Official Round 15 - Bulldogs vs Warriors - Discussion Thread

[belmore_utd]

Give me some of what you're on

What are you smoking and how much did Nasheed sell it to you for?

Sadly completely sober just sick of reading the same depressing names

 

[halfcast]

I like how Holland is back with Reimis. Late consolation but better late than never. But why not have hoppa as a centre and leave Meaney where he is at fullback. If JO is available we would look more potent with our outside backs combinations.
Thought JMK was useful coming off the bench. He makes a break and has the hookers job his again forever. Tolman scores a try rolling the footy all over his chest and he too is a starting prop again.
Things continue to make no sense every week with these lineup changes.

hes gone for solid with no speed v speed at FB

 

[speedy2460]

Few changes. Very little improvement.

 

[Cosmo24]

For every positive change SG has made, he’s made two duds

 

[justdogs]

Round 15 Team News: Hopoate returns; Doorey and Marshall-King to start

The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs have made a number of changes for this Sunday's clash with the Warriors at ANZ Stadium (2:00PM AEST).
First amongst them is the return of Will Hopoate to the starting line-up at fullback after recovering from a high ankle sprain picked up in the Round 7 loss to the Wests Tigers at the end of June.

Hopoate will take the place of Nick Meaney who will return to his original position of winger with Marcelo Montoya dropping out of the squad.
In the forwards Aiden Tolman will return to the starting line-up to replace Dylan Napa who will miss one match after taking an early guilty plea for a dangerous contact charge from Sunday's close loss to the Tigers.
In other team news:

• Jeremy Marshall-King will return to the starting line-up in place of Sione Katoa who goes back to the bench
• Matt Doorey, who scored a try on debut against the Tigers, will start the game in the number 11 jersey with Luke Thompson coming off the bench
• Jake Averillo returns to the seventeen after recovering from a hip injury

Match: Bulldogs v Warriors
ROUND 15 - SUNDAY 23RD AUGUST
2:00pm

Venue: ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Match broadcasters:

• Kayo
• Foxtel
• Live Pass

No.	Player	Sponsor
1	Will Hopoate	Miramax
2	Nick Meaney	Canterbury League Club
3	Tim Lafai	Daily Press
4	Kerrod Holland	Sydney Freezers
5	Reimis Smith	Remondis
6	Kieran Foran	Reliable Food Distributors
7	Jack Cogger	Hitachi Cooling & Heating
8	Ofahiki Ogden	Hy-Tec
9	Jeremy Marshall-King	Ultimate Security
10	Aiden Tolman	TLH Group
11	Matthew Doorey	Guardian Venue Management
12	Raymond Faitala-Mariner	Dental on Evaline
13	Josh Jackson	Your Property People
	Interchange
14	Sione Katoa	M&J Chickens
15	Luke Thompson	Classic Sportswear
16	Sauaso Sue	CPe Australia
17	Jake Averillo	Sydney Tools
	Extended Bench
19	Renouf To’omaga
20	Dallin Watene-Zelezniak
21	Chris Smith
22	Lachlan Lewis

Sorry SG, that's the reason way you got the sack from Trent

 

[oldpuppy]

I'm ringing georgalis myself.
"What's this team you picked re malaka"

 

[bowleggedwog]

Definitely missed the opportunity for our best centre pairing. Plus hoppa to one with no game time for 6 - 7 weeks. I prefer hoppa n averillo in centres. Good to see Jacko to lock and Doorey gets a start. But in all seriousness wtf what has RT done to get out of the 17. He was out best prop. Still can't get a run and good to see the chop n changing continues. Nothing like stability to fuck your season up.

 

[oldpuppy]

hes gone for solid with no speed v speed at FB

True. There's nothing wrong with hopoate at fullback but plenty not right with shifting Meaney back at winger.

 

[Psycho Doggie]

To me the two big decisions are retaining Cogger over Lewis and moving Jackson to lock, the latter is the biggest. This is a big chance for Doorey. Suspect that it is partly down to the decision to play Thommo off the bench, but a lot of us have been interested in seeing Jacko play more central so let's see how this goes.

Avo on bench as super-sub/backs cover, that's fine.

Realistically either Montoya or Holland were going to make way for Hoppa. It's the winger, so Hoppa FB Meaney to Wing. If Hoppa can't go 80 Meaney shifts back and Avo comes on.

 

[boggie23]

Holland must feel like a superstar being able to hold his centre spot over hoppa and Averillo. And keep zelezniak and Jayden out of the team

I would have put hoppa straight into the centre spot. Lacks enough speed to be an elite fullback unfortunately. But glad no Montoya. And I’m hoping holland joins him with Atleast averillo brought back in.

 

[bowleggedwog]

Katoa has been miles better than JMK, not sure why we're switching it up.

Season tradition, rotation policy. Stick with shit players for to long. Give a player a crack, prompt him to start the following week than drop him out of rotation after 3 weeks. Fucking joke of a club. Youth policy but Tolman Jackson Napa stop young progress

 

[GoTheDoggies]

Warriors will rip us apart

 

[B-Train]

It's amazing how much they fuck up the line-up every week.

Yet again our club plays reserve graders ahead of our best youngsters. We've won two games all season, there are only six games left and still they're picking guys like Holland.

 

[berries1935]

I honestly can’t believe what I’m reading. Too much musical chairs....... this season needs to end. How do you give players confidence in a position if we keep changing week to week

 

[wendog33]

Plot twist.... georgallis is pay and pay hasn’t left yet or theyre cuzns or something

What bloody chance did we have.
Useless head coach and a useless asst coach. Sad.

 

[JUNKYARD DOGS]

If Meaney plays he plays fullback.
RT extended bench wtf.
Tolman lol
Avo....
Ffs

 

[Chrisaaar]

I'm going to crack an 18 year old bottle of Macallan when Tolman is no longer at this club.

 

[Howie B]

Everyone just needs to relax FFS.

If we run last we secure more first round draft picks for next year.

This page is so uneducated

 

[NPC83]

Katoa is pretty unlucky there to be demoted. Good to see Jacko at lock and away from the edge.

 

[dogzofwar]

Changing Meaney from wing to fullback isn’t got to help his development. If he can’t cement FB he shouldn’t be in the team. I just can’t understand why so many players position keeps getting changed which wouldn’t help their confidence and form.

The shortest and smallest player in the nrl on the wing yeah it’s pretty smart