Bleak times ahead..?

[TigerBurnsy]

Look no disrespect to Mason. Both South's fullbacks are midgets also but they make up for it with Heart.

And more pace

 

[crazycat]

To be honest - I'd rather play bulldogs full strength. Critta - he playing Origin? Team picked already?

You mean you would rather face a bulldogs side with arguably the best center in the game?

I only like watching that to see Critta wonder why LG gets the ball to run the same simple line...

 

[Westie]

I thinkbwe should start a petition for Crighton to make origin. Its only fair our best centre is out, so should theirs.😀

 

[Tiger_heart]

This Bulldogs game is shaping up to be one that will test what we are made of.
Beat them, and we are on the up again...

 

[Tucker]

It’s not that they don’t care, it’s that they’re not first graders. You can’t expect them to play to a first graders standard. You can put it down to the recruitment or coaching team but not the players, if they could go toe to toe with first graders in consecutive weeks like Mason, Hope and Geyer have been asked to do then they would find another club where they could start at. It’s just poor timing

These guys are all professional footballers. They make their living playing this sport.
There are a set of basics to this game that our blokes just can’t do on occasion.
Forget about the excuses of them not being first graders…catching balls, chasing kicks, making tackles and abiding by the rules are skills required and worked on ever since they first laced up a boot. These skills are required in EVERY grade. Sure their impact won’t be the same as the regulars and fair enough, but their incompetent application of the fundamentals should be criticised.

 

[Adam Doobie]

Pretty handy list of players. Maybe about a third of our salary cap siting on the sidelines.

 

[EllisFan]

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Pretty handy list of players. Maybe about a third of our salary cap siting on the sidelines.

Man hopefully Bula is healing quickly

 

[innsaneink]

This Bulldogs game is shaping up to be one that will test what we are made of.
Beat them, and we are on the up again...

Well that depends
We could suck for 75 minutes and get up with a late try

A win is desperately needed, playing good footy is probably needed even more

 

[Tucker]

I’ll say it again, API’s suspension the most impactful I have ever seen. For a try saver gone slightly wrong.

He should feel like he has let his mates down as he certainly has.

 

[EllisFan]

He should feel like he has let his mates down as he certainly has.

I totally disagree on that fact. It was a desperate try saver and didn’t deserve such harsh punishment. The game has softened on hip drops since that night too.

You’re entitled to disagree.

 

[Tucker]

I totally disagree on that fact. It was a desperate try saver and didn’t deserve such harsh punishment. The game has softened on hip drops since that night too.

You’re entitled to disagree.

I do disagree.
He is a serial offender who uses this tackle a lot. He gets pinged for it multiple times per year to varying degrees of severity.
The bloke is too stupid to learn from his mistakes and this time it has cost us a lot.
I think he should have the captaincy stripped from him. He isn’t a leaders arsehole.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

These guys are all professional footballers. They make their living playing this sport.
There are a set of basics to this game that our blokes just can’t do on occasion.
Forget about the excuses of them not being first graders…catching balls, chasing kicks, making tackles and abiding by the rules are skills required and worked on ever since they first laced up a boot. These skills are required in EVERY grade. Sure their impact won’t be the same as the regulars and fair enough, but their incompetent application of the fundamentals should be criticised.

What if they are on the pipe? From time to time.
Are they still professional?
In your mind?

 

[Tucker]

What if they are on the pipe? From time to time.
Are they still professional?
In your mind?

What do you think?

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

What do you think?

I think from time to time you have a lapse if judgement as a result of our team losing. But don't be throwing at us man. We are in the same team. And you are a good heart.

 

[Tucker]

I think from time to time you have a lapse if judgement as a result of our team losing. But don't be throwing at us man. We are in the same team. And you are a good heart.

What’s my lapse in judgement?
Not joining the herd lining up to blame the refs in a pathetically misguided attempt to analyse why the club is playing so poorly?

 

[Adam Doobie]

I do disagree.
He is a serial offender who uses this tackle a lot. He gets pinged for it multiple times per year to varying degrees of severity.
The bloke is too stupid to learn from his mistakes and this time it has cost us a lot.
I think he should have the captaincy stripped from him. He isn’t a leaders arsehole.

The game has changed. Just like for Adrian Morley, you either change your technique or you get suspended out of the game.

 

[BrissieTiger67]

handful of weeks ago Api, Terrel, Douhei, Twal ...all in some degree of discussion for origin with Tigers flying...seems an age ago

 

[Tucker]

For the record I don’t agree with the OP that we have bleak times ahead.
I tipped us to make the 8 with confidence this preseason.
I’m a bit annoyed that the second stringers are not as advanced as I would have liked but our full strength side can bang with the best of them.
We are learning a clear lesson at the moment though and I really expect that the club is working on finding replacements for some of these guys who just don’t have it.

 

[Adam Doobie]

We are learning a clear lesson at the moment though and I really expect that the club is working on finding replacements for some of these guys who just don’t have it.

Firstly we need another hooker. Tristan Hopeless just doesn't have it. His decision making is wrong, he runs at the wrong times, his service is average to poor, and we just look like a worse team when he is at dummy half.

 

[EllisFan]

I do disagree.
He is a serial offender who uses this tackle a lot. He gets pinged for it multiple times per year to varying degrees of severity.
The bloke is too stupid to learn from his mistakes and this time it has cost us a lot.
I think he should have the captaincy stripped from him. He isn’t a leaders arsehole.

If you ever get to watch him live have a look at what he puts himself through in the middle. He puts his head where most wouldn’t dangle their toes, over and over again.

As a little man giving away many kilos, it’s actually inspiring.

Some nuffies deciding to interpret one aspect of the game a certain way (long after he honed his craft) doesn’t take away from his leadership ability.

Add to that, when the offense happened, he was coming across in cover after we didn’t properly defuse a kick on the edge, again, like Thurston would do in his career, showing up for his team.