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+xBest part of the game for me was the Casey bust, for the Averillo try. Flanno threw the last pass for that and the Vaughan try. So 2 try assists, and credit where credit is due, his support play is good. IMO inspite of his knightmare debut, Casey is good on the wing. Which brings me to HD's totally left field suggestion. Foxy has played in the halves in the lower grades. I know he probably can't kick, but as a passer, ball runner and support player, Foxy is as good as it gets. His defence is suspect, but if we want to entertain and keep the scoreboard ticking over for both teams, Foxy for halfback. If not Foxy then go with BBO. A half with X-factor and a running game would take our attack to the next level, especially off offloads. Thanks for the gear Dman, I hope I haven't posted anything silly 😉 Mods, please ban this man. Left field..... This suggestion never came from ANY field.
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+x+xThe ref didn’t help. But we had a great game, the boys should hold their heads high. Casey looked great. Was great to see him bounce back. Flanno and Burto seeing early ball with more space, forwards are keeping out of the way not being link men to the halves. Potter moving Avo to fullback has been one of the most important decisions but equally keeping Jacko and other forwards away from first receiver has done wonders for our attack. Baz was terrible for us.
The press conference was interesting. When Potter was credited for the improved team performances Jacko didn’t agree. And he even defended Baz by saying it was more the team clicking finally. Maybe I read into it too much but I thought it was poor by Jacko.
Potter certainly shouldn’t be signed on to coach long term yet. But if we continue to improve and we don’t sign an experienced coach he should be given a full season to see if he can do the job.
Potter and Jacko are being diplomatic. Jacko genuinely thinks Baz can coach, and that Baz has improved his game. Even when we lose I find it hard to identify much that Potter has done wrong. This game I though Morrin should have got more minutes, but Morrin seemed off the pace. I don't know if our wingers and centres had a plan to not catch the ball. Kiraz in particular should catch kicks he is good at it. Yeah I also noticed Morrin gassed after only afew mins. Maybe he was winded or copped a hit in the gut? I'm not too critical about the bombs. It was a low percentage play to contest them in an otherwise non-dangerous position. We just didn't deal with the bounce or catcher. But we will be better prepared in future. It's the wasted challenge and ref errors that we couldn't challenge that im most upset about.
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It will be great next season with Kicks on board we will not need to manufacture X-factor.
Averillo, Foxy, Casey, Kiraz and Schoupp plenty of pace and impact there.
Reed will add some variety and impact.
Have enough attack in the side, the fact that Flanno more or less plays as a link man isn't important.
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Aside from the ref, we lost against Souths for 3 reasons.
1. When we were on a roll we didn't finish them off.
2. We faded at the critical back end of the game. Morrin didn't add the impact he should have. But we also ran low on interchanges due the pace of the game.
3. Souths execution on the money plays was spot on all night.
Special mention to Stimson a couple of weeks ago, I didn't rate him. But he seems to be improving each week and moving to more of a middle forward role. Clearly playing for his future, but IMO doing enough.
Overall, I wish Potter started about 4 weeks earlier we might have 2 more critical wins in the bank. As things stand what we are playing for in 2022 is 2023.
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+xAside from the ref, we lost against Souths for 3 reasons. 1. When we were on a roll we didn't finish them off. 2. We faded at the critical back end of the game. Morrin didn't add the impact he should have. But we also ran low on interchanges due the pace of the game. 3. Souths execution on the money plays was spot on all night. Special mention to Stimson a couple of weeks ago, I didn't rate him. But he seems to be improving each week and moving to more of a middle forward role. Clearly playing for his future, but IMO doing enough. Overall, I wish Potter started about 4 weeks earlier we might have 2 more critical wins in the bank. As things stand what we are playing for in 2022 is 2023. Yep, your last sentence hurts the most. I don't subscribe to the idea that an under pressure coach should be given till mid season to turn around a team running last. Trigger should have been pulled earlier. Especially given the team had expectation of challenging for finals. If we were sitting around 12th....maybe. But not 16th.
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+xAside from the ref, we lost against Souths for 3 reasons. 1. When we were on a roll we didn't finish them off. 2. We faded at the critical back end of the game. Morrin didn't add the impact he should have. But we also ran low on interchanges due the pace of the game. 3. Souths execution on the money plays was spot on all night. Special mention to Stimson a couple of weeks ago, I didn't rate him. But he seems to be improving each week and moving to more of a middle forward role. Clearly playing for his future, but IMO doing enough. Overall, I wish Potter started about 4 weeks earlier we might have 2 more critical wins in the bank. As things stand what we are playing for in 2022 is 2023. We also lost the forward battle early. That first set where they easily made it to our half set the tone of the game. We really lacked any dominance in the middle. It’s amazing how close we got. We desperately need another prop that can control the middle.
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+x+xAside from the ref, we lost against Souths for 3 reasons. 1. When we were on a roll we didn't finish them off. 2. We faded at the critical back end of the game. Morrin didn't add the impact he should have. But we also ran low on interchanges due the pace of the game. 3. Souths execution on the money plays was spot on all night. Special mention to Stimson a couple of weeks ago, I didn't rate him. But he seems to be improving each week and moving to more of a middle forward role. Clearly playing for his future, but IMO doing enough. Overall, I wish Potter started about 4 weeks earlier we might have 2 more critical wins in the bank. As things stand what we are playing for in 2022 is 2023. We also lost the forward battle early. That first set where they easily made it to our half set the tone of the game. We really lacked any dominance in the middle. It’s amazing how close we got. We desperately need another prop that can control the middle. That is why I give Potter extra credit. The loss of Thompson in particular, but also Patolo, Seasfood and the Greek is huge. Our reserve grade props are not household names and we are not bothering to keep Vaughan. Prop for 2023 is a concern, someone like Junior Paulo would be great for us and he would be playing for a much better club.
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Still no Thommo though separate bit says he has been cleared to play...who knows?
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+xStill no Thommo though separate bit says he has been cleared to play...who knows? Yep team is same as against Souths. Tommo isn't even named on the extended bench, so unfortunately unlikely to plsy.
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+x+xBest part of the game for me was the Casey bust, for the Averillo try. Flanno threw the last pass for that and the Vaughan try. So 2 try assists, and credit where credit is due, his support play is good. IMO inspite of his knightmare debut, Casey is good on the wing. Which brings me to HD's totally left field suggestion. Foxy has played in the halves in the lower grades. I know he probably can't kick, but as a passer, ball runner and support player, Foxy is as good as it gets. His defence is suspect, but if we want to entertain and keep the scoreboard ticking over for both teams, Foxy for halfback. If not Foxy then go with BBO. A half with X-factor and a running game would take our attack to the next level, especially off offloads. Thanks for the gear Dman, I hope I haven't posted anything silly 😉 Mods, please ban this man. Left field..... This suggestion never came from ANY field. HD has 8 weeks to nominate foxx for prop and second row and he has completed the set this season…
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+x+x+xBest part of the game for me was the Casey bust, for the Averillo try. Flanno threw the last pass for that and the Vaughan try. So 2 try assists, and credit where credit is due, his support play is good. IMO inspite of his knightmare debut, Casey is good on the wing. Which brings me to HD's totally left field suggestion. Foxy has played in the halves in the lower grades. I know he probably can't kick, but as a passer, ball runner and support player, Foxy is as good as it gets. His defence is suspect, but if we want to entertain and keep the scoreboard ticking over for both teams, Foxy for halfback. If not Foxy then go with BBO. A half with X-factor and a running game would take our attack to the next level, especially off offloads. Thanks for the gear Dman, I hope I haven't posted anything silly 😉 Mods, please ban this man. Left field..... This suggestion never came from ANY field. HD has 8 weeks to nominate foxx for prop and second row and he has completed the set this season… I'm on to it. 16 Fox clones ready for 2023.
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+x+x+xAside from the ref, we lost against Souths for 3 reasons. 1. When we were on a roll we didn't finish them off. 2. We faded at the critical back end of the game. Morrin didn't add the impact he should have. But we also ran low on interchanges due the pace of the game. 3. Souths execution on the money plays was spot on all night. Special mention to Stimson a couple of weeks ago, I didn't rate him. But he seems to be improving each week and moving to more of a middle forward role. Clearly playing for his future, but IMO doing enough. Overall, I wish Potter started about 4 weeks earlier we might have 2 more critical wins in the bank. As things stand what we are playing for in 2022 is 2023. We also lost the forward battle early. That first set where they easily made it to our half set the tone of the game. We really lacked any dominance in the middle. It’s amazing how close we got. We desperately need another prop that can control the middle. That is why I give Potter extra credit. The loss of Thompson in particular, but also Patolo, Seasfood and the Greek is huge. Our reserve grade props are not household names and we are not bothering to keep Vaughan. Prop for 2023 is a concern, someone like Junior Paulo would be great for us and he would be playing for a much better club. Haas next year would be perfect. Gus has spent big on props in the past.
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+x+x+x+xAside from the ref, we lost against Souths for 3 reasons. 1. When we were on a roll we didn't finish them off. 2. We faded at the critical back end of the game. Morrin didn't add the impact he should have. But we also ran low on interchanges due the pace of the game. 3. Souths execution on the money plays was spot on all night. Special mention to Stimson a couple of weeks ago, I didn't rate him. But he seems to be improving each week and moving to more of a middle forward role. Clearly playing for his future, but IMO doing enough. Overall, I wish Potter started about 4 weeks earlier we might have 2 more critical wins in the bank. As things stand what we are playing for in 2022 is 2023. We also lost the forward battle early. That first set where they easily made it to our half set the tone of the game. We really lacked any dominance in the middle. It’s amazing how close we got. We desperately need another prop that can control the middle. That is why I give Potter extra credit. The loss of Thompson in particular, but also Patolo, Seasfood and the Greek is huge. Our reserve grade props are not household names and we are not bothering to keep Vaughan. Prop for 2023 is a concern, someone like Junior Paulo would be great for us and he would be playing for a much better club. Haas next year would be perfect. Gus has spent big on props in the past. If what was attributed to Gould, 5 vacancies and 700 to 800k salary cap space,is true there will be no high profile players coming unless a high paid player goes. Thompson may be the catalyst.
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+x+x+x+xAside from the ref, we lost against Souths for 3 reasons. 1. When we were on a roll we didn't finish them off. 2. We faded at the critical back end of the game. Morrin didn't add the impact he should have. But we also ran low on interchanges due the pace of the game. 3. Souths execution on the money plays was spot on all night. Special mention to Stimson a couple of weeks ago, I didn't rate him. But he seems to be improving each week and moving to more of a middle forward role. Clearly playing for his future, but IMO doing enough. Overall, I wish Potter started about 4 weeks earlier we might have 2 more critical wins in the bank. As things stand what we are playing for in 2022 is 2023. We also lost the forward battle early. That first set where they easily made it to our half set the tone of the game. We really lacked any dominance in the middle. It’s amazing how close we got. We desperately need another prop that can control the middle. That is why I give Potter extra credit. The loss of Thompson in particular, but also Patolo, Seasfood and the Greek is huge. Our reserve grade props are not household names and we are not bothering to keep Vaughan. Prop for 2023 is a concern, someone like Junior Paulo would be great for us and he would be playing for a much better club. Haas next year would be perfect. Gus has spent big on props in the past. It would be 2 big wins… Haas to Dogs and would piss Marki off to no end…
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+x+x+x+x+xAside from the ref, we lost against Souths for 3 reasons. 1. When we were on a roll we didn't finish them off. 2. We faded at the critical back end of the game. Morrin didn't add the impact he should have. But we also ran low on interchanges due the pace of the game. 3. Souths execution on the money plays was spot on all night. Special mention to Stimson a couple of weeks ago, I didn't rate him. But he seems to be improving each week and moving to more of a middle forward role. Clearly playing for his future, but IMO doing enough. Overall, I wish Potter started about 4 weeks earlier we might have 2 more critical wins in the bank. As things stand what we are playing for in 2022 is 2023. We also lost the forward battle early. That first set where they easily made it to our half set the tone of the game. We really lacked any dominance in the middle. It’s amazing how close we got. We desperately need another prop that can control the middle. That is why I give Potter extra credit. The loss of Thompson in particular, but also Patolo, Seasfood and the Greek is huge. Our reserve grade props are not household names and we are not bothering to keep Vaughan. Prop for 2023 is a concern, someone like Junior Paulo would be great for us and he would be playing for a much better club. Haas next year would be perfect. Gus has spent big on props in the past. It would be 2 big wins… Haas to Dogs and would piss Marki off to no end… He will be competing with Fox7 and Fox8 for a starting position.
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+x+x+x+x+xAside from the ref, we lost against Souths for 3 reasons. 1. When we were on a roll we didn't finish them off. 2. We faded at the critical back end of the game. Morrin didn't add the impact he should have. But we also ran low on interchanges due the pace of the game. 3. Souths execution on the money plays was spot on all night. Special mention to Stimson a couple of weeks ago, I didn't rate him. But he seems to be improving each week and moving to more of a middle forward role. Clearly playing for his future, but IMO doing enough. Overall, I wish Potter started about 4 weeks earlier we might have 2 more critical wins in the bank. As things stand what we are playing for in 2022 is 2023. We also lost the forward battle early. That first set where they easily made it to our half set the tone of the game. We really lacked any dominance in the middle. It’s amazing how close we got. We desperately need another prop that can control the middle. That is why I give Potter extra credit. The loss of Thompson in particular, but also Patolo, Seasfood and the Greek is huge. Our reserve grade props are not household names and we are not bothering to keep Vaughan. Prop for 2023 is a concern, someone like Junior Paulo would be great for us and he would be playing for a much better club. Haas next year would be perfect. Gus has spent big on props in the past. If what was attributed to Gould, 5 vacancies and 700 to 800k salary cap space,is true there will be no high profile players coming unless a high paid player goes. Thompson may be the catalyst. Thompson might even retire, his health is most important. I have no idea how it is tracking, just going on still indefinite after what seems like 5-6 weeks.
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+x+x+x+x+x+xAside from the ref, we lost against Souths for 3 reasons. 1. When we were on a roll we didn't finish them off. 2. We faded at the critical back end of the game. Morrin didn't add the impact he should have. But we also ran low on interchanges due the pace of the game. 3. Souths execution on the money plays was spot on all night. Special mention to Stimson a couple of weeks ago, I didn't rate him. But he seems to be improving each week and moving to more of a middle forward role. Clearly playing for his future, but IMO doing enough. Overall, I wish Potter started about 4 weeks earlier we might have 2 more critical wins in the bank. As things stand what we are playing for in 2022 is 2023. We also lost the forward battle early. That first set where they easily made it to our half set the tone of the game. We really lacked any dominance in the middle. It’s amazing how close we got. We desperately need another prop that can control the middle. That is why I give Potter extra credit. The loss of Thompson in particular, but also Patolo, Seasfood and the Greek is huge. Our reserve grade props are not household names and we are not bothering to keep Vaughan. Prop for 2023 is a concern, someone like Junior Paulo would be great for us and he would be playing for a much better club. Haas next year would be perfect. Gus has spent big on props in the past. If what was attributed to Gould, 5 vacancies and 700 to 800k salary cap space,is true there will be no high profile players coming unless a high paid player goes. Thompson may be the catalyst. Thompson might even retire, his health is most important. I have no idea how it is tracking, just going on still indefinite after what seems like 5-6 weeks. Thompson leaving I can deal with. Any player retiring with a head injury I don't want to see
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Watching the fights on KO. Wouldn't walk across the street to see Hodges fight, let alone pay. Bloody hopeless.
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They need to be careful with young Tszyu. He needs to hone his boxing skills which were not on show tonight. Just wham bam thanks mam won't cut it. He gets hit very easily. He got away with it against a guy without a stoppage in 8 fights but won't against someone that can hit. His power should come off his boxing ability, not replace it.
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+x+x+x+x+xAside from the ref, we lost against Souths for 3 reasons. 1. When we were on a roll we didn't finish them off. 2. We faded at the critical back end of the game. Morrin didn't add the impact he should have. But we also ran low on interchanges due the pace of the game. 3. Souths execution on the money plays was spot on all night. Special mention to Stimson a couple of weeks ago, I didn't rate him. But he seems to be improving each week and moving to more of a middle forward role. Clearly playing for his future, but IMO doing enough. Overall, I wish Potter started about 4 weeks earlier we might have 2 more critical wins in the bank. As things stand what we are playing for in 2022 is 2023. We also lost the forward battle early. That first set where they easily made it to our half set the tone of the game. We really lacked any dominance in the middle. It’s amazing how close we got. We desperately need another prop that can control the middle. That is why I give Potter extra credit. The loss of Thompson in particular, but also Patolo, Seasfood and the Greek is huge. Our reserve grade props are not household names and we are not bothering to keep Vaughan. Prop for 2023 is a concern, someone like Junior Paulo would be great for us and he would be playing for a much better club. Haas next year would be perfect. Gus has spent big on props in the past. It would be 2 big wins… Haas to Dogs and would piss Marki off to no end… Haas to Dogs and I go into hibernation until he leaves.
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It really worries me that the club may be signing Ciraldo just to keep Burto.
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+xIt really worries me that the club may be signing Ciraldo just to keep Burto. It’s got nothing to do with Burton. I said on here this time last year our ‘23 coach was gonna be Barrett or Ciraldo. Gus was always gonna give Baz every chance and if he failed he was always gonna reach for who he knew, which is Ciraldo. That’s what I said 12 months ago and nobody mentioned Burton then. I’m surprised he got him, thought he decided to wait it out to take over from Cleary. Guess the 10 yr or whatever it was family package was too long to wait.
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+x+xIt really worries me that the club may be signing Ciraldo just to keep Burto. It’s got nothing to do with Burton. I said on here this time last year our ‘23 coach was gonna be Barrett or Ciraldo. Gus was always gonna give Baz every chance and if he failed he was always gonna reach for who he knew, which is Ciraldo. That’s what I said 12 months ago and nobody mentioned Burton then. I’m surprised he got him, thought he decided to wait it out to take over from Cleary. Guess the 10 yr or whatever it was family package was too long to wait. Maybe you’re right. It sounds like a done deal. I just am not sure. Does anybody think he will be a great coach for us?
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Averillo out, Foxy for fullback or prop?
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+xAverillo out, Foxy for fullback or prop? Well it won’t be Dufty
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Looks like Parras premiership window is rapidly closing. Mahoney playing well in a beaten side. Broncos flukey as ever though, that obstruction no try was a sh!t call... Reynolds was never going to stop that try even if unimpeded.
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Watching Parra lose is always enjoyable.
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+x+xAverillo out, Foxy for fullback or prop? Well it won’t be Dufty Might be Credence. Casey and Kiraz also a chance. Good thing we are getting rid of Duffty, too many fullbacks.
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+xLooks like Parras premiership window is rapidly closing. Mahoney playing well in a beaten side. Broncos flukey as ever though, that obstruction no try was a sh!t call... Reynolds was never going to stop that try even if unimpeded. I'm sick of seeing trys overturned due to this stupid set of rules which aren't looking for an obstruction but focus on whether a player catches a ball on inside or outside shoulder. Parra had no intention of running through a defendive hole by Reynolds. They were passing 10m deep and were spreading the ball. Reynolds may have been impeded from plugging a hole in the defensive line buy Parra was already passing deep and wide. Stupid call
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+x+x+xAverillo out, Foxy for fullback or prop? Well it won’t be Dufty Might be Credence. Casey and Kiraz also a chance. Good thing we are getting rid of Duffty, too many fullbacks. Losing Averillo is a blow. He's been our best player for afew weeks now. I'd put Toia in at fullback who will be solid but we may not have the same attacking prowess of late. Missing JAC too.
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