Round 21 - Bulldogs vs Broncos - Team List and Game Discussion Thread.

[CrittaMagic69]

Man of the match v Warriors last week too

Yup. We lose Klemmer and Pay brings in an edge forward? I mean i'm happy for Smith to get a shot but fuck me what more can To'omaga do lol.

 

[GoTheDoggies]

Priest will be the messiah!

Also Manly are a classic example of bad forward recruitment. Not enough footy smarts in the forwards. Between Blake, Lane & Thompson. Their only intelligent forward is J. Trebojevic.

I think we are definitely short an edge forward, a Wade Graham or Kikau type who is smart in attack and skillful. I'd even sign Yeo if he was off contract.

 

[Horse]

The fuck does To'omaga have to do to get another shot ffs.

Fuck me you're scraping the bottom of the barrel to have a whinge here.

To'omagas brief spells in first grade was an absolute error and missed tackle fest.

He's got talent yeah but he's obviously been told to go back to reserve grade to work on his game and fix his discipline. And rightly so.

He'll get another chance though don't panic bra

 

[Trafford10]

..... and sheer shock horror to see lichaa starting yet again. Seeing he actually somehow managed to nab his second try assist for the year last week, and pay seems to love him, watch out for a new deal announcement from the club soon

You have cause to worry.
He will be back next season to torture you.
And me!!

 

[CrittaMagic69]

Fuck me you're scraping the bottom of the barrel to have a whinge here.

To'omagas brief spells in first grade was an absolute error and missed tackle fest.

He's got talent yeah but he's obviously been told to go back to reserve grade to work on his game and fix his discipline. And rightly so.

He'll get another chance though don't panic bra

He was nervous and poorly injected into games. Pay even stupidly started him against a representative Dragons forward pack. He's gone back to ISP and been the best or close to the best forward basically every week. Should of had another crack by now instead of the fat fuck Eastwood.

 

[GoTheDoggies]

Depends which Broncos team turns up. Raiders got a jump on them early but they still have the quality to hurt teams when they gain momentum. They have too much speed across the park for us.

Hate the Broncos with a passion so I hope we can beat them

 

[Mr Invisible]

They aren't playing To'omaga because if he plays NRL until the end of the season, and NSW Cup make the finals, they won't be able to play him in the side. That would then result in the club having to field half of Ron Massey Cup just to play the finals.

We've used too many forwards in NRL this year.

 

[The_Chimpster]

You have cause to worry.
He will be back next season to torture you.
And me!!

Awesome, watching this asshat parading around for another year will probably force me into ritualistic suicide, just pass me the cyanide pill now

 

[Howard Moon]

Smith is a beast.. One of the commentators during an ISP game mentioned that he was the hardest worker in the gym of all the grades when he was at the Roosters.. I have a feeling he could be a regular starter by seasons end from what I've seen

 

[KLil]

The fuck does To'omaga have to do to get another shot ffs.

Fualalo and Eastwood getting in the way... Would like to see what Smith can do at NRL level. Seems to be abit better than ISP atm.

 

[KLil]

Chris Smith is an indigenous second rower, signed mid season from Roosters.
Could play in the centres as well need be.

Runs some beautiful lines, and for a bloke his size he is alarmingly quick (about as quick as Montoya). Can see him causing some real problems against tired Broncos forwards.

His defence in the past has been hit and miss, but in NSW Cup so far he's been solid.

I've seen him go slow defending on the line twice... apart from that his a good solid player. Bit of Finucane and Jacko in him. Hopefully a late bloomer for us

 

[craigo]

The fuck does To'omaga have to do to get another shot ffs.

Hit it up on the 4th and never offload it and he’ll be a 10 yr player at the dogs

 

[Sword]

@SecretLifeOfPetsTheMovie

Chris Smith reminds me a LOT of Josh Jackson when he's on.

Example of his pace here: https://twitter.com/NRL/status/828062924958633985

Bloke can motor.

Can't find any highlights of R5, R14, or R20 where he scored this year.

You had me at Jacko

 

[Bad Billy]

Woolford should have been promoted months ago to rotate with brown. So my suggestion is bring him in, we struggle to score points anyway and are playing to avoid the spoon, so what the hell

I dont think woolford is part of the top 30 ?
We need Lichaa because brown can’t play long minutes. Last week has was blowing after 15.
Next season it’ll be brown or woolford.

 

[The_Chimpster]

I dont think woolford is part of the top 30 ?
We need Lichaa because brown can’t play long minutes. Last week has was blowing after 15.
Next season it’ll be brown or woolford.

He is, according to the list that's been posted before anyway. But as Secretlifeofpets pointed out, we need him for our isp side for the remainder of the season, plus he was injured for half the year. I'm hoping we retain him and he gets his crack next season
(pun intended)

 

[jasonsmith11]

vs the broncos, oh dear

 

[Snowmann]

Smith is a beast.. One of the commentators during an ISP game mentioned that he was the hardest worker in the gym of all the grades when he was at the Roosters.. I have a feeling he could be a regular starter by seasons end from what I've seen

Yeah, I really liked the cut of his gib on the weekend in the ISP..he had that O’Meley streak about him, could be our next enforcer for Lewis.

 

[finchie]

Runs heaps hard and has footwork

Haven’t noticed any glaring misses in defence
Just can’t see him playing anywhere other than right edge

Or is pay going to push jacko into lock when smith comes on

 

[doggieaaron]

Hoping we cause an upset here and be a thorn in alot of sides and finish strong

 

[Raikkonen]

Runs heaps hard and has footwork

Haven’t noticed any glaring misses in defence
Just can’t see him playing anywhere other than right edge

Or is pay going to push jacko into lock when smith comes on

If it results in Jacko moving to the middle, jive Smith a back row jersey immediately.