bulldogs trial #2 superthread

[ThePedigree]

NRL Team for Dubbo Trial
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Bulldogs Head Coach Kevin Moore has named the following team for the Trail match against the Raiders in Dubbo this Saturday night:
1. LUKE PATTEN
2. STEVE TURNER
3. JOSH MORRIS
4. JAMAL IDRIS
5. BRYSON GOODWIN
6. BEN ROBERTS
7. BRETT KIMMORLEY
8. BEN HANNANT
9. MICHAEL ENNIS
10. MICHAEL HODGSON
11. DENE HALATAU
12. ANDREW RYAN
13. DAVID STAGG
Interchange:
14. MICKEY PAEA
15. GARY WARBURTON
16. BEN BARBA
17. YILEEN GORDON
19. HEKA NANAI
20. JARRAD HICKEY
21. BLAKE GREEN
22. JUNIOR TIA KILIFI

 

[Moe]

Pretty much the same except Heka has come in for Payne

 

[dogs_4 lyf]

first 17 is quality

 

[matauce]

i just want the season to start already

 

[bLaQDoG..]

first 17 is quality

Fkn quality alright. I think this will pretty much be our starting 17.

The million dollar question though is - who takes the 4 spots on the bench?

 

[Greendog]

Fkn quality alright. I think this will pretty much be our starting 17.

The million dollar question though is - who takes the 4 spots on the bench?

My bench, Paea, Barba, Hickey, Buddy.

 

[boggie23]

Shame no Danny Williams again. You would have thought he would have come up to show what he has got. Poor kid cant get a start. Showed some signs of promise his first year then has fallen off the raider. Had a solid season last year and the excuse for him not playing was salary cap related. Dont see how a trial is anything to do with salary cap. And he could always play 30 mins of first grade trial then another 30 in reserves. Good looking team though. Hopefully we can build into good form for round 1.

 

[dogs_4 lyf]

Fkn quality alright. I think this will pretty much be our starting 17.

The million dollar question though is - who takes the 4 spots on the bench?

Well for me it will be:

Barba, Paea/Armit, Halatau, Gordon

 

[Terry Mortimer]

interesting. Im betting that this is his preferred bench going off the order they were picked

14. MICKEY PAEA
15. GARY WARBURTON
16. BEN BARBA
17. YILEEN GORDON

 

[bLaQDoG..]

My bench, Paea, Barba, Hickey, Buddy.

Well for me it will be:

Barba, Paea/Armit, Halatau, Gordon

This would be my bench considering the Halatau is starting and Warburton isn't:

Gordon
Barba
Paea
Armit

I really hope Warburton makes the squad though - I fkn love him. I just don't see him fitting in the squad. Tadpole will surprise us as usual.

 

[chipandchase]

This would be my bench considering the Halatau is starting and Warburton isn't:

Gordon
Barba
Paea
Armit

I really hope Warburton makes the squad though - I fkn love him. I just don't see him fitting in the squad. Tadpole will surprise us as usual.

dog that is the bench, there is only room for halatau or aggro, as we need 2 props on the bench if we play someone like Barba. but we need someone like that, that was what was missing later in the seasoni

 

[JERRY LEE]

we are using our top side in the trials?? first time i have seen this.

 

[FaceBreaker]

I would have liked to see Junior moved to wing and Steve Turnstyle shifted into fullback and put Patten on the bench.

Just to see how our backup option runs.

 

[Toey .H.C.]

Yileen gordon has a guarenteed spot in the side somewhere
pretty sure gary warburton will get a run too.
i'd have Jarrad Hickey & Ben Barba for the final two bench spots

 

[FaceBreaker]

Yileen has pretty much secured himself a bench spot for the first half of the season I would think after his efforts end of last year.

 

[chipandchase]

Yileen has pretty much secured himself a bench spot for the first half of the season I would think after his efforts end of last year.

it is new season facebraker, it all comes down to the trial form and more importantly the balance of the team. You could argue that Aggro also demands a bench spot, but i think you can only carry one of those 2 players if we play barba on the bench

 

[luke]

Yileen has pretty much secured himself a bench spot for the first half of the season I would think after his efforts end of last year.

i doubt any player in the side has secured there place for half the season

 

[shaun5150]

Paea
armit
gordon
warburton only for defense when they get tired

 

[Mr Invisible]

I can't see Barba getting a bench spot unless it's a team with poor attack/defence.

Strong side, though I'm curious why Heka was named... give our depth in the backline.

Does Moore see something in him we don't?

 

[Hansta]

people seem to be forgetting that Kevin Moore has stated that Barba is guaranteed the 1st 5 rounds to show what he has got. Pretty much if he performs it will go a long way to getting resigned, if he doesnt it could be out the door