Official Dogs sign Leo Thompson (2026)

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Freakzilla said:
He averaged 46.4 minutes a game before being injured the last game.

Also I said he SHOULD be playing not he WILL be playing.

When Mann is off the field CC usually plays Hayward or Salmon at lock not a running big.
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Well ...therein lies the conundrum.
Hayward - yep ...I get him as a sub for Mann ...different styles; but he has good hands and can create an attacking play (set ...maybe?).
Salmon (offensively) ...not so much of the Hayward skill set .... but he's not really a ball running #13 either is he??
Wtf is Salmon as a 13? (I acknowledge his ability to create unity in the team defensively)....but attack wise - just what does he offer?

I know I've banged on about it shitloads (since May in '24) .... but we could do a lot worse than develop Jack Todd as our #13 in NRL.
He's the man who can fulfil both the running 'big' role AND the ball distributor role.
Our own Yeo - bit shorter tho. Both 106kg - Todd 188cm; Yeo 195cm.

As for Todd v Salmon.
Todd is ...
  • Bigger & faster than Salmon.
  • Has significantly better ball playing skills (especially offloads).
  • Has waaaay better footwork at the line.
  • Energetic tackler who can put on a decent hit.
  • Has a low error rate (similar to Salmon).
  • Probably not the "glue guy" (talker/organiser that Salmon is in team defensive structure).
That last point shouldn't be underestimated. Our team defence improved dramatically in 2024.
Salmon seemed to be CC's lieutenant on the field, organising, directing and making some really decent hits too.

????? Just sayin' ????
 
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Rumdogmillionaire said:
Well ...therein lies the conundrum.
Hayward - yep ...I get him as a sub for Mann ...different styles; but he has good hands and can create an attacking play (set ...maybe?).
Salmon (offensively) ...not so much of the Hayward skill set .... but he's not really a ball running #13 either is he??
Wtf is Salmon as a 13? (I acknowledge his ability to create unity in the team defensively)....but attack wise - just what does he offer?

I know I've banged on about it shitloads (since May in '24) .... but we could do a lot worse than develop Jack Todd as our #13 in NRL.
He's the man who can fulfil both the running 'big' role AND the ball distributor role.
Our own Yeo - bit shorter tho. Both 106kg - Todd 188cm; Yeo 195cm.

As for Todd v Salmon.
Todd is ...
  • Bigger & faster than Salmon.
  • Has significantly better ball playing skills (especially offloads).
  • Has waaaay better footwork at the line.
  • Energetic tackler who can put on a decent hit.
  • Has a low error rate (similar to Salmon).
  • Probably not the "glue guy" (talker/organiser that Salmon is in team defensive structure).
That last point shouldn't be underestimated. Our team defence improved dramatically in 2024.
Salmon seemed to be CC's lieutenant on the field, organising, directing and making some really decent hits too.

????? Just sayin' ????
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Is that you Nasheed?
 
EL Hefe said:
The signing of Thompson is a positive but Don't let this distract you from the fact that Hector is gonna be running 3 Honda Civic's with spoon engines
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…and he just bought 3 T66 turbos, with NOS and a MoTec system exhaust.
 
chisdog said:
It wouldn't be the first time we have signed a brother to get a deal over the line. It used to happen a fair bit.
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I remember when we signed Christian Crichton from the Panthers. People said we signed him to get the younger brother who was a freak. Don’t know how much influence it had on getting Critta.
 
He will be good for us young and strong and wants to win anyone on here who thinks otherwise has not watched him play this is a positive signing for us and finally a prop we wanted!!!

This is only the start of a big foward pack!!!!

Good on GUS AND CIRO

good start to the new year!!
 
beastwood89 said:
If true then the knights can eat a bag of diks. This one is payback for Klemmer, let’s just hope that Leo’s career has a different trajectory then klems


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Thompson is young he has plenty to offer.!!!
klemmer at his peak was great but he went to that shit house of a team who still is shit and spends half there cap on 4 players and gives there highest paid player 3 escape options lol I’ll give the tigers 1 year or less until there is drama actually hold up it’s already happening the board is crumbling if they think luai will be there saviour ill laugh at that he needs Cleary to look good he dances and kicks. Moses made us win the soo not luai
 
DoggiesHOOHA said:
tossing up buying one, review?
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It's an infrared sauna and although it feels nice I probably wouldn't buy one myself because it feels kind of poorly made. I only got this because my sisters bf got it through work for dirt cheap and just dropped it off at our place lol. I think the traditional barrell style saunas are probably the best ones to buy if you're getting one and they're like 7-8k+
 
zappa said:
Haha did you really?
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Technically it wasn't a gift and I don't own it, just been dropped off at our place until my sister and her bf move back to Sydney lol.
 
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