Bulldogs vs Panthers - Trial 1 Discussion Thread

[BELMORE]

STARTING LINE-UP:

Fullback: Will Hopoate
Wing: Brett Morris
Centre: Tyrone Phillips
Centre: Kerrod Holland
Wing: Marcelo Montoya
Five-eight: Josh Reynolds
Halfback: Matt Frawley
Prop: Aiden Tolman
Hooker: Michael Lichaa
Prop: James Graham
Second Row: Josh Jackson
Second Row: Raymond Faitala-Mariner
Lock: David Klemmer

BENCH

Sam Kasiano
Danny Fualalo
Francis Tualau
Brad Abbey
Craig Garvey
Asipeli Fine
Adam Keighran

*The following players will play throughout the NRL match:

Reimis Smith, Jayden Okunbor, Tom Carr, Lachlan Lewis, Josh Cleeland, D’Rhys Miller, Renouf To’Omaga, Darcy Maroske, Bronson Garlick, Josh Bergamin, Zac Woolford, Rhyse Martin, Lachlan Lee.

 

[beaudean]

Bulldogs just signed former west tigers lock rod griffin to a one year deal

 

[CrittaMagic69]

released barba ....still no fullback
released Pritchard....still no destructive ball playing second rower out wide
released Rona....no try scoring ability in the backs

Exactly. So many dud calls

 

[CrittaMagic69]

You forgot

14. Kas
15. Fualalo
16. RFM
17. ?

We are in for a longggggg season

Please shoot me lol

 

[Dogna88]

Please shoot me lol

Im gonna be positive and hopeful until round 5

 

[FaceBreaker]

Anyone going to this game?

Is so perhaps a rundown on who plays well and who doesn't?

Infact, whoever goes needs to detail every fucken thing that happens in this game.

 

[Haddaway]

I think we will change our style a bit.

 

[Boxer]

No Brenko Lee?, You would think that Woolford would get a chance.

No jmoz?

 

[Mr Invisible]

Is this against Storm?

If so ... Storm 50+

 

[south of heaven]

Im gonna be positive and hopeful until round 5

i was thinking not bothering watching till rd 26

 

[Haddaway]

Is this against Storm?

If so ... Storm 50+

Even if it was against the Storm, no they wouldnt. The Storm have been our bunnies for years.

 

[Bad Billy]

As expected.
Minimal changes.

 

[Haddaway]

going of that forward pack nothing is going to change in the middle. Klemmer is not a ball player, he is a runner, it is not a balanced team.
id play RFM at lock, let him roam and play ball in hand at the line. this would also take the pressure of the halves. we need a hole hitting second rower in his place that he can use of his shoulder and play klemmer in the front row.
we have options in the forwards if we get dominated, which seems to be happening alot.
the tualau and to'omaga look promising as hole running second rowers, even fine in the backrow is a more balanced team.
it is just a very very slow team across the park and we will get blown away by the quicker teams

how can we be taken seriuos with lichaa still in the hooker role, even frawley would be a better option than lichaa, at least he can kick and pass.
lets hope cleeland and woolford kill it in the trials.

Im talking about our back play. I dont think our forwards have to change that much, maybe in rotation. This same team was in the top four with three games to play, we arent that far off imo. Maybe its just hope, but I dont really see the need to blast the team when we havnt even seen them play.

Lichaa I have nothing for him, he is shite. And that has nothing to do with our structures, he had all the space and time in the world at the nines and still looked shite.

 

[Freakzilla]

Tolman, Graham, Klemmer and Eatwood all starting at the same time ffs.

 

[immortalbulldog]

This trial will be make or break for so many fans. Hasler won't care, Castle won't care that Des doesn't care, if we put in a terrible display then our players will tell us not to care because it's only a trial. Then they'll be surprised when nobody cares anymore

 

[Dogna88]

going of that forward pack nothing is going to change in the middle. Klemmer is not a ball player, he is a runner, it is not a balanced team.
id play RFM at lock, let him roam and play ball in hand at the line. this would also take the pressure of the halves. we need a hole hitting second rower in his place that he can use of his shoulder and play klemmer in the front row.
we have no options in the forwards if we get dominated, which seems to be happening alot.
the tualau and to'omaga look promising as hole running second rowers, even fine in the backrow is a more balanced team.
it is just a very very slow team across the park and we will get blown away by the quicker teams

how can we be taken seriuos with lichaa still in the hooker role, even frawley would be a better option than lichaa, at least he can kick and pass.
lets hope cleeland and woolford kill it in the trials.

I agree with most of the points in this post. Expect RFM too lock, just dunno if he can handle it defensively, not saying it wont work, just not confident... id rather Graham tbh, not as promising in attack as RFM, but better in defence and better all round then klem at lock.

8. Tolman
9. Lichaa (fmd)
10. Klemmer
11. Jacko
12. RFM
13. Graham

14. Kas
15. Eastwood
16. Agile front rower
17. Agile 2nd rower OR impact hooker/half

 

[pupmichelle]

Hopefully we get flogged 40 zip.

Des gets the boot, Dymock takes over for the year before Pay comes in 2018.

We finish a respectable 6th this year under the difficult "circumstances", while we nab Finucane, Feldt, Ryan Matterson, Tedesco & Nathan Peats.

Lichaa, Hoppa, Fualalo, Holland, Stanley - not re-signed.

Tedesco
Bmoz
Jmoz
Lee
Feldt
Reynolds
Mbye
Klemmer
Peats
Tolman
Jackson
Matterson
Finucane

Kasiano
Graham
RFM
Woolford

 

[immortalbulldog]

Anyone going to this game?

Is so perhaps a rundown on who plays well and who doesn't?

Infact, whoever goes needs to detail every fucken thing that happens in this game.

Bulldogs Hit up
Bulldogs Hit up
Bulldogs Hit up
Bulldogs Hit up
Bulldogs Hit up
Bulldogs Hit up
Handover

Penrith expansive set followed by a good kick

Bulldogs Hit up
Bulldogs Hit up
Bulldogs Hit up
Bulldogs Hit up
Bulldogs Hit up
Bulldogs Hit up
Handover

Penrith get ball 50m out and work up field and get repeat set.

Drop out

Penrith get ball 50m out and work up field and get repeat set.

Drop out

Penrith get ball 50m out and work up field.

PENRITH TRY.

PENRITH CONVERSION

Bulldogs kick off.

Penrith solid set of 6 with a good kick at the end

Bulldogs Hit up
Bulldogs Hit up
Bulldogs Hit up
Bulldogs Hit up
Bulldogs Hit up
Bulldogs Hit up
Handover

 

[immortalbulldog]

Hopefully we get flogged 40 zip.

Des gets the boot, Dymock takes over for the year before Pay comes in 2018.

We finish a respectable 6th this year under the difficult "circumstances", while we nab Finucane, Feldt, Ryan Matterson, Tedesco & Nathan Peats.

Lichaa, Hoppa, Fualalo, Holland, Stanley - not re-signed.

Tedesco
Bmoz
Jmoz
Lee
Feldt
Reynolds
Mbye
Klemmer
Peats
Tolman
Jackson
Matterson
Finucane

Kasiano
Graham
RFM
Woolford

Still no half?

 

[pupmichelle]

Still no half?

What would you prefer?

1. Hoppa/Abbey
7. Pearce/Johnson/Moses
9. Lichaa/Garvey

Or

1. Tedesco
7. Mbye
9. Peats