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Imagine what this bloke will do with the team he builds rather than the team he’s got.
I already have him in the top four coaches in the game and that’s only for Marki’s benefit, I think he’s top three, better than Cleary. If you disagree I’ll say if we had Cleary junior, we win the comp this year and the three or more after that. Cleary snr has Clear junior and that’s what pumps his tyres up. He could not do with our current team what Cirro’s done, not even close and history proves it.
I think in less than five years he’ll be #1 by pleeeenty.
And Jason Taylor is the perfect foil.
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dman2018
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+x+xKiraz... What was the coverage from the opposite side of the field???...with a millisecond look... What was that call???...with a 3:sec We landed on the moon... sorry Dman what are you getting at here?? Apologies Doc... The Kiraz no try they looked at for half a second...
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hounddog
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As for size, reserve grade had Farme, Patolo, Fifita, Knight and a few others in the forwards they still lost.
Patolo and Fifita need a few games to get up to speed.
Wilson and Skelton on the wings.
Young hooker, young half, Perham filling in at 5/8.
It is possible to have size and still lose, as funny as it seems Hutch adds a lot to reserve grade.
As for the NRL side, I keep thinking that we need more size, Cirro ignores that and we keep winning.
Curran 208 metres - amazing how many metres he makes. Hughes - 124, Kiks - 128, Presto - 110, Mann - 138, Hayes - 145 - exceptional game from both lads.
DeBellin - 156 - only Dragqueens forward over 100 metres. Dragqueens outside backs made plenty of metres.
They way we play it doesn't seem like having a smaller pack is a disadvantage, it seems to happen every week that our forwards look smaller but we still win.
When fit Max "the real" King comes straight back in probably for Hopoi. If Patolo or Fifita can get fit and start to dominate in reserve grade key are an outside shot as is Underhill who I hope gets a run this year.
The Mann / Hayward rotation showed is merit this game with Hayward being able to cover at hooker and Mann being probably our best forward. Stiff competition from Hayes and Curran.
The only guy that could be squeezed out of the side to make room for more size is Moz. For that to happen another prop needs to bash the door down regularly in reserve grade.
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hounddog
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I hope Flanno jnr isn't suspended for biting Critter, that might increase the Dragqueens chances of winning.
I am glad Flanno snr isn't our coach and his reserve grade hooker son isn't playing in our halves. No other team in the NRL would have him in the halves.
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Mick O
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Harry Hayes. Going to be great for us from now until he retires. Unlucky not to have scored.
We could have put fifty on them. Similar to most games I watch us play. We have a lot more points in us.
Burtos kicking game saved us again. Still need a few more big meter forwards. We have plenty coming through the grades. Hopefully a few make it through and give us that.
Great to see Sexy and Xeri forming that combination. I think those two will give us plenty of points next year.
We might not win the comp this year. But we’ll make it hard for whoever does win it. Next year we need to improve again and become a genuine threat to win a few premierships.
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hounddog
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+xKiraz... What was the coverage from the opposite side of the field???...with a millisecond look... What was that call???...with a 3:sec We landed on the moon... Was a 50-50 probably touched the line. We could easily have scored another 2-3 trys. Shame Hayes was held up. Great win, let's just enjoy it.
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+xKiraz... What was the coverage from the opposite side of the field???...with a millisecond look... What was that call???...with a 3:sec We landed on the moon... The ball touched the tryline.... it was a dead set try..(see previous post).
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Obviously the Dogs were not allowed to humiliate them. 10 weeks ago all I was hearing was that 7exy was good but not good enough to win us a GF. Well dman, you have been on the money all along because the nay sayers were wrong. 7exy IS good enough to take us all the way.
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+xKiraz... What was the coverage from the opposite side of the field???...with a millisecond look... What was that call???...with a 3:sec We landed on the moon... sorry Dman what are you getting at here??
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dman2018
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Kiraz...
What was the coverage from the opposite side of the field???...with a millisecond look... What was that call???...with a 3:sec
We landed on the moon...
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hounddog
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Mann try was great, just what we needed.
Mann had a great game.
Sexton probably our best, Mann 2nf.
Hayes and Tracey great as usual.
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hounddog
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Great win, Kiks murdered a certain try,
Karaz close to scoring.
Totally shut-down the Dragqueens in the second half.
Opposition tried hard and scored 2 good trys.
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dman2018
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Manncrush!!!!...
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dman2018
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Clear 'no strip' on Critter .. Did the ref waste his new rule 'inadvertently'....
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dman2018
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Takes a good try to get pat us 90% of the time...
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dman2018
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Oh 7exy.... On both sides of ball....
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dman2018
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+xThey should be down to 12.... We would be...
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They should be down to 12....
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dman2018
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C'mon boys!!!...
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+xI will not be totally surprised if Hutchinson and Underhill come in for Hayward and Hopoi. We might just want a bit more size. As long as Hutch and Mann are not on the field at the same time, it will work. Hutch set up 2 trys and scored one in reserve grade last week. That might be a factor. Good for Crutch... He ain't in our best 17... Though I suspect it's a fresh legs thing for U... U love a harry fresh leg...
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+xBig worry this round. Big scores. Teams are all off. Defence is terrible. Refs have given too much room. And easy six agains.
We need to score plenty to win. Nah... Well just do what we do.. and put 30 on em in the process...
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I was wrong Hutch is 18th man.
Underhill left out.
Cirro doesn't make many changes.
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Mick O
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+xI will not be totally surprised if Hutchinson and Underhill come in for Hayward and Hopoi. We might just want a bit more size. As long as Hutch and Mann are not on the field at the same time, it will work. Hutch set up 2 trys and scored one in reserve grade last week. That might be a factor. Butch playing middle/ball distributor role could have worked very well mid season. A shame we haven’t seen it.
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I will not be totally surprised if Hutchinson and Underhill come in for Hayward and Hopoi.
We might just want a bit more size.
As long as Hutch and Mann are not on the field at the same time, it will work.
Hutch set up 2 trys and scored one in reserve grade last week. That might be a factor.
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+xBig worry this round. Big scores. Teams are all off. Defence is terrible. Refs have given too much room. And easy six agains.
We need to score plenty to win. Raiders and Broncos being lapped after playing us does raise some questions. But we might have contributed to that. Fast open game with lots high completions suits us. Being on the wrong end of a constant stream of 6-agains and penalties would make it very tough to win. No easy games for us, this should be tough unless we can kick away.
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Mick O
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Big worry this round. Big scores. Teams are all off. Defence is terrible. Refs have given too much room. And easy six agains.
We need to score plenty to win.
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+x+x+x+xPatolo and Fifita came back in reserve grade, probably a month away. Farmer is ready now, as is Knight though Knight doesn't seem to be up to NRL standard at present. Todd and Underhill great prospects and we have a few good young middles. The best backrow / Middle prospect is Hayes, hard working, good defender, good leg speed, runs great lines. Cirro definitely has options for more size in the pack if he wants to use them. Hayes is probably already better than Salmon and that probably includes filling in in the backline. Next year Toups will be even better. I still think that we could be beaten by a bigger side, but few sides have more size, speed, smarts and ability to fluke a great play than Canberra. Chooks are the side that has that and they can fluke 3 great plays in a row, with Walker doing 2 of them, if Canberra don't make the 8 this year, I can see them having a good season next year. Corey Horsbough is apparently sick of the tough love from Sticky and wants an out. We would need to improve his discipline and decision making and get him fully fit. But he would suit us, attitude and desire to compete unquestionable. A gamble worth taking if we get the chance. Never like him. Never will. Hope we dont go near him. Agree. I don’t rate him at all. Looks like he catches with his feet and runs with his hands. One of the most uncoordinated players I have seen. Has got mistakes in his game, but has played some SOO. We have a lot of good young middles, we need a few older players to bridge the gap. Big NAS is another forward who might be out of favour at his current club. When players are unwanted the often come for less money and with a determination to prove their doubters wrong, 2 years for lower money is a reasonable gamble on those guys. Often their old club will chip in some cash. Ryan Matterson from the Eels is another candidate. Out of these three NAS would be my preference followed by Matterson, Horsbough is 3rd pick, but better than no one. IMO Armone replaces Tetevano, the other guy might be replacing Knight, we also have 2-3 good young props we want to promote, but can use development contacts, with top 30 starting in 2026. Matterson would suit our system. NAS maybe not so much
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+x+x+xPatolo and Fifita came back in reserve grade, probably a month away. Farmer is ready now, as is Knight though Knight doesn't seem to be up to NRL standard at present. Todd and Underhill great prospects and we have a few good young middles. The best backrow / Middle prospect is Hayes, hard working, good defender, good leg speed, runs great lines. Cirro definitely has options for more size in the pack if he wants to use them. Hayes is probably already better than Salmon and that probably includes filling in in the backline. Next year Toups will be even better. I still think that we could be beaten by a bigger side, but few sides have more size, speed, smarts and ability to fluke a great play than Canberra. Chooks are the side that has that and they can fluke 3 great plays in a row, with Walker doing 2 of them, if Canberra don't make the 8 this year, I can see them having a good season next year. Corey Horsbough is apparently sick of the tough love from Sticky and wants an out. We would need to improve his discipline and decision making and get him fully fit. But he would suit us, attitude and desire to compete unquestionable. A gamble worth taking if we get the chance. Never like him. Never will. Hope we dont go near him. Agree. I don’t rate him at all. Looks like he catches with his feet and runs with his hands. One of the most uncoordinated players I have seen. Has got mistakes in his game, but has played some SOO. We have a lot of good young middles, we need a few older players to bridge the gap. Big NAS is another forward who might be out of favour at his current club. When players are unwanted the often come for less money and with a determination to prove their doubters wrong, 2 years for lower money is a reasonable gamble on those guys. Often their old club will chip in some cash. Ryan Matterson from the Eels is another candidate. Out of these three NAS would be my preference followed by Matterson, Horsbough is 3rd pick, but better than no one. IMO Armone replaces Tetevano, the other guy might be replacing Knight, we also have 2-3 good young props we want to promote, but can use development contacts, with top 30 starting in 2026.
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+xHarry Hayes has really impressed me. He is a good size and runs great lines into gaps. He straightened our attack the other day with direct runs in between defenders. Got us back on an even keel when we were dominated prior. I look forward to seeing more of him. Harry has been incredible. Reminds me of a young Steve Price.
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Mick O
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+x+xPatolo and Fifita came back in reserve grade, probably a month away. Farmer is ready now, as is Knight though Knight doesn't seem to be up to NRL standard at present. Todd and Underhill great prospects and we have a few good young middles. The best backrow / Middle prospect is Hayes, hard working, good defender, good leg speed, runs great lines. Cirro definitely has options for more size in the pack if he wants to use them. Hayes is probably already better than Salmon and that probably includes filling in in the backline. Next year Toups will be even better. I still think that we could be beaten by a bigger side, but few sides have more size, speed, smarts and ability to fluke a great play than Canberra. Chooks are the side that has that and they can fluke 3 great plays in a row, with Walker doing 2 of them, if Canberra don't make the 8 this year, I can see them having a good season next year. Corey Horsbough is apparently sick of the tough love from Sticky and wants an out. We would need to improve his discipline and decision making and get him fully fit. But he would suit us, attitude and desire to compete unquestionable. A gamble worth taking if we get the chance. Never like him. Never will. Hope we dont go near him. Agree. I don’t rate him at all. Looks like he catches with his feet and runs with his hands. One of the most uncoordinated players I have seen.
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