Official Round 21 Bulldogs V Tigers - Team Lists and Discussion Thread

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Good stuff BBO is in the halves, f knows why Topine isnt on the bench? must be a reason...
He can cover the backrow, hooker and centres...no reason he can't be our utility off the bench instead of fucking Katoa.

What probably goes against him is that he's a small forward and we simply don't have the big guys in the side right now to allow him the time to develop and find his place in the side.
 

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this has the gus stamp all over it
 

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Hopefully we pull a rabbit out of our ass and flog the Tigers resulting in Flange senior and junior pissing off to Leichhardt to replace poor old Madge.
Baz they can’t sack Madge until Tales from Tiger Town is over - what would they do with the remaining eps? Oh, just like everything else Tigers - paid too much for something you don’t get much use out of :tearsofjoy:.
 

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Agree, Topine to 14 and BBO to 7 not 6. Unfortunately that appears to show Barrett’s intentions with Burton coming to play 6.. Averillo is not a 7. Meeney/Allen is just shuffling the deck chairs. Would also swap Doorey with Elliott.
Hopefully we pull a rabbit out of our ass and flog the Tigers resulting in Flange senior and junior pissing off to Leichhardt to replace poor old Madge.
averillo isnt a 7 but BBO is only 19 so it would be only to take some pressure of him and let him run the footy. Not much difference these days anyway on the 6 and 7. Love the inclusion tho,
 

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Great to see BBO start and showcase his skills across 80 mins!

Katoa to 14 is obviously to cover hooker but would’ve have loved to see Topine get a run.

If we can beat the Tigers this weekend and more importantly the Warriors the following weekend then this shithouse of a season will be a little bit more bearable for me
 

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Would love to see BBO perform well and keep that spot for the remainder of the year. At the very least it might mean we've found our halfback in this absolute sh*tshow of a season.

Let's not crucify the kid if he doesn't have a great game though. This team is absolutely spent and it'd be difficult for a teenager only a few games into his first grade career to really thrive in a team full of mental midgets.
 

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Great to see BBO start and showcase his skills across 80 mins!

Katoa to 14 is obviously to cover hooker but would’ve have loved to see Topine get a run.

If we can beat the Tigers this weekend and more importantly the Warriors the following weekend then this shithouse of a season will be a little bit more bearable for me
Best thing for Topine now is to perfect one role which is backrow as he’s not a utility. He plays with hard but lacks the size, to make it in the NRL. If it were up to the kennel we would have Averillo, Biondi and Topine on the bench next year as a utility. How many of them do we need lol
 

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They can’t sack Madge until Tales from Tiger Town is over - what would they do with the remaining eps? Oh, just like everything else Tigers - paid too much for something you don’t get much use out of :tearsofjoy:.
Are you kidding, what a ratings winner that episode would be. The drama the tears and the anger and that’s just theTiger supporters melting down after we beat them this weekend.

Then the inevitable CEO press quote on the following Friday saying “as of this very moment coach Maguire has the club and boards 100% support” Then, on Monday they sack him and the supporters melt down again.

Then a couple of close up actions scenes of Madge tearing the place apart before the police are called.

And finally universal celebration by same supporters at the appointment of Shane Flanagan and his to be better than Cleary son signing joint 5 year contracts.

Flange senior promise to bring Sirro and Blocker the premierships they were denied and introduces his new assistant (some bloke that use to help out at Cronulla that knows a thing or two about vitamins and stuff..)

I cant wait.
 

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Fitting that for members' appreciation round, Tbaz finally gives us some of the selections we've been clamouring for :kissingclosed: (Hi Baz, if you're reading this)

Next up, to really make us feel appreciated, he'll swap BBO and Averillo, and drop SKatoa for Topine (hint hint)
 

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Credit to Baz for this. Glad to see BBO get a start and see what he's made of

I hope we don't expect wonders from the kid.

Decent kicks, crisp passing and if the forwards manage to create some space, some back up play would be good. God it's depressing that we need to be satisfied with the basics
 

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Tigers will probably make this match the season finale of the tiger town documentary. Typically missing finals but at least get a win against the wooden spooners to end the show on a high
 

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Are you kidding, what a ratings winner that episode would be. The drama the tears and the anger and that’s just theTiger supporters melting down after we beat them this weekend.

Then the inevitable CEO press quote on the following Friday saying “as of this very moment coach Maguire has the club and boards 100% support” Then, on Monday they sack him and the supporters melt down again.

Then a couple of close up actions scenes of Madge tearing the place apart before the police are called.

And finally universal celebration by same supporters at the appointment of Shane Flanagan and his to be better than Cleary son signing joint 5 year contracts.

Flange senior promise to bring Sirro and Blocker the premierships they were denied and introduces his new assistant (some bloke that use to help out at Cronulla that knows a thing or two about vitamins and stuff..)

I cant wait.
this scenario would be better than most of the shit that gets served up on tv, hope it happens.I havent watched any episodes to be fair because icgaf but yeh seeing Madge go Terminator would be gold.
 

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Best thing for Topine now is to perfect one role which is backrow as he’s not a utility. He plays with hard but lacks the size, to make it in the NRL. If it were up to the kennel we would have Averillo, Biondi and Topine on the bench next year as a utility. How many of them do we need lol
No lower grade footy has hurt Topine, like you said he lacks size and needed to condition himself in reserve grade for a year or two while making a couple of appearances in firstgrade. Same can be said for a lot of kids though. I'll be pretty disappointed if Topine doesn't make it, haven't had a kid at the club that I've wanted to succeed as much as him for a while.
 

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while i dont rate katoa, topine is not a hooker. He is a edge or ball playing lock, but he needs a huge offseason, he is not a big body.
Fair call. Just one of the few who has a dig for every moment he is out there Regardless of what the score board says.
 
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