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Exactly this

It’s not karma, the game in general has turned to shite. Too many rule changes and giving referees greater subjective control. Physical battle removed from the game, better athlete wins by greater margin, no way to grind out results any longer.

I really hope you’re right, but I just don’t see it happening.

He had a play or two in him but is far too inconsistent. The argument that he has muppets around him also doesn’t stack up, he lacks genuine speed and I feel like his game acumen is not the best, hence his poor passing game and ability to influence outcomes on the field. Good player but not...

You are spot on. Great potential but that’s all he is atm, no consistency and flashes of brilliance only. He’s nowhere near ready to lead a successful NRL side and is making a lot of mistakes alongside a team of Cup players.

Forwards are really poor, we lose the ruck and middle every week

Maybe talent not quite the word but all the heart in the world without the physical capabilities and competence isn’t going to change anything. Yelling louder and asking blokes to play above their level with dogz of war garbage is nonsensical. An average runner can’t run elite time because you...

Yep, Mahoney is struggling with what’s around him but absolutely no leaders or footy brains in the team

Exactly, fully agree

Unfortunately, and due to his pay packet, we and the club expects him to be our alpha forward and hold us together. Realty is, he never was going to be that forward. He could be great, in a pack that does all the grunt and goes forward, he’d then be damaging as hell. But one man out with this...

As I said in another thread, it’s not effort, it’s talent. The squad and forwards in particular are very weak by NRL standards. Asking them to put more effort in isn’t going to get it done.

I honestly don’t think it’s effort, in fact last night is a good example where we could have lost by 40 or 50 and past few years would have. Biggest issue is the talent, our forward pack is nothing short of atrocious. You any just say dogz or war, all the means is try harder. These guys just...

Absolutely this !

It’s turned into touch football, no doubt, garbage to watch now

1,6(yes6) & 7 are big problems and reason we are shite

Is this list for real? Reed is the ONLY player we got

He’s not good enough, squad player at best

Agree, South’s rampant with forward passes, what do the touchies do ffs

Was going to say Bellamy, he created some of the grubbiest players of all time

To improve further, I reckon better fitness but more so an onfield leader. Knights were there for a pounding yday but we lacked a ruthless streak and we seemed to clock off well before the finish and knowing we had the win.

Exactly this

RFM playing a role too, it’s a great balance

3. MPotter 2. Gus for getting rid of Baz 1. Too many to choose from

Love when Vaughan practically teabaged Brown (mid way through 2nd half)

We have a football team, who knew

This is correct but how and when will it be fixed, that’s the question

The kid has something but is paying the price of being rushed into 1sts before he’d earned it. Id keep him as a minimum wage utility in the top 30, I reckon there is something in him a good Coach could hone. He doesn’t appear too clever and looks to be badly lacking confidence.

Desperately need an infield game manager.

You’re absolutely right mate, not accountable and the only pressure is delivered by RL media who by enlarge struggle to understand basics. The salary cap, despite being open to rorting, is there to even the competition so 5 year rebuilds are just again diverting attention and pressure off.

Yeah, I disagree. It’s not rocket science and only gets as complicated as you make it. Strong and clear leadership is all that’s needed. I might add, I couldn’t care if our next Coach is high or low profile, there are an abundance of Coaches who could do more with what we’ve got, it’s change...

I agree, it has to be due to player options based on Coach

Answer is simple: you keep adjusting and moving on Coaches until you get it right. It’s a very simple game and right mix of players and coach can change things very very quickly. It happens frequently in football (soccer) in UK and Europe. You can’t take these stupid 5 year rebuild approaches to...

Exactly, errors are part of the game. We don’t play any football and that’s why our errors hurt. Every team wants to limit errors but you can’t have guys playing like robots to a game plan that doesn’t work. Absolute tripe being dished up

Good post mate, absolutely agree

Putrid, insanity if Baz not sacked after that

Bang on mate, couldn’t agree more

The game is crippled with stats, so much more to all the football codes that stats don’t show you

Well, another one thrown away. Trent Barrett coaching like it’s the 90’s

I wish he, or bloody anyone, would straighten the attack up. Side to side is no threat at all. We have the Fox to thank for the points tonight

Huge belly laugh, great post mate

A new Coach would make the world of difference and pretty sure we’d become competitive rather quickly

Exactly this

Honestly, who cares. We got schooled…again

I was another, charmed by the words and wanting to believe, however now reformed. It’s plain as day he’s got to go. Not a single player or element of our play has improved on his watch. He (they) spoke of creating culture when he started and that is my biggest concern, we are now conditioned to...

Good god, NO !

We’ll said, plenty of other issues to fix first but there’s no doubt he’s not offering us much or what he was brought in to do

Correct, 100%

Good call, need a statement and show that we don’t accept a losing culture. It’s getting ingrained now, Gus needs to make a move

Showed more than quite a few others who have been given 20,30,40 games to grow. He looks a real find

This guy is still a massive anchor around us developing, utterly useless even when we were dominant

Jackson has too much responsibility, we need his effort as nobody plays with his heart but these stupid ‘stupid slowing the play the ball’ penalties have to fxxing stop. Ffs

What a shit show, honestly. No game management in our entire side. We lost that game because we failed to put points on when we dominated 75% of that game. So angry.

Dufty needs to get involved now, Broncs are gone around the middle, softer than us

If we can’t win tonight, we never will

Yes, exactly this

Good post mate, I’m with you on all points

I was one who actually thought Baz would turn us around but I’m afraid to say I was wrong. There is so much wrong with our side, they should be playing a lot better than they are showing. There is something seriously wrong and it’s all starting to point towards him

Lack fitness, and strength, our forwards are a long way off the pace

Dare I say it, Flanagan he was dominated early in the match, kept trying late in the match but that’s the least he can do at his price tag

What a fxxing mess, suck if watching this club

We are truly garbage Barrett has got the players scared to play, and attacking structure isgarbage Fitness is not good enough Same players costing us each week Jackson involved far too much Averillo can’t defend JMK what else can you say, just so far off NRL standard Thompson is bench...

Because Schoup is garbage

Afraid to point you’re wrong on this one ol’ mate. Unconscious bias is very real and very evident in sports, backed up by evidence if you look into it

Penrith scored because they are a lot better. You can say from our mistakes but we couldn’t Get out of our half, we couldn’t keep the same intensity. Mistakes only happened because of that.

Agree, summary is pretty accurate. For me the two glaring differences between both were (1) Speed and strength from Penrith much better than us (2) we lack an on field game manager

JMK is a liability in attack and defense He’s a million miles from NRL standard

The speed and strength shown by Penrith against our guys was alarming. Also JMK has to go, there are so many things wrong with that guy as a dummy half, can’t believe he’s still picked

1. We constructed a decent try 2. TPJ 3. MKing

Agree with all the sentiments, it’s definitely a coaching issue. I’ve been a Barrett fan but seems that his talking and persona do not carry over to this coaching biz. Good enough team today to be competitive, no excuse for that score line, it’s on him

games are won in the forwards and I’d hardly say we’ve over capitalized when talking 2 seasons away. And further, you’ll not get a quality half if you have rubbish forwards, they want to play behind a dominant pack. It’s honestly a ‘no brainer’, just the negotiation semantics

Schoupp is garbage, yes he’s young but def not NRL standard

Agree with everything stated here. We really lack an on field game manager. Had enough possession and field position to post points but came up empty. It was a million times better than last few years though so hope it continues

he was never ever coming in to be part of the Bulldogs. He is Barrett’s mentor, that’s it. For those who do not understand that also means he’s not coach, he’s supporting him many different ways including managing the situations he has and will face. the media have done a great job confusing...

NRL HQ Referees Media

FFS

Disagree totally. You don’t dump a premium players to free cap for >1 year. I have no inside knowledge but if this happens we’ll see something in return, no doubt at all. its insane otherwise and Gus is definitely not that.

Nope, this is wrong. You can’t have SC pressure in isolation, it has to be connected to a plan and improvement, be it now or later. Your logic is flawed.

I genuinely think it’s Gus taking the high road and not disrespecting the clubs these guys still need to play for this year. If anyone is for the greater good of the game, it’s Gus, and reckon it’s his way of getting signings done now, because you basically have to, but leaving the fanfare for...

Couldn’t say it any better mate, totally agree

Exactly this! It’s why the 6 again is the single biggest blight on the game

Exactly this !

Bulldogs fail to win a penalty count ……………..oh wait, you said ‘bold’ prediction

Bang on, great post. Sit back and enjoy the rebuild. Too many bitches in here, worried about garbage salaries they have no insight of.

Clickbait again

Squad looks a lot better on paper so we should expect sharp improvement. However we do still have key spine uncertainty and for me the biggest issue is our forward pack. We were disgraceful last year and have made just a couple of signings. Our the forwards we’ve signed brilliant and how do we...

You can’t play with kids mate, need NRL experience and without paying a fortune every squad needs these type of players

No, Port Hacking HS at Miranda

I went to school with him, nobody knew even played footy until he emerged in Sharks outfit. Was not even quick at school, always a laugh for the boys that guy

Agree mate, this guy was the only shite contributor today, thank fxxk he only played 20 mins or so

Headline here s/be: ‘Barrett and Furner don’t see!’

and can’t pass

Honestly, if we’re rating Patolo on that performance we are doomed.

Geez are standards are low these days ….. Patolo ….really

Absolutely, been saying same thing, our forwards are not good enough and won’t matter who is in back line

Flush this fool down the can. If we want any semblance of culture and standards set, he’s straight on a plane back to SYD to clear his locker out tonight

And forwards, our pack next year is only marginally better than this year

Our forwards next year are only moderately better than this year, we’ve got a way to go yet before being considered decent

I’d say it’s looking better….not good. IMO, we are several forwards short, we’ll win more than a few games

Id agree, if only he wasn’t a biscuit

Nobody could play behind our forward pack, they are all utter garbage. I’m concerned next year may not be much better on that basis. Two forwards coming in, still leaves us very much short. I’ve never seen a weaker pack, just disgraceful