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Something is brewing, but dealing both of these guys this year would be a silly move for us, considering we are challenging for the premiership this year

Great post and analysis! Something worth reading on The Kennel

Ciraldo wouldn't debut him unless he knew our defensive system inside out, so I have full faith in Smithy making the successful step up.

Don't care about live chat, I will be front and centre of this one to watch us embarrass the Rorters

Change in tactics made the difference and Crichton's heroics. Everyone thinks Hayward is an Origin half now lol, he just executed a game plan.

Show me proof that he is too slow to be a half. Go back and watch him chase down Ponga in Round 7 last year. DCE is a speed demon is he?

Man Tales of Tiger Town just keeps on giving Cronk drilled into the 64-0 demolition tonight on Matty+Cronk. Tigers playing a defensive style with no line speed, Storm just kept going with the outside in ball to negate the sliding defence. Benji is being found out, I reckon he is gone before...

Hayward has more upside than Sexton. Which is why I believe we will give up on Sexton and proceed with 7. Hayward 6. Burton next year.

Find it hilarious that Salmon use to cop so much flack on here and now he is a fan favourite. But yes originally I thought we had plenty of forward depth but with all these suspensions and injuries it is definitely being tested.

This aged well

It's a great issue to have.

It's unbelievable and explains why we should be premiership favourites. But vitally we still had our guns in Critta, Kikau and Burto. With one of those players missing we lose something in attack.

How do I down vote on this forum

Tale of two halves, amazing stuff by Crichton

This is true

Spurs owner is all about income. Spurs haven't won a trophy in more than 40 years, I think it's more important to them.

Damn this Raiders pack is going to be like wrestling a bear, they are big boys and we are undermanned. Kicking game will need to be on point and errors at a minimum. The Raiders really worry me as they will trouble us in the same way the Broncos did. Still think if we play to our potential we...

My mate is a united fan and even he wants to see Ange Postecoglou win a trophy at Spurs. It should be a good game.

Well either way we lost him for 3 weeks, so challenging it was always the right call. Selfish of me but maybe we don't lose him for 3 games of origin now. Next man up, it's just unfortunate that Sitili is also out at the moment.

Haha this could actually be true

Really hope we can win this one. Raiders are a massive pack and clearly play for 80 minutes. I feel we have been off our best over the last 3 weeks, need a big big game. Doggies 16-12

Safety experts. They ruin everything lol. Yep, to be fair its not him wanting these changes, but people are coming after the whole game.

True, but young guys are already surpassing him. We are a top 4 defensive side, but not a top 4 offensive side. The reason is as clear as day, our 7 not top 8 in his field. And our 1 is not top 4 in his.

I'll also add, I believe Phase 4 will be eliminating all first contact tackles below the waist. That is all moderate to high first contact will need to be waist height to mid torso.

Probably, but my bet is you will still see significantly less HIAs.

Yeah I agree, actual clear definitions are needed. But the NRL are more interested in creating Obscurity as opposed to Clarity with these sort of things. They want to make the game less exact and less predictable for the betting agencies to profit.

Posted this in another thread: Mal made a good point, often it is the attacker that is causing the high contact by slipping, falling, etc. Further, he also mentioned another good point. It is sometimes another defensive player that bumps another defender into a strange position, causing a...

They are trying to stamp out any contact to the head. First goal is to completely eliminate upper torso and higher tackles. Once this is achieved 9/10 HIAs will be eliminated. Yes you will still have some knee and hip collisions, but look at how many HIAs there are for that vs swinging arm...

Well in the rule book there is no specified depth from top of grass blade to top of top soil for the definition of 'ground'. But certainly touching one blade is no try. If there is contact with the ball half way down the mean length of grass then I would say that would be given a try.

It was 12v12 at that point, 11v12 would have been a very bad look. Cronk alluded to this on air, but then back stepped to say its not necessarily why the ref didn't sin bin him.

Mal made a good point, often it is the attacker that is causing the high contact by slipping, falling, etc. Further, he also mentioned another good point. It is sometimes another defensive player that bumps another defender into a strange position, causing a shoulder to contact the attacker's...

Yep, the top of a blade of grass is not the ground. Keen to see some photos of those. If it touches the ground with 0.0001 Newton of force for 0.0001 seconds it's still downward pressure and still grounded therefore TRY.

The ball must be grounded is my understanding, it's not on the ground in any of those photos. "Grounding the Ball" means: Placing the ball on the ground with hand or arm pressure; or Exerting downward pressure on the ball with the hand(s), arm(s), or front of the body (torso) while the ball...

Nah another Latrell, lazy

Haha well I reckon you aren't far off. I would probably have him at 10th out of 17. With Moses, Clearly, Hughes, Daly, Reynolds, Hynes, Walker, Forgarty, Katoa ahead of him.

I reckon we will announce the extension of Sexton after the Titans game.

Penrith and Eels at the bottom of the table has improved my shit mood from Thursday's game

Everyone has said we have had an easy draw so far, but we haven't played our two games against the current wooden spooners yet

Took himself off the field for 10 minutes

Hahahaha wtf

No way they win this challenge based on calls this week

I agree, turned into Turbo's ass cheek

Yep, and take any one of the players, slot them in this team and we are clear favourites vs anyone

DCE or Reynolds il take either for 2 years lol

Turbo must be a Crighton type leader for this team, they manage to improve defensively and offensively when we plays. Since 2019 67% win rate with him in the team, 34% without him.

Game Set Match

Can't see how Manly could possibly have any gas left after being whistled out of this 2nd half

Belinda Sharpe and the numpty in the bunker are in competition for who can be the least competent at their jobs

Thank God I am not a Manly supporter, I would be absolutely filthy

Bunker is cooked, game is cooked, wtf are these ref's doing

Casey badger is cooked

Let's beat them next week first lol

Dearden with a beauty

Idiot cowboys trying to go through the middle

Haha so true, our left edge should cream them to be honest. And Crighton will probably have good times on the right too.

Only Latrell would get a penalty there

Yeah fair point

Agree, it's comical at this point. ***** are falling into shoulders and defenders are getting sin binned for it.

Was Katoa not offside?

1/16 is not 20%

Just re-watched that first half. His first key penalty was 'tackled after held called' that was when we had them pinned in their half, that set the tone for the game. The 2nd try was also a forward pass from Carrigan to Haas, he was inline with it and made no call. He also had a dubious high...

Haha this made me laugh, because all of it is absolutely true. Hayward saved the day after Mahoney imploded

Mate you don't need your system to be working well to land a kick outside of the in goal. Instead of lifting us out of a slump he threw us further into it. Hopefully he learns from it.

Yes we were pure shite in that first 40 minutes, BUT Before today's match: The Canterbury Bulldogs have a very poor record when Gerard Sutton is the referee, winning only one out of their last 15 games with him officiating. This translates to a win rate of just 6.67%. Stayed true to form …...

Probably his worst game of the year. But to be fair a few key players were way off their best in that first 40. I mean how often do you see Preston drop a ball in our own half like that. Still Sexton's ability is a limiting factor for us to take that next step.

Yeah I was just about to say this lmao

The difference between Reynolds and Sexton was night an day in that first half.

Ill discpline in that first 40 gave us no hope, at the same time we were not ready for their big men to absolutely steam roll us in the first 15 minutes. Sutton also successfully helped disrupt the flow of the game, giving them easy metres out their half.

Dogs 22 - 6 MOM Tracey

God damn, we are back baby, the salt is real.

This game is big because we will be facing three opponents: 1. Donkeys 2. Sutton 3. QLD Crowd A key will be making sure we score first and keep the lead. Sutton will likely turn it into a penalty fest so our usual tactic of playing the field position game probably won't work, and we will need...

He would be a complete fool not to sign with us. If Gus comes knocking, you don't say no, unless the money is not where you think it should be. In his case has the opportunity to slot into a top 4 team in the coming 1-2 years, Crazy not to take it.

Good on him. If he believes it, and draws inspiration from it, then why not. His faith is obviously providing him with focus and discpline he otherwise probably wouldn't have.

Nah. He isn't much of an upgrade over Tracey.

That is a leader.

That is a good deal for the club if true. Surely he would have received offers in excess of $600k from clubs in need. It's a win-win signing, 2 years allows us to maintain top 4 contention whilst allowing Woods and Tia to develop into who we think they will develop into.

You are right, no matter who we beat, they will still question our finals credentials. Little do they know we have been playing finals footy for weeks already now, we are more ready for a finals push then any other team is.

The Galvin shit show will continue for some time. So it is a good thing we have pulled out of the conversation. If Tigers management insist on paying hard ball and making him wait the 2 years out, then it's going to likely destabilise them. Win-win for us.

Yeah Moses has to be there, best half in the comp right now (sample size 1 game but still). Kiraz, Preston, Crighton will all be picked. Smokey could be Xerri and King. Burto probably misses out. Mann could be an in for QLD. In short we could be a little decimated, but we have depth and the...

Fullback is probably the position we have the least amount of depth in. Taafe is a significant backwards step from Tracey. I'd still prefer a home grown talent like Cochrane to step up to the position eventually, but we are in a premiership window right now, so Fa'alogo should be in our sights...

Well said

He was amazing and bad at the same time in his first game back. Some poor handling errors but to be expected following the time off. We are far more deadly in attack when he plays. Anyone that says otherwise is blind.

The club is a shambles

Don't disrupt the current roster imo. We are onto something good. Changes should be made in the offseason But yes we need to sign another gun, halfback or fullback are the most obvious positions for one.

Yeah odds will shorten massively if we beat the Broncos at Suncorp

To be honest I had the same opinion before the Sharks game, and again before today. But yes Broncos at Suncorp are probably a level above again on their day. Huge game for us, expect another massive crowd, hopefully over 40k.

Nah 12-10 to South Sydney apparently

We can surpass it, and legally this time lol

They lost round 7 that year

Yep, best start ever now, we have never started with 6 wins.

I really don't want to get ahead of myself, but also, I think it is right to draw comparisons to our current win-streak and domination to that of the Storm and Penrith of recent times 2020 - Penrith go on a 17-game win streak. Also ending the season with 20 wins and 1 loss. Ultimately they lose...

Dogs are on track to go on a historic undefeated run.

Haha wow Storm getting pumped

I am convinced there was a glitch in the system due to COVID by 1 year in 2020. 2025 is our year to win the GF.

In typical Dolphins fashion they will let them back in this and narrowly win

Suck a fat one Storm

In my opinion its 1. Bulldogs 2. Daylight 3. Storm 4. Donkeys

Prefer critta taking them.

Pressure on Sexton and Burton is only a positive thing. They shouldn't get too comfortable. Galvin and Woods would be a Cherry-Evans & Foran type combo though, it's actually insane when you combine it with our current defensive system.