Cleary might want both his sons in the halves and letting Luai gos gives him that chance in the next few years. I think Luai is leaving Penrith. Sooner rather than later. Too much bad blood with all the socials. 

Gus?

Let's kick the Vic's out of the Federation.

Real Aussies go looking for hay fever...

Any chance that AFB is a Chinese female gymnast?

He’s got footwork like one…

Out of the country would be better…

Gus assumed that the Aussies would beat NZ.

I am surprised at the margin not totally surprised about the result.

Gus has been taking lessons from Dr Mock.

Don't be silly. What's a mask going to do?
They need a vaccine.

I'll take the anti-vic vaccine ASAP. Turning into a Victorian would be a nightmare.

Hutch, Mann and Turpin official. Also Faamausili 26 year old prop with NRL experience, but not outstanding.

Luke Vella assistant coach, Potter coaching reserve grade, Steve Turner and Josh Jackson coaching junior reps.

Seems like our squad and coaches for 2024 are just about locked in. 

Hutch from a good system/culture… a bit of a mr fix it if we have issues at 4/6/7/9/13/14…
Ive had a Manncrush for the past three years (in a house full of Knights)… very effort on effort player, particularly in D… For mine he’s a lock for lock… but I’m biased:..
Turps good back up for Lou… plays tough…

Well done to Vella, helluva story… 

Curran or Mann at lock. The other will be 14. Unless they throw Curran in at prop and we run a light pack. 

I also have a Manncrush on Curran so would be happy with that rotation at lock…

Being a little light up front should surely see some entertaining attack on the cards… provided we don’t get completely dominated in the ruck and get some quick ptb…

I agree with most of that. Perhaps Curran at prop only when we are short?

Versatile is how I would describe the side, we have 2-3 options for most spine positions,  too  any options to count for lock.

Prop is still the biggest question mark.
 

There is that rumour about JT from the Cows. And AFB from the Warriors. We pull off one of it both we are looking to make finals. 

From the same people that suggested we were going to sign Haas and Tino???…

AFB is playing 2024 in NZ.



3 backflips is his limit,

Hey AFB, I didn't say that Villi did 

Might seem funny, but rhe biggest advantage that we have going into the 2024 season is the 2023 season.
No one in the club should be remotely complacent.
Some of our young players will benefit from the experience of last season.
We have got rid of a few weak defenders and mentally fragile players.
The guys we have recruited are not superstars or quick fixes (except for Critter), but they are tough, experienced players who will put in a shift each game and go down fighting.
So me are building slowly, but hopefully on firm foundations.
So I am expecting typical dogs performances, making the other side earn the win, hanging in fighting hard, staying in touch most games.
I am not necessarily expecting a lot more wins, but I am expecting improved for and against, lower points conceded in many more games up to the last 15 mins. 
If a team is in the game in the last 15 anything can happen, we can win a few, perhaps a few more than 2023.
What I don't want to see is the team rasing the white flag in the first 15 mins.
If we are overpowered in the first 15, I expect us to hang in and try to limit the damage.

Damn Optus!

Am I the only one that has been logged out of BDP, The Kennel, other social media or service accounts since their drop-out? 

...and here they are trying to convince us it wasn't a security breach...

I have a feeling they were hacked something stupid and shut the system down themselves....

Unfortunately, what you just mentioned (improved F and A, improved performances, hanging in there etc) I expected in '23 and '24 was suppose to be the next phase. 

You could argue that last season's set-back was only 1 year and in 5 or 10 years we won't worry about losing 1 year. But im just not convinced we can even do what you say in '24.

I feel we are still searching for diamonds by shuffling the decks until we stumble upon one.

Our lack of halves will be our glaring weakness for years to come IMO.

I reckon we all thought we’d do better hanging in there last year… The injury toll could not have been expected and had a significant impact…

What was most worrying is when we finally had a full squad we looked terrible. It was at the backend of the year and we were no chance of finals. But I thought the players would have given a it more. 

suggesting something like ‘massive injury toll had an impact’ is not an excuse… ‘very inexperienced side’.. not an excuse just how it was…

And those things make a tough season harder, and affect attitude and commitment despite best efforts from all involved, especially at the back end of a season…

suggesting something like ‘massive injury toll had an impact’ is not an excuse… ‘very inexperienced side’.. not an excuse just how it was…

And those things make a tough season harder, and affect attitude and commitment despite best efforts from all involved, especially at the back end of a season…

See, people that want to constantly bag our halves, never acknowledge stuff like Button (2nd full rear a a first grade 5/8) was ahead of Moses in try assists, and 3rd highest TAs for 5/8ths ahead of Munster and Luai (yes I accept they played a few less games)…

 The same people don’t acknowledge Sexton made a positive difference in a Team he’d known for two minutes… and there is little else we had available courtesy of existing contracts… 

The same people don’t think the club has a long term development strategy which would onbviiulsy include halves…

We are in a better place than we were 12 months ago with halves, be it personnel or experience and some combos… not the best place, but better….

I reckon there’s way more people out there talking utter shit while  pushing their ‘see indernet, I was right about something’ agenda than making excuses…

Yes I'm glad you mentioned that.
We showed more heart hanging in games with the chips down and players unavailable.

Once we had our full squad available we were a shambles. No excuses for how poor we were in the second half of the season.

That's why I don't buy into the injury crisis as the catalyst for our failure. The issues run deeper.

C'mon Dman.
You comparing Burton to Moses? Seriously 

You've lost alot of credibility with stupid statements like that.

Moses makes origin and is regarded as one of the better halves in the comp and a go-to man. Burton isn't fit enough to tie his laces.

To be honest, and I mean this seriously, Burton is on his last life as a 5/8th. Commentators, league experts etc have seen the light and are calling him out for his inabilities.

I personally think Hutch should replace him from round 1 and he can fight off Critta, Kiraz and Xerri for a centre spot coz I also think Taaffe should be FB. 

In fact Taaffe will be our best player in '24

Bwahahaha… when I seek to have my credibility appraised you’ll be the last person I ask…

You don't ask for credibility....
It either gets given to you, or you're denied it.

It must be deflating for you having zero on two fan sites…