NRL.com 2012-14 Bulldogs documentary

[Berries]

On NRL.com and app there’s a documentary style video about the 2012-14 Bulldogs with interviews from players.

 

[Berries]

There are three videos

 

[Berries]

Or you can continue to argue in the Gus thread

 

[King Gus]

Why did we let go of barba and Jmoz

 

[mountain_dog]

Watching the 2nd makes me want to cry all over again...

 

[Berries]

Why did we let go of barba and Jmoz

For such a great coach (no
Matter what anyone says here) he made some huge decisions. Could have won 2 comps if he chose right

 

[Jonboi]

For such a great coach (no
Matter what anyone says here) he made some huge decisions. Could have won 2 comps if he chose right

Barba wanted to go and if we didn’t let him go he would’ve just kicked stones

 

[Berries]

Barba wanted to go and if we didn’t let him go he would’ve just kicked stones

Everyone knows that, more to do with the Woods recruitment, finucane etc

 

[eman & the Utai SLAM]

Iirc Barba was becoming a wanker and he was partying too much with the epic bender crew ( remember them in the papers?!?) any way in a podcast or something jmoz said barba was destabilising the playing group. He was being a dickhead and getting arrogant that he was the best player even though our forwards like James Graham were giving him heaps of time / space with the ball.

I would give almost anything for a peak james graham in our current side.

I think Barba does admit he was off the rails at the time and poor bloke did have sudden fame/expectations coming from mackay to a sydney bubble.


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[Kempsey Dog]

Iirc Barba was becoming a wanker and he was partying too much with the epic bender crew ( revert them in the papers?!?) any way in a podcast or something jmoz said barba was destabilising the playing group. He was being a dickhead and getting arrogant that he was the best player even though our forwards like James Graham were giving him heaps of time / space with the ball.

I would give almost anything for a peak james graham in our current side


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100% on Graham. At his peak he is the best front rower to play the game imo. His toughness and will to win at any cost was like no other.

As for Barba... Andrew Gee (Broncos) was also in his ear breaking anti tampering rules promising him the world

 

[Berries]

I know everyone will think it’s a anti Josh Reynolds post but it’s against our entire halves in that 2012-2016 period.
One top tier half gets us 2 -3 premierships I don’t care what anyone says.

 

[_G-Dog_]

Best times weve had since the 2004 premiership were under Hasler..

2012 -2014 had a great team culture.. how many close gritty tenacious wins in true Bulldog style.. 3 games in a row by 1 point...

Some great Semi Finals especially in 2014

 

[Kempsey Dog]

I know everyone will think it’s a anti Josh Reynolds post but it’s against our entire halves in that 2012-2016 period.
One top tier half gets us 2 -3 premierships I don’t care what anyone says.

Some people probably won't agree, but if Hodkinson was part of the team all through 2012 we could have won the premiership. Defensively he was sound and if he covered the right edge maybe we hold on.
This is also said with the knowledge of Slater saying Melbourne did lots of video on our right edge and noticed lots of disconnect between Reynolds and Inu when faced with certain shapes.

Remember Maloney signing for Chooks early for 2013, would have been nice to get him instead of those *****.

 

[Lost Dog]

If we had won one of those premierships in either 2012 or 2014 a statue of Des would most probably be standing outside of Belmore.

 

[Raikkonen]

I know everyone will think it’s a anti Josh Reynolds post but it’s against our entire halves in that 2012-2016 period.
One top tier half gets us 2 -3 premierships I don’t care what anyone says.

Our shit halves played behind a pack that gave them dream ball and could barely string together a simply backline play.

 

[Kempsey Dog]

Our shit halves played behind a pack that gave them dream ball and could barely string together a simply backline play.

Speaking of our backs that year losing Turner early and then Lafai like r12 were big blows. I guess losing them aided the Inu and Perrett signings. But having either Turner or Lafai in the side would have made us alot more threatening than having Jono Wright outside J-Moz

 

[Raysie]

Some good/bad memories there.

2012 was the only year we were actually great. The other years were finals finishes that covered up a lot of issues.

 

[w00t]

Our halves were always an issue but people also forget that Ennis was massive for us as well.

We had a dream forward pack, and for a bit the world’s best fullback and a great hooker. If we had a Hodkinson/Keating combo we would’ve won. People might not like hearing this but Reynolds was more often a liability than anything else.

 

[Berries]

Our halves were always an issue but people also forget that Ennis was massive for us as well.

We had a dream forward pack, and for a bit the world’s best fullback and a great hooker. If we had a Hodkinson/Keating combo we would’ve won. People might not like hearing this but Reynolds was more often a liability than anything else.

Keating did his job perfectly for Barba, ran to the line and committed the defence and the forwards running decoys and Barbas brilliance did the rest

 

[Magic Burton]

I know everyone will think it’s a anti Josh Reynolds post but it’s against our entire halves in that 2012-2016 period.
One top tier half gets us 2 -3 premierships I don’t care what anyone says.

Correct @Berries