Round 1 Bulldogs Vs Manly

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Flano was coached by Robinson who all the best players want to play for, even if it means less money, he’s rated as a gun coach, yet he flicked him, how do you explain that one?

And wasn’t he originally coached by his premiership winning father, so Robo and his Dad aren’t good coaches ?

Ciraldo will be a great long term coach for us once the teams completely built the duds are moved on and the junior grades become a production line of talent again .. we got the spoon recently and finished 12th last season, you don’t turn that around in a few seasons, not the way our club had been top to bottom decimated anyway.

Im calling it early, the plan will be specialised training for Oloapu especially his short and long kicking game so he’s ready to take over the 7 … big bodied hard tough hitting running half that takes on the line is a handful and can kick grubbers and long, is exactly what’s required to partner Burto.

So enjoy your spruiking because the clocks ticking, watch this space ..
Oh yeah, they all go there to play under Robbo....has nothing to do with Politis' financial clout and the abusurd rosters the NRL allows him to put together without scrutiny.

Robbo sucks as a coach. Couldn't develop a player if his life depended on it and has underachieved given the roster he has been blessed with. Classic cheque book coach. Nobody goes there for Robbo.
 

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I'm excited to see our reserve grade side play with the line-up we've selected for that. Papali'i, Skelton, Wilson, Oloapu, Reynolds, Morrin (at prop?), Topine and Rajab.
 

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I'm excited to see our reserve grade side play with the line-up we've selected for that. Papali'i, Skelton, Wilson, Oloapu, Reynolds, Morrin (at prop?), Topine and Rajab.
Shows the status of our prop rotation,when Morrin is prop. With Thommo down,that's 4 props from our top 30 injured
 

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Oh yeah, they all go there to play under Robbo....has nothing to do with Politis' financial clout and the abusurd rosters the NRL allows him to put together without scrutiny.

Robbo sucks as a coach. Couldn't develop a player if his life depended on it and has underachieved given the roster he has been blessed with. Classic cheque book coach. Nobody goes there for Robbo.
We all know about the financial clout Politis has blah blah ..

The facts are that Robinson is still the coach, he’s the one that has to prepare them and get them up for the game, he’s the one who judges who’s good enough to be in the team and who’s not, and young Flano was quickly found out ..

B2B premiership winning coach … and you say he sucks as a coach .. he was also coached by his father who is also a premiership winning coach, so he has had good coaching ….. man you could really use a reality check …

Maybe also do a bit of research on who developed a lot of those top 30 players that haven’t been bought from other clubs.
 
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What gives me hope is with a shit coach (Baz) and roster we ran close in round 3 at brooky

Beat them in R26 with Potter at the helm which shows they are beatable

Turbo played in that round 3 game and missed 26 and also Jake Turbo
 

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The forward pack and bench is a bit....questionable.
The bench is average aside from Rajab but guys like Davey and Topine aren't great FG options but they're very good NSW Cup players. Morrin and Tsikrikas isn't the best front row but hopefully they hold their own.
 

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I'm excited to see our reserve grade side play with the line-up we've selected for that. Papali'i, Skelton, Wilson, Oloapu, Reynolds, Morrin (at prop?), Topine and Rajab.
I don't think it will be long before Wilson gets a crack in first grade
 

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The bench is average aside from Rajab but guys like Davey and Topine aren't great FG options but they're very good NSW Cup players. Morrin and Tsikrikas isn't the best front row but hopefully they hold their own.
Nothing wrong with Davey he goes good
 

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6 months+ for Thompson. Fmd.
 
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