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Good idea in my opinion. Let Ryan and Patten go, that will free up some 400-500 k salary cap space to my mind.

I never supportered Parramatta. Its those jerseys... that blue and gold... i can't stand them... i can't explain it.

Go back to the Manly forum Pal.

Maybe you should take the MON off your name then pal because quite obviously it is a reenactment of the scenes in SAW when jigsaw poses as a dead body and has two men chained up.

Great post. Watching Ennis waddle out of dummy half and do an inside ball to an unthreatening forward or winger is like death by a thousand cuts as we watch our form crash like the economy.

Not only does he make a limited contribution but he sabbotage's our cause with penalties. He looks more like a local surfer than a first grade 2nd rower. The NRL has 2nd rowers coming out of its ears and we have the velosor raptor bobcate [exinct dinosaur] and WARBURTON. Stagg aswel, a glorifed...

After Round 26 and as the dogs are getting pumped 24-0 at the 30th minute, you see Moore PASSED OUT on the desk in the corporate box window thing, and Dymock is chained to one side of the room, Greenberg to the other. Then Steve Matai scores under the sticks, and then the camera pans to the...

I think its fair to say he has improved in those areas over the last 4 odd weeks though, berries.

I just hope that our management hasn't lost sight of ensuring the dogs come out of this better off in the midst of this saga. The chubby traitor wants to leave, we all knows that, but I for one will not be satisfied unless he is replaced with Tolman AND Lima.

Well bear in mind he will still have 4 weeks to recover, and it is a 4-6 week injury.. therefore the fracture will have healed significantly over time. The painkillers would probably avoid much of the discomfort too. Headgear may or may not help him, I suppose it depends on how far the padding...

I'm prepared to speculate that he could be back for the preliminary final even if he isn't 100%. A fractured cheekbone will not effect his running, kicking or passing skills. He could wear a headgear and play with painkilling injections. Besides, if we win the comp, I don't think Kimmorley minds...

But at this time in 03 we were smashing teams by 50 around this time of year...

If we keep playing the way we are, we'll probably finish 2nd on the ladder and get knocked out in the preliminary final. We have a month to build momentum. Interestingly I still don't think we've peaked this year. Only difference is now we have higher expectations due to being higher on the...

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I'd be more worried if it was an away game. They pumped Brisbane last week, but who hasn't? Brisbane are the new bulldogs 2008. I think we will win, I don't think it will be a flogging but we are warming to the task of the semi's. We started building momentum last week in the 2nd half and I feel...

Someone should tell Paul Osbourne that Parramatta took 4 internationals off the bulldogs in 1996, and also remind him that a whole stack of Bulldogs produced players have either ended up at other clubs, or better yet, in France. THAT is why we are forced to buy players from other clubs. Asotasi...

Best rugby league club in the world. We were getting away from what made us so great in the last few years but things are well and truely in order now, and I'd even be willing to stick my neck out and say its never been a better time to be a bulldog. The 80's were great, and we've had alot of...

After his first off season (2006) I expected Hickey to come out leaner and stronger than the previous season... Take Danny Wicks from the Knights... he lost a tonn of weight over the previous off season and he is now a more useful and versitile front rower. Hickey has had several seasons to lose...

Roberts is doing great. He is one of our most dangerous attacking players. You can see he still has alot of improvement in him but he is 10 times the player he was last year. When you watch the dogs live (which i've only done 3 times this year) you can often see that when we look flat, Roberts...

I've always been critical of Hickey... fearing his weight hindered his lateral movement too much to cut it as a first grade front rower. But I think off the bench he is a much better option than Morrin because of his ability to bend the line. Morrin seems to be smaller than most backs let alone...

I don't think its a bad signing. He has some speed. With centres like Idris and Morris I reckon he will provide similar value to Goodwin. He wasn't cut out for origin, but by the same token, you probably wouldn't pick Goodwin in origin yet either. That doesn't mean he won't have alot to offer at...

We don't need excuses, I'm just helping the people who are deluded by last weeks results to see the big picture. You're drought will continue mate, no titles since '79... I bet apart of you deep down believes your clubs time will never come at all.

The dogs should be on top of the table. WE deserve to be leading the competition. Its easy to get caught up in the most recent loss, a convincing loss to Parramatta, but other than that our only losses all year have been 1) A loss to the 3rd place Titans away from home (where they are...

We haven't even been beaten this year yet... one 19 point loss in the grand scheme of a season is by no means curtains. I'm sure we'll lose another by 19 odd in 2010 no matter how good we are...

Not in the grand scheme of things. 1st and 2nd get the same opportunities in the finals. In 2004 we didn't get the minor premiership and last year either did Manly. Does any give a ****?

Its part of the game for good teams to get beaten badly in games where one team is more deperate than the other. If Fulham beat Manchester United 3-1 does that mean Manchester United is in serious trouble?

Its a very long season and that was our only 13+ loss. We have only lost 5 games for the entire season. Its not time to get the knives out yet. The Eels have been like that all year... they are capable of putting up a very strong performance about once a month. The Bulldogs have been very...

Reach and weight goes to Idris. Its like a Heaveyweight vs a cruiserweight. I'd back Idris, he seems to have more mongrel too. Although lets hope we never have to find out. :p

The kennel wasn't conceived via intercourse, it is a product of science.

I want a hyundai jersey. 1995 premiership one. They ought to bring that back to the shop. I'd buy it for sure.

Same as always mate... just haven't had the internet at home for a few years... needed to get it because I started university. I'll be back regularly now though. lol. How are you these days mate?

lol. Good point mate. I strongly doubt we'd be going any better this year had we had Mortimer at the expense of Kimmorley or Roberts. Realistically everything has worked out for the greater good. Like I said before, Mortimer will return at the right time.

I have no problems raising this debate... it creates an interesting discussion. Personally, I can't say one is better than the other, or which will be better. However, I do believe that along with Brett Morris & Jaryd Hayne that these guys are the future of the NSW origin backline. A necleus...

I wouldn't worry if I was everyone else. I am 100% certain he will be back in blue & white before long. He used to go to bed at night dreaming of pulling on a bulldogs jersey. His father and uncles are club legends and the structure of the club has changed and everyone is happy. At the moment we...

Yeah I see one of them breaking the record for sure. Throw in the fact Morris has also scored an origin try and he is absolutely killing it in terms of tries per games played. Goodwin... I've been waiting for his try scoring feats to slow down since round 3 or 4 but he just keeps on crossing the...

I've still been supporting the dogs and going to games up here, even went to one down there last year.... I just haven't had regular internet access. All thats changed now and I'll be around again. I can't believe how massive and popular this place is. This all started out with MrB and I...

I definitely remember the night mate... Not sure specifically which lad you were though... I'm sure I'd know your face. That was good fun at the caxton though... Those Brisbane siders were spooked. I ended up getting into the ground, seperating from your group and being targeting by security...

On friday night my Broncos supporting mate and I found ourselves sitting next to a strange female. The female was arguably the ugliest young lady I have ever seen in my life, and when you consider the fact her BMI was in the healthy range, that gives you an indication as to how much of a...

Good luck to him. I don't know if he has it in him or not... he certainly had a good career with us overall. Whether or not he is up with todays mordern game... I guess only those who have experienced, witnessed or discussed todays game with him first hand, as I'm sure knights management will...

Nice side... note that he hasn't necessarily picked Holdsworth OVER Gordon... the fact Gordon is named could well mean he hasn't made that decision yet. The good news is... FULL STRENGTH. Keep this side together and the premiership may well be the clubs destiny...

Goodwin must return. I watched Utai live the the stadium on friday night and he looks suspect... he comes too far infeild in defense for my liking. They nearly got around us several times. Not to mention his knock on habit. Goodwin ticks all the boxes. He is safe, great finisher, has speed, has...

That is good news. We have had a few lean years in the lower grades by our standards so to see us so dominant in premier league and flegg is great. Did we win the club championship?

My only drama is that the dogs don't seem to know how to tackle Bowen and Thurston, in fact a couple of times there it seemed as if Bowen had time to sit down, eat a packed lunch, get up and still avoid being tackled.

I believe if we lose the preliminary final again it will be a better than expected achievement.

Lets face it the team isn't as good as it was 3 years ago. Its not all Folkes fault. I agree there are a few coaches who seem to be better techniqal coaches than Folksey but theres certainly not 15 of them. I can only think of 3 current NRL coaches who I firmly believe are better tactitions than...

If we start playing our best football from week 2 of the finals we have a chance. We have been building towards hitting top gear... whether we actually hit it or not remains to be seen, but thanks to the ridiculous Mcintyre system you can afford to still play crap in week 1 and probably get a...

Lets not forget that with hardly any injuries at the start of the season we were going worse than we are now. I just refuse to say the dogs will win the comp simply because it is the team I support. I don't think its impossible but if I had to rank the likelyhood of different teams winning I...

We haven't scored more than 34 points in one game for the entire year with the exception of when we beat the 12 man warriors. In the last couple of weeks we have scored some pretty lucky tries, for example cutlers 2nd try last night, 2 tries off poorly dufused bombs last week, and sonny bills...

I don't think we are a great attacking or defensive side, I would describe us as average in both departments. The Storm on the other hand are excellent in both departments. Thats what it takes to have a genuine shot of being the premiers. In 2003 we had excellent attack and defense and still...

We definitely are over rated. Probably not as over rated as the Cowboys but pretty close. We are rated because we have done so well over the last 5 years but people forget that we are a much different side to what we were in 2004... Sonny Bill and Maitua are 2 of our best players now and back...

The other thought I had was that the rule should be changed in regards to knock on's from a one on one strip. It should be play on like a charge down in my opinion. I wouldn't even restart the tackle count if the player regains possesion.. why should a player be rewarded for poor ball security...

After watching last nights game I had a few thoughts. - Sonny Bill is the best player in the game - Sherwin should give Sonny Bill the ball whenever he wants it - Morin bit a male - Our defense sucks close to the line out wide. The Dragons and Parra exposed it easily. - If we are...

If this was the english premier league we would be in severe danger of relegation.

If we clone maitua a few times the spoon could easily be avoided. Cloning is illegal however I doubt we could lose competition points for it.

I'm not usually one to panic but looking at the ladder and the quality of sides running around the comp I am starting to fear it. We are 4 and 7 and we've barely had injuries. Injuries kick in and we could become dual spoon champions (02,07)

I for one fear the wooden spoon.

One thing alot of sporting teams do is build a season to ensure that peaking happens at the right time. We have looked terrible in attack and defense at different times but that is possibly because we are far from a finished product. Look at different sides who have won premierships in recent...

The way people are reacting anyone would sware we started the season 0 and 7. I don't know why we have had a bad start to the season. Theres a few things that come to mind. The possibilities include that we simply haven't found our form yet.. that certain players have a bad attitude.. that other...

Theres no way I am going to publically question Folkes' position just because we've had a poor start to the season... because if we won on friday night we wouldn't have had these reactions. If there really was a problem with Folkes why are they only raised after a bad performance? Why wasn't...

I can't comment properly because I don't get to watch premier league games but I can understand why Folkes hasn't settled on a bench and why he is experimenting with different interchange combinations. Honestly I am not convinced as to where we will figure heading in to the finals but I'm sure...

I remember reading an interesting quote from Stan Cuttler in League Week... he sad that with all due respect to Utai... Trent is in another class. Well I agree he is in another class but I disagree which classes they are in! Trent has come along way in the last 6 months, you can see how much...

I wouldn't be making that many changes to be honest. Even though we are playing poorly there isn't exactly an abundance of replacement options.

Well what they should do is either sell that jersey for $250 with the alternative being the current jersey at about $100 (which is more than fair in my opinion).

Why should I update something for 170 dollars per season when I am told something is authentic but it is not, or my intelligence as a fan is insulted when informed that the berries jersey is onfeild authentic... but with traditional collar. When clearly the collar thing is a **** up. The jerseys...

Nah its not the same. It is made from cheaper material. They should be advertised as replicas not authentics.

Thanks to my current state of obesity the new dogs jersey does not fit me. I was thrilled to find out that the anniversary comes with a collar. I mean, on feild authenticity with a traditional collar... it just amazes me the way our merchandice continues to reinvent itself.... but as an OBESE...

I just hope the berries jersey is advertised as off feild authentic.

Maybe that would be a better option. I know Patten played a bit of centre at St George and Illawarra though so I guess it comes down to who has had the most experience in the position.

Assuming Tonga, Reni, Shrek, Mason and Ryan are picked.. 1 Cuttler 2 El Masri 3 Patten 4 Millard 5 Utai 6 Holdsworth 7 Sherwin 8 Armitt 9 Hughes 10 Morrin 11 Kouparitsis 12 Hickey 13 Williams 14 Te Mari 15 Cleal 16 Mcillwain 17 Green

The people who matter obviously see the value in Ryan because he is the Bulldogs captain and a starting Australian player... you can't achieve much more than that as an individual forward. But if you use Nathan Hindmarsh's status as a yard stick... then yes he is under rated. He offers a hell of...

Man this idea is GR8! Almost as good as selling the anniversary jersey as worn by the players BUT WITH TRADITIONAL COLLAR. Our merchandise has lost the ****en plot.

Rebecca Wilson is pissed off because she followed sonny bill into the toilets at Clovelly but he ignored her and did a ****.

I was spewing up when I realised they were taking the 2. I don't know why we insist on always taking the 2 points. I don't agree with it. In a game where we see roughly 8 tries a game, and with goal kickers all around 80% putting the pressure on the opposition when up by 2 is surely a better...

New Zealand always find a way to be competitive no matter who is in the side. This particular game could well be a blow out but you can never write the kiwis off in any sporting contest against the aussies. I think bulldogs supporters need to give Ben Roberts a break. He is keen, confident and...

I think Roberts has a lot of potential. I'd like to see the club extend his deal. But for 2007 Sherwin is the obvious candidate for a premiership half back. From what I have heard he has been strong in premier league. I think Folkes is leaving him down there to make Sherwin hungry again after a...

WPt Roosters is such a dominant side. We are lucky it is not like the old days in regards to first past the post... because WPt Roosters seem flawless. The weird thing is, their defense seems to vary from week to week, but they still manage to avoid having more than 6 points put on them... freaks.

In 95 we had the ARL logo on the jersey. In 1994 it had the NSWRL logo. I have always wanted to get a Hyundai Jersey with the NSWRL logo but because we didn't win the comp they are hard to find.

Thats amazing I figured they didn't have TV's back when Easts were better than canterbury.

Seeing as Utai Slam hasn't made a new one, I thought I'd throw in a fairly easy one just for fun. Which 3 Hughes brothers (glenn, corey, steve) DID NOT play in a winning Bulldogs grand final?

LMAO! Personally I think that there is no dramas with the collar being taken off... soon enough you will see nearly all the jerseys without the collar. I am a bit annoyed that we will still be forking out 170 dollars for an onfeild authentic jersey made from different material but I am sure...

I don't think this is Mason but I do reject the theory that Mason is dumb. He had typical maturity issues that most young people face earlier on in his career but generally he is pretty well spoken in his interveiws and in general. If someone can speak well it is one simple yardstick for...

I have a good one. "Eastern Suberbs Shoulder" :p

I don't really like the mother is dead comment... i think that is a bit loose. But regardless, I am glad Mason won the Lennox Lewis Medal. It will look good next to his clive churchill medal and future dally m and golden boot accessories.

The one player everyone seems to be blowing over that I wouldn't have in our starting 17 is jarred hickey... from what I have seen of him he is big... but thats about all. I've seen him make some ridiculous knock ons. He doesn't look to be in the right physical condition to be an NRL player...

I reckon Hughes and Perry could provide a dynamic combination at Wynnum Manly along with Ben Czislowski. I basically live in queensland myself, and lets just say watching Ben has inspired me to such an extent that I now feel I could excell in the Queensland Cup.

I like to be diplomatic... but in this case there is no point to it. Can we please do that? Please?

I like the idea of paying juniors whatever we want but bear in mind the significant advantage this gives clubs like Brisbane, who are already advantaged enough as it is. The dogs have a great nouse for finding and producing young talent but in the grand scheme of things canterbury is a small...

Quite frankly there is usually a fine line between 2-5 positions anyway, even if this season wasn't the best example. One thing this year did teach me was that its not necessary to sweat a top 2 finish because having the week off isn't necessarily that good and the top 6 should generally get a...

We are premiership favourites so to anticipate a struggle is a bit silly. The dogs have lost a few players, like we do every year, but as long as injuries aren't too unkind, particularly in the outside backs we will be a force to be reckoned with. This is shaping up similar to 2004, when you...

This thread is a gee up. The bloke is obviously an idiot, if he didn't reveal so in his first paragraph he certainly did throughout his posting spree during the thread. A few shockers included that of "vagana and asotasi wanting out so they could play international league" and also the "so...

Even though the quotes from Sonny were obviously orchestrated by his manager in a bid to increase his potential contract worth, I have a gut feeling he will leave the club... the dogs have never been the kind of club to pay a ludicrous amount to keep an individual and I feel that is what Sonny...

I said we had a " good chance" against each side because we do. Thats not to say we'll win all those games though. I think we will certainly beat canberra and have slightly less than a 50% shot in each other game, mainly because most of them are away from home. I think 3 wins out of 5 though.

I'm not going to get over confident and predict a minor premiership even though I think its a reasonable possibility. I'm not sure if most people have noticed or not but we've had a pretty easy start to the season in terms of the teams we could have possibily played. We've played Souths...

Yeah Folkes wouldn't **** around with that crap for mine. What you see is what you get with folkes, no bull****.

How the hell could you describe that as being " kind" . Stuart is the Australian coach and has no connection to canterbury. He will be after his best possible side... he won't randomly decide to be "friendly" to the dogs and pick their players... Mason and O'meley are definitely test forwards...

Yeah I have the new jersey already... but I'm not that worried about it... I reckon it'll be like 2004 when you had to perchase the patches to have stitched over the sleeve... they would have made plenty of ' auto group' printed jerseys so I'm sure the screen printed QLD GROUP versions won't be...

I hope not... we don't normally have to many dramas with the judicary compared to most clubs so I hope we don't start a new trent this season... I reckon Lolesi steped and ducked a little which made Masons worse... Pattens looked pretty ordinary but to my knowledge he has a pretty clean history...

Iv've got some ok stuff in my room... I just don't have any pics of it... i'll try and organise that now that theres a thread.

I wouldn't have Scott Wilson, he was a damn good player in about 93/94 and I remember he carved us up playing for the western reds in the super league days. I'd have Flemming who started the season in 1998 as fullback. Matt Ryan was a good player... there are plenty worse in the last 20 years...

Willie Tonga rang me up... only for me to reply "yeah, and grizzly adams has a beard" Tonga replied "grizzly adams did have a beard" It was at this point I realised it really was Tonga and felt pressured to impress him and re-knew my membership.