OFFICIAL | POST-GAME Pre Season Challenge #2 Vs Brisbane

doggieaaron said:
I remember a few years ago we smashed Penrith in a trial panthers looked in 1st gear ,i wonder if cam did the same thing play in first gear no injuries low intensity just get game minutes into the legs and props spread across the grades im hoping this is the plan and fire up from rnd 1 although connor t and sexpo worry me bigtime
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Maybe he did, but the idea would still be to complete. We dropped so much basic ball and gave away silly penalties so i doubt he would have been very happy.
 
Haddaway said:
Maybe he did, but the idea would still be to complete. We dropped so much basic ball and gave away silly penalties so i doubt he would have been very happy.
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Our handling and penalty situation really needs to improve.... and drastically.
 
doggieaaron said:
We need a fb desperately connor isnt the answer and cant catch go for poinga surely hes sick of losing
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Go on tell us where you are finding a spare million plus a year. Buying Ponga who is one concussion away from retirement would be so dumb it's not funny. I love watching KP, but like Paps he comes with a huge injury asterix.
 
Marki said:
Not necessarily.
Dragons have 2 recent games to call on as "benchmarks" for the the season which is infinitely better than us trying to call on the form from over 6 months ago and with players no longer there.

I think they are in a much better spot than us, and even if they lose, their coach will be using their trial performances as reference to get them back on track.
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The Dragons played against 2 under strength teams,tipped to miss the 8,whilst almost at full strength in both games,they aren't going as well as it might seem. We, on the other hand played the bronco's who are tipped to challenge for the title,had 5 extra players than us, were at full strength and only just managed to beat us. And we had half a dozen kids in the team . . . .
 
CrittaMagic69 said:
Todd is literally Yeo and Ciraldo is like na I'll play Haywood and Salmon :sob: :sob: :sob:
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How does such a ridiculous comment get so many likes? Also do you know what literally means.. check out weird Al Yankovich’s ‘Word Crimes’ for a lesson in the English language.
Todd a current reserve grader with no first grade experience is ‘literally’ the same as possibly the best and most successful lock ever.. geez.


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KiwiDog7 said:
Such a bad call ..Mann literally let them reset their defence line and then said watch this and beat 5 guys to the try line fk he’s becoming my fav player now
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Agree Kiwi, he’s got that dog in him, hits hard in defence and executes everything with high intent - bloke is a beast for his weight class.
 
BondiBulldog said:
How does such a ridiculous comment get so many likes? Also do you know what literally means.. check out weird Al Yankovich’s ‘Word Crimes’ for a lesson in the English language.
Todd a current reserve grader with no first grade experience is ‘literally’ the same as possibly the best and most successful lock ever.. geez.


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And Yeo was a shit centre and then edge forward until he wasn't. Todd is HIM.
 
Magic Burton said:
Newcastle made the semis 4 of the last 5 years eliminated same week as us last year.
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Yep and Ponga has missed more than half a season in each of the last 3 seasons. I'm sorry on no planet should we even remotely offer that. What happens when the first game he gets another head knock and is out for 6-8 weeks. It's just a matter of time with KP.
 
wendog33 said:
Ciro probably felt when he took on this challenge that the roster was so average (compared to the top 8) that they could only handle one aspect of the game, so concentrated on his forte of defence. He has coached a miracle into these guys and he and Gus have totally churned the roster to near on the best available (under the cap at the time)...debatable to some but nevertheless the signings recruited have been commendable and we missed a few and rejected a few.

They are now proficient in that side of the game.

Now he has to drag up the attacking skills of most of the players without a very effective halves pairing. That will be a big job and a big test for his development as a top flight coach. Question marks and pressure also will be placed around the attacking coach Jason Taylor.

I think it's clear he favours those he thinks can implement his current defensive, yet conservative game plan. Can't blame him for that.

However this season may be his biggest test as most NRL pundits, and our fans, are expecting the team to evolve and improve.

Ciro will have to pick the best bench and upskill our spine in particular to do that.
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Yeah good summation and along the lines of my thinking.

The only thing i'd say to that is that both Gus and CC had a number of opportunities to improve the spine this last year and chose not to go hard. So any failures this year is their doing.
 
Marki said:
Yeah good summation and along the lines of my thinking.

The only thing i'd say to that is that both Gus and CC had a number of opportunities to improve the spine this last year and chose not to go hard. So any failures this year is their doing.
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And any success his year is equally their doing.


Team Work
 
TwinTurbo said:
And any success his year is equally their doing.


Team Work
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Its all their doing.


Unless we have a ridiculously injury ravaged season, there is no hiding from responsibility. Good or bad.
 
My thoughts are Brisbane are a top 4 side, possibly top 2 and went there with their best side and best reserves. They also came ready, they played Reynolds for 30 odd minutes, which is absolutely crazy. Why would you risk him unless you really had a point to prove. We left our best 18-30 at home to play the sharks trial, so benches were very uneven. Despite that if Mann's try was allowed we go within 2 and have the momentum in last 10. We were also a bit unlucky with balls from bombs bouncing straight into the oppositions arms for at least 2 tries. Another 2 came from their attacking sets straight after our mistakes. Fix up our mistakes and would have been a very tight contest. Worst thing was form of Tracy, too many mistakes and didn't see him do to many 4th carry runs or sniffing around the middle. really needs to step that up for the regular season.
 
Brendan7 said:
Go on tell us where you are finding a spare million plus a year. Buying Ponga who is one concussion away from retirement would be so dumb it's not funny. I love watching KP, but like Paps he comes with a huge injury asterix.
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We are in a very good position with the cap in the future no marquee player really thats not the issue Connor tracey is a massive liability
 
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