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dman2018
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+x+xDogs Awards night last night Preston scooped the pool winning 3 awards including the big one. I started thinking, were there any other candidates? Averillo and Kiraz were the only names I could think of. Giving the Dr George medal to a player who was leaving would have been embarrassing as some of Avo's defence was. Max King started and ended well, but struggled with injuries in the middle of the season. Tommo and Kicks eventually managed to do just enough to give a hint of what we had been missing. I don't think that many of our players are as bad as their 2023 form suggests, some are, and some of them will be leaving. Many of the others just needed fewer injuries, more experience and better support from the players around them. I am glad 2023 is over and that we managed to find players good enough to get the awards. I think that we can bounce back in 2024, starting with fewer injuries, better combinations and fewer out of form players . The players also need to find the drive to succeed, they know what losing looks like, that should add to the motivation. I think we need a decent draw next year if we want to be any chance of making the finals. This year and for years we have had a terrible draw. We need to play bottom table teams early in the tear. Hard teams around origin etc. We won’t be getting any favours from the NRLol… We just have to be better in every facet of the game, have a little luck with injuries, and we desperately need some grunt up front…
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Marki
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+x+x+xDogs Awards night last night Preston scooped the pool winning 3 awards including the big one. I started thinking, were there any other candidates? Averillo and Kiraz were the only names I could think of. Giving the Dr George medal to a player who was leaving would have been embarrassing as some of Avo's defence was. Max King started and ended well, but struggled with injuries in the middle of the season. Tommo and Kicks eventually managed to do just enough to give a hint of what we had been missing. I don't think that many of our players are as bad as their 2023 form suggests, some are, and some of them will be leaving. Many of the others just needed fewer injuries, more experience and better support from the players around them. I am glad 2023 is over and that we managed to find players good enough to get the awards. I think that we can bounce back in 2024, starting with fewer injuries, better combinations and fewer out of form players . The players also need to find the drive to succeed, they know what losing looks like, that should add to the motivation. I think we need a decent draw next year if we want to be any chance of making the finals. This year and for years we have had a terrible draw. We need to play bottom table teams early in the tear. Hard teams around origin etc. We won’t be getting any favours from the NRLol… We just have to be better in every facet of the game, have a little luck with injuries, and we desperately need some grunt up front… Not looking forward to next season..... Most seasons i look forward to seeing improvement. But next season I think will be our worst in years..... I'm aware of all the excuses.... Roster overalhaul, no high level players available in the marketplace, adjusting to new systems, new coaching staff, blah blah blah. Heard it all before. These excuses are an admission of previous failures.. and the current GM and coach are not immune. Next year will be tough supporting the Dogs.
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+x+x+x+xDogs Awards night last night Preston scooped the pool winning 3 awards including the big one. I started thinking, were there any other candidates? Averillo and Kiraz were the only names I could think of. Giving the Dr George medal to a player who was leaving would have been embarrassing as some of Avo's defence was. Max King started and ended well, but struggled with injuries in the middle of the season. Tommo and Kicks eventually managed to do just enough to give a hint of what we had been missing. I don't think that many of our players are as bad as their 2023 form suggests, some are, and some of them will be leaving. Many of the others just needed fewer injuries, more experience and better support from the players around them. I am glad 2023 is over and that we managed to find players good enough to get the awards. I think that we can bounce back in 2024, starting with fewer injuries, better combinations and fewer out of form players . The players also need to find the drive to succeed, they know what losing looks like, that should add to the motivation. I think we need a decent draw next year if we want to be any chance of making the finals. This year and for years we have had a terrible draw. We need to play bottom table teams early in the tear. Hard teams around origin etc. We won’t be getting any favours from the NRLol… We just have to be better in every facet of the game, have a little luck with injuries, and we desperately need some grunt up front… Next year will be tough supporting the Dogs. So I guess we'll all see you in 2025 after we've had a good season and enjoyed reasonable success. As they say in the classics, "when the going gets tough................"
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Mick O
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+x+x+xDogs Awards night last night Preston scooped the pool winning 3 awards including the big one. I started thinking, were there any other candidates? Averillo and Kiraz were the only names I could think of. Giving the Dr George medal to a player who was leaving would have been embarrassing as some of Avo's defence was. Max King started and ended well, but struggled with injuries in the middle of the season. Tommo and Kicks eventually managed to do just enough to give a hint of what we had been missing. I don't think that many of our players are as bad as their 2023 form suggests, some are, and some of them will be leaving. Many of the others just needed fewer injuries, more experience and better support from the players around them. I am glad 2023 is over and that we managed to find players good enough to get the awards. I think that we can bounce back in 2024, starting with fewer injuries, better combinations and fewer out of form players . The players also need to find the drive to succeed, they know what losing looks like, that should add to the motivation. I think we need a decent draw next year if we want to be any chance of making the finals. This year and for years we have had a terrible draw. We need to play bottom table teams early in the tear. Hard teams around origin etc. We won’t be getting any favours from the NRLol… We just have to be better in every facet of the game, have a little luck with injuries, and we desperately need some grunt up front… Every club puts in a list of what teams they want to play the most. From 1-16.
We should be writing down the list in order of placement on the NRL ladder. So we want to play Tigers, Dragons, Titans etc most. As a club we shouldn’t be worrying about gate takings until we start winning.
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dman2018
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+x+x+x+xDogs Awards night last night Preston scooped the pool winning 3 awards including the big one. I started thinking, were there any other candidates? Averillo and Kiraz were the only names I could think of. Giving the Dr George medal to a player who was leaving would have been embarrassing as some of Avo's defence was. Max King started and ended well, but struggled with injuries in the middle of the season. Tommo and Kicks eventually managed to do just enough to give a hint of what we had been missing. I don't think that many of our players are as bad as their 2023 form suggests, some are, and some of them will be leaving. Many of the others just needed fewer injuries, more experience and better support from the players around them. I am glad 2023 is over and that we managed to find players good enough to get the awards. I think that we can bounce back in 2024, starting with fewer injuries, better combinations and fewer out of form players . The players also need to find the drive to succeed, they know what losing looks like, that should add to the motivation. I think we need a decent draw next year if we want to be any chance of making the finals. This year and for years we have had a terrible draw. We need to play bottom table teams early in the tear. Hard teams around origin etc. We won’t be getting any favours from the NRLol… We just have to be better in every facet of the game, have a little luck with injuries, and we desperately need some grunt up front… Every club puts in a list of what teams they want to play the most. From 1-16.
We should be writing down the list in order of placement on the NRL ladder. So we want to play Tigers, Dragons, Titans etc most. As a club we shouldn’t be worrying about gate takings until we start winning. Yes… playing as many sides outside of the top 8 will help us improve and hold us in good stead for week 1 of finals… I much prefer we play the best as often as possible…
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Mick O
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Meany is such a pathetic player. Terrible every time the pressure is on. Has cost Melbourne any chance tonight.
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hounddog
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+x+x+x+x+xDogs Awards night last night Preston scooped the pool winning 3 awards including the big one. I started thinking, were there any other candidates? Averillo and Kiraz were the only names I could think of. Giving the Dr George medal to a player who was leaving would have been embarrassing as some of Avo's defence was. Max King started and ended well, but struggled with injuries in the middle of the season. Tommo and Kicks eventually managed to do just enough to give a hint of what we had been missing. I don't think that many of our players are as bad as their 2023 form suggests, some are, and some of them will be leaving. Many of the others just needed fewer injuries, more experience and better support from the players around them. I am glad 2023 is over and that we managed to find players good enough to get the awards. I think that we can bounce back in 2024, starting with fewer injuries, better combinations and fewer out of form players . The players also need to find the drive to succeed, they know what losing looks like, that should add to the motivation. I think we need a decent draw next year if we want to be any chance of making the finals. This year and for years we have had a terrible draw. We need to play bottom table teams early in the tear. Hard teams around origin etc. We won’t be getting any favours from the NRLol… We just have to be better in every facet of the game, have a little luck with injuries, and we desperately need some grunt up front… Every club puts in a list of what teams they want to play the most. From 1-16.
We should be writing down the list in order of placement on the NRL ladder. So we want to play Tigers, Dragons, Titans etc most. As a club we shouldn’t be worrying about gate takings until we start winning. Yes… playing as many sides outside of the top 8 will help us improve and hold us in good stead for week 1 of finals… I much prefer we play the best as often as possible… We want to be playing better sides when we are in good form with few injuries and they are not in good shape. Weaker sides we are just hoping to be in good form with a next man up mentality. We need to sign 2 good props and hope that Sexton is the answer at half, or Hayward is ready for NRL.
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Making the semis and getting lapped with a few bad injuries is almost worse than never being in the hunt.
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+xMeany is such a pathetic player. Terrible every time the pressure is on. Has cost Melbourne any chance tonight. You sure you aren't Marki? That was a very Marki like statement. Truth is Melbourne are a shadow of the team from the past. Two Bromwiches and a Kaufusi is a big loss to anyone's forward pack and one of the game's best attacking players out of the game all year and sadly (at best) same for next year. They have obviously had a few personnel problems such as Olam not making the team and Young Onomatopoeia being there. They have three to ignite them....Grant, Munster and Hughes and two are carrying injuries. They did better than they deserved...well maybe deserved is not the right word...they went better than their personnel would indicate they should have. Munster was pretty pedestrian last night and the prick of a referee (don't mention Josh Reynolds) certainly kept the home town fans happy most of the game. Meaney is not a great attacking player but is very solid and his steadiness at the back was a big reason why they went so high.
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The little I saw of the game I must concur, the referee was not exactly gifting Melbourne any favours. I noticed a few calls that should have been pulled up but ignored, gave the Groncos a leg up.
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Marki
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+xMaking the semis and getting lapped with a few bad injuries is almost worse than never being in the hunt. No it's not.
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Marki
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+xMeany is such a pathetic player. Terrible every time the pressure is on. Has cost Melbourne any chance tonight. I thought Munster was pretty bad. Don't ever remember seeing his passes as bad as they were last night. He made Burton look like Cliff Lyons.
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Marki
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+x+xMeany is such a pathetic player. Terrible every time the pressure is on. Has cost Melbourne any chance tonight. You sure you aren't Marki? That was a very Marki like statement. Truth is Melbourne are a shadow of the team from the past. Two Bromwiches and a Kaufusi is a big loss to anyone's forward pack and one of the game's best attacking players out of the game all year and sadly (at best) same for next year. They have obviously had a few personnel problems such as Olam not making the team and Young Onomatopoeia being there. They have three to ignite them....Grant, Munster and Hughes and two are carrying injuries. They did better than they deserved...well maybe deserved is not the right word...they went better than their personnel would indicate they should have. Munster was pretty pedestrian last night and the prick of a referee (don't mention Josh Reynolds) certainly kept the home town fans happy most of the game. Meaney is not a great attacking player but is very solid and his steadiness at the back was a big reason why they went so high. I have to agree with most of this (remarkably) with the exception of the forward personnel loss. Melb lost the game on ill discipline in the first half but score was only 8-0 so not too bad. Their attack however cost them badly in the second half with alot more posession in good field position. Grant and Munster were awful. Hughes and Coates were the only spark but it was a mistake to not play Olam especially if they knew it was going to be wet. Meaney I thought was OK but the game was lost in the inept attacking plays by Storm. Terrible result for Paps. I'd like to think he can still return to the game but I remember Jaral Yheo Ye and that didn't last long after his return. Wish him well all the same.
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I will never go for Cronulla as much as I will against the Rorters....but I see many referee decisions deciding it...will they cheat enough for the Rorters..I hope not. I can't see either team being troubled by Melbourne.,,,and the corruption of the NRL and the Rorters may decide the whole competition.
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hounddog
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+x+x+xMeany is such a pathetic player. Terrible every time the pressure is on. Has cost Melbourne any chance tonight. You sure you aren't Marki? That was a very Marki like statement. Truth is Melbourne are a shadow of the team from the past. Two Bromwiches and a Kaufusi is a big loss to anyone's forward pack and one of the game's best attacking players out of the game all year and sadly (at best) same for next year. They have obviously had a few personnel problems such as Olam not making the team and Young Onomatopoeia being there. They have three to ignite them....Grant, Munster and Hughes and two are carrying injuries. They did better than they deserved...well maybe deserved is not the right word...they went better than their personnel would indicate they should have. Munster was pretty pedestrian last night and the prick of a referee (don't mention Josh Reynolds) certainly kept the home town fans happy most of the game. Meaney is not a great attacking player but is very solid and his steadiness at the back was a big reason why they went so high. I have to agree with most of this (remarkably) with the exception of the forward personnel loss. Melb lost the game on ill discipline in the first half but score was only 8-0 so not too bad. Their attack however cost them badly in the second half with alot more posession in good field position. Grant and Munster were awful. Hughes and Coates were the only spark but it was a mistake to not play Olam especially if they knew it was going to be wet. Meaney I thought was OK but the game was lost in the inept attacking plays by Storm. Terrible result for Paps. I'd like to think he can still return to the game but I remember Jaral Yheo Ye and that didn't last long after his return. Wish him well all the same. IMO Hass, Fleggler and Carrigian dominated the Storm, the Storm briefly only came into the game when big Nelson came on. The errors from the Storm halves were losing composure under pressure. Here is a list of halves who can potentially win a game when their forwards lose the battle - Thurston, possibly Johns, maybe Mortimer, probably Langer. If I am picking one JT every time, not that he can definitely win, I just know he will stay composed and give everything trying to win. I haven't seen a clearer case of the forwards laying the platform for a win for a long time. Luck and the ref were also factors. Munster is still probably the best half in the game, one poor game changes nothing and he has the ability to bounce back. Reynolds and Cleary are the other mentally strong half in the comp.. if a player doesn't have it upstairs, they don't have it, sure they can show boat on a flat track, but when the going gets tough they melt like ice. SJ and the Canberra half pretty good, the Canberra team isn't good enough, but it isn't the halves fault. Home ground advantage counts in the semis.
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Are we going to get a close finals match this weekend?
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+xAre we going to get a close finals match this weekend? Yes. That was the most likely game.
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+x+xAre we going to get a close finals match this weekend? Yes. That was the most likely game. They don’t come much closer… Sharks very ordinary second half…
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+x+x+xAre we going to get a close finals match this weekend? Yes. That was the most likely game. They don’t come much closer… Sharks very ordinary second half… Sharks went to the Lemons school of choking. How did they ever win a comp? Put the porch light back on.
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+x+x+x+xAre we going to get a close finals match this weekend? Yes. That was the most likely game. They don’t come much closer… Sharks very ordinary second half… How did they ever win a comp? Peptides and paper bags…
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Now I have an extra reason to cheer for the Warriors.
Some consultation that a lot of teams I didn't like lost this week and 2 if them didn't even get this far.
If the Dragqueens were contenders I would be death-riding them as well, they finished below us on the table, you have to be poor to do that.
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Guess he’s known as Jack Bighton now…
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Mick O
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+x+xMeany is such a pathetic player. Terrible every time the pressure is on. Has cost Melbourne any chance tonight. You sure you aren't Marki? That was a very Marki like statement. Truth is Melbourne are a shadow of the team from the past. Two Bromwiches and a Kaufusi is a big loss to anyone's forward pack and one of the game's best attacking players out of the game all year and sadly (at best) same for next year. They have obviously had a few personnel problems such as Olam not making the team and Young Onomatopoeia being there. They have three to ignite them....Grant, Munster and Hughes and two are carrying injuries. They did better than they deserved...well maybe deserved is not the right word...they went better than their personnel would indicate they should have. Munster was pretty pedestrian last night and the prick of a referee (don't mention Josh Reynolds) certainly kept the home town fans happy most of the game. Meaney is not a great attacking player but is very solid and his steadiness at the back was a big reason why they went so high. Meany’s supposed ‘solidness’ was what cost them the game. Dropping the high ball. Not putting his body on the live in cover defence. Throwing a terrible pass for two certain try’s. A solid fullback keeps Melbourne in the game.
Meany has never changed. He struggles under pressure. The opposite of Luke Patten.
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#offseasonpost…
Do you ever walk up behind obviously able people standing idle on a ramp type escalator in the shops and whisper “it’s not a ride”?…
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dman2018
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+x+x+xMeany is such a pathetic player. Terrible every time the pressure is on. Has cost Melbourne any chance tonight. You sure you aren't Marki? That was a very Marki like statement. Truth is Melbourne are a shadow of the team from the past. Two Bromwiches and a Kaufusi is a big loss to anyone's forward pack and one of the game's best attacking players out of the game all year and sadly (at best) same for next year. They have obviously had a few personnel problems such as Olam not making the team and Young Onomatopoeia being there. They have three to ignite them....Grant, Munster and Hughes and two are carrying injuries. They did better than they deserved...well maybe deserved is not the right word...they went better than their personnel would indicate they should have. Munster was pretty pedestrian last night and the prick of a referee (don't mention Josh Reynolds) certainly kept the home town fans happy most of the game. Meaney is not a great attacking player but is very solid and his steadiness at the back was a big reason why they went so high. Meany’s supposed ‘solidness’ was what cost them the game. Dropping the high ball. Not putting his body on the live in cover defence. Throwing a terrible pass for two certain try’s. A solid fullback keeps Melbourne in the game.
Meany has never changed. He struggles under pressure. The opposite of Luke Patten. He’s bulked up a bit… looks very good most weeks in a quality side… but the same deficiencies especially re ‘body on the line’ remain…
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+xNow I have an extra reason to cheer for the Warriors. Some consultation that a lot of teams I didn't like lost this week and 2 if them didn't even get this far. If the Dragqueens were contenders I would be death-riding them as well, they finished below us on the table, you have to be poor to do that. I’m trapped in a household of Knights fans… I’ll be cheering for the Knights… This week was tough enough… the tears… oh *the tears…. *The tears were all mine worried about how bad my week was going to be if they lost…
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Mick O
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Anybody questioning Gould and Ciro yet? Letting Allamoti and Avo go.
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+xAnybody questioning Gould and Ciro yet? Letting Allamoti and Avo go. I think they made Averillo and offer he couldn't refuse. Allamotti overall disappointing...prone to errors, not great in defence and slow so probably 50/50 but on the other hand Crichton is better and who knows with Xerrii? Could be the new Jacob Loko or could be the best buy we have ever had...hard to tell.
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+xAnybody questioning Gould and Ciro yet? Letting Allamoti and Avo go. Nope… Avo similar body on the line issued to Meaney… Ala… didn’t come on as hoped in 1sts… plenty of potential but closer to the middle methinks…can’t keep ‘em all… Thinking we see Critter in the centres and Taafe at FB next year…
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+x+xNow I have an extra reason to cheer for the Warriors. Some consultation that a lot of teams I didn't like lost this week and 2 if them didn't even get this far. If the Dragqueens were contenders I would be death-riding them as well, they finished below us on the table, you have to be poor to do that. I’m trapped in a household of Knights fans… I’ll be cheering for the Knights… This week was tough enough… the tears… oh *the tears…. *The tears were all mine worried about how bad my week was going to be if they lost… Have you considered sleeping on the street? That is better than living with Knights fans.
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