More likely than not Hayward and Taaffe both get dropped back if we get some numbers back and Hutch retains. Just not sure why we aren't looking at Bailey as being a potential solution in the 7 if Hutch is costing us and Ciraldo doesn't trust Sexton.

It's a numbers game and numbers are brutal. He's not dropping Crichton, Burton, JAC or Kiraz. Xerri and Tracey have seized the opportunity and pushed inline, I don't see how he can drop them.

Tracey at 1. Taaffe to force his way back in NSW Cup

Think we're burying the lead here, Hayward is the guy to try in the 7. Solid D, quick enough, direct, straightens the attack.

Good on ya for saying Burton showed genuine playmaking... Should be acknowledged the fact that Burton is putting Kikau in good spots and feeding him early ball to get those 1 on 1's with halves. The combination has improved out of sight, Kikau making it impossible for defences to jam Burton...

I think you're undervaluing how difficult that kick is

Wouldn't mind seeing Hutch move to 13 and give Hayward some minutes at 7

No, so I used last year's average

Not sure if it's cherry picking to select the tackle 1 and 2 from both teams, but I'm more than happy to play the stats game on the back 5 from both teams. If we are to be successful, that deficit needs to made up somewhere and right now, our middle simply can't make up that margin due to a...

You're ignoring the fact they have the best yardage back 3 in the comp. Taaffe and JAC can't do the same thing. Aside from that, "size" is this catch-all term that people use to define the fact that we get run over by the big packs. It's not that we don't have Hughes and King, it's that when...

+ The forced error from the bomb, another perfectly placed drop out for the turnover (he actually might be the best executor of the short drop out in the comp). This is without talking about the intangibles, I thought he just looked confident and fluid in that first half.

Definitely fair to not change your opinion based on one half of footy. He still has a bunch of areas to work on and find consistency in, but that first half last night displayed there's something worth persisting with IMO.

The first try was Burton engaging the line and making the right pass to Taaffe. His vision created a try putting Kikau into a 1 on 1 with a winger on the short side.

So close :(

Say something positive about him

There's no way Papalii gets his debut vs the Storm

Absolute brain snap. Dude made no attempt to lower the contact.

Baffled to how the Tass hold down was a penalty but not a professional foul.

They also have the best yardage winger and fullback in the game

Who the fuck is in the bunker??

This doesn't get talked about enough. It's fair criticism to say, he needs to work on the draw and pass - but let's not pretend like it's a crazy strategy to give Kikau and Crichton early ball.

Thats a highlights package of Tetevano making regulation tackles and being put on his back

Mystified why Papalii wasn't given 30-40 minutes with Hutch and Burton

People are disproportionately dismissive, sensitive and rude to each other on the internet. Right or wrong, for whatever reason, you come across as being particularly rude and dismissive to people with different opinions - the way you communicate (online) can be triggering, which leads to...

It's not really a great mystery is it? It's also not exclusively a recent event

True. I have no evidence to support this but it seemed like there was an emphasis on not relying on inaccurate torpedo bombs and chips/grubbers in 2023.

Assuming you're talking about the grubber and not the Latrell cut out. Of all the criticisms one can make of Burton, surely his kick assists to JAC isn't one?

Is he keen to get out there and play some footy?

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Still Samboy

Agreed. I think it's actually pretty good navigation of the opposing tensions while maintaining economic responsibility - though I'm lucky in the fact we're not struggling like a lot of others.

Nothing to do with the lower - middle class screaming about about cost of living pressures?

16:35 - mentions that he's putting in everything to succeed as being a halfback

Gold and Super Crisp? Baffling

Amone is out, right? Max King will be starting. Tanah Boyd played pretty well last year, doubt he loses the jersey round 1.

Because you don't want to see it. He covers every position on the field, most of them without any further juggling. Combine that with 178 games of experience and it becomes pretty evident that's a better option than Rajab or BBO at 14.

Then yeah, you can spend 5k easy haha

Depends what's important to you. I spent ~$2.2k with 32" monitor and have been stoked with it but, I mostly play games that don't require out of control CPU/GPU combos. Do your research with parts and shop around online, build a strong foundational PC (tower, RAM, cooling and storage) and you...

Thats one perspective, another is that AFB said we'd need to pay overs to choose here over the Sharks. You'd obviously choose the team that is top 6 without you then one that's bottom 3, if the money is the same.

I saw Jake at Redcliffe yesterday, says he's never been happier?

Yuck

2/14 is worse tbf

IMO, it's primarily a leverage play from the Warriors - they will let him go for 24 if they can get something back.

Different amp stance but?

I was shocked when Winnie got replaced

I doubt Gus thinks it's a waste of time

There's merit to this, would be pretty attractive for certain clubs, though I prefer Skelton to replace.

Tracey will push Crichton for the 1, his work rate from the back might be more valuable to us imo.

It really is man, and really illustrates the importance of an elite dominant prop being right up there with a 7. That's without even getting into the leadership vacuum we have

But what does Munster do behind a dysfunctional pack? He's great at bouncing out of and through tackles, but he'd still be relying on miracle plays.

Yeah, like I said to CQDog - some of his defensive efforts were embarrassing this year. As far as the regression goes, I believe some of it is explained by him trying to tighten his game eg. We saw less of his torpedo bombs and more weighted kicks. He obviously didn't forget how to do them, so...

Yeah I agree, some of the defensive efforts were embarrassing. It's not hard to see how exceptional he'd be behind a dominant pack, constantly on the front foot, attacking space and I think the ballplaying becomes a lot easier for him in that scenario.

He needs to show improvement, but placing a constraint like half a season is pretty arbitrary and allows no qualifiers. People need to be prepared that if this current pack isn't improved with at least 2 decent specialist props and we are getting rolled in the middle, then our backs won't do...

You blokes are too militant on this for how common sense you are. If our pack isn't getting over the advantage line and getting a roll on, how do you expect him to flourish? Before you say it, yes he has a lot that he can improve on himself but the club have to give him the time and...

But why would Gould tolerate Mason's loose lips, unless it was to benefit the club (from his perspective)

It is shit, agreed - and I don't really get why he was put in a leadership position to start with. If this middle rotation doesn't improve drastically, he's going to have a tough time next year with ball in hand but he needs to focus on what he can control - defending and kicking with...

Can I suggest that it might be a tactic to publically tell Matt that he can't be complacent? Do we honestly think that Mason got approved to broadcast that information?

Taumalolo better be happening

Hard to argue 1st year players imo. Was Kiraz noticeably better than 2022?

A lot of assists from his short kicking game

Which one of our players did?

This ain't it. Maybe if we had an exceptional choice to replace him in the halves, but it's madness to blow up his development at this point. He needs to take a big step forward in '24, but why aren't we putting an elite halves coach with him?

Berries was a big K.Flanagan guy

Yep. It's Conti we've got to put our hopes in to develop into a NRL standard 7 imo

It's quite simply the best co-op experience I've ever had. Love my Friday nights with some mates getting through BG.

But you agree that Taaffe was bought, at least in part as an insurance policy if Crichton doesn't work out in the 1?

Taumalolo is the tax to get AFB

What's the problem though? Essentially a free roll of the dice

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/eels-interested-in-signing-bulldogs-star-josh-addo-carr-20231025-p5eex5.html This is getting interesting. If we can get DSaf in a trade, there's a good chance we could sign JSaf for 25.

He definitely helps improve our backfield metres, but he's such a clever player with ball in hand.

Can see this happening if we can get a decent trade, really need to figure out how to get Skelton in the 13

I like this - a lot

It would have to be for RCG. Paulo won't happen, Matterson doesn't improve our go-forward enough.

We're moving him to prop

Not everyone who voted "No" is a racist, but everyone who is racist, far extreme right or Nazi voted "No."

Not a chance it beats Baldur's Gate

Taaffe didn't get an offer from the Rabbits apparently

Stop it

Zimbabwean, but I think 'Averillo' is Spanish.

Then they dish up defence like that fmd

Wallaby fundamentals look improved, Gordon is costing them big time

Agreed mate. I can't see how we can afford to be letting props walk for next year - need at least 8 in Top 30 imo

It could really be something as innocuous as: RFM: "I think we are training too hard, guys are getting hurt." Ciraldo: "If you don't like it, this isn't the place for you."

Maybe we get neither, but these signings have got nothing to do with them. We are just that short on genuine props.