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The Bulldogs need to get active in the player market to save their season.
That is the opinion of Paul Crawley, after Canterbury were smashed 40-6 in their season opener against the Warriors.
“If they have the money in their salary cap, why aren’t they spending it?” Crawley told NRL 360.
“They need results and if there is $500 thousand sitting there they need to use it.
“They let a guy like Josh Morris go and Brett Morris and they could have done with those two players in the outside backs.
“David Klemmer is one I will never understand why they let him go.”
The Bulldogs have talked tough under coach Dean Pay, but they are many people’s pick for the wooden spoon in 2019.
Crawley believes they don’t have the roster to climb out of the hole left by the previous administration at the club.
“The concern for the Bulldogs is they lack experience,” Crawley said.
“They lack leadership apart from Josh Jackson in that pack. If you look at their pack on paper, I can’t see a solution for them in the near future.
“Canterbury are a club that has built everything on success on the field.
“They are not spending their salary cap at the moment.”
Paul Kent backed up Crawley’s sentiments in condemning the season opening performance at Mt Smart Stadium.
“It is hard to understand and you’ve got to ask if you can forgive that performance,” Kent said.
“Whether it is false hope or no hope what we found in recent years is there is a big bounce back factor from round one to round two.
“I’m hoping the Bulldogs can find it, but they are without answers for what went wrong on the weekend.”
Kent believes the Bulldogs can’t continue to blame the previous administration of the club for the plight of the team on the field.
“For all the stones that get thrown from this administration to the last administration, well this one hasn’t struck too many winners,” Kent said.
“They have essentially let more good players go than they have brought in and you look at their outside backs, how are they going to score a try?”
The Bulldogs host the Eels on Sunday at ANZ Stadium.
That is the opinion of Paul Crawley, after Canterbury were smashed 40-6 in their season opener against the Warriors.
“If they have the money in their salary cap, why aren’t they spending it?” Crawley told NRL 360.
“They need results and if there is $500 thousand sitting there they need to use it.
“They let a guy like Josh Morris go and Brett Morris and they could have done with those two players in the outside backs.
“David Klemmer is one I will never understand why they let him go.”
The Bulldogs have talked tough under coach Dean Pay, but they are many people’s pick for the wooden spoon in 2019.
Crawley believes they don’t have the roster to climb out of the hole left by the previous administration at the club.
“The concern for the Bulldogs is they lack experience,” Crawley said.
“They lack leadership apart from Josh Jackson in that pack. If you look at their pack on paper, I can’t see a solution for them in the near future.
“Canterbury are a club that has built everything on success on the field.
“They are not spending their salary cap at the moment.”
Paul Kent backed up Crawley’s sentiments in condemning the season opening performance at Mt Smart Stadium.
“It is hard to understand and you’ve got to ask if you can forgive that performance,” Kent said.
“Whether it is false hope or no hope what we found in recent years is there is a big bounce back factor from round one to round two.
“I’m hoping the Bulldogs can find it, but they are without answers for what went wrong on the weekend.”
Kent believes the Bulldogs can’t continue to blame the previous administration of the club for the plight of the team on the field.
“For all the stones that get thrown from this administration to the last administration, well this one hasn’t struck too many winners,” Kent said.
“They have essentially let more good players go than they have brought in and you look at their outside backs, how are they going to score a try?”
The Bulldogs host the Eels on Sunday at ANZ Stadium.
