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+x+x+xI can’t wait for the price drop in electric cars. I have never enjoyed driving a car more than the model 3 Tesla. Fucking rocket ship We must remember to honk when we see Dman and the Scorpion broken down at the side of road, manners are important, but so is having fun. It’s only broken down until Villi syphons fuel from my parents HZ Statesman DeVille… The smell of Super is in the air....
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+xDoes the Matt Nable stuff inspire anything in anyone???… TBH honest it all sounds and looks like typical Corp Marketing clap trap… This latest one on the new SFS with the electric guitars in the background is arguably the best. It had me going.... Of course listening to Rabbits' call after Halligan slots the sideline goal against Parra in '98 and saying " the man is a messiah", has a tendency to make my heart race again....
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+x+xDoes the Matt Nable stuff inspire anything in anyone???… TBH honest it all sounds and looks like typical Corp Marketing clap trap… This latest one on the new SFS with the electric guitars in the background is arguably the best. It had me going.... Of course listening to Rabbits' call after Halligan slots the sideline goal against Parra in '98 and saying " the man is a messiah", has a tendency to make my heart race again....
The SFS stuff made me physically ill…
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+x+xJR train and trial contract for $1K a week is money well spent for the Mocks reaction alone… I'm so pleased with this. I'm tempted to get Reynolds plastered on my jersey from my excitement. Like I said.... JR at 30-something might be able to teach Burton a thing or 2 playing 5/8th.... I’m all for it if he gets through the ore season in good shape… especially when I see talk in here of ZacDoc moving to the halves or playing 14… imagine JR teaching MB how to trip properly… With Burtos boot blokes would get tripped in the 30m line at Belmore and end up on the 40 at Shark Park…
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+xWell, we've got to the last game of the season, doesn't appear we see any need to look at a couple of experimental/inspired selections. Flanagan still being picked, does that mean he will still be our half next year? I think we’ve all seen enough to not bother experimenting for the last game… I think there’s some merit in keeping a finals bound Reggies side together as well…
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+x+xWell, we've got to the last game of the season, doesn't appear we see any need to look at a couple of experimental/inspired selections. Flanagan still being picked, does that mean he will still be our half next year? I think we’ve all seen enough to not bother experimenting for the last game… I think there’s some merit in keeping a finals bound Reggies side together as well… If our priority is second grade it may say something about our situation
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+x+x+xWell, we've got to the last game of the season, doesn't appear we see any need to look at a couple of experimental/inspired selections. Flanagan still being picked, does that mean he will still be our half next year? I think we’ve all seen enough to not bother experimenting for the last game… I think there’s some merit in keeping a finals bound Reggies side together as well… If our priority is second grade it may say something about our situation Not to say it’s our priority, but is there any benefit bringing in a Wakes, BBO, or untried player for a single game that holds little value, with a Coach that won’t be there next year???…
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+x+x+xWell, we've got to the last game of the season, doesn't appear we see any need to look at a couple of experimental/inspired selections. Flanagan still being picked, does that mean he will still be our half next year? I think we’ve all seen enough to not bother experimenting for the last game… I think there’s some merit in keeping a finals bound Reggies side together as well… If our priority is second grade it may say something about our situation It's not the clubs priority but it's the 2nd biggest rugby league competition in the country. Surely it means a lot to the players and the coaching staff.
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+x+x+x+xWell, we've got to the last game of the season, doesn't appear we see any need to look at a couple of experimental/inspired selections. Flanagan still being picked, does that mean he will still be our half next year? I think we’ve all seen enough to not bother experimenting for the last game… I think there’s some merit in keeping a finals bound Reggies side together as well… If our priority is second grade it may say something about our situation It's not the clubs priority but it's the 2nd biggest rugby league competition in the country. Surely it means a lot to the players and the coaching staff. Second grade means nothing other than its preparatory value for first grade. Know all our first grade achievements but can't remember much about reserve grade.
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+x+x+x+x+xWell, we've got to the last game of the season, doesn't appear we see any need to look at a couple of experimental/inspired selections. Flanagan still being picked, does that mean he will still be our half next year? I think we’ve all seen enough to not bother experimenting for the last game… I think there’s some merit in keeping a finals bound Reggies side together as well… If our priority is second grade it may say something about our situation It's not the clubs priority but it's the 2nd biggest rugby league competition in the country. Surely it means a lot to the players and the coaching staff. Second grade means nothing other than its preparatory value for first grade. Know all our first grade achievements but can't remember much about reserve grade. DB makes a fair point re it meaning something for the players… And for the ones that may never play first grade a Prem would mean the world… Who would you like to experiment with for the last round of a lost season???… and what value would it add to the players development, or our 1st grade side next year???…
Admittedly a first grade debut would be special for a player no matter our position on the ladder… something to tell the grandkids about… something special for mum and dad etc… but who you gonna call up???… and would it actually be of benefit to the player or clubs future???…
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+x+x+x+x+x+xWell, we've got to the last game of the season, doesn't appear we see any need to look at a couple of experimental/inspired selections. Flanagan still being picked, does that mean he will still be our half next year? I think we’ve all seen enough to not bother experimenting for the last game… I think there’s some merit in keeping a finals bound Reggies side together as well… If our priority is second grade it may say something about our situation It's not the clubs priority but it's the 2nd biggest rugby league competition in the country. Surely it means a lot to the players and the coaching staff. Second grade means nothing other than its preparatory value for first grade. Know all our first grade achievements but can't remember much about reserve grade. DB makes a fair point re it meaning something for the players… And for the ones that may never play first grade a Prem would mean the world… Who would you like to experiment with for the last round of a lost season???… and what value would it add to the players development, or our 1st grade side next year???…
Admittedly a first grade debut would be special for a player no matter our position on the ladder… something to tell the grandkids about… something special for mum and dad etc… but who you gonna call up???… and would it actually be of benefit to the player or clubs future???…
Not just this week. I was looking at at least the last month.
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+x+x+x+xWell, we've got to the last game of the season, doesn't appear we see any need to look at a couple of experimental/inspired selections. Flanagan still being picked, does that mean he will still be our half next year? I think we’ve all seen enough to not bother experimenting for the last game… I think there’s some merit in keeping a finals bound Reggies side together as well… If our priority is second grade it may say something about our situation Not to say it’s our priority, but is there any benefit bringing in a Wakes, BBO, or untried player for a single game that holds little value, with a Coach that won’t be there next year???… If its to decide whether we keep Wakeham or release him for next year, id say yes. I feel we never really gave Wakeham a chance in this team. He is one of the better off the cuff players and our team is starved of such players. Especially the last few weeks...
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+x+x+x+x+xWell, we've got to the last game of the season, doesn't appear we see any need to look at a couple of experimental/inspired selections. Flanagan still being picked, does that mean he will still be our half next year? I think we’ve all seen enough to not bother experimenting for the last game… I think there’s some merit in keeping a finals bound Reggies side together as well… If our priority is second grade it may say something about our situation It's not the clubs priority but it's the 2nd biggest rugby league competition in the country. Surely it means a lot to the players and the coaching staff. Second grade means nothing other than its preparatory value for first grade. Know all our first grade achievements but can't remember much about reserve grade. Second grade means alot when your first grade team is pinned to the bottom of the ladder for afew seasons. It wasn't long ago I took my son to the NSW GF at Leichardt when we beat the Jets. It was the first taste of success for my son who has grown up supporting the Dogs but hasn't seen success. Trust me. It has meaning. The meaning is lost when first grade is a top 4 team...
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+x+x+x+x+xWell, we've got to the last game of the season, doesn't appear we see any need to look at a couple of experimental/inspired selections. Flanagan still being picked, does that mean he will still be our half next year? I think we’ve all seen enough to not bother experimenting for the last game… I think there’s some merit in keeping a finals bound Reggies side together as well… If our priority is second grade it may say something about our situation Not to say it’s our priority, but is there any benefit bringing in a Wakes, BBO, or untried player for a single game that holds little value, with a Coach that won’t be there next year???… If its to decide whether we keep Wakeham or release him for next year, id say yes. I feel we never really gave Wakeham a chance in this team. He is one of the better off the cuff players and our team is starved of such players. Especially the last few weeks... The horse has probably bolted, I also think Wakeham deserved a few more chances. He was a gun young player, but never got a run of games. I will not be surprised if he changes clubs and kicks on. The situation is similar to Meaney.
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+x+x+x+x+x+xWell, we've got to the last game of the season, doesn't appear we see any need to look at a couple of experimental/inspired selections. Flanagan still being picked, does that mean he will still be our half next year? I think we’ve all seen enough to not bother experimenting for the last game… I think there’s some merit in keeping a finals bound Reggies side together as well… If our priority is second grade it may say something about our situation It's not the clubs priority but it's the 2nd biggest rugby league competition in the country. Surely it means a lot to the players and the coaching staff. Second grade means nothing other than its preparatory value for first grade. Know all our first grade achievements but can't remember much about reserve grade. Second grade means alot when your first grade team is pinned to the bottom of the ladder for afew seasons. It wasn't long ago I took my son to the NSW GF at Leichardt when we beat the Jets. It was the first taste of success for my son who has grown up supporting the Dogs but hasn't seen success. Trust me. It has meaning. The meaning is lost when first grade is a top 4 team... Did any future stars emerge from that game?
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+xWell, we've got to the last game of the season, doesn't appear we see any need to look at a couple of experimental/inspired selections. Flanagan still being picked, does that mean he will still be our half next year? I think we’ve all seen enough to not bother experimenting for the last game… I think there’s some merit in keeping a finals bound Reggies side together as well… If our priority is second grade it may say something about our situation It's not the clubs priority but it's the 2nd biggest rugby league competition in the country. Surely it means a lot to the players and the coaching staff. Second grade means nothing other than its preparatory value for first grade. Know all our first grade achievements but can't remember much about reserve grade. Second grade means alot when your first grade team is pinned to the bottom of the ladder for afew seasons. It wasn't long ago I took my son to the NSW GF at Leichardt when we beat the Jets. It was the first taste of success for my son who has grown up supporting the Dogs but hasn't seen success. Trust me. It has meaning. The meaning is lost when first grade is a top 4 team... Did any future stars emerge from that game? I think one thing seems to be true, that under Pay and Barrett and given the inexperience of our spine over the years, no one (unless freakishly talented) was going to emerge as a star at our club.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xWell, we've got to the last game of the season, doesn't appear we see any need to look at a couple of experimental/inspired selections. Flanagan still being picked, does that mean he will still be our half next year? I think we’ve all seen enough to not bother experimenting for the last game… I think there’s some merit in keeping a finals bound Reggies side together as well… If our priority is second grade it may say something about our situation It's not the clubs priority but it's the 2nd biggest rugby league competition in the country. Surely it means a lot to the players and the coaching staff. Second grade means nothing other than its preparatory value for first grade. Know all our first grade achievements but can't remember much about reserve grade. Second grade means alot when your first grade team is pinned to the bottom of the ladder for afew seasons. It wasn't long ago I took my son to the NSW GF at Leichardt when we beat the Jets. It was the first taste of success for my son who has grown up supporting the Dogs but hasn't seen success. Trust me. It has meaning. The meaning is lost when first grade is a top 4 team... Did any future stars emerge from that game? I think one thing seems to be true, that under Pay and Barrett and given the inexperience of our spine over the years, no one (unless freakishly talented) was going to emerge as a star at our club. Is that a no? I Don't know I've got no idea what the team was.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+xWell, we've got to the last game of the season, doesn't appear we see any need to look at a couple of experimental/inspired selections. Flanagan still being picked, does that mean he will still be our half next year? I think we’ve all seen enough to not bother experimenting for the last game… I think there’s some merit in keeping a finals bound Reggies side together as well… If our priority is second grade it may say something about our situation It's not the clubs priority but it's the 2nd biggest rugby league competition in the country. Surely it means a lot to the players and the coaching staff. Second grade means nothing other than its preparatory value for first grade. Know all our first grade achievements but can't remember much about reserve grade. Second grade means alot when your first grade team is pinned to the bottom of the ladder for afew seasons. It wasn't long ago I took my son to the NSW GF at Leichardt when we beat the Jets. It was the first taste of success for my son who has grown up supporting the Dogs but hasn't seen success. Trust me. It has meaning. The meaning is lost when first grade is a top 4 team... Did any future stars emerge from that game? No. The team had Bergamin, Okunbor, Kerr, Harper, Eastwood, Rhys Martin and afew other names. Hardly any stars, but it's not about the development of these guys into stars. It's about the only shining light the club has in an otherwise underwhelming season. You have to remember that these Penrith guys right now shared success in the lower grades. We too need to make sure our reserve grade has success and the young players that make it to first grade bring that success and enthusiasm to first grade. Our first grade squad is like a funeral procession. Other than JAC, Kiraz and ZDC the rest look like miserable players.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xWell, we've got to the last game of the season, doesn't appear we see any need to look at a couple of experimental/inspired selections. Flanagan still being picked, does that mean he will still be our half next year? I think we’ve all seen enough to not bother experimenting for the last game… I think there’s some merit in keeping a finals bound Reggies side together as well… If our priority is second grade it may say something about our situation It's not the clubs priority but it's the 2nd biggest rugby league competition in the country. Surely it means a lot to the players and the coaching staff. Second grade means nothing other than its preparatory value for first grade. Know all our first grade achievements but can't remember much about reserve grade. Second grade means alot when your first grade team is pinned to the bottom of the ladder for afew seasons. It wasn't long ago I took my son to the NSW GF at Leichardt when we beat the Jets. It was the first taste of success for my son who has grown up supporting the Dogs but hasn't seen success. Trust me. It has meaning. The meaning is lost when first grade is a top 4 team... Did any future stars emerge from that game? No. The team had Bergamin, Okunbor, Kerr, Harper, Eastwood, Rhys Martin and afew other names. Hardly any stars, but it's not about the development of these guys into stars. It's about the only shining light the club has in an otherwise underwhelming season. You have to remember that these Penrith guys right now shared success in the lower grades. We too need to make sure our reserve grade has success and the young players that make it to first grade bring that success and enthusiasm to first grade. Our first grade squad is like a funeral procession. Other than JAC, Kiraz and ZDC the rest look like miserable players. The difference as I see it is do we want a top reserve grade team for the purpose of it being a show piece, or should it be a progression to a successful first grade team with quality back ups for first grade. That is the obvious difference to Penrith.
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Mdog, that is exactly how I see it. We develop the juniors right through the grades then onto first grade. They don't always make it and they don't always stay.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xWell, we've got to the last game of the season, doesn't appear we see any need to look at a couple of experimental/inspired selections. Flanagan still being picked, does that mean he will still be our half next year? I think we’ve all seen enough to not bother experimenting for the last game… I think there’s some merit in keeping a finals bound Reggies side together as well… If our priority is second grade it may say something about our situation It's not the clubs priority but it's the 2nd biggest rugby league competition in the country. Surely it means a lot to the players and the coaching staff. Second grade means nothing other than its preparatory value for first grade. Know all our first grade achievements but can't remember much about reserve grade. Second grade means alot when your first grade team is pinned to the bottom of the ladder for afew seasons. It wasn't long ago I took my son to the NSW GF at Leichardt when we beat the Jets. It was the first taste of success for my son who has grown up supporting the Dogs but hasn't seen success. Trust me. It has meaning. The meaning is lost when first grade is a top 4 team... Did any future stars emerge from that game? No. The team had Bergamin, Okunbor, Kerr, Harper, Eastwood, Rhys Martin and afew other names. Hardly any stars, but it's not about the development of these guys into stars. It's about the only shining light the club has in an otherwise underwhelming season. You have to remember that these Penrith guys right now shared success in the lower grades. We too need to make sure our reserve grade has success and the young players that make it to first grade bring that success and enthusiasm to first grade. Our first grade squad is like a funeral procession. Other than JAC, Kiraz and ZDC the rest look like miserable players. Maybe we should have kept Bergamin and Harper, if they wanted to stay. The policy has changed since then reserve grade is mostly young players including some who can still play flegg. Plenty of time for a post mortem in the off season. One game to go, let's finish on a high.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xWell, we've got to the last game of the season, doesn't appear we see any need to look at a couple of experimental/inspired selections. Flanagan still being picked, does that mean he will still be our half next year? I think we’ve all seen enough to not bother experimenting for the last game… I think there’s some merit in keeping a finals bound Reggies side together as well… If our priority is second grade it may say something about our situation It's not the clubs priority but it's the 2nd biggest rugby league competition in the country. Surely it means a lot to the players and the coaching staff. Second grade means nothing other than its preparatory value for first grade. Know all our first grade achievements but can't remember much about reserve grade. Second grade means alot when your first grade team is pinned to the bottom of the ladder for afew seasons. It wasn't long ago I took my son to the NSW GF at Leichardt when we beat the Jets. It was the first taste of success for my son who has grown up supporting the Dogs but hasn't seen success. Trust me. It has meaning. The meaning is lost when first grade is a top 4 team... Did any future stars emerge from that game? No. The team had Bergamin, Okunbor, Kerr, Harper, Eastwood, Rhys Martin and afew other names. Hardly any stars, but it's not about the development of these guys into stars. It's about the only shining light the club has in an otherwise underwhelming season. You have to remember that these Penrith guys right now shared success in the lower grades. We too need to make sure our reserve grade has success and the young players that make it to first grade bring that success and enthusiasm to first grade. Our first grade squad is like a funeral procession. Other than JAC, Kiraz and ZDC the rest look like miserable players. Maybe we should have kept Bergamin and Harper, if they wanted to stay. The policy has changed since then reserve grade is mostly young players including some who can still play flegg. Plenty of time for a post mortem in the off season. One game to go, let's finish on a high. I support the being high bit of this post…
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I think what everyone misses is that we have changed our reserve grade sides.
Our reserves should be filled with under 21’s. Our under 21’s be filled with under 19’s. Our under 19’s filled with under 17’s.
That’s how we can do it. That’s what Gus wants to do. It’s started already.
So if our reserves win. We should see most of them making first grade. Because they are young and hungry. We don’t want journey men and failed stars. Experience helps first grade. But shouldn’t be seen in reserves.
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+xI think what everyone misses is that we have changed our reserve grade sides.
Our reserves should be filled with under 21’s. Our under 21’s be filled with under 19’s. Our under 19’s filled with under 17’s.
That’s how we can do it. That’s what Gus wants to do. It’s started already.
So if our reserves win. We should see most of them making first grade. Because they are young and hungry. We don’t want journey men and failed stars. Experience helps first grade. But shouldn’t be seen in reserves. We have two feeder clubs so we should be able to accommodate both development and back up first graders. Properly used that should be an advantage but you must have the appropriate policies, processes and coordination in place. Penrith has a strong junior league which is an enormous advantage we dont have. Of course the other way to do it is like the roosters, no junior league, but a big wallet to attract the best juniors to their junior rep teams. The roosters way is unsustainable for RL. If everyone took this approach their would be no juniors to poach or develop and RL would die. The NRL really needs to address this for the long time good of the game.
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An Eastern Suburbs/South Sydney merger would be Ideal. It wouldsolve a lot of NRLols issues regarding talent dilution at the same time reducing the current number of Sydney based clubs.
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+xAn Eastern Suburbs/South Sydney merger would be Ideal. It wouldsolve a lot of NRLols issues regarding talent dilution at the same time reducing the current number of Sydney based clubs. Unfortunately both the Chickens and Bunnies have big money behind them. So there is no chance of a merger. It was pushed for during the SL war but never happened.
The NRL could easily remove the Tigers or move them to Perth for the good of the game. But they may just fold altogether in time. Cronulla should be moved as well. But they have been improving financially and are little chance.
Ideally if Wests fold we need to take over the entire south west. From Canterbury to Cambletown. The board needs to be aware and should be putting money into juniors in the entire south west.
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+x+xI think what everyone misses is that we have changed our reserve grade sides.
Our reserves should be filled with under 21’s. Our under 21’s be filled with under 19’s. Our under 19’s filled with under 17’s.
That’s how we can do it. That’s what Gus wants to do. It’s started already.
So if our reserves win. We should see most of them making first grade. Because they are young and hungry. We don’t want journey men and failed stars. Experience helps first grade. But shouldn’t be seen in reserves. We have two feeder clubs so we should be able to accommodate both development and back up first graders. Properly used that should be an advantage but you must have the appropriate policies, processes and coordination in place. Penrith has a strong junior league which is an enormous advantage we dont have. Of course the other way to do it is like the roosters, no junior league, but a big wallet to attract the best juniors to their junior rep teams. The roosters way is unsustainable for RL. If everyone took this approach their would be no juniors to poach or develop and RL would die. The NRL really needs to address this for the long time good of the game. We need to increase our junior base. And buy smart. Having two feeder clubs helps. But they should be full of stars in the making and good first graders who struggle to make firsts.
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And by struggling to make firsts. I mean that when we let them go there is a bidding war for them. Not like the duds we are letting go currently.
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Cmon boy, send us off with something to smile about!!!…
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This game is almost unwatchable
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