Lichaa and Frawley can go at the end of the season and the club wont miss a beat without him. If we cant recruit a new hooker one of woolford, Nu brown or JMK will have to do. they wont be any worse than Lichaa. He doesn't have a pass, kick or vision. Is not capable of running out of dummy half without falling or slipping over. He has some ticker but not enough talent. I saw 5 minutes of NSW Cup and saw Woolford pass straight off the ground to Cleeland. Something so bloody simple and i was left dumbfounded....

As for Frawley, we will have Foran and Lewis as our starting halves with Cooger / Nu Brown / JMK as backup. Meaney will be our starting fullback with Hoppa backup there. If i was in charge or recruitment i would be targeting another outside back and a prop. We need to position ourselves better salary cap wise for 2020 to be able to play make a play for a really good hooker (Josh Hodgson) or fullback if Meaney doesn't work out. After that would be a strong Centre with footwork.

We don't need big money players anywhere else. I've long carried the view if you have 3 good players in your spine you can make up for the other being ok. At the moment we have 2 good halves for next year (Provided Foran is fit and healthy). Hoppa is an ok fullback if need be. I think Meaney will be at worst ok... Which leaves Pay needing to find or promote a good hooker this offseason. 

Nancy is right about Frawley, time to make the call and move on.

While he is often criticized, Lichaa offers much more.

If we are keeping one of them I vote Lichaa.

I am happy for both to go.

I agree.

JMK also not great, but is  better starting option in the halves.

Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus...looked a tad cold in Canberra

We've got a goodun and something to really look forward to if all goes well for Lewis and recruitment.  This press conference is gold...shows a good relationship with Pay.

https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/08/19/bulldogs-press-conference-round-23-2018/

Frawley creates more doubt in the opposition defensive line than you realise or give him credit for. His defence is much improved. He has given afew penalties away on the line for holding but that might be a coach instruction. Others do it too.
His worst attribute is his kicking. But next to Lewis he is good. 

The player that nearly cost us the game was Hoppa...
Forward pass from 20m restart with 7 tackles and Warriors score from next set. 
Loses the ball in a tackle after cleaning up a grubber and Warriors score in next set. 
Fumbles ball in-goal after a grubber and lucky Reimis was there to ground it. 

Unchsracteristic to have so many errors but in my opinion would have been the main reason had we lost today. 

But as you would expect the refs play them back into it.

Tony just shot his load...couldn't watch the game live...but lining up for replay...NOW if the Rorters lose..the daily double

Never said any of it would knock him out of office.

Nah it'll just keep adding evidence to the most criminal President ever elected until Mueller reports. Then the House will go for impeachment, the Senate will clear him, many Trump associates and perhaps, probably family members will be charged and jailed. The Trump brand will collapse, Trump himself will have a sealed indictment which his Supreme Court might be able to quash... maybe... BUT, nobody ever anywhere except for those on the Kool-Aid will have any doubt about Trump and he'll live out the remainder of his miserable years disgraced and hopefully jailed but on that we'll have to see.

And I'll be glad to report on it.

No to re-signing Frawley. Marki w.t.h were you thinking :)

The most frustrating thing about us is the dumb errors but it's also the most promising. Dumb errors is what kept the Warriors in the game.

FMD if Frawley is an answer we're out of questions. He's just a dumb 2nd grader. 5th tackle penalties, the kick-off where Smith saved him, sticking the boot out on a nothing kick for six again. He does stuff like it every week. His bullet pass to an unsuspecting player is another favourite. His big play is a dummy and nobody falls for it no more, he got smashed more than once today trying it.

Spoon avoided 

Already embraced him villi after his first NRL game. I'm glad Pay played Frawley in run-on side. He steps and runs the ball better than JMK and passes better so he and Lewis should he our first choice halves. We will obviously start next season with Foran but that song last, so I reckon Frawley is a MUST re-signing. 

You bloody beauty..... Well Done Dogs!!!


Cmon Marki..... forget about that maniac Josh Reynolds.... embrace Lachlan Lewis The Fresh Prince of Bel-More

Feeld goal 

Brilliant win, quality game, very happy.

Even better if we can cut out some silly mistakes.

What a difference a kicking game makes, and some players who back themselves and play good footy. 

Good first half from the dogs even though they copped some harsh penalties on their line.

If he is the "protector" then Trump may be in a bit of strife - maybe a lot even.

But I keep reading your posts about the next event or testimony that knocks Trump out of office and I cant help but think you are constantly off the mark, or he is more protected than you think.

You might also consider that he hasn't killed or raped anyone so whatever you think he has done that is bad, better be bloody bad otherwise it's nothing but puff.

dan  , segeyaro is very very heavily linked 2 the westigers  especialy  if  robbie farraha retires  we are after him but what we can offer him we cant match the westigers 
if it comes 2 $  

we are doomed  , frawley  starting half for today's warriors game , j m king to the bench  , 

I'm hoping that one more forward Pay is talking of is a new dummy half ie Segeyaro...or at least Woolford.

That "nobody" is Counsel to the President, or as was determined during the Watergate Trials and subsequent legal rulings and clarifications - Counsel to President as in "the office" as opposed to the President personally.

In other words the most powerful legal counsel in The U.S.

Quite a nobody, and btw as much a part of The USA government you think is protecting Trump as anybody you want to think of. Including and even more so than Trump himself, who is part of the Executive Branch of Government but that's where it ends.

One day Marki, you'll realise those movies do tend to take "dramatic license".

Not much wrong with the bench. Its standard type. Form or skill level however....
Its the same as last few weeks with exception of Frawley as the utility playmaker in lieu of Nu Brown. In my opinion the Frawley - Lewis halves combo is our best and JMK should be rotating Lichaa. 

Eastwood came on with some gusto last week so hope he continues that form. The problem with Fualalo is he tends to either submit in tackles and is still slow playing the ball, or gets dominated and is slow. When he tries to play fast, he either loses it in the tackle or while playing the ball. Graham was the same  it's just that he had a late pass on him. 

I wouldn't be throwing away good money to stiffen up the bench. Thus is the area where you look within and build them up. These are your 250k players. 

Sounds like a nobody.
Trump is powerful and protected. 
He (and the USA government) wontt worry about nobodies like this!

Remember the name John McGahn. If... when... Trump starts tweeting to discredit him I'm sure you'll hear his name.

Anyway, who is he? - White House Counsel.

Who is....

"Worried that Mr Trump would eventually blame him in the inquiry, Mr McGahn has told people he is determined to avoid the fate of the White House Counsel for President Nixon, John W Dean, who was imprisoned in the Watergate Scandal"

How determined? Well he's got himself his own Attorney and has now given Mueller 30 hours... and counting... of testimony.

V-O-L-U-N-T-A-R-I-L-Y

I'll go so far as to say if our bench options next year are limited to within - we should keep Eastwood. He's the only one in the club at present (fit) who fills the job requirement.

We'll win, but....

Take a look at that bench. I know there's plenty that think we have enough forwards but not of the type we need. I read yesterday that Deano's looking to fill another two spots for next year, one being an outside back, and the other being... wait for it.... a forward. And so he should be

Because yes we need one, an impact forward. I'm sorry but I don't rate Danny Lololololo at all and have little more for Ogdan whatever, Renouf whomever and all the rest of the ones who've been tried and overwhelmed us with indifference throughout the season.

We need a bench with IMPACT that lifts the tempo and enthusiasm when we rotate. At present once Klem goes of the opposition just laughs at us.

I'd really like the bench next year to include The Boy named Sue, and RFM and maybe even Elliot (who though has a f***up in every game comes on at a 1000 mph). So we might need another starting forward or two OR someone with impact on the bench as it's likely that one of RFM and/or Elliot will have to be starting.

We need mongrel on the bench or all your halves and the rest even Valentine Holmes himself, can just give up after 20 mins if we haven't racked up a 20 point lead before we get rolled over

That bench for today is pathetic, I think we'll win because The Warriors are The Warriors and if we can dent them early they'll drop their heads.

But when considering how the positions we need filled for next year and you rattle off your halves your hookers, your fullback you centers, remember that bench is a position, a crucial one, and we've not had as bare or underwhelmning bench since interchange started.

Canterbury vs Norths reggies on Fox at 11:40am.

Big opportunity indeed. In a way it's their 2018 grand final (albeit to avoid the wooden spoon).
It's very unlikely they'll get another chance with both the other last placed teams having losses the same round.
Just don't mention to Nancy who is on the bench for Brown or she might fall off her chair with palpitations..