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Great spirit but still lacking that attacking spark. Hetherington has been immense. Refereeing has been comical.

It’s quite obvious Warren struggles to put his impartialness aside whilst commentating Bulldogs matches; he’s always coming out with a subtle, snide remark.

Lewis is improving season-by-season. He isn’t too far off debuting in the first team.

In this day and age, the bench plays a significant role in determining the outcome of matches. We lacked strike off the bench in the opening rounds, Deano identified this, and having Klemmer rotate at the backend of halves ensures we always have a prop of the highest quality on the field...

Holland has been a bright spark in recent outings. I like the role Pay’s placed him in; however, I do believe he should replace Montoya and shift to the centres with Hopoate on the wing.

I think the majority of us would’ve taken a Premiership and suffered for the next 2-3 years, as opposed to having cracked the Top 8 consistently. That was Hasler’s downfall; he put all his eggs in one basket and didn’t deliver.

It’s not Montoya’s fault; it’s the fault of Pay. We appear to be short every single time the opposition shifts it to their left, as some of you have said, it’s more of a structural issue than individual. My main gripe with Montoya are his carries; they’re ineffective, and we struggle to gain...

Did Keary run Hopoate off the ball on the first try?

Frawley.

He drops Lee and Holland yet persists with Mbye in the halves and Lichaa at hooker...

He's a Lewo boy. Good effort. [emoji1305]

Stop making sense, Ennis.

Sounds like she was made to be the scapegoat. There's clearly a fractured relationship between Castle and Dib. Dib, by all reports, has his own interests at heart. There's a lack of transparency and thus a bit of a mess which needs to be cleaned.

Our players struggle to get a repeat set and you want them taking frequent shots at field goal?

My favourite player. Love this bloke.

I still don't understand why it wasn't disallowed.

Frawley needs to lead this team, not Mbye. That's the problem. Give Frawley complete control.

Fuckin' pathetic team. Honestly over this bullshit.

Seems as though the Dogs are waiting on Foran. If he remains in NZ, they'll make a hard play at Cronk for next season.

So many dodgy calls which changed momentum, particularly when Rapana took out Morris.

What's Carl Williams doing singing?

I was saying Boo-Urns.

Some reports suggest he's signed a $3.6 million dollar deal over four years; that's $900k a year!

According to Paul Kent, Woods' signing will be announced during Rep Round. Contrary to what's been rumoured, Kent said that James Graham will be staying with Canterbury-Bankstown after all. Foran also a possibility of shifting to Belmore next season, although it's all speculation at this point.

I feel for Lichaa as well. I think moving forward he can play an important role for us this season. He could start in the hooking role and shift to lock at around the 20th minute mark to make way for Mbye. Injecting Mbye and Kasiano at that point of the match has the potential to be devastating...

I don't understand where he's going to play at the Broncs. You could argue it's illogical requirement.

Remember, he became our goal kicker in his 7th year in first grade. Imagine the points total he would've had if he kicked consistently during those years.

Who said anything about taking the position away from Reynolds?

I'd like to see how Mbye performs next to Frawley.

750k is a bit much for a utility. Mbye should be groomed as a fullback or hooker.

It's sad Frawley has to come in and play a MOTM performance to convince Des.

What's funny is that we can rule on a forward pass after the match but not during it. Aren't we using the same footage? Hm...

The only logical reason for signing Woods is to lure Teddy to Belmore. Otherwise it's a pointless acquisition.

Dogs +13.

The club always comes first. I love Graham, but if we can acquire all those world class players in return, it's a no brainer. Besides, there might be no Salary Cap next year. We should just increase everyone's salary for one season and drop it down to peanuts the following season. We could have...

Without a doubt, Cronk. I love Foran but at this point in time, I'd opt for Cooper. The jury is still out on Kieran's fitness and mental state.

Great attitude. He'll go far this kid.

Bottom 4 (of the 8) is more of a realistic target given Frawley is bestowed a permanent spot in our 13.

He's virtually signed with Newcastle.

I don't think Des would've placed his job at risk hoping the Reynolds/Mbye partnership would fire. Des doesn't like to admit he is wrong. He's stubborn. Mbye is a future superstar of the game, just not in the #7 jumper.

Dymock is primed to be our next coach. He deserves an opportunity.

Abbey's growing. Mbye would be the perfect #14. You could even play him hooker and utilise Liccha as a lock forward and also rotate him with Mbye at stages.

He's a 1, 6 or 9. Take your pick.

If he's utilised correctly, he definitely could be. It all depends on our coach for the coming seasons.

So much for not being a reactive board. Lol.

Apart from his early mistake on Brisbane's opener, Abbey played brilliantly. He's gaining confidence with each game and didn't allow his head to drop after his early error. Positive signs.

Let's never mention this logo again. Close thread.

With even the slightest bit of direction, I think we'll be a completely different team. We just have to play simple. Run hard, tackle hard and kick to corners; really grind this one out. High percentage plays.

Basic issues by Des haven't been addressed and it's baffling a coach of his level fails to see our shortcomings. We're still playing without a recognised halfback, reverting to playing structures which have shown not to function efficiently, personnel changes only forced through suspensions...

If?

How much more of this are we going to put up with?

This is pathetic.

This basically translates to: I'll be the future hooker at the club.

The effort is there and has been throughout the first three rounds. However, we're lacking a bit of polish offensively and a good game manager.

The Bulldogs have the best winning percentage in wet weather conditions. It definitely suits us. At least some of the lollipop kicks by Reynolds and Mbye will present some sort of danger albeit to an extreme bare degree.

And if it wasn't for the pressure by the board and supporters, Des would still be squandering Lichaa's attacking potential the same way he did with Ennis.

Holland's injury hurt us. They're attacking Jackson and exploiting our makeshift edge.

Tim Simona will have a juicy pineapple on that one.

Reynolds and Mbye are an incompatible halves pairing. It just ain't going to work. One should be our five-eight and the other a utility. Both could always interchange roles depending on opponents or at stages throughout matches. The evidence was crystal yesterday how different we look with a...

I liked what I saw from Holland today. Played well with two try assists to his name and his goalkicking was exceptional.

I'd like to see if we're actually this expansive with our attack. Brett Morris needs more ball because with Josh beside him he ain't seeing it as often as he should.

He didn't do too badly with that try saving tackle.

No brainer, really. Then he'll eventually be the Australian captain.

Maybe the real people we should take aim against are the players, then.

What are you talking about, Graham is our halfback.

I love Turvey, but he was out of line with his comments given the position he held at the time. Hasler has earned respect throughout his coaching career and didn't receive it in this regard. The entire situation was handled poorly and should've been dealt with accordingly behind closed doors...

Dymock's time has finally arrived.

Strange. NSW's best player wasn't picked...

Time to stick to our roots. We're the family club. Bring in some of the old brigade.

Why don't we just thrust Tolman at hooker? He'll tackle his heart out and hopefully prevent those 5th tackle nothing hitups.

He's one of the leading assist men in the competition, and they want to hook him to play 9?

We should appoint two CEOs – Raelene can be in charge of the commercial sector and whoever else can lead the sporting sector.

Hit the nail on the head, bulldogfan1.

Could be a blessing in disguise if he doesn't play. B-Moz offers more in terms of an attacking spark.

Same old. Same old. For the first time, I'm actually becoming disinterested in watching us play.

He's not 120kgs, so he won't make a good halfback.

If Crocker kicks like he did today, he won't be breaking any records.

Don't forget that Hazem failed to kick for goal throughout his first 5 seasons in The NRL as Halligan was still at the club.

Stay strong, brother. I'll keep you in my prayers. Never lose hope or give up the fight.

Kasiano will get off. They're just trying to take the pressure off themselves by charging him.

I cannot put into words my dislike for Sutton.

He was doing coke, apparently.

Would be interesting if Des completely changes everything in the final series. Massive mindfuck.

Fight it.

RIP.

Destiny was in our hands before this amazing result from the Tigers. Round 25 will decide who finishes in the Top 4.

Positives out of tonight's match: we were solid defensively, we're back in the Top 4 and I'm still on a perfect round.

Best of luck. Great servant for our club.

We are a lot better than we dished out tonight. Ball retention was paramount, as Des said, and we were utterly incompetent in that regard. We had 41% posession and completed at 68%. You're not going to win games with stats like that.

It's one of those games you write-off completely. Forget about it and move on. Too many errors. You can't afford that against Newcastle let alone last season's Premiers. Good wake up call, nonetheless.

Rona would be a huge loss, but I doubt we could offer him anything in the vicinity of what The Western Force are. Brenko's a bit raw. Under the tutelage of Des, he could really blossom.

He's been a revelation this season. Good man.

The epitome of an Origin player. I hope he is awarded the captaincy.

He's saving it for the finals.

Let Kieran get the help he needs. If or when he's ready to comeback, then it'll be the appropriate time to discuss his rugby league future.

I've always liked this kid. Decent backup option.

Foxsports isn't that great either. Gasnier and Voss were going on and on and on about the Jackson try with the latter bringing up Hazem's try in the 2004 GF, virtually citing it as the biggest blunder in Rugby League history. Out of all people Brandy actually put both of them in their place.

Kasiano and Williams have been tremendous for us in recent outings. It appears we try to keep it tight in the opening 20 minutes and then explode into life with the injection of the aforementioned.

As brilliant as he has been on the wing, Rona has given us another dimension in the centres with his spinning basketball assists. Going forward, I'd like us to continue with this experiment.

So when a player leaps up for a bomb, fumbles it a few times over an opposition defender and regathers, that in your books is an illegal play?