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Wouldn't want him around the club, gives me Adam idiot vibes

Interesting, good on you with the research. I personally don't mind the logo, it's easy to diss whatever is in front of us but I appreciate the cleaner looking jerseys. They look awesome when being worn that's for sure. Not sure of the technical term but I'd rather any logo being placed to...

I think the best way around this V that's going to keep popping up in our jerseys, is to make the full V and the sponsor in black or similar 'neutral' colour like a dark navy that way the white doesn't look like a cutout like the sharks jerseys have had for eternity. I called for sponsors for...

I'm hoping it's performance related, it'll burn and put fire in his belly to prove a point, can take him to next level if he's player managed well. But it can't be performance related can it? Like, "the way you play isn't what we're after" , I thought he had a decent season and even stepped up...

LMFAO.... (no pun intended)

That brass bully Dog looks bloody mad, it'll be the size of a lighter or something's bound to frustrate me, knowing my luck buying things online

We can't jump to conclusions about Mam's accident, even though there's plenty of details leaked. Just going to have to see what happens at court and playing contract. The average Joe (no pun intended) knows there's going to be special privileges. But that's part of the process @Johnnny2233...

It's Gus's number

Is this legit? Got beer? Get the barbie going , I'll bring sweets. We'll have a post season review with a video session, season highlights

This design should hang for a while , build up the brand value so it's consistent with us and very identifiable

Yeah, look I wont say no to Ben Hunt coming, he's good and very experienced and may have an instant desire to succeed like what Critta brought and my opinion doesn't matter. I just don't think Sexton is a miss, besides the fundamentals which he covers ok, he has excellent mentality that can...

So you're saying Gutho should be on the equivalent to Luke Pattens money when accommodating for the rest of the squad? General was a solid first grader. Would there be a percentage of team value, cap space as a rough guide? I know it doesn't work like that maybe just throw a "not too high...

It takes a while for halves to set their straps in 1st grade and even if the individual shows glimpses of nice plays, the team overall might lack cohesion. Some big names took a while (couple seasons) to settle into 1st grade, Thurston, Barba, etc. Juniors like Woods et al are unlikely to become...

Sexton is capable of going up another gear or two, prime Sexton wont be far off the performance levels and game management of a prime Ben Hunt. For a while now Hunt doesn't ooze confidence too, he might give us a good handful of games then it's the same old then the media pressure builds again...

Good point about attitude. It'll create squad depth and competition in that position, keeping wingers on their toes, needed more than ever since reliable, smart but strong wingers has become so important. It's easy to neglect that position and this might help us secure extra wins and have...

- I don't think Nano was calling you a blood thirsty coloniser and oppressor , nor do I think they were calling you an ugly person. Just saying...

That's fucked, Israel really pushed for this, they're the aggressors or at least co instigators, and if they were a government with good intentions they'd diplomatically prevent these situations. Soo avoidable, even if they could easily fight back, what a waste of human resources, make the...

It wasn't as advanced as I first thought, they were able to access a supplier network and trigger devices to make damage and kill indiscriminately, causing terror, a war crime. It was wrong to do and they're lucky a plane didn't go off with a device inside

It's hard but you have to stay smart and strong, this thread actually had informative posts and interesting viewpoints. The info and links or screenshots mentioned on this thread brought abit to my awareness , also , seeing other ignorant angles shouldn't be shot down, there could be some truth...

I see what you done there

I'm not sure dude, it's not AI and you're not going to get direct responses. Everyone has their thing, misread, let you burn, maybe just blurted it or out of context, some other reason, it's no biggie, even I've forgotten what I'm responding about writing this just here

Toby Sexton can help us win the comp, stability is going to help him and the team more than ever. He has great attitude in so many areas that'll just help him become better and better, eventually he could even become a mentor for the young halves. The mindset CC is instilling plus Critta...

It's bad enough there's this thread :fearscream:

Question, is Israel going to be responsible for building new homes and compensating for the trauma caused? They seem to get away scot free with whatever the Zionists want to do

Doesn't really believe it's ok to drop bombs on civilians, Doogie doesn't demonstrate a mind of a psychopath... claiming collateral damage on land where innocent civilians die

You're right, it's disappointing seeing sympathisers for the Zionist terrorists

Yeah. Also A part of me feels this also, similar to the American military needing war to continue it's relevance and economy . If it's like that, then hopefully that part of the world and those in power see through it and find other ways to profit. Similar to drug dealers that leave the game...

I fall back to mentioning peace, achieving work together , etc. win-win scenarios. Couple of factors Doogie and I'm not being sarcastic nor asking rhetorical questions, how can people, parties, governments, etc trust others especially when so much has happened and is going on? Then you have the...

Isn't this all too late, the cat was already out the bag? Decades prior, families with no choice forced to leave their homes with no where to go? Yes I know a small portion were paid off but the majority expelled. Or forced to live in shitty conditions because of governments involved and not...

So you're comparing the images to what he was holding in the latest presentation right? Makes sense what you mean now, I found it a little hard to match and spot the differences with that area but I wouldn't be surprised if they drew these areas as Israel territory on the maps he holds, I...

I'm not an expert in geopolitics or psychology, but if this guy truly wanted peace, wouldn't painting the whole thing green and emphasising all countries as potential partners be better , saying "we want to improve relations and try work with the rest of the middle east" , rather than trying to...

A destabilised area or collective makes it easier to infiltrate, overtake, overrun, terminate. There'll be people and parties that benefit (like smugglers , politicians, and gun traders) that persuade other people towards them, double dealing, creating more factions. Just like Lebanon and...

Support the Bulldogs passionately, that's fine and awesome. This isn't sport though, it's peoples lives and livelihood and countries/lands at stake. A lot of these old stories mentioned grow from generation to generation, creating fear and hatred, and would've happened on all sides, no one...

I feel and fear this is going to go back to decades ago and repeat itself. Israel will this time instead use "elimination of targets" to justify a long occupation of parts of Lebanon with a ground assault. The Zionists eventually will leave their occupation after a few years due to external...

There are many Palestinian Lebanese you know that right? Palestinian ethnics now living in Lebanon, Lebanese Palestinians or however you want to say it. They had to move there for whatever reason you gather, do you think they can go back to their original homeland from recent modern history...

That's awesome, seeing that post with Bradys number crunching, he loves his stats. Hope he can enjoy the whole off season after our decent season. What a relief to see the way the season turned out, talk of us winning the premiership and signs in and around the joint that we'll keep improving...

Peace is the most important thing, families and the world needs peace to strive as a human race, families and civilians don't care where they are, they just want to live and provide for their family and children. We can always ask, why don't they just make peace? But it should be clear to the...

What does it mean by military response time and is this fact checked? What about emergency services, are you only referring to military response beginning to aid ambulance and police beginning to secure the area? Could it be insinuated that a false flag attack occurred or is it just incompetence...

Won't be surprised happens all the time with ex players scoring or having the game of their lives.

For ages I've always felt it's almost as if, that if you're a Bulldogs junior, you're better off making it through the grades of other teams, then we sign them up later on or when they've made 3 NRL appearances.

Typical, yeah Bulldogs have been like that for a while and even with Gus. It's good we're getting talent interstate, country, and NZ like we've historically been able to do but hopefully we find ways for the geographically local talent to be spotted too rather than letting them go try out for...

For the amount and style of grubby footy they play, Easts don't get anywhere near the attention Mahoney gets. I appreciate different philosophies of play rather than most teams adapting to the benchmark team , but roosters are a grubby team they haven't gotten away with abit, they still get...

Good team that's just going to get better and if there's form patches or whatever, there should be players to fill in and make a difference. King has been durable, good for a long season has played plenty I suspect when not at 100%, for the team, always having a crack and I assume coach is...

Is their something to refer to, like a screenshot?

Commentary can be really annoying sometimes, even the ex pros. A lot of it is contradictory, and it does affect the viewing experience whether we like it or not, I'm actually enjoying more being at the matches then watching the footy on tv or replay, obviously the final minutes of the last match...

Interesting, good on you for doing some stat research on our Top 6 reaching five eighth

I'm quietly hoping Sitili can be used as a prop based off of seeing what we could do and achieve. It'll help us get a strong quick start to season with some early wins as the generic big boppers come through, get back to standard. He'd help heaps with defence around the rucks as the Hungry Dogs...

I really rate Moses, good on field organising and kicking game, has that spark play too. But I can't help but feel especially Moses (like most halfbacks) plays a different game to what we play. He flourished under Brad Arthurs big pack, many offloads after hitting the advantage line or quick...

We've set the standard, crowds will pour in from here on out with the finals

The thing is Parra, Dragons, Tigers, and Souths (probably from their around Redfern days where a lot of old school Lebanese started their roots) have large ethnic Lebanese communities and don't forget other ethnics. It's the success of the Bulldogs brand, culture, history, and at times success...

Be smarter and stronger than them, those words shouldn't affect you and just looking for something to fire up about. Focus on being and building a great atmosphere of Bulldogs fans that the players want to play for and others be a part of.

They made some noise on their chant last game away section and there were a fair bit of scattered supporters too. Expecting a large Manly backing, hopefully they're swamped by us with a large and loud crowd. On another note, games have become too reserved, the kids seem more eager to cheer and...

You made plenty of points I would've liked to counter, but wanted to talk about the dirty laundry thing. He's just explaining what happened without being too detailed and not painting a bad picture about the coach. It's actually good for juniours too, sometimes yeah you have to hang in there...

What happened with Xerri, I must've missed it?

It was an off game, your stats even show it and viewing that match we could see many errors that aren't common to other matches

Interesting you say that, I thought Harry Hayes looked very keen, not too keen as in over chasing in defence, but in patches intensity and focus was a little off by everyone when looking at Hayes keeping in mind he would've been fresher than the rest. Collectively they may have been a little...

These days, yeah...

Is that for real about the property? Interesting, I thought the leagues club and/or consortium was investigating in the upgrades and whatever they're doing around there, like a hotel or something

The NRL being consistently inconsistent makes us say these sorta things, I'm with Gal even though it's a silly thing to say. I'm saying the NRL makes us say these things

Good question and research

I think @bradyk mentions a non exact quote from Gus, probably means something like he won't be lead to an inflated price asked by the player agent or based only off of potential, etc , he wants to dictate the price within reason otherwise it's a no deal. Many things to consider like you...

Money could go towards upgrading contracts, retentions, cheapies. We'll need abit remaining for when that unexpected player/junior goes on a streak in 1st division and we wish we had cap room to upgrade their contract. Prevent any Skelton scenarios. Think we'll be alright, got the right...

These are great!

He had options. What would've been best to put Kikau over there, like a run draw and short ball or hit and offload, etc ? Kikaus run was nice and early but probably would've been hard to reach, maybe he would've adjusted the run as the play goes on.

Warren Smiths commentary is decent and experienced. He tries to call sounding reserved while hyping up on big plays accordingly. He comes out with some humour while trying to sound reserved too. Let's be honest, we'd hate Mahoney if he was playing for anyone else during that time he'd be in the...

I think it's the SEN stadium section in app or something. It has to be when SEN is calling the game though, not every match. I don't know how or where it works but I remember hearing the ads too for it

These gutsy no fuss but crafty and hungry, fit and tough players filling positions are so valuable. I'd assume they're helping Bulldogs with the salary cap a tonne

It's very easy to feel sorry for the little guy and hate the controlling institutions and organisations, this case insurance company , lawyers, etc. But thankfully it's why we have processes involved to punish and compensate those truly deserving

I mean the guy has been training at the gym, jet skiing etc etc. I'm not to judge but that's fairly average lifestyle activities "with some discomfort". Heaps of common folk have sports injuries that limit movement, life goes on, grab an office job

I know this is a seperate matter but I feel there's some relevance, it shows us how the courts handle professional physical sports athletes and it's reassuring to know they use some common sense

https://amp.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/former-nrl-player-loses-1-million-legal-battle-against-rugby-league-insurer-20240802-p5jyt9.html Lowe had a claim under the policy for paralysis on side of his body – a condition medically known as Brown-Sequard syndrome – rejected, and sued Lloyd’s Of London on...

Yeah it's not an easy watch on replay haha, I think he was more covering and bringing Staggs to the sideline as Tracey does his thing then eventually commits to the tackle. Xerri is still footballer quick (wont be as zippy as before) and has been playing good, room for improvement still. This...

You might be wondering after the Staggs try off the second phase play, Staggs had a rolling headstart while Xerri was always going to be flat footed , turn around and chase, then after thinking Fullback had the tackle and/or speedbump, Staggs went on like nothing happened, was a great run. Xerri...

Had a long response but tried to cut it short, Xerri Bulldogs won't be as quick off the mark to Xerri Sharks, probably same top end speed but slower acceleration. He's bigger now, he could be lugging an extra 15kg of body weight (muscle, fat).

Soo true, pretty much everyone playing lock has been good this season. But defence wise, he shocks me too! I never realised it until he played for us, his tackling is very effective. It's the way he connects, a lot involved, attackers nearly always look like they're hit hard by Mann. glorious

Watched live on screen, highlights a couple times, and full replay with a lot of stop rewinds and replays haha honestly took me a few hours to watch it!

something in line with what their playstyle and CC is asking for, hard working The hounding dogs or The hungry dogs

Is there an update to when Max King comes back? Guy goes through a lot of work on and off the ball, competition wide Max King is in the top5 for average decoy runs per match too. The covering players doing great meantime.

I think dirty tactics and lenient reffing come finals can really put the Bulldogs off their game. Just little niggles that players get away with JWH with his elbows, face rubs and mess around the ruck, palm and offloads. See Roosters match the way they handled the Dogs. The way Bulldogs play...

They used to have some of the most arrogant and/or bandwagon fanbases :dizzy:

Hot damn, I realised midway I should've got the popcorn ready. Give a heads up next time

Fair enough, I was just having a dig at ya. Having footballers, not just athletes, but guys knowing where to run, drawing and passing, timing their plays, following a plan and working around it if they see something's on isn't easy to attain for NRL level especially with all that pressure. Hole...

No, there are times he might look off his game, etc, even the haters know what he's capable of. He'll defo be getting wraps later in season, that type of player especially goes well when those around him are performing well, as is, Dogs team and ethos are in check. He doesn't need to do too...

Anasta 2.0 is still a decent player, can win a premiership, actually he did. Burton is a decent five eighth too, needs a chappy halfback ala Sherwin'esqe, actually Burton's won a GF too, seems to know how to play some footy. If he doesn't continue to improve, things and people are in place to...

Him and others couple times brought the inside ball play, wonder if that was tactical to disrupt play. A lot of times it looked like they'd play that sweep play we've gotten so used to seeing. Some mind games

Without being asked the generic coach question, interesting that the first person to praise, Tracey called out CC

Skelton made 306m!

Those Queensland doggies fans though, bang on! Up the doggies!

I get a sense of us being hypocrites or manipulating officials but if it's justified by stats then maybe that's ok. I just want to see footy that's easier to watch, including when watching as a neutral for other matches with most of the time I have no investment besides the love of footy. Let's...

SE Queensland has a large Dogs fan contingent, always great seeing on the telly doggies jerseys attending those away games, hopefully they lift the players.

I actually think Cowboys have a better team. Broncos will aim up against us and watch those big names that haven't been on fire switch on against us... then the Broncos might get a couple more wins and fizzle out of the comp. Big match away this one, Broncos will be pumped to play and...

Yeah same, and that confidence can affect other aspects of the players game. I'm not saying it does, but it can. Back in the day and I'm sure till now, it's been mostly whoever is "good at it" pretty much whoever is used to doing it from previous times, sometimes in training there's a tee off...

Except toe bashing and the massive driving kicks and bombs, surely a 1st grade winger can learn and train up the skill of kicking conversions to Burtons level and better? I've never taken ingame conversions. It would be interesting to hear from a perspective of a person with experience in...

Not sure what to say, we need more conversions going through the posts. It needs full concentration especially when the matches are close and intense. It's almost superhuman the way elite halves like JT, Johns, Lockyer, etc were able to do it all. I'd rather a winger taking conversions...

This

Stampeding into the top 4 "Get out the way!"

I felt that, funny thing is, he came up with the most surprising and outrageous comments (when he was out for dinner).

The team and squad they have almost screams similarities to the Melbourne double books teams. Robbos had it good for yonks, it takes a lot though to achieve what he has but clearly there's been some 'great' salary cap work at hand. Look at the 2018 grand final team for example, many of the...

Critta works a lot off the ball too, mixes his classy plays or hard running with lots of decoy runs.

This guy gives off 'solid trainer and character ' vibes. Not going to be the loud mouth influencer, but going to be pushing and leading others in all areas of training by example. He looks very fit, curious to see if he's moulded into more of a second rower into prop rather than a second rower...