OFFICIAL | PRE-GAME Round 3 | Bulldogs Vs Titans | Gameday discussion

[Freakzilla]

Referee: Todd Smith.

Video Referee: Grant Atkins.

 

[CaptainJackson]

Round 3 and already two teams have dropped their half. Meanwhile at Belmore...

And who are we going to change our halves to?

 

[CrittaMagic69]

And who are we going to change our halves to?

Sexton/Hutch. Burton shot out of a cannon looney tunes style.

 

[CaptainJackson]

Sexton/Hutch. Burton shot out of a cannon looney tunes style.

Sexton : No, his defence is rubbish

 

[CrittaMagic69]

Sexton : No, his defence is rubbish

Who gives a shit

 

[CaptainJackson]

Who gives a shit

I do

 

[CrittaMagic69]

I do

Can't wait to score 1-2 tries again this week while conceding over twice as much. Defence though.

 

[CaptainJackson]

Can't wait to score 1-2 tries again this week while conceding over twice as much. Defence though.

But sexton isn't playing

 

[Berries]

illias was scapegoated because no one at souths has the balls to tell Fatrell and walker they are playing like shit and need to pull their heads in, with a six,nine and one of walker cook and fatrell how can you lay their poor performances on a rookie halfback?

the carry on when Fattrell scored the try in the final minutes despite being down 2-3 scores was sickening. No wonder why he has the ego, everyone panders to him

 

[John Matrix]

Referee: Todd Smith.

This the idiot from the bunker last week?

If so 80 mins with him is going to be fun

 

[CrittaMagic69]

But sexton isn't playing

Unfortunately

 

[CaptainJackson]

Unfortunately

so we won't cop twice as much

By the way, have you recovered from your nightmare?

 

[Dyldog]

good to see that ziggy got dropped from reffing this round

I wonder if The Drunk will write about it in his shit column

 

[CrittaMagic69]

so we won't cop twice as much

By the way, have you recovered from your nightmare?

Yes however I can feel another one coming up this Saturday

 

[speedy2460]

We have multiple better replacements.

I cant seem to find them. Crichton is a centre. (best in the world). Kiraz is only a winger.
Tracey is a hot and cold player and not a fullback. Wilson is a good winger, but not a fullback.
Maybe its JAC your referring to.

 

[PeteHazz]

Two reflections on this thread;

1. Just 'cause other teams dropped half backs after two weeks, doesn't make it right. For the record, I think both are unlucky, and in any case, I'm no lover of hutch. Both sides have bigger problems than their 7's right now. I don't remember fondly our 2,987 halves combinations under baz
2. I keep hearing Critta "could be" a great fullback. Yes, maybe, but he's already the best centre in the world. I get we're not strong enough at fullback, but with our middles, we need world-class edges, just to stay in games. Our left edge defence has been very good with Critta there. Anyway, we're not out of fullback options yet.

If Tracey plays to potential (I prefer him to Taffe), we're more threat with a good fullback and exceptional left edge, than good left edge with possibly, maybe, could be great fullback, IMHO. I'd let Critta roam, ala tommy turbo in origin a few years back, long before I'd move him. He's got the skills and athleticism.

I hate losing and I've had more than enough of it. But I hate more my beloved club making dumb decisions because other clubs do, or we couldn't hold our nerve and blinked. FFS demetriou should not be who we're trying to emulate, especially with halves! When we lose games having had good field position, fair possession and we failed to bring the attack required, that's the time to discuss changes. Spending 6 months on combinations that we abandon after 2 weeks isn't clever to me. Let alone after the two weeks we've had; I thought sharks game was dramatically better than parra. We make the changes after 2 weeks and then we need another 2-3 months for the new combinations to work. If they work. All we've done is change and that hasn't worked.

 

[Cook]

Referee: Todd Smith.

Video Referee: Grant Atkins.

Todd Smith is alright from memory. I can’t remember him being biased towards us as main referee

 

[LucasFitzo]

I do

So do i. Its annoying me how many people are saying to switch without watching the reserve grade matches. They just got beat when our team is full of fringe first graders and his defence (Xerri aswell) has been awful. Its why they arent getting picked.
But Taafee on the other hand needs to be replaced by Tracey asap.

 

[CaptainJackson]

So do i. Its annoying me how many people are saying to switch without watching the reserve grade matches. They just got beat when our team is full of fringe first graders and his defence (Xerri aswell) has been awful. Its why they arent getting picked.
But Taafee on the other hand needs to be replaced by Tracey asap.

Agree

I think with Tracey, they're probably waiting until he has a few miles in his legs, he didn't train pre-season because of injury

From my sources, I was told that Tracey at FB is the plan

 

[Berries]

I do