Official Bulldogs vs Raiders NRL Trial - Sat 23rd Feb - Discussion Thread

[kirk buttercup]

Good first half using players you would expect to see straight away , second half used players to give them experience. Nice to see players getting a run , doesn't Matter what the result was it's a trial game

 

[Howard Moon]

Yes up until 20 minutes to go..so no not really as all the carnage happened in that last 20.

Why is there no pride in winning the match even though it's just a trial? Would set the season up for both the players and the dopey fans like me

our makeshift/ISP second half team lost with an 8-0 against them/ a man in the bin and a knock on try to seal... you really find this concerning? what matters is that when the teams were lined up evenly as far as first graders go, we were all over them and we were scoring almost at will

 

[Gabe]

Doesn't matter how many excuses people make. We lost. It's a shit start to the upcoming season

Sick of making excuses

Did you watch the game?

 

[Gabe]

Lots of good performers in this trial. Was impressed with Napa, Crichton, Meaney and Cogger.
If Lichaa doesnt perform, and I think he will, Cogger could slot in nicely. Meaney offers a lot in the long term. He is quick, can defend
and returns the ball very well.

Not so sure about his D, why did Pay have him defending on the wing?

 

[Gabe]

Whilst Hoppa has the finess Meaney posses that speed, footwork and agility that Hoppa could only dream of. Kid nearly made a good break yesterday. Plenty of upside to both of them ATM

Meany didn't get an opportunity to show how he can contribute to a back line move like the ones we got out tyes

 

[Scorpio]

Meaney is still too weak... he got brushed off a few times when the winger crossed over the line.
Still we didn't have many attacking sets in the second half to see what Meaney could do in the oppositions 20m zone..

 

[obje]

How'd Foran go?

 

[Spoonman84]

I just watched the first half again and considered that’s the first hit out it was pretty impressive how clinical we ran some of those attacking plays. It looks like they have been working really hard over the off season and the best thing is it’s only going to get better as they get more game time. Unfortunately we have a massive problem with backline depth and it could bite us.

 

[Spoonman84]

Meaney is still too weak... he got brushed off a few times when the winger crossed over the line.
Still we didn't have many attacking sets in the second half to see what Meaney could do in the oppositions 20m zone..

Cotric will do that to the majority of defenders....

 

[Gabe]

How'd Foran go?

Looked good playing his natural game at 6.

 

[Mr Shhh]

Olive is possibly the worst centre in defence I have ever seen.

Agree
Fucking woeful

 

[The DoggFather]

We won that trial 22-6. The second half was a farce and shouldn’t be getting anyone down.

What happened 2nd half?

 

[Spoonman84]

What happened 2nd half?

Heaps of player and positional changes. It was the ISP side and the majority of the Raiders tries came through Olive.

 

[The DoggFather]

Heaps of player and positional changes. It was the ISP side and the majority of the Raiders tries came through Olive.

Thanks for the info brother

 

[Howard Moon]

decent summary from a Raiders fan

 

[Bob dog]

Good to see them throwing the ball around a bit and putting the points up.

 

[Powerslide]

decent summary from a Raiders fan

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Only thing I would add was that the Raiders pretty much still had half their first grade team on in the 2nd Half. it was like first vs first then a isp vs depleted firsts. Noit fair to say that the Raiders ISP team is that much better than ours.

 

[LordSidious66]

Knew the ref fucked up that last try. Fuck looks like we are getting reffed out of yet another season.

 

[LordSidious66]

Look people its a trial match. When you have a reserve grade side against a first grade the result was bound to happen.

 

[dogwhisperer]

Meany didn't get an opportunity to show how he can contribute to a back line move like the ones we got out tyes

Fair call. Meaney didn’t have the players around him that hoppa had in the first half. In saying that, Hoppa has always been a class player though.