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I am very upset by people who call themselves die hard fans that don’t contribute to the club. I think it’s great that the CEO pointed out that despite a huge market share we actually have very few fans that financially contribute to the club. Getting tickets, paying for Kayo/foxtel and buying...

The answer is bad contracts. A flaw in the salary cap is that teams have to spend 95% of their cap every year. So even if we have below average first graders in the squad, third party contracts aside, they are being paid at a minimum 95% of what squads like the Roosters, Penrith, Cronulla are...

I live in Brisbane watch a lot of Q-Cup due to family members being heavily involved in Norths up here. Solmona Fataape had a real breakout year last year. Quick enough to play on the wing but moved to the centres. By the end of the year he was the form centre in the league. Pretty sure he won...

Couldn't agree more. I think those 5 you named would all walk into our side. In the same period who have we signed? Sezer, Fainu Brothers and Sullivan I guess are the new additions to our squad. Bulldogs are in a very comparable position in terms of rebuilding and just seem to be doing a...

Interesting take. I was really worried based of your commentary, so I watched the highlights video and I didn't think a single try was his fault. Maybe the first scrum play when there was clearly a miscommunication between winger/centre about jamming in or playing soft. Aside from that the...

So to clarify one point, the heat map was representative of where the play the ball was that immediately preceded points. The very large proportion of those tries are scored by backs. Aside from that I agree with everything else you have highlighted. The top 4 teams are all high performers in a...

Cheers mate appreciate the feedback. Everytime I have replied, it was in response to someone who implied corrections to the perspective I provided. I like posting with support for my perspective. I have followed this forum forever and have just reached a level if frustration with the pure...

This is simply factually incorrect. First photo below shows a fairly obvious trend that the further down the field you play the ball the more likely you are to score a point. In the NRL between 2016-2021 teams scored 0.3 points per play the ball inside the 10m line compared to 0.04 points per...

Mate I'm chill. I'm an engineer, we like numbers. All I did was provide a statistical response to your questions as to if we had beaten another pack this year and why us running dead last doesn't indicate pack performance. Sorry that a supported argument was too detailed to read. Have a good...

What do you mean by beat? Is your only measure of achieving dominance over an opposition pack how many points you score? My issue is that you are making these huge statements about the packs deficiencies without an ounce of statistical support outside the brilliant technical analysis of "Stef...

Everyone is entitled to their opinion bit geez it's obvious that a lot of blokes here haven't played a lick of football in their life. The criticism of Klemmer and Stefano is quite frankly absurd. For front rowers Klemmer is 5th in all run meters and 4th in post contact meters. Stefano is 13th...

Long long time stalker and occasional poster. Based in Brisbane so rarely have any information to post. However pre-origin was invited to attend a Sportsbet State of Origin dinner. Was seated next to long time Manly stalwart, premiership winner, NSW player etc. 10 beers deep and we chatted...

I think this is such a terrible perspective. Imagine saying Tedesco was a dud when he had back to back leg issues in 2012/14, or when Benji had all his shoulder issues in 04/05? Multiple young players have injury complaints early in their careers as their bodies adjust to the demands of NRL...

I am a huge Doueihi fan and believe we should build around him. But he was unjustifiably awful today. Makes me realise how critical Hastings will be if Sheens really wants to bring points back into our lineup. Neither Madden or Doueihi had the slightest idea how to steer the team around the...

IMO Woods did the most damage to the Wests Tigers brand during the "Big 4" era. Nothing made us look more like a second rate club then our captain leaving the administration on read for months of negotiations, publically pursuing opportunities at multiple clubs and doing an extremely selfish...

Injury aside I feel like that is pretty obvious. Running load would be too much for anyone coming back from an ACL at fullback. Halves are clicking. Centre gives him the best chance to get back up to game speed without a huge defensive and running load.

Reading some of the forums opinions on players makes me feel like I am on a prank show waiting for everyone to reveal they have just been taking the piss the whole time. I just cannot fathom how people could watch last year and not believe that Doeuihi is an outstanding young player with...

The common quote is that culture is what you do when nobody is looking. Colloquially culture to me has been the values and beliefs held by the collective. The standards that are set without a whiteboard, its a simple as making sure you get to the line during a fitness session or as complex as...

I realise I keep checking this thread every day in the desperate search for hope, praying that one of our 'insiders' can give me a nugget of information that gives me a reason to be positive about the clubs future. I was so angry on Friday and I realised a couple of days later it was because...

We need to increase whatever our offer was to Jeremiah Nanai by 200k. Genuine future superstar. I love Luciano but I'd drive him to Nth Qld myself if Nanai was coming back the other way. Bloke is 19 and has been outstanding against the dogs.