The Utai slam

[Alexander the Great]

And for me and the boys known for being at sexton playhouse till 4am the night before a game. He had a shock that Friday night. Dropped balls and was all over the shop.

Fucking good bloke though. He didn't mind a laugh and a beer

It's unfortunate that Utai is mostly remembered for that massive falcon these days.

 

[Spoonman84]

It is properly insane.. and you've got to give credit to St George for staying not only alive, but in the game... I don't think many of the modern day teams would survive that type of carnage.

Yeh Dylan really needs a partner in crime, can't do it all himself

I can't remember if it was a Dragon's player or just a journo writing an article before the game saying the Dragons had the better pack. I think the Dogs answered that question.

I was at that game and was soaked head to toe and the water amplified the hits sound around the ground.

 

[Spoonman84]

We were fitter than anyone back then, can't say the same for today. Like you said wrestle has also changed the way you defend and you'd probably get cut to pieces of your tried defending like that now.

You would have to be unbelievably fit to pull that off for 80 mins and was that 12 interchanges back then too?

 

[TwinTurbo]

FFS, watch the defence, they didn’t move up rapidly in a line like every team is trained to today. Not only was the defence line staggered they were also unevenly spaced and often caught flat footed. This also enabled poor tacklers to be identified and found out more easily in defence.

In the period since then overall all teams’ defence has improved multiple times, particularly in slowing down the play the ball, which the already sophisticated attack hasn’t and probably can’t match.

Go Dogs

 

[Howard Moon]

I can't remember if it was a Dragon's player or just a journo writing an article before the game saying the Dragons had the better pack. I think the Dogs answered that question.

I was at that game and was soaked head to toe and the water amplified the hits sound around the ground.

That wouldn't surprise me given the display the boys put on, there would have been some sore bodies after that game. I'd love to know how a Taumalalo would have faired against an onslaught like that.. don't think he would have had much of an impact against that

 

[GoTheDoggies]

Yup, the attacking intent these forwards had is non existent today along with the genuine lack of footy athleticism and ability. All these guys could do the basics really well while going above and beyond in multiple areas of their game while the c*** we have today struggle to even do the basics. It's also compounded by the fact that so many of them are very similar in style and lack any sort of explosive power yet Pay stacks the side with them. Even Thompson who's our big money forward signing I have massive doubts over, bloke gets snapped in half everytime he has played NRL quality opposition and looks reliant on working off a bigger body prop.

"explosive power" that is exactly what we lack in our forwards. To negate the effects of wrestle you need either explosive power or consistent offloads with support play.

Best example of this now is the Broncos forward pack. Always running with intent to break the line, Fifita will run across field to find a gap in the defence he can target.

 

[CroydonDog]

2011 when he was playing for the Tigers.

Must admit I'd forgotten that one, but it was a shocker

 

[DinkumDog]

Must admit I'd forgotten that one, but it was a shocker

To compound it, he literally looks up just as the ball slams into his melon. A Barry Crocker indeed. .

 

[Alexander the Great]

"That's a pearlerrrrr"

Must admit I'd forgotten that one, but it was a shocker

 

[Freakzilla]

Bulldogs from 2002-2004 were incredible to watch. How we only won 1 GF in the 2000's is a tragedy.

 

[Freakzilla]

Sherwin to Haem for the first try. Their connection was special.

 

[Spoonman84]

How good was Shifty’s kicking game every kick is spot on.

 

[Freakzilla]

Bloody hell our attack was good back then

 

[CrittaMagic69]

Bloody hell our attack was good back then

Better than our attack now? Big call

 

[CrittaMagic69]

This Thurston bloke looks shit, can't even tackle ffs

 

[Freakzilla]

This Thurston bloke looks shit, can't even tackle ffs

We should release him and sign Daniel Holdsworth instead :/

 

[Freakzilla]

They sure loved putting the cheerleaders on camera back in those days lol

 

[Scoooby]

Utai was a little machine, we all loved him and him an El magic together was even better.!!

 

[bradyk]

Great game management Sherwin... we need to persist with this Thurston kid, trust me.

 

[CrittaMagic69]

Hook Shifty, he's going to cost us the game!