Can we address the elephant in the room

[Bad Billy]

Huh…. You can’t compare Luke Lewis with Okenbur mate. Lewis actually made a difference on the field

Better comparison would be a Giraffe with severe anxiety issues to Okenbur

Okunbour’s been doing it for 3 weeks.

 

[Glenn L]

Well he's clearly trying to build resilience for the back end of the season.

 

[Dogs4eva13]

People struggle to see the silver lining sometimes. Whilst Okunbor is acting as a fill-in forward in first grade, that's one more spot open to continue a real winger's development in NSW Cup. :P

Really interesting to see Skelton ben playing on the wing lately. Interesting if that is where CC sees the opportunity say in 24'. Kiraz to centre, Skelton to wing? I also want to see Blake W come in and do some hard yards. Really rate him, but don't think he will get selected in firsts unless he gets his hands dirty.

 

[Snake]

I don’t get the CC doesn’t trust the bench take on it. I would think a fresh benchie for 10-20 minutes is better then a totally gassed player starting to drop off tackles and make poor decisions.

 

[wendog33]

People struggle to see the silver lining sometimes. Whilst Okunbor is acting as a fill-in forward in first grade, that's one more spot open to continue a real winger's development in NSW Cup. :P

Love your optimism. Always look on the bright side

 

[wendog33]

I don’t get the CC doesn’t trust the bench take on it. I would think a fresh benchie for 10-20 minutes is better then a totally gassed player starting to drop off tackles and make poor decisions.

Gotta agree. The guys are exhausted yet the coach doesn't use his full complement of benchies to give them a breather.

Already a severely depleted and average sized forward pack and Ciro seems to be wanting blood out of a stone.

Anyway as some say, he is there and sees the situation but knowing King is playing extra mins with a severe foot discomfort injury and a benchie just sittjng there, who is supposed to be sharing some of the work, its hard to fathom.

 

[TwinTurbo]

Gotta agree. The guys are exhausted yet the coach doesn't use his full complement of benchies to give them a breather.

Already a severely depleted and average sized forward pack and Ciro seems to be wanting blood out of a stone.

Anyway as some say, he is there and sees the situation but knowing King is playing extra mins with a severe foot discomfort injury and a benchie just sittjng there, who is supposed to be sharing some of the work, its hard to fathom.

Letting King, or anyone, cool down with a ruptured plantar fascia is very bad idea.


Always a Bulldog

 

[wendog33]

Letting King, or anyone, cool down with a ruptured plantar fascia is very bad idea.


Always a Bulldog

So you recommend 80 min games?!

 

[Mr Shhh]

The further okunbor is away from the wing and high kicks the better. He has got to be one do the worst wingers ever to play bulldogs

Along with Heka Nanai

 

[King Gus]

Letting King, or anyone, cool down with a ruptured plantar fascia is very bad idea.


Always a Bulldog

Why bad idea? isn’t it doing more damage then.

 

[senshidog]

Why is CC wasting the bench ?
The use of his bench rotation has me baffled, and knowing we are light on forwards he picks a winger and a 5/8 on the bench.
What is alarming is that we play with 16 players most games, what’s he thinking?

Ciraldo addressed this somewhat in the latest press conference post Warriors game.

"Okunbor can cover the back as well as play in the back row".

Makes sense as our game plan is revolving around the backs eating up metres and getting us out of trouble.

Bench covers an injury in any position except fullback.

Waddell - Second Row, Prop, Lock, and centre (at a pinch).
Pele - Prop, Lock.
Okunbor - Centre, Winger, Second Row.
Reynolds - Hooker, Halves, Lock.

Why bad idea? isn’t it doing more damage then.

From what I was just reading, it's an injury that hurts first in the morning, and gets better as its used more/warms up.

Hence why it's a tricky one to heal. If surgery isn't required, staying off the foot heals it, but it's also where it's most painful.

 

[Philistine]

And Okonbour is much better in the middle where it's much harder to make bad defensive reads.

I hope Oki doesn't read the Kennel. He might take this as a challenge.

 

[CMP]

Depth isn’t strong but the selection of the bench and the use of the bench is baffling to say the least.

If CC doesn’t trust them in first grade they shouldn’t be there. At the very least he could find some solid defensive reserve graders and give them some minutes to keep the top players fresh.

I think our general fitness is still off the pace to other clubs. Add to that playing with a two man bench is disastrous. You can almost flick a switch when we gassed in games. Everyone is blowing and there is a fresh guy on the bench not being used.

He might have his reasons but whatever they are he needs to reevaluate now.

 

[Cujo]

Gotta agree. The guys are exhausted yet the coach doesn't use his full complement of benchies to give them a breather.

Already a severely depleted and average sized forward pack and Ciro seems to be wanting blood out of a stone.

Anyway as some say, he is there and sees the situation but knowing King is playing extra mins with a severe foot discomfort injury and a benchie just sittjng there, who is supposed to be sharing some of the work, its hard to fathom.

Its an extended pre-season....character building.
They will be able to fight through and endure more/better towards the end of the season when the other injured middles return.

 

[Berries]

Every other team signs an emergency forward for 100k but the Bulldogs put a winger as a forward rotation on the bench. Strange stuff

 

[Berries]

I don’t get the CC doesn’t trust the bench take on it. I would think a fresh benchie for 10-20 minutes is better then a totally gassed player starting to drop off tackles and make poor decisions.

Watch these blokes get injured because they are player too many minutes.CC will have Okunbur at 8 and Reynolds at 10. cAnT tRuSt tHeM

 

[TwinTurbo]

So you recommend 80 min games?!

No, I'd recommend not playing at all and resting for the weeks/months it will take to heal.

But since he is playing it's best not to let it cool down, it will tighten up, hurt even more and make returning to play even harder, if not impossible.

Always a Bulldog

 

[Scoooby]

Depth is definitely a problem. Has been for some time now. I guess he will do what he guna do lol.. and we can’t change it. Opinions and ideas are all we have here to let out our frustration!!

 

[under_Dogz]

Simple he doesn't trust them in first grade when the game is on the line and due to injuries he doesn't think there is anyone better. In reserve grade. The reserve grade squad is building pushing for spots so he might get more confidence in them in the future. Davey a proven first grader is coming back so he may get some minutes in the 1st particularly if they can turn him into a prop. Waddell and Brown were actually going well and getting 40 or so mins each so Brown is a big loss. Wouldn't be surprised if Morrin comes in for Oko last minute as he has been playing in the middle. However CC hasn't been playing those games so most likely this is the squad.

It’s very obvious that it’s about trust…for some anyway yet incomprehensible for many others lol

 

[NQ Dog]

I know I've said it before, and I know a lot of you blokes & sheila's don't rate him, but I think Ocky could kill it closer to the middle. With size like that he could/should run riot.