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Can someone explain while Bailey Hodges was not given a better run in KOE cup the kid is very good footballer who can lock/hooker is a better prospect than Murray??
 
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Bellend said:
Can someone explain while Bailey Hodges was not given a better run in KOE cup the kid is very good footballer who can lock/hooker is a better prospect than Murray??
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The only explanation is they believe he is a bit small as he always plays with high energy and plenty of effort.
As much as I agree that Bailey Hodges does not appear to have been given a fair go, I think Charlie Murray and Josese Lanyon both probably have a bit more upside to their game.
 
Rock Hopper Steve said:
After watching this season I'm putting my 10 cents worth in on how to improve the team.

Lock: Terrell has been playing like he wants to play that position so move him there.

Prop: We are missing say two hard men, so this becomes the priority.

Hooker (back up): Don't think we can afford to get one from outside so train someone from in house over the summer.

Right centre: Beginning to think we have to go to market here Toa is starting to give me the shits, could we move Taylan over he's classy enough to adapt but that would mean Makasini plays left centre it could be too soon to expect him to play all season being so young.

Do we have the cap space, who knows, have the feeling that some more players might be getting tapped on the shoulder though.
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Dragons are losing DeBelin and Klemmer is unsigned.
Aloiai is leaving Manly
There's no decent middles on the market, none in our reserves...

I think we're buckleys of getting anyone of note any time in the next 12 months.
 
batboy said:
Dragons are losing DeBelin and Klemmer is unsigned.
Aloiai is leaving Manly
There's no decent middles on the market, none in our reserves...

I think we're buckleys of getting anyone of note any time in the next 12 months.
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Yeah, that's the reality of it, easy to point out but difficult to achieve.

It's looking like another fall out of the tree pick up can lightning strike twice for us, have my doubts we couldn't be that lucky.
 
Wezt said:
Could somebody please tell me why Api has played 80 minutes for the last 5 games of the season in games that mean absolutely nothing?

Do the club expect him to play 80 minutes throughout the whole season next year?

We really need to go the market for a hooker or rush Haywood through to first grade
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Koroisau has been our most disappointing player in the last month. Pole has been our worst and should have been in reggies, while Hunt came back in
 
Vicious said:
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The only explanation is they believe he is a bit small as he always plays with high energy and plenty of effort.
As much as I agree that Bailey Hodges does not appear to have been given a fair go, I think Charlie Murray and Josese Lanyon both probably have a bit more upside to their game.
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Charlie Murray and Josese Lanyon both probably have a bit more upside to their game..
Lanyon is like Haywood need time to learn and grow lets stop the rushing.
 
Bellend said:
Charlie Murray and Josese Lanyon both probably have a bit more upside to their game..
Lanyon is like Haywood need time to learn and grow lets stop the rushing.
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Josese Lanyon is 22y.o next season, it’s not too early for him to step up to NRL if he trains hard enough and earns a spot.
Similarly Charlie Murray will be 25y.o next season, he’s certainly old enough if good enough.
 
clontarfkid said:
We do..but he's not delivering.
Luai needs to have a good look at himself
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Luai is an average player who has bettered his game playing under the best player in the game. Now that he is no longer there. He is just average, or worse... given he has had a worse season than kyle flanagan and many others. Even dean hawkins had more try assists in a few games than luai. But no... culture and standards! If only that applied to the person being credited for it himself
 
weststigerman said:
Parra showing us how to put a bottom team to the sword.

We went to pieces in our final few games and yet again they finish above us. Painful to watch.
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Exactly this where we are missing something here we must have a very poor DNA to keep getting the same results year on year
 
rugbygoated said:
Luai is an average player who has bettered his game playing under the best player in the game. Now that he is no longer there. He is just average, or worse... given he has had a worse season than kyle flanagan and many others. Even dean hawkins had more try assists in a few games than luai. But no... culture and standards! If only that applied to the person being credited for it himself
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No crappy union on to night?
 
rugbygoated said:
Luai is an average player who has bettered his game playing under the best player in the game. Now that he is no longer there. He is just average, or worse... given he has had a worse season than kyle flanagan and many others. Even dean hawkins had more try assists in a few games than luai. But no... culture and standards! If only that applied to the person being credited for it himself
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When Luai has the mindset of playing "through" the opposition he plays much better. This year there was way too much dancing and playing before the opposition. He would be well advised to just play through and play physical. Once he does that he will open up so many opportunities for that potent left side
 
king_sirro said:
When Luai has the mindset of playing "through" the opposition he plays much better. This year there was way too much dancing and playing before the opposition. He would be well advised to just play through and play physical. Once he does that he will open up so many opportunities for that potent left side
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Luai hates a hard run. He's not a burton, wighton, or even a galvin who is always busy. Luai is a scraps player. When nothing is going on he pounces. He runs when he gets an offload as the defensive line is broken and he can weave around. 90% of the time his sideways runs don't work because the defensive line is set
 
king_sirro said:
When Luai has the mindset of playing "through" the opposition he plays much better. This year there was way too much dancing and playing before the opposition. He would be well advised to just play through and play physical. Once he does that he will open up so many opportunities for that potent left side
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I don’t think we will get that from him as he believes he’s earned the right to play in a dinner suit.
His defence has been very good, it’s clear to see he is trying to lead and motivate the team with his voice during games and he has no doubt improved his attack with better combinations and link play on our left edge as the season progressed.
My big issue with him is his kicking game has been average at best and his 5th tackle options have been very poor.
Whether we are happy with his form or not we are now all in with him as the core playing group are his close mates, so it would no doubt cause much unwanted unrest within the team if we decided we wanted to go in a different direction.
Obviously we need leaders and high profile players, the question is if we are spending 3.8 - 3.9 million dollars per season of our salary cap on 4 players being Jerome, Jahream, Api and Terrell, are they collectively good enough and worthy of taking up a third of our salary cap between them ?
 
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