Let’s face it the Dogs need middle forwards but they can’t get what is not available. Therefore, Ciraldo has to deal with what he has got, and that means finding out what best works for his team. 2005 (I now it’s a long time ago) but the Tigers had a small pack, so Sheen’s worked their game around speed. Getting up playing the ball quick. Line speed when defending. Hasler in 2012 had ball playing forwards, because the halves combination wasn’t so dynamic. Defence really struggled with the way they played.
Ciraldo is trying to bring Penrith to the Dogs, but as yet the Dogs don’t have the cattle to play like Penrith. (Plus the Bulldogs should play like Canterbury!) Anyway, he should be looking for ways to play the best with what he has got, and at the moment it doesn’t look that way. I dare say how the Doggies are going in round 10 might determine his future.