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Not sure why you think Kiraz is a top winger? He had a couple of good games and a lot of average games last year, as did most of the squad. A centre he's not, he can't pass, but as a winger he lacks the pace of Wilson. Sure he tries hard, but do you get a FG spot for trying hard?

Looking forward to that game on paper. We will be dominated by the Eels big forwards and their halves and Gutho will have a big day out. Eels by 16. We are no better than last year for as long as we play Burton at 6.

What are you on? You rate these guys the equivalent of Tedesco, Turbo, Mitchell...all $1m dollar players? Seriously. Wacky tobacky.

Seriously would be ideal to transition Skelton to a rotational middle. We have wing covered with JAC, Kiraz and Wilson.

Please don't say such things thats grossly unfair and none of your business. It's up to the Club to make a call on such matters not you with half the facts and a possible agenda.

It sounds disrespectful to the max calling our halves...if they are Sexton and Hutch....shit and crap. But in reality you are onto something. When Hasler came in 2012 he first assessed every players playing ability, then put reliable workmanlike halves together and concentrated his attack...

Went to the game which most here can't say. Gus looked very grumpy. He must wonder what the #### he has to do to get bums on seats. A crowd of 6000 when us and Sharks are close to full strength, as our last hitout before the season was pitiful. The positive was our D, which restricted Sharks...

Wrong. Funding wouldn't need to be secured for 3 years by which time rates will be 2% lower and Fed, State & local Govts will be keen to borrow to push for redevelopment of that SW corridor to coincide with the WS Airport. Funding a stadium at Liverpool is a no brainer. Maybe we'd share it with...

Just remember....You'll never walk alone at Liverpool...or was that...its best not to walk alone at Liverpool...or was it....Liverpool is an area that's a natural fit for Dogs....being in Canterbury Bankstown there's no room to expand our development footprint APART from that SW corridor towards...

He likes winning and he saw the writing on the wall that some random lad has us finishing 17th in 24 so that wax enough for Pangai. And who would blame a man who likes winning? Seriously.

I dont understand why he says Critta is on 1 flank so the other one is up for grabs? I thought we bought Crighton to turn him into a functioning FB.? Secondly, Kiraz is NOT a centre. H It's probably Xerri and Tracey or Taffe in centres for me with JAC and Kiraz or Wilson on wings.

No, we agree our 2021 roster was poor. Our overall roster has been poor in comparison to most sides since 2016. As we apparently had players taking up space on back ended contracts, the time to begin serious development was 2016. Better late than never, we've tasted success in last years...

The point is the lack of development. We keep swapping out he deck chairs in an effort to find success. Sure, we've signed who's been available & interested to come to us. We've also let players like Graham, Ennis, Barba, Klemer, Meaney & Averillo go over the last 8 years. As we now don't have...

Does nobody seriously see a problem with such a burn rate? Seriously? With no development of players how exactly will we ever be anything other than an also ran finishing 14th to 17th? How does one instill a Bulldogs culture or spirit if nobody lasts longer than 2 to 3 years? Turnover burns...

That's what pre season training is for. He's elite. He was playing FG with Cronulla before the ban. It's Ike riding a horse. He knows how to play FG. The pre season training will show him the defensive skills required. For goodness sake he had some elite FG footballers to help him....Critta...

We sound like we will be the most balanced team. Nobody knows exactly where they will be playing, and we might move players around to different positions, but we will be balanced, so nobody will be moved if it unbalances the team, but everyone is competing to be part of our balanced team. Are we...

He had 1 good year. Seriously, he was hot and cold at Manly and there's issues that we know about. Not worth $1m. He's not Haas or Tino or JFH. Let Sharks have him. See if you think he delivers $1m worth to Sharks in 25. Can we focus on 2024 in any event?

It all doesn't happen for a year anyway. I'm a bit over giving a damn for players coming in a years time. What about 2024 props?...I'm betting someone surprises us as a prop in 2024 and we are left saying AF who? Saying he can't carry us is equally silly. Players develop. AFB wasn't happening...

Kikau ain't going anywhere. Geez there's some insanity in this forum. First we must get a recognised halfback, then we need a top notch fullback, then we need a great Hooker and now we need a great prop. Prop is the easiest position to manufacture. We have adequate props and development props...

Seriously?The best winger in the country? Short memory must have a.....shorrrrt memory. So u forgot how he carved during 2022 World Cup. Player of the tournament. The NRL don't own the players. They play under contract. So he has some fun with some brothers. Big Deal. NRL will drive players away...

Xerri's on $1.1m a year is he? I think you broke your calculator champ. Burton and Xerri.....that's a tad over $1m

Did you not watch the Burton interview. He clearly looked annoyed and perhaps upset. He wants to be a half, but it's become obvious this year he's not a half. He spoke of Ciraldo talking to him around his effort areas. That's code for....you haven't been successful in leading the team around as...

Thought u left for DragQueens when your namesake left. Tracey would be good at 5/8. In fact he'd be the best 5/8th we'd have. He's also better than the other utilities at centre, wing and FB. He'd be a terrific signing.

We re no better roster wise than at least 12 teams. I'd suggest we finish around 14th.

And what if we struggle to find players who want to play for a Coach that imposes impossible standards? At the end of the day the survival of the Club is No 1. Does the coach get to stay if he drives all the players out? I think not. We are unable to comment. We don't know what went on behind...

Your right....he's busted. His knees are shot. Not a long term investment at all. Too risky.

Health comes first. May your surgery go well Karl.

Its all very interesting. As Anasta and Carianas said on NRL 360 there seems to be someone internally destabilising the Club and efforts to drive standards. Every attempt to push harder is leaked to undermine. Moreover though...we don't have a leader. Anasta said himself...Burton is too quiet...

You've always been defence oriented? And who are you? An NRL coach? Anyone can score a try not many can stop one? During Desball we couldn't score...the ball was tossed around.....You do something....ahh I don't know...you do something...I dunno...you try...I dunno...does anyone have any ideas...

Who's for a wrestle? It's gonna be a Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Monday

He's had back surgery so was at home. Hasn't done 9 broadcasts either. Not sure tho he's missed 100% footy, so maybe that's crap. His sock drawer needed rearranging as he had too many odd sox. He's cleared space now for a new pack of 10 sox coming his way this Fathers Day.

Facts? You want facts? That never stops political persecution and corrupt prosecutors. Wake up and realise western democracies are being undermined by Marxist ideologues. There's been no complaints by any women in the Tate cases. It's fiction. It's not opinion to say that. The tone was an...

Lets face it. Hasler made 2 GF's with our squad. Barrett and CC have had far better squads than Pay. Yet Pay, for the salary cap unwinding he had to endure, was only a couple of points per game more than Des with GF squads. That'll do me. After CC given proper chance our next coach should be...

Offload these guys and NOBODY would come to the Club. CC will have a much better year next year. So too will the squad. We are putting together the position players we need to recruit. Patience. Manage expectations better. Rejoice in wins, commiserate in losses. The team will put in next year...

Ah the old CCCC. You can get enough of that.

Our churn of 10 players a year for 3 straight years kinda mimicked Stuart's Parra efforts.

More of a stench. Interesting Tigers could see the players weren't playing for Sheens so moved him sideways and St George also look far more focussed with their mid season change. Now Hunt doesn't have to do everything. We've gone backwards and unfortunately, the squad looks clueless how to turn...

No they are a threat to the status quo and the ongoing agenda of the feminisation of men. These charges are baseless, there's been no complaints by any females. Just wish you guys thought outside the box and see political persecution is the flavour of the month in the woke western world. The...

It's not cookie cutter day. Just look at the elite FB's. Edwards is different to Tedesco who's very different to Ponga who's similar to Walsh. Lattrel when in form is a dynamic draw and set up man, Gutherson different again. Next year is so important for Gould and CC. Either we show marked...

Is that because Pangai Snr wasn't available[emoji848]

Yeh I mean to say this list of recently ex Bulldogs players have been playing shit right?...proving your point about not having the cattle...let me see.. Meaney R Smith Cogger Adam Idiot Klemer Hetherington DWZ Montoya Cook CHN....before his injury of course. At least we were lucky to keep Okky...

We should've let CC go to Tigers. Not that we'd want Benji....but still. Next year will be tough if drag queens under Flanagan and Tigers under Benji do better than us.

The hallmark of Pays tenure was that we'd start the year poorly but build as the season progressed. Of course others will say, we won more later in the year games under Pay once the season had effectively ended for many teams. For me it's about how we look week to week. Under Pay I could see us...

Spot on. I know he's not a Ponga, but Ponga was tried at 6 and couldn't cope. I suggest a thorough post season review, incorporating who've we've got coming next season should see us starting next season like this: 1. Crighton 2. Kiraz 3. Xerri 4. Burton 5. JAC 6. Taffe/Salmon 7. Sexton We've...

What's harder to cop is that the 12 points difference today is the Raiders biggest win of the season. They are a basket case. So what does that make us? Seriously. It was 18-18 and we fell asleep. WTF

Ahead of Sharon Woods and T Rex? Are you sure? Then again T Rex did score our only try in the 2014 GF.[emoji848]

If he hasn't as yet lost he sheds, he's done well nonetheless to lose all the fans in the first year of his 5 year contract. The Qn needs to be asked....seriously....What performance hurdles were in CC's contract?

Yeh, that's fair, but what do you really think?

What defensive system do we employ inside our 20. It's not one I've ever seen before[emoji848]

Can we send Burto to Wayne and keep Avo?

Relegated to where? So we'd have 2 teams in NSW Cup next year? Promote the woman's team premiers to NRL.?

He's just warming up out back hitting the bag

The D in this game is chalk and cheese nothing like that in the Knights v Suffs game. How the fuck wasn't THAT the 4pm game?

Half to 5/8 to winger.....what a unique play

How are Raiders a top 8 team....they look ordinary esp without Wighton

NRL360 couple nights back said we had agreed to pay him $250k under our cap of his $750k salary next year. So we negotiated him leaving, he didn't just voluntarily pull the pin. As Hooper said, up and coming Aussie heavyweights get $10k a fight early on. TPJ could get more having a profile. I...

When your emoji says Nasheed, why do you then say Nasheed here? I mean, we can see that from your emoji, unless your the real Nasheed, and Nasheed is like a pseudonym for "stirrer" and maybe there's a REAL Nasheed then a bunch of other guys who use the handle Nasheed but aren't actually Nasheed...

You have no idea. CC with Gould looking over his shoulder is obliged to play the highest paid players, as we aren't finals bound. It's a sure way of losing the playing group if the guys on the bigger coin aren't selected ahead of developing players. The RLPA union silently demands it in fact.

But they are the highest paid available players. Guys on money are playing for contracts. We already know TPJ is going. Sutton and RFM been told they not wanted, Flano probably off to join his Dad. But at least allow them opportunity to justify their coin. Maybe also we have an eye on NSW Cup...

I always rated Liam Knight. Suffs aren't going that well ATM. They will lose to Knights today. They could do worse than having a L Knight on the bench.

Which is why any scout is only as good as how good any scouted player becomes. Gould at Penrith was adamant Burton was going to be a gun half. Yet Barrett saw Luai as the long term half to partner Cleary, so developed their combination. Whether it was something Gould saw in Burton at training or...

I didn't say Penriths D was boring. I find them overall a boring side. Their attack is so structured, it's boring. Yes their bruising D is impressive, but we've shown for a myriad of reasons we can't emulate their D. So instead of trying to be something we're not, let's become ourselves, play to...

Many say you must develop talent as you can't afford to put together a competitive roster once they are already established. As such, to suggest there's no use scouting all the Under 18 competitions is preposterous. Where else will the undiscovered, or under appreciated talent come from?...from...

I'd be looking to seriously bring Meaney and Klemer back to the club in the next couple of years. Meaney is now a polished FB. I'd play Crighton in centres with Xerri. The pre season is all you need to learn centre defensive systems. The game hasn't changed. Not sure Skelton is going to be as...

Must agree. In fact I get bored watching the way Penruff play. Yes their D is good but I am put to sleep by their attack. I'm not interested in trying to emulate them 1 Iota. I related to the way we played under Pay and even more so Potter. Will Gould take the whistle? He won't do it this year...

If thats the case and we just need to develop players how about CC coaches the development squad....who will then be the team that produces results into the future, and let Potter take the reins of the NRL squad....who we agree can't compete at all.

Don't you think it's worth watching, just to see how much Casey Badger can talk herself into fucking us up every chance she gets?

It's a No from me. This is the most likely scenario. It's just a matter of when the Board sees their own future in the headlights larger than the fallout and ramifications of going against the great Phil Goulding. I see CC and PG to be told their services are no longer required some time in...

Well it worked bigtime with James Graham, failed miserably with Thompson. On Thompson. If he wasn't injured or suspended for a big chunk of his 3 years here, I do wonder if he would of ever lived up to his hype. Dogs supporters are sick of getting up, looking forward to welcoming big names like...

The most amazing fact is Freddy chose TPJ for SOO2. Chosen on spec. Chosen on what we all know he was capable of. If only. A talent that everyone can see but he himself isn't smart enough, nor our coaches smart enough to get him fit enough to punch out big minutes. Imagine if he was talked about...

He wants to go back to England

As long as these fans don't make u sick to your stomach

Bring back Pay!!!!!!!

Round 2..... so we will be folding in another 6 to 8 new players into our Top 30 squad and choosing a top team and you give him 2 rounds. Hahahahahaha. He's signed a 5 year deal. Barrett had a 3 year deal and was 1.5 seasons into that and we paid him out fully. So your suggesting we pay out...

Only you make me sicker to my stomach. If the most intelligent thing someone can say is point out someone is bald, it doesn't say much.

Buzz isn't on every episode and one doesn't have to like every person on a show to like a show. Buzz continually bags the Dogs, is a Sharks apologist but refuses to ever lay the boot into them, even their coach is having a bad year defensively with his team. Buzz is also part of the forever...

Buzz isn't on every episode and one doesn't have to like every person on a show to like a show. Buzz continually bags the Dogs, is a Sharks apologist but refuses to ever lay the boot into them, even their coach is having a bad year defensively with his team. Buzz is also part of the forever...

Don't comment then if you wanna stay ignorant. Making your attacks on someone's physical appearance is bigoted. NRL360 isn't a shitty show. Don't watch it FINE. If you don't watch a particular episode though, don't say it's shitty as that's ill informed arrogant hate speech.

Kiraz had a couple of good games. A centre he's not. His running style will prevent him ever reaching elite speed. He has a big heart but limited potential. The Coach instills passion, pride, commitment in his players. He devises a game plan structured for the strengths and weaknesses of his...

You mean admit CC is a dud? But but he is Gus's man. Came highly recommended by Gus, even though Penruff went all out to bring Cleary back and cut Gus loose when Gus sacked Hook to bring CC into the head roll at Penruff. Maybe many of these rookie coaches are good at assisting but just don't...

So was it covid that fucked the development or the fact Gould asserts Dogs didn't do any? Our efforts in NSW Cup belies that statement.

Rubbish. If there's no development your not competitive in NSW Cup. It's that FINAL DEVELOPMENT taking players from NSW Cup to FG where you need an experienced FG coach to polish them up, not rookie coaches. All the same, would of loved to see what Dean Pay could of done with this roster. Time...

That's total ass covering bullshit. How can we of had such great success the last 7 years in the NRL Cup if we've had no development until Gould showed up. A blatant unadulterated lie saying we've had no development.

We had some in Paul Vaughan, Meaney, Cogger, Reimus Smith and pushed them out.

Covid. Hahahahahaha the FOREVER excuse for everything. Maybe he'd be better off saying we have many players suffering long term effects from having to take the jab as mandated by the NRL.

Get Mason to step on his foot again at the end of year Xmas party. Putrid described him accurately today.

It's disconcerting that we had our best team of the year on the field and there was no talk no "team" mentality. For those that say we've gone backwards the last couple of years, your right. I recall Dean Pay in every presser would say to the journos....Look, I've got a team that busted their...

We ain't gonna be paying out 4 years of a contract. He can't be sacked. He would not of come if he had that risk. He would of waited for a proper Club to make him an offer. Don't you think he would of talked to Baz before signing his 5 year deal? Baz would've said...CC mate this Club is a basket...

No no don't study. Do you wanna make something of your life. May as well. Being a Dogs supporter gives us no joy.

Kaseys Badger is so out of her depth

The arm carrying the ball is obscured, I thought in such a situation they must go with the onfield call? WTF

Fark off. The proof of the pie is in the pudding. Staying connected to let in more tries. Were a young team. We are building. We had covid. It's not our fault. Fact of the matter is that the chief brainstormer behind Penriths structure was Webster. He and Gould never got along. Gould recommended...

CC was busy guiding Panthers to another premiership last year, so didn't notice how well Averillo went at FB under Potter. He couldn't have Potter tell him where to play players so had to "mix it up a bit" to move players to positions they had failed before, just so he could move them out of...

Salmon - famous words....never been linked to us and is rubbish. Is that the player is rubbish or the rumour is rubbish. As Gould often says....listen to the fans and you'll end up sitting with them. Give yourself an uppercut. Personally I think Gould has achieved some good signings. With no...

Better than being sick to your stomach I guess.

Yes avg contract is 3 years but most clubs retain their top line players for longer than 3 years. Means successive contracts. The guys that remain at a club longer than 3 years drive that clubs culture. Just look around at the best clubs. They generally have their best players staying longer...

And what if RFM and Sutton had fronted management on behalf of ALL the players? You don't know if that's the case. Wouldn't the Club Captain be the man to do that? What if, as appears distinctly possible, that CC has lost the playing group? What then? Gus was very shy to say much, rightly so, on...

Leadership? So you tell your Club Captain to look elsewhere despite having 2 more years left on his contract? It's a train wreck and fact is you can't build any fucken "culture" when your churning players at the rate we churn. For the last 2 years we've let go 12 players, then 10 players. At...

Is Kikau a chance of actually playing or only named and more likely next week?

He's got 4 more years to turn it around. He ain't being sacked.