Official Round 9 - Bulldogs vs Dragons Game Day Thread

[chemdog]

Huge. Means no Reynolds and Okunbor on that shit house bench

I think they might give pele another week for magic round, hopefully brown is back to replace reynolds

 

[Interestingg]

Ciraldo also said Patolo and Thompson back rounds 11-12. Sounds like we’ll have the majority of the squad back minus Kikau in the next month or so

 

[justdogs]

Start selecting a good side with what fucking players??

Plenty at TK, lol

 

[Papa Joe]

Confidence is down and I don't know how long they can buy into what's being sold to them at training, it won't be a easy game either.

I feel a 3 day camp coming up, somewhere nice & sunny near the beach to re charge their batteredries.

 

[B-Train]

Saints are garbage. Even with all of our injuries and limitations in the side, it's an easily winnable game that I'm confident we can win. Saints have as many, if not more issues than us at the moment.

 

[NPC83]

ciraldo said that pele and nu Brown are a good chance of playing next week against the dragons

He didn’t say good chance mate he said maybe a chance but not definite.

 

[B-Train]

I didn't mind the Sutton signing at the time but he's been horrible the last month or so. Last night was rock bottom. He's playing so bad right now we can't even pick him despite our injury crisis.

 

[Glenn L]

Nu Browns hinted for next week

You know your club is more than cooked when you're sweating on the return of a reserve grader

 

[T-Rocket]

If they clean up the horrible handling errors I can’t see how we lose this. Despite being ordinary we’ve looked better than the dragons

 

[T-Rocket]

I didn't mind the Sutton signing at the time but he's been horrible the last month or so. Last night was rock bottom. He's playing so bad right now we can't even pick him despite our injury crisis.

He seems to have gotten worse as the season has gone on. Not sure if he’s worn out, in bad form or just a spud

 

[Robbothedestroyer]

If nothing else okunbur must go. Got no idea what ciraldo sees in him he is a pea hearted marshmallow all his hit ups are flat footed from a standing start and he is an arm grabber when tackling afraid to put his body on the line. If he keeps picking him it is beyond stupidity.

 

[fiordog]

Team stability and having faith in your team is one thing but 3 straight losses where each team has put minimum 30 points on you justifies changes. Totally understand that we have a personnel crisis ATM but I think CC has to take a chance.

I'm not confident that Reynolds can play the full 80 but Oloapu and nu brown on the bench to give Reynolds and Reed rest (or if you want Reed to play the full 80, Nu can switch into the back row like he was in the first few rounds). Pele comes in for Okunbor - was a big fan of the Ox experiment in the forwards but his lateral movement is terrible and he still shirt grabs in defense.

Skelton comes into the back 5 but I'm not sold on avo going into 1 and dropping perham

 

[GoTheDoggies]

Dragon have only 2 wins, they must also have a lot of reserve graders in their team. Difference is hook has been for his 3rd season now isn’t it?

 

[diddly]

If nothing else okunbur must go. Got no idea what ciraldo sees in him he is a pea hearted marshmallow all his hit ups are flat footed from a standing start and he is an arm grabber when tackling afraid to put his body on the line. If he keeps picking him it is beyond stupidity.

He waits for the attacker to run past him so he can tackle from behind! CC loses credibility selecting him

 

[GoTheDoggies]

Jackson could lace up the boots and still be better than half of that bench

 

[GoTheDoggies]

These guys need a rev up and reshuffle.

If we beat Dragon hook most likely gets sacked and we can go after players who want out.

 

[D0GMATIC]

This is my fear too. It's all effort under extreme adversity and dumb handling/mistakes when we get the ball and no x factor AT ALL. It's taking a toll.

Ciro simply has to put some hope, give them some positives by selecting Skelton and KO on the bench. Ok chances are they wont be single handedly winning the game for the guys but there will be tackle breaks, some runs from Skelton and KO probably could bring more than JR.

Ciro probably wont change it up tho bcof preference to go with experience.

Why CC is unwilling to give Oloapu and Skelton a chance is beyond me. They could be the spark our attack needs. Didn't Einstein say the definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results . . . Make the necessary changes CC !!

 

[2ndphase]

You know your club is more than cooked when you're sweating on the return of a reserve grader

I didn't say for first grade!

 

[CQDog]

He seems to have gotten worse as the season has gone on. Not sure if he’s worn out, in bad form or just a spud

Idk if its a coincidence but he’s been shit since he started wearing headgear lol

 

[Freakzilla]

01. Jake Averillo
02. Jeral Skelton
03. Braidon Burns
04. Paul Alamoti
05. Hayze Perham
06. Josh Reynolds
07. Matt Burton
08. Max King
09. Reed Mahoney
10. Tevita Pangai Junior
11. Jackson Topine
12. Jacob Preston
13. Corey Waddell

14. Karl Oloapu
15. Andrew Davey
16. Ryan Sutton
17. Sam Hughes