News Brandon Wakeham will start in the halves for Canterbury in their season opener against Parramatta

[Snake]

Any chance of Wakeman taking over the goal kicking duties from Meaney? Just asking for a mate ...

 

[CrittaMagic69]

Any chance of Wakeman taking over the goal kicking duties from Meaney? Just asking for a mate ...

Does your mate have the initials SC? It's possible Meaney doesn't kick as he's returning from a hamstring injury but he's probably the better kicker at this stage.

 

[Berries]

Fuck yeah this is awesome news. With some luck it muzzled all of the naysayers that think pay only ever picks his favourites.

Maybe wakeham is his fav now

 

[Brendan7]

Katoa went OK in the last trail and has had 2 weeks since to tune up some more. I don't see any issue with him playing the majority of the game.

Go Dogs

Still only 1 game, and a limited pre season. JMK is coming off a limited one too.

 

[bricktamland]

Cogger played great against the panthers in that game where he took on the line a few times even got through to score. Wakeham is full of talent But Cogger is composed and continues to improve each game, both i rate .. I rate Lewis highly too

 

[TwinTurbo]

Still only 1 game, and a limited pre season. JMK is coming off a limited one too.

"Hooker Jeremy Marshall-King has made a full recovery from shoulder surgery and has been training with the main squad for the past three to four weeks. The 24-year old is available for selection this week."
Source https://www.bulldogs.com.au/news/2020/03/09/injury-update-a-host-of-stars-available-for-selection/

Go Dogs

 

[CrittaMagic69]

"Hooker Jeremy Marshall-King has made a full recovery from shoulder surgery and has been training with the main squad for the past three to four weeks. The 24-year old is available for selection this week."
Source https://www.bulldogs.com.au/news/2020/03/09/injury-update-a-host-of-stars-available-for-selection/

Go Dogs

Lol that's funny, the club love telling fibs. It was only 3 weeks ago that the club claimed

"Jeremy Marshall-King has started non-contact skills with the team and will be phased into the main group over the next 2-3 weeks".
https://www.bulldogs.com.au/news/2020/02/17/injury-update-jackson-and-elliott-eye-raiders-trial/

Yet now they claim he has been training with the main group for up to a month?

 

[TwinTurbo]

"Hooker Jeremy Marshall-King has made a full recovery from shoulder surgery and has been training with the main squad for the past three to four weeks. The 24-year old is available for selection this week."

Lol that's funny, the club love telling fibs. It was only 3 weeks ago that the club claimed
"Jeremy Marshall-King has started non-contact skills with the team and will be phased into the main group over the next 2-3 weeks".
https://www.bulldogs.com.au/news/2020/02/17/injury-update-jackson-and-elliott-eye-raiders-trial/
Yet now they claim he has been training with the main group for up to a month?

You are always looking for a negative angle aren't you! Read what it actually says, he could have been doing non contact skills with the main squad, note the term "phased", which means sometimes with the main squad and sometimes not. Which generally means a player is doing some targeted recovery work and then joins the main squad for specific sessions. "Training with the main squad" doesn't include the term "full time" which goes further into the "phasing into".

Go Dogs

 

[CrittaMagic69]

You are always looking for a negative angle aren't you! Read what it actually says, he could have been doing non contact skills with the main squad, note the term "phased", which means sometimes with the main squad and sometimes not. Which generally means a player is doing some targeted recovery work and then joins the main squad for specific sessions. "Training with the main squad" doesn't include the term "full time" which goes further into the "phasing into".

Go Dogs

I'm not looking for anything, I simply read articles and noticed some inconsistencies. BTW your explanation is horrible.

 

[TwinTurbo]

I'm not looking for anything, I simply read articles and noticed some inconsistencies. BTW your explanation is horrible.

More accurately "I simply read articles and look for things that confirm my biases (even if they aren't there)".

Go Dogs

 

[Howard Moon]

Katoa went OK in the last trail and has had 2 weeks since to tune up some more. I don't see any issue with him playing the majority of the game.

Go Dogs

I thought he was good in the first trial as well... couple of errors early but finished strong and was heavily involved on both sides of the footy with mostly crisp service... I said in another post that at least with Katoa it is noticeable that we have an actual hooker on the field and not a dud (Lichaa) or somebody we're trying to mould into a 9 (Mbye, JMK ..Holland)

 

[TwinTurbo]

I thought he was good in the first trial as well... couple of errors early but finished strong and was heavily involved on both sides of the footy with mostly crisp service... I said in another post that at least with Katoa it is noticeable that we have an actual hooker on the field and not a dud (Lichaa) or somebody we're trying to mould into a 9 (Mbye, JMK ..Holland)

Trying to guess the team for R1 is never easy, I'm leaning towards Katoa starting with JMK off the bench, we'll find out when they run out onto the field.

Go Dogs

 

[Howard Moon]

Trying to guess the team for R1 is never easy, I'm leaning towards Katoa starting with JMK off the bench, we'll find out when they run out onto the field.

Go Dogs

it's an easy choice for me but yeah we will see which way Dean goes and I guess find out if JMK is even fit to play at all

 

[CanterburybankstownBD]

I reckon the bench will look like this
14. Katoa
15. Britt
16. To'omago
17. Stimson

 

[DogsOfWar1704]

I reckon the bench will look like this
14. Katoa
15. Britt
16. To'omago
17. Stimson

Apparently it’s
Holland
Britt
To omaga
Rfm

 

[CanterburybankstownBD]

Apparently it’s
Holland
Britt
To omaga
Rfm

Wow that’s quite surprising
I guess holland is a better utility than Katoa but if JMK doesn’t need an interchange Katoa can play lock
I really like Ogden as a bench impact player, I was hoping he would play
I thought RFM was injured for rd 1

 

[Spoonman84]

If there was any doubt about Wakeham playing it’s gone now. He was on NRL Tonight on Fox and confirms he’s playing 6.

 

[KiwiDog7]

Good call from Pay to start Wakeham

 

[KiwiDog7]

Wasn’t there an article recently where Lewis emphatically states Cogger will be in the halves hmm

 

[KiwiDog7]