Thanks for the summary - much appreciated!

Yes - noticed that too. Despite all the reports of him training hard in the off season, Critta has really bulked up. That has completely changed the appearance of his face too. I barely recognise him from this photo - he looks very different.

Just sounds like a little dispute over who had been cleaning whose carpet.

That's a good line up. Maybe find a spot for Shrek in there somewhere.

Yes I agree it would be good if they could fit at least some seating in at the ends. The railway end is blocked off to spectators altogether. Would definitely make it more imposing for opposition teams with seating at ends.

Yeah I have thought about that too. I read somewhere ages ago that there isn't enough room for elevated seating due to railway line at the northern end and houses at the southern end.

Thanks Bro. That's great news. The Belmore Hill has a lot of history so I'm glad it will still be there Maybe that photo of the Dogs training with construction behind was deceptive. It just looked like the hill would be obliterated. Cheers. Rookie Dog

I've been here all along. I just hadn't realised the Centre of Excellence was going to be instead of the hill. It looks like the hill will be pretty much gone. I don't know why they couldn't have designed it to have both. Send some $$ to whoever owns the flat grassed area just over the back...

In the background to the training, what the f*** is happening to the Belmore Hill?

Nice one Wendog - very funny. What's Todd's current broken arm tally? 3 or 4? I wish him luck because he's a top player

Hey BB. I just checked it out. The player who got his arm snapped was Ben Ross (who was a bad choice to do the arm wrestling stunt because the guy was always injury prone when playing). He was arm wrestling Wendell Sailor when it happened.

Yeah. I remember that arm wrestling fiasco. Can't recall who the player was but a really horrible incident.

What you said is correct. There are some lines in a Springsteen song called "Straight Time": "You get used to anything, Sooner or later, it just becomes your life" Kind of bleak, but also true.

I was in Rebel Sport Burwood today trying to buy a water polo ball. Massive store but for some reason, they didn't stock them. But I digress. About halfway down the store on the left are the NRL jerseys. At the end of an aisle and in a perpendicular aisle, I came face to face with the 2026 Dogs...

Hey Brenno. Someone else said the same regarding Kearns. It was both Kearns and Clyde. Genius bonding activity thought up by coach Wayne Pearce prior to Origin 1 that year.

Hey Steve. I think you are trying to say the parts about dates and representative career aren't correct. It's not really relevant to the point I was making. I was talking about risk mitigation When I saw the image of Hayes riding around on the electric scooter, on asphalt with no helmet, I...

Wow! Hello. Long time since you've posted. I'm going OK. How about you?

Yep. You've got a very good memory. Both Kearns and Clyde fell off their respective horses. During a pre-origin bonding session. Just double checked my facts. Clyde fell of the horse prior to Origin 1 in 1999 and missed the whole series. The article commented the accident "effectively ended...

Good to see one of our key players riding around in the off season on an electric scooter on asphalt with the helmet safely secured to the handlebars. Who amongst the current Kennelers remembers the genius bonding idea of players riding horses and what happened to Bradley Clyde when he played...

Two years in a row, it looked like we ran out of juice in the several weeks leading up to the finals and in the finals and we had nothing more to give. 3 finals games in 2 years for 3 losses. It feels like we can't maintain the effort and intensity needed to keep punching above our weight...

Great photo of Leo. He looks big, fit and mean. Just what we need. A prop with a bit of mongrel and **** in them. Downside of the image - not a fan of the new Bulldogs (aka Paw Patrol) logo. It looks soft and like a 10yo kid made it up

Great news. Clearly the right choice and about time it happened. Like they say, love is blind and Ciraldo has much love for the WGD.

He ran over Smith twice in one game

Nobody can or should. Amazing player. And never seen him give less than 100%

Yes I remember your post many weeks ago suggesting Dogs have a look at Khan Pereira

I should drop the asshole Crawley a little note and correct this thinking. Let's see, players who came to the Dogs is the last several years and then had their representative debuts: Presto King Curran Burton Kiraz Rinikama I'm sure there will be others in the Pacific Championships I have...

Love Presto - probably my favourite Bulldog. Congratulations to him on an amazing achievement. An even greater achievement remembering that once a player comes to the Dogs, their representative careers are over. So whoever the c**t was in the media who wrote that sh*t they should man up, own...

Yeah I have read about the use of HGH and increased jaw size. May have to include Nathan Cleary with those you mentioned. Massive jaw and he always seems to have rapid recovery from supposedly serious injuries too

Teddy on the juice you reckon? He seems to have become young again. Souffs whole team juiced up when they beat us in 2014 GF. Not a word in the media as Souffs and their no teeth, metho-drinking, 1 brain cell fans = pride of league

What you say is logical and factual. Of course, facts get in the way of people who would support O'Brien coming to the Bulldogs. As I sometimes tell my wife when we are having a "discussion" about a contentious topic, facts are her enemy. And she doesn't like it when I say that, but it's true

That's true - good observation. Everything is Galvin's fault including, but not limited to, the following: 1. the war in Ukraine 2. the truck that ran into the power pole in Brisbane yesterday 3. the fact that I thought I had bought regular (non gel) toothpaste and when I opened it, it...

Hey Kempsey Dog Thanks for your reply. Haven't been back to Taree myself for much of this year. My folks and sister are still there. I'm in Sydney - pretty busy with work and family. Yes, Manning Point is a great spot. Some pretty big waves on the ocean side and calm on the river side. That's...

Hey mate. Does The Kempsey part in your name refer to Kempsey on the mid north coast? I grew up in Taree and we used to have annual inter-school sport Taree High vs Kempsey High. Kempsey was very strong and whilst I played a few different sports, my general recollection is of losing to...

Rorters needed a new hooker. So they just signed the one who plays for NSW. And nobody blinked. All good regarding the salary cap

Am hoping and praying there is a Plan B other than Haywood. He was great as 14. I don't think he's a natural starting 9. Hopefully the off-season preparing as a 9 helps

All looks good except I think you mean Coates on the wing not Oates

This year we generally beat all the shit teams (except Tigers). We accumulated a lot of points with double beatings of shit like Titans, Dargons, Souffs, Parrascum. We jagged some good wins- Rorters Sharts, Manly and Warriors. But as usual, we were shit against strong clubs - beating reserve...

The frustating thing about Burton is we have all seen what he can do when he switches on He is a gifted player and has won us games with clutch plays - for example think the two consecutive field goal wins thanks to Burton last year. It just makes it harder to take when the switch is more off...

That's a really interesting perspective. Definitely can be something in it. Thanks for sharing.

My dad watches this show and often tells me how annoying and biased the knob heads are and that they have it in for the Dogs. I say to him that I've never watched it and if it annoys him so much, just don't watch it

The answer is easy. Media c*nts are obsessed with the Bulldogs. Without writing all this Bulldogs related sh*t, the c*nts lives would be even more empty and meaningless than they already are

Burton is nearly 100kg, fit, pretty fast and should be strong. Yet he can be so passive in defence. Remember Justin Olam. Not as big as Burton etc but ran and tacked way harder. At the peak of his career, he used to smash guys. Never seen Burton do it. I do like Burton but I don't think he...

Yeah it's funny how they get temporarily fit around that time - extra $$ for playing SOO but I'm sure that's nothing to do with it. The worst "injury" situation we had was with Foran when he basically missed a whole year in his last year with us (or his second last year). He went to Titans and...

Funny you should say that. I was talking with my dad yesterday on that very point. He's also a Dogs supporter and is very unhappy about the capitulation to Panfers on Sunday. We reached the conclusion that the only Dogs player with the desired amount of mongrel is Sitilli. Got him suspended a...

Ciraldo lost his fkn mind well before this. He needs to take off his bias glasses. He loves Haywood and Salmon. No matter what. It's called unconditional love. Yes both work their guts out (and in the case of Salmon, his weak guts) but a premiership winning hooker Haywood is not. Likewise...

Yeah it's all good salary cap wise with the teams you mentioned. Look at Storm and Bronco's spines. They would have a big chunk of their cap tied up there. It's just basic mathematics. The rest of the team must play for minimum wage. Yes, I agree with what you said about Ciro standing up for...

One benefit of our getting towelled up so badly yesterday is that it shone a harsh light on the deficiencies you referred to above. If it had been close it could have masked our issues at #7 and #9. It's now impossible for Gus and Ciro to ignore. What we did this year (except for the Tigers...

I'm really concerned about our #9. Moving forward, if the club thinks Haywood and Turpin are our premiership hookers, we are in deep sh*t. It is vital to have a gun hooker. I understand the reasons for letting Mahoney go. He's not in the elite class but our current options feel like a downgrade.

Awesome seats - we'll done! May you see a great game and a win for the mighty blue and white

I thought I couldn't hate cheating Storm any more than I already do. Until I read your post. If we don't win the premiership this year, please may Melbourne not win. Of course, they continue to rort the salary cap to this very day.

My ancestors were from the north-western highlands of Scotland, so I'm definitely not Egyptian. My view is that a lot of companies and businesses rely on people just accepting what they dish up. It's probably about what I feel is too much eg the very expensive bed I once bought from Sealy...

It is disgusting by Ticketek as well as deceptive conduct. When I raised an issue with them I had all the printouts etc with dates. I asked these knobs from Ticketek why the best tickets available on an earlier date were way worse than tickets that magically became available later. They said...

Because f**ing Ticketek manipulate the seat allocation. You bought "best available" at the time then closer to the event the a**holes at Ticketek release premium seats because they know people will buy them. It's a huge rort.

Yeah it's funny but not in a "ha ha" way. Rather it's funny in a freaky, strange, weird, off the planet and sh*t kind of way. Must be nice to be a team like Melbourne and know you are going to get gifted a few games a year. Like the sh*t where Clearly kicked the field goal and that little turd...

Leo Thompson in 2026

That would be a well balanced side you have suggested. Ciraldo is obsessed with Salmon and whilst I don't doubt that he gives 100% he doesn't offer enough at 13. Salmon is actually a weak link in our side. But he is basically first selected. The only time he has not been our starting 13 is...

Yeah it is exactly what I was talking about. I hope you got your Aisle 130-131 seats. My regular season seats are in 130 and its a top location. Ticketek just manipulate the flow of tickets and it's a big rort.

No chance Ponga turns out for Dogs on Sunday. But if Paps is not right for Melbourne after head knock or something happens to Walsh for Brisbane, I'm sure the NRL would find a way to make it happen and Ponga would be right to turn out for either of those clubs or both (unless they are playing...

My wife jokes with me about this consumer stuff. All these businesses just try and brush you off until you stand up to them. I have many stories including buying a really expensive posturepeduc bed from Sealy. I measured the mattress and it was too small and didn't meet the specified...

Of course it would be supported by the NRL. NRL is crooked as f**k. We see it manifested in other ways all the time - inconsistent refereeing, players getting charged and suspended for sh*t that other players get away with, NRL turning a blind eye to salary cap rorting (eg Roosters, Storm...

I did another post about the issue you have raised. Ticketek manipulate ticket releases. They do it not only with sport but with big concert performances too. They hold onto blocks of prime tickets. People purchase "best available" and so less good tickets all get sold. Then Ticketek releases...

This is a well known and very dirty trick by Ticketek. Back in the day I bought some Springsteen tickets which were way up the back (supposedly the "best available" at the time) then about 2 days later blocks of really good seats magically became available. They do it to offload the less...

No - it crosses over so there can't be repeats in week 3 of the games from week 1. It's Brisbane in Brisbane. The only way we play Melbourne again is if both teams make it to the Grand Final.

Did anyone on here actually sit through the entire movie "Titanic"? I never could stomach it. I saw a TV show once where some fanboy said he had watched it 36 times or something. The topic of the movie somehow came up the other day and I said to my 11 year old son "I'll save you the trouble...

Very average if Ciraldo would rather stick with his selection errors and throw away our season. It's sudden death now and Ciraldo's job should be to set his ego and stubbornness aside and select the best team possible

Ciraldo seems incredibly stubborn. The way I see it is that starting Haywood @9 means we lose the impact he had off the bench because he has had his energy sapped by all the defence he does when starting. He was having a big impact off the bench. Then bringing Mahoney on late in the games...

It may be a more recent thing because I don't remember, for example, two finals games being played in Melbourne in previous years. I suppose the idea is that both teams who jump straight to week 3 get the extra benefit of a home preliminary final

It sounds good but if we beat Panthers next week, we will play the winner of Raiders v Broncos in a preliminary final either in Canberra or Brisbane not at Accor in Sydney. Same as Melbourne get their preliminary final in Melbourne. That's the reward for finishing top 4 and winning in week 1...

Love it - meaning he most likely will play. Harry Hayes = Pure Bulldog

Yes but Preston had to be punished because he's a Bulldogs player

Kiraz was signing autographs etc just in front of where I was sitting last night. For what it's worth, he was moving around apparently unrestricted. I know playing is a whole different kettle of fish, but at least he isn't in a moon boot or some sh*t like that. After last night's disaster...

Not only wasn't Sitilli charged, but no Bulldogs players were charged. It felt really strange and confusing because we have basically had at least one player charged from every game for about the last two months. We are also the club with most players charged and most fines and most...

Completely agree. Dogs looked off key all night. They had better turn this around fast. Making the top 4 then losing first up to Melbourne will stuff us up. Don't know whether we will play Rorters or Penrith (who will dispose of Sharts and Warriors) but I can't see us beating either of those...

Was Mann was wasted on the bench the entire first half and he just had to sit there and watch us get pumped 18-0. Then I think it was about 15 minutes into the second half before he finally got on. The game was dead and buried for us by then

Ha ha! Yes. Unfortunately I was at the game. I said to my froend "What is this sh*t?" They were, as you said arse Ridiculous organisation that the one song people probably knew didn't get played (well about 70% of it didn't get played)

Wolfy played some songs dunno what. Then the teams went on the field Wolfy playing their big hit "Joker and the Thief'. We had actually kicked off and they were about one third into the song and they just had the plug pulled on them. The timing of when they started playing the song was all...

Which sideline? They were saying in commentary last night Crichton 35% from left sideline I think and 75% or something like that from right

Cheers Chris - so true. Just added a little to the end of your post.

Of course that will happen. He'll do exactly the same stuff at Cowboys but it will be OK because he's not wearing a Dogs jersey. I know what you said will come true.

Woods was definitely Sharon when he played for us. Penalised because he was wearing a blue and white jersey. It's no conspiracy theory - it's a fact

And to add to the flavour of it all, as soon as a player leaves the Dogs the suspensions end. A long time ago, but I remember Cement getting sent off by Mick Stone twice in the space of about 8 weeks for the same offence - raised elbow in possession (just like Tina does every run these days)...

Thanks for that Chisdog - it's a good thread - one close to my heart. About halfway through this season - around the time of the multiple suspensions - Curran, Sitilli, Preston I did a similar thread as the judicary result stood then. I went through and analysed the number of charges, total...

LEON BOTT is the answer I GOT

There was a good photo of it in some media article the day or so after. Should be a penalty for not packing. But the other thing it did was give him that little bit of extra time on the play because he didn't have to get his head and giraffe neck out of the scrum. Gave him an advantage over the...

Jim Dynock = Parramatta Eel. Whored out for the $$

Womanly try from scrum should have been our penalty. Their lock never packed and "decoy" runner took out Preston

Hopefully Jethro comes in - he's been great. He's named in the reserves so can be brought in

Tuala no errors if you don't count 3 bad missed tackles against Dargons. 2 of them led directly to tries

Player more HECTIK if gets name written in CAPS

tHaT's A vErY gOoD qUeStIoN

I reckon Rinikama will come in for Tuala

I think Rina will come in. CC full of praise for him during the press conference after Cowboys game and like you said, he absolutely nailed the winning play over Dargons. Miracle pass from Galvin, but the rest was down to Rina to do and he nailed it to perfection. In fact he has scored the...

Yes - double edged sword

Yes, indeed noticed our players taking an age to get back after the kick. What if we dropped the ball and had to defend? They were 20 metres downfield. It is a worry.

Good for us

Anyone who plays for Tigers, is not a Kiwi or Pommy, is a half decent player and who gives Timmy Sheens a blow job (or at least promises to) will play for Australia.

I agree with you completely. I asked in some other thread about a year ago whether people would prefer us to be the current nice guys (who seem to be losers) or unpopular ruthless winners. The answer for me is easy and I don't care anymore how we play the game or what we do (including...

Does Exhibit B mean that Brett Stewart may come to Belmore as well? I hope so because he is such a wonderful human being and a great sport as well. One of his most memorable acts recently was running 30 metres to punch Adam Blair's unprotected head as Blair lay on the ground being bashed by 4...

That's OK and I think Tapau has been going well but looks to me like he still has a way to go. As much as I hate both of them (Hannant for being a money hungry liar) and Tandy (for being a cheat) they are massive losses to the Dogs and exactly what we are still missing. Props with genuine...

What about Todd Carney? On another point which nobody seems to have said a lot about. I am really concerned by our loss of props from 2011 to 2012. I know Hodgson and Armit were getting on, Paea is also leaving and Tandy was supposed to be with us in 2011/2012. So, that's 4 we are losing...