Bulldogs vs Panthers Trial Info and Discussion

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Whoever is writing up the article on the Bulldogs website is a little shit with a whiny attitude.... “A 76th minute try to Christian Crichton was nothing more than a consolation for the Panthers.”.. And there was another comment after last weeks ISP game blaming the loss on the Canberra trial.
Well it was a consolation try and the isp game had most players missing due to the trial...
What do u want them to say?
 

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Well it was a consolation try and the isp game had most players missing due to the trial...
What do u want them to say?
Something less discrediting. Call it as it is no excuses
 

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ITS good we won the trials, but let’s please not turn into fucken parra fans where we think winning round 1 or a nines tournament is like winning the gf lol.
 

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ITS good we won the trials, but let’s please not turn into fucken parra fans where we think winning round 1 or a nines tournament is like winning the gf lol.
Can’t blame us. After years of enduring Desball, every game without Hasler as coach is pure excitement
 

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Can’t blame us. After years of enduring Desball, every game without Hasler as coach is pure excitement
THAts what parra fans started saying at the start and look at them still!
Don’t let des’ evilness turn is into faggot/annoying supporters.
 

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Can’t believe how accepting people are of the coach not trialling players. Dean Pay is far too relaxed going into this season.

Out of all the teams this year we have the most reason to run a first grade team in the trials:
New spine-
with a fullback who has never played fullback Bar 40 minutes where the raiders did nothing that required fullback intervention
Unsettled halves pairing
Halfback coming back from significant injury time off as well as mental health problems
Hooker who is being told to change up his game plan and run more (will need time to find the balance between running and not running, don’t be surprised to see him running too often for the first couple of weeks till he gets used to being “unshackled”).

Forwards: Starting Prop and whatever the hell Tolman is this season not having played actual game minutes for months.
Bench nowhere near sorted from the look of things.

Allegedly we have a new play style, meaning we will take time to get used to this style. Why not get used to it when wins and losses don’t matter? I’m all for giving a new coach a new chance, but remember Pay isn’t free from criticism. He’s a rookie coach and he’s going against everything the best coaches do in pre-season so people will rightfully question his decisions. If we come out firing in round 1 and destroy the Storm and keep that up for the first few weeks of the comp then I’m sure Pay made the right decision. However, if the Storm blow us off the park early on because combinations struggle, Mbye is shit at positioning himself, or our players run out of steam at the end of the halves because they have no match fitness, then it’s all on him and this decision.
Tolman will also be kicking on the third tackle!
 
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