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Mate I agree but just going off what the coaches are quoted as saying. He is better at directing the team to get to certain points of the field and setting up plays. The problem is that he can’t execute the farkin plays. It’s a bit like a bloke with no dick picking up chicks at the nightclub

I think it’s more due to the fact he has a louder voice and directs the team around. Burto is pretty quiet and they reckon Sexton is not a dominant half. I don’t agree by the way

It’s not the fucking premier league . The ref doesn’t count the sin bin times .

Havent seen it as much because we are making more metres and therefore he kicking in better field position. Last year it was a good option because we are kicking form our 30. This year we are closer to halfway.

It’s a big game but to suggest Ciro is under pressure is off mate. We have lost our 4 magic round games. 2 against knights and 2 against raiders. All 4 were winnable games at a neutral venue and we came up short. We now start favourites in this game for the first time and if we lose we fall to...

Sorry if already posted but did anyone see Cleary tackle on Kiraz as hip drop ?

That last tackle set restart he got pinged for was criminal. Great tackle and play on

They had 4 restarts before we got our first one. He squared up towards the end when game was gone

Yep it ended up 13-6 when you include 6 agains. But when the game was effectively over at 14-0 it was 7 penalties to 2 and 4 set restarts to nil. Thats ridiculous. One thing I was disappointed with is that we didn’t try an early kick when we were attacking. It was wet and they are a great...

I hate that we don’t kick early when attacking. That’s how you score in the wet

He will win us more than he loses. You probably want blokes like JWH to stop being aggressive because they get binned sometimes. We aint going for a farkin FIFA fair play award. Dogs of War. Not “Dogs of please be careful not to get binned”.

Great post mate. This is 100% due to the coach. Lots of brain dead fans wanted him gone after 1 bad year. It was painful to read the comments. Anyone with a remote clue could tell his hard ass approach is what we needed.

Imagine them being at the grounds with all the shit decisions they make ?? It would be like Hittlers bunk in WW2

I remember calling for a life ban for any poster who suggested Lewis at lock. I would get so mad when anyone posted it that I would get up from my desk and punch the nearest person to me. Very ironic that he has made a comeback on the kennel and it’s not even him playing

Wasn’t surprised when Broncos signed him. Some clubs have a “no dickhead” policy but not the broncs. They buck the trend and go with an “only dickheads” policy.

Matt Lodge got it done. Still fuckin ugly though

Should go to Turkey while he has a few weeks off

Sezer cops a 4 match ban and doesn’t get binned yet the tigers want to whinge about the ref. Benji had a whinge too. Penalties were even. The better team won

Of course it’s all about money. His dad texted the club the very next day to take legal action.

Of course we don’t need him. There is no basis to the thread. It’s just Isaac’s opinion. Anasta being his manager means nothing. Braiths allegiance is with the roosters. He even said on the broadcast before our game with them a few weeks back that was going for the dogs “just for tonight”...

Probably round 3 last year v tigers

Spot on mate. He is being taken for a ride by his lawyers. Footy career over and legal debts that will cripple him. Once he loses and has to figure out how to pay those legals I can’t imagine what his mental health will be like. His fuckhead dad might need to get another job to support him

Mate it doesn’t matter if he has experienced negative consequences from it in this instance. What matters is if those negative consequences were experienced as a result of something the club has done wrong. It’s crystal clear that all NRL clubs train their players hard and heaps of other...

And Mitch Woods.

The fact that Burns copped the same punishment says it all. He didn’t sook. He just manned up. Clubs can’t be expected to know how every player deals mentally with the same punishment. It would be interesting to see if Topine had previously informed the club of any mental health issues. If he...

I stopped reading when they called him a rising star

I dont think it does if he is medically retired though ? That's the rort. If you sign a bloke over 30 to a multi year deal you should get penalised

No shock at all to see Finucane get medically retired today. We must be the only club not to rort this rule. He was no chance to last 4 years and has barely made it through 2. The sharks should be made to include some of the payout under the cap for the next 2 years. They offered him the 4...

He still bagged us in his column over the weekend. Something about us ending our association with Toowoomba

Honestly the dumbest fine ever. Surely he will fight it (no pun intended)

Lol at Hetherington. Jumped out of the way Cat

Lol. Said he was hoping to make it to half time and then get another needle. They told the coach what he said and his eyes nearly popped out of his head

You misspelled gold. Its spelt s, h, i, t

He can now if he wants mate . On market since November last year. Surprised he hasn’t been picked up

They were trying to get Sanders from Parra before Fogarty got injured. Zero for us to gain by releasing Sexton. He is off contract at the end of the year and isn’t on big money. Provides depth in the halves. Unless it’s a player swap for a middle

Yep he is ordinary under the high ball. Has been playing right wing but I think they will move him to the other side to avoid the fox

Geez you are a hard task master. Those other 2 games have nothing to do with our game bro. Eels and warriors were shit. If knights play shit then we should dust them up. But they are still a decent team with an absolute gun at fullback so I wouldn’t be expecting a 20 point drubbing. Hopefully...

I get what you are saying mate but the storm were easily the better team. 6 line breaks to 1. The score flattered the rorters. Teddy is up there these days with Gutho as the biggest whinger in the comp. You can see the refs have had enough by the way they talk to him. Gus nailed it last year...

There was an article online that said they have made changes to combat our left edge. Not sure what though. Maybe they will move Hastings to that side. If they leave Gagai and Marzhew on the right we should exploit that. Fox another 3

I agree it’s time for Sexton at half. But not Taafe

Yep nothing wrong with Sexton. Deserves a go

Pure kennel gold suggesting Taafe at halfback. Never played an NRL game there (or very few). Can he even defend in the front line ?? Does he have a kicking game apart from one off the shin on Good Friday ? Go back and watch the highlights from last year when Rajab got his ass handed to him as...

We finished above them in 2019

Hynes on 14. Wow Biggest myth in the NRL. Sympathy votes because of his mum

Just checked the ladder. Can’t believe we are 15th (again). That ain’t fair. Last year when we played the knights at home they were 14th and we were 15th. Same as this year. I think that was also a 2pm Sunday game. Hoping that’s where the similarities stop ….

Should have beat the third best team in the comp away from home with heaps of injuries. Not sure we need too many changes. On a side note, we would flog both of these sides playing now

I can live with the first miss but good goal kickers don’t miss 2 in a row from the same spot

Yep I would like to see him in the side but Ciro is a defensive coach and Skelton does let a few tries in. I just thought that with our light forward pack it would help them to have a beast like that getting your sets off to a good start. I think he ran for over 300 metres last week in NSW Cup...

Wouldn’t sign him for free mate because he would still take up a roster spot. Either goes to storm, panthers or ESL. Seen too many blokes like him who get paid on talent and not results

Geez mate big ask for Xerri give how long he has been out. Hughes also has a great kicking game. Kiraz played the world cup there and went ok. Need someone good under the high ball

No exemption I don’t think mate. Roosters got one for Walker the other week but he passed his HIA despite the doctor deeming it a category 1. Pretty sure Taafe didn’t pass his

Cooper Cronk smashed him on the coverage. Said it was the only tackle he made all night

What , make himself look like a goose ? It was a ridiculous statement from Robinson. Absolute tool

Atkins played his part well …

Worst win since OJ Simpson. But beggars can’t be choosers. So if the glove don’t fit you must acquit !!!

My man Isaac. One from a million is better than none from a million

Ciraldo is a lot tougher than Baz and I don’t reckon he would cop Gus’s shit. He said today in that presser that they agree on stuff and disagree on stuff. There was a game last year against Cronulla when we were getting steamrolled through the middle and the Channel 9 cameras panned to our...

You have every right to be nervous mate. 1. They have a superior roster 2. They have won 2 comps since the last time we made the finals 3. They have made the finals every year since 2017. We haven’t made them since 2016

Yep agree 100% bro. It’s virtually impossible to sign a high class halve these days without breaking the bank. Gotta develop one

You are no chance to get a job as a league journo mate. Making too much sense. They all want Gus to sign marquee players on unders to come to a club that hasn’t played finals in 8 years. No football manager in the NRL era has done that. None. Zilch. Nada. It fuckin makes no sense.

So you would have paid $1.4 million for Moses ?? You can’t say we “missed” him mate. It’s not as though we didn’t realise he was on the market and submitted our bid too late. Same with Luai. He went for more money. Moses stayed for less to be with a better side. I just can’t see how this is...

On NRL 360 he pretty much said that the dogs are on the improve but there are a few whispers around about Gus disagreeing with team selections. Said that it’s a story because of Goulds profile. It’s all nauseating to be honest. We lack middles and a good halfback. Some journos and a fair few...

Says Gould and Ciraldo are disagreeing on team selections. No sources. Just rumours

Yep exactly. I'm not sure what people expect. They have the best roster in the comp. Panthers dusted them up because they are the best team with the best system in the comp. I guess the frustration is building because we have sucked for so long. We will probably be 1 and 5 after next week when...

Oh please. As if 3 games is a big enough sample size

Mate Flanagan had enough chances. He is going ok at the dragons but its only 4 games in and he is playing with a world class halfback. The dragons actually signed him as a hooker. He is only playing in the halves because their first string five eighth mistook some bloke's head for a nail....

Does anyone even know if Crichton has the fitness levels to play fullback ? He had a limited pre season and has barely played any NRL there. He was decent in the World Cup but that’s hardly a genuine sample size.

You should email him mate. Tell him we need a world class halfback as well.

Don’t you have shirts to iron ?

Just had the wrong jersey on

Especially when we could have activated Wilson at 18th ffs. They literally had 15 fuckin minutes over the half time break to review it.

Agree mate but do you expect ? Happens every Good Friday. Lattrell charged today but we don’t even get a penalty. I do think we made a blunder by not switching the wingers over though. Kiraz nowhere near as good on the left wing. Also we design of plays to put our left winger in space and...

It’s south’s on Good Friday mate. They always get the calls

Yep he missed last years Good Friday game after getting knocked out at training. Then fox went down early and one of our backrowers went to the centres. Obvious flogging then happened

Yep agreed mate. We won’t really know how to judge that game until after this Friday. Gold Coast were awful. They have serious problems. It’s strange to see a club with a decent roster go so bad with a new coach.

Maybe 50-6 with the Brimson / Foran debacle. Although I reckon Foran was offside from the kick ..

Just checked the stats and a few stand out. - 9 to 3 penalty count against us (we did get 3 restarts though) - Errors were similar. They made 12. We made 10. - 8 line breaks to 1. We really should have won by 50

Home ground advantage makes a big difference mate. I reckon if that game was played at a lifeless Accor stadium with 12,000 fans then the score line is nowhere near as dominant

Pretty sure Taafe has never played an nrl game at halfback so would be shocked if this was even a consideration. He would be a massive defensive liability in the front line

Will foz break down after 10 minutes now he is back at Belmore ?

He can only do so much wen. Met with Moses. Met with AFB. A caller on the bsb rang in during the week when Josh Reynolds was on. Painful dude named Adrian that some of you would have heard. He had a shot at Gus and bagged him for not signing a top quality half or prop. Joshy had a shot at him...

I have heard that some people think we need props and a top line halfback. Hopefully Gus is aware of this.

We had nowhere near the team on paper that manly, Canberra and Brisbane had mate. We overachieved because we were a great team.

Yep the 2 extra times in the previous games combined with a 30 degree day caught up with us. Along with the 15 international players in the other side ….

Glad you got to see the second one mate. Marty Bella should give you a refund for 94

Literally one of the dumbest posts ever to say 2024 manly is better than 95 manly. You nailed the response. 95 manly won 15 in a row. They lost 2 games all year. Same as the raiders. Those 2 teams were so far in front of the others. It actually should have been the grand final. It took the...

Gus lives in a house that was once owned by infamous Sydney criminal George Freeman.

Even though the paper is a joke I am still astounded that his bosses haven't stepped in told him that he is sounding like a broken record. He is bagging us in every single column he writes. The old flog just doesn't know when to stop.

Great thread . I really hope we start winning soon so we can stop dishing up things like this. In what fucking world is Bennett coaching the dogs ???? He is in his 70’s. Family in QLD. Had a stint with rabbits as a last hurrah to try and win another comp after he was sacked by broncos. Sorry...

If Kikau stays down he gets sent

One of the worst calls was the Kiraz obstruction that didn’t get picked up. It was about 5 minutes after we were penalised for exactly the same bloody thing. The ref looked at the touchie but it happened near the posts so he should have called it himself. The sharks then ran it back to halfway .

1 try dudded by ref in way 1 try with foot just touching line They then get a try allowed where the bloke drops it and they deem it a kick. We were a lot closer than the score suggested. Not to mention so many other dud calls : Kikau high tackle Non call on Kiraz escort

Mate you have nailed it. Even though Ciraldo has only been coach for a year you are dead set right to label every player that has left the club in recent times is “killing it”. Would love for you to give a few examples to solidify your expert option. Keep in mind though that you can’t really...

One of the all time great ref stitch ups. Cost us a try by getting in the road and then blows a penalty 15 seconds later when they get the ball back.

John’s said Ciraldo told Burto to call him. Was all positive. Just asked him for advice. Main thing he told him was to not make a pass/run decision until he looks up. If he sees a broken line or an opportunity then run. If he sees nothing then give early ball. Also told him that all halves...

Burton rang Matt John’s about his comments this week

I thought the sharks would have promoted Royce Hunt’s younger brother Michael. Or Mike as he is more commonly known as.

I am pretty sure that heading into Round 2 last year not many people gave us a chance against the Storm down in Melbourne after we got hammered by Manly. We didnt have much go our way in that Manly game. A dodgy sin bin and some other 50/50 calls that were bordering on daylight robbery. The...