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At least he will be motivated, unlike some of the duds who came for the money and left their ticker at home.

Bring back Billy Johnston! He will get them fit and put fear into anyone slacking off in games. Just ask Terry Lamb what happened when he pulled out of playing in a game when feeling a bit off.

Manly players are laughing their heads off

I have never seen the dogs so bad

Can't believe it. Lost on tackle 1 again

Mahoney doing something stupid when we have the penalty

Ciraldo can't survive surely

Oh no. From the ekick off!

Instead of helping to hold up the Manly player over the line, Kikau jumped on his own player to help the Manly paler score.

Every player has gone backwards under Ciraldo

Totally disorganised rabble

There is no excuse for being this bad

What are the black arm bands for? Their own funeral?

This is pathetic! Ciraldo has to go.

Lost on 1 tackle again

making Manly look like champions. When clealy they are not.

What a useless type of tackle by the winger

They don't tackle with any force. That is when they tackle at all. Defensive structure is rubbish.

Get a coach who can teach them to tackle

Thompson next to go at end of season. Thompson & TPJ adds up to a lot of cap space freed up.

1. get back to Billy Johnstone style fitness training & policy 2. get someone to teach them how to tackle

The tackling technique is woeful. No doggie tackles with any force. They hold on to a player and run backwards with the player they are supposed to be tackling. Teams make nearly the length of the field in a set of six. The defensive line does not move up to defend the advantage line. The...

I'm sick of this useless standard. It's been years of rubbish. Get a decent coach.

Back to Barret standard. Hopeless. How long has Ciraldo got before he is shown the door.

Totally disorganised and that is coaching

Forwards are rubbish

Ciraldo is Barrett the second.

Ciraldo is an abject failure like the other Penrith dud.

I‘be had it with Ciraldo. He’s got to wear this. Defence is non- existent. Bring back Potte

The big Junior has no brain. Cost us 2 tries before he was hooked. A terrible waste of money. Another Tony Williams. Meanwhile Flopagain confirms he is a reserve grader. Averillo is another Mbye. NSW cup side softened the afternoon. Ciraldo is supposed to motivate. If he can’t get them to do...

If someone can teach him how to tackle he’d be a sensation. teach him to bend and hit the opponent in the middfift. Instead just grabbing guernsy.

The Bulldogs might have scraped ahead of last place on the ladder but we still have the worst for and against figures. The problem is defence. It’s that simple. Ciraldo was supposed to be a defensive coach. The dogs tackling effectiveness has gone backwards. Knockonbore doesn’t tackle. Just...

Just awful. Tackling is terrible. Someone teach Knockon boor to tackle with force instead of grabbing jumpers.

Replace flopagain with Reynolds

Home crowd influeincing referee

Straight through avarillo

I understand the left and right argument but I think the difference is overrated. In my childhood days it was whether you were an inside centre or an outside centre. That difference makes more sense to me.

If he's still around bring back Billy Johnstone https://www.bulldogs.com.au/news/2021/02/16/keeping-up-with-johnstone/

The alarming observation from Saturday's gam, as others have said, is not that the dogs lost but they way they played. Forget "game plans", rugby league is a simple game. Warren Ryan and Wayne Bennett the masters of understanding how the game should be played to win. Move up in defence and...

One only has to look at the Dolphins to see what is needed to be a champion team. Typical Bennett. Move up in defence and make tackles with force. Once yu stop the opposition moving forward you capitalise with the attacking team all moving as one towards to line. The defence can't compress and...

Who is running the book on whether Ciraldo lasts until the end of the season?

Burton showed what he could do once Barrett was out the door and Mick Potter took over. under Ciraldo they are back bad coaching game plans.

Oloapu must be in the team and Reynolds on the bench.

Back to bottom of the table. No fire whatsoever

We haven’t had a decent fullback for many a season. I noted Meaney had a poor game for the Storm tonight. Luckily the Storm pulled it out of the fire in a thriller.

It pains to say it but Averillo has become another Mbye. Just not fitting any position for the elite NRL grade. And not quite big enough for a utility.

Interested in Kennelers thoughts. Thinking Kiraz might make a good fullback.

I saw that happen and was astounded no action was taken.

As the adage says “when you’re on a good thing, stick with it”. The Dogs Nader Mick Potter have been a revelation. What is the justification for bringing in yet another assistant to try their hand as a head coach. Been there - twice - in Pay then Barrett. Please not again. Holbrook has had a...

back to old ways. Not tough

simply out of his depth

thank goodness he's gone

Another miss by casey. Hook him

Caasey will cost them the game

defence is making the difference. Sharks are in the dogs face when the dogs are staying back and giving the sharks space and time.

casey letting the team down

How many more mistakes til they hook him

back to old ways. not moving up and tackling. They are moving up and stopping.

If Mick keeps the team's performances of the past two weeks coming, then whoever it is will be on a hiding to nothing and will surely bow out.

No details and no start date. Sounds like a thought bubble that might result in a few tins of Taubmans and 30 brushes.

We could have already had a dedicated stadium and club at Liverpool if the NSW Labor Government had not refused to grant the poker machine licence.

How many of those who are writing off Mick Potter, ever saw him play. He knows what he s about. In two weeks he has turned this team into bulldogs.

There were changes today that have been missing. Like defending with momentum. in attack, not Flat but lining up deep and hitting the line at speed, quick passing along the line. all that is the coaching difference that Potter has made. They actually played like bulldogs today.

Michael Hagan. Won 2 premierships as a Bulldogs player. Played Origin. Coached Newcastle to a premiership. Origin and Australian team coaching experience.

Another frustrating afternoon. Certainly the one percenterslet themselves down. Burton kicking out on the full and dropped balls. Dear oh dear. Cannot win when a team does that. But two other issues were Also apparent against St Merge. First the difference in passing speed was startling by...

I’m surprised no-one has mentioned Michael Hasan as the potential coach. Frankly I doubt he would be interested in returning to full time NRL club coaching and is probably doing very well thank you as assistant in preparing Queensland and Australian teams. But he ticks a lot of boxes. Won 2...

lost Count of the games I have watched at a Belmore over the years. Happy if the makes it their permanent home. Short term, I doubt capacity won’t be an issue. Long term replace the hill with a new Stand which would also provide additional dressing rooms for lower grades and junior teams. All...

In reality, this is Mick Potter's first week. By all accounts Barrett had the team playing by numbers rather than playing to the natural strengths and attributes of the team. If it is true that Potter will change that then maybe, just maybe, the performances will improve. The start of the...

How much longer will we suffer? Duffy pack you kit and leave with Knockonboor. Get a coach who can teach some decent defence and do more than one up for 5 tackles and kick. The seasons gone so get rid of all those who won’t be around next year. Contract or no contract. Just leave.

Absolut rubbish. Duffy is rubbish. And what is the one out for 5 tackles and kick. For goodness sake use the ball.

38% possession to the tigers 68%. Does Knockonboor even attempt a tackle? As for the dogs “tackling” technique. Truly hopeless. This is another night in hell watching them.

Just a pity Mick starts off with the best players out with flu.

novdoggle, I beg to differ. Having watched Wayne Bennett run training sessions during his stint at South’s, he was THE coach. The assistants were very much just helping run the players through the drills. Wayne stood behind watching and was quick to call over a player if he spotted something...

It’s always amusing to me to hear people say it’s the players and not the coach. people who have played in the nrl say to me a player is doing what they are being coached to do - ie following the coach’s instructions. To me there is little difference between the squads of most clubs in overall...

Let’s get real. The only 2 wins this year were due to the bunker over-turning what would have been last minute game winning tries to the other side. And both were iffy decisions, not clear cut. So 2 lucky wins otherwise the dogs would be so for out of ladder points that we could offer to take...

Its one of the the afl's basic 101 skills

There have been many wonderful players over the years and to compare them is all but impossible. How does one compare the impact the impact that Kevin Ryan had on the team with the leadership of Dr George, the mercurial feats of Steve Mortimer, the point scoring (tries and goals) sensation of El...

I think many people forget how good El Magic was in scoring tries.

It’s not that the players are not willing for 80 minutes. The Problem is the coaching. A good coach identifies and coaches to the strengths of the team. Barrett ignores this and persists with his fixed idea of how a team should play. His results here and at Manly are testament to his lack of...

This is a roster that should not fall apart playing a fellow bottom team. Heck, Delano was doing better with a lesser roster. And even that was not acceptable. Baz has a superior roster and sends the team backwards. Didn’t think the team could actually perform worse but Baz has achieved that...

I wonder how big the team celebration dinner will be after this performance.

Barrett should do the decent thing and resign.

Don’t blame the ref.

it pains me to say it but Jacki is no longer an 80 minute player.

Another pathetic set.

By kicking the ball knokonboor gave the Broncos 20 metres. Talk about dumb.

Gus has to act. The Dogs are an undisciplined rabble. And that is deficient coaching. This a match against fellow cellar dweller.

Bah’s version of the story is that he was feeling a bit off and decided to stand down and Rest from playing thpat weekend. Instead of the expected rest, Billy made Bah cycle with him. After the experience Bah decided Never miss another game.

So they succeed in falling to the bottom of the table and they all go out together and celebrate with a dinner. No wonder the dogs are cellar dwellers. when Billy Johnstone was the trainer instead of a dinner they would all have been on their bikes cycling to Goulburn and back. Just ask Terry...

Barrett will never coach a Premiership winning side. in his time at the Dogs he has steered the team downward to the foot of the ladder - last year and so far again this year. All downhill despite the club giving him a better squad to coach Than his predecessor.

Stop trying to buy people and pay overs. It might take time but re-establishing our junior development pipeline Is the answer to 2024 and beyond.

Barrett was a train wreck at Manly and repeating the feat with the dogs. This squad should not be running last.

Why didn’t they signHolbrook when they had the chance. He was waiting for the call which never came.

He has to go.sooner the better. The team has no momentum in defence. Basic physics. And too much one out flat line in attack. I am so sick of watching this rubbish week after week

I am sick of players moving backwards in defence. Reverted to this last week and got walloped as a result. Basic physics.

On the contrary, my mates who are long time Wests supporters think he's great and do not want the club to let him go. They still smart about benny Ellias convincing Mitchell Moses to leave to go to the Eels. Let's face it, the Tigers are a shambles in the back office and Madge will be given...

Unfortunately, my observation is Averillo is another Mbye. Looked good coming through but never fitted any position in a first grade nrl side. Averillo is looking more and more to be the same. Not zippy enough for the halves. Not big enough for a centre. Not speedy enough for the wing. And...

Has to go. Lost the game for the dogs last night with his dropped ball. Once in attack with a try opportunity in the offing and one in his own half which led to a try. No zip throughout the entire 80minutes. He was Mr. Invisible out there last night. The reserves gave Canberra a shellacking so...

I have been hoping Knocaboor would come good but sadly after watching him at Accor stadium last night (even when the ball was nowhere near him), I accepted that he was never going to be anything other than what he is. A big second rower who can't defend. He has lost whatever speed speed he may...

While other defenders were moving sideways and backwards, Casey moved forward!