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Legal Eel

Juniors
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Merkins were loving our squad before round one, and how good they were going to go without the bush coach holding them back. Honestly the squad is fine. It’s good enough for mid table if everyone stays fit. Not everyone can finish in the top four. In fact 13 sides have to miss out each year, and that number will increase as more teams come in.

As for the Dogs, they recently spent about a decade out of the finals. They deserve some luck. We have only missed the finals two consecutive years, and that first year (2023) we only missed out by one game.
You are the champion of the mediocre and the underachievers…
 

Jez

Juniors
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16
Get someone experienced and versatile who will not block the paths of kids like Joash and Talataina if they are good enough. I would be happy with a holdover guy like Adam Douehi next year. If one of the young guys is ready we can always move Douehi to centre or NSW Cup
 

Snoochies

First Grade
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For a team with new coach, new systems and starting the year without our number 1 playmaker, we aren't playing like a bottom of the ladder team with what we have now, a few upgrades and I'm positive of our future, the green shoots are showing already. Is the top 8 really out of the question if we keep going the way we are?
 

T.S Quint

Coach
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For a team with new coach, new systems and starting the year without our number 1 playmaker, we aren't playing like a bottom of the ladder team with what we have now, a few upgrades and I'm positive of our future, the green shoots are showing already. Is the top 8 really out of the question if we keep going the way we are?

That's a big 'if'.
 

Grigor

Juniors
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64
the best outside signing would probably be a 1 or 2 players at the lower of the top 30….

thats just my opinion.
I think we'll have a top 17 bulldog player soon and we have a heap of money to purchase quality players , whether we are capable is more the issue , it's definitely not money
 
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If I made a mistake at work and they asked for a financial penalty, I know what I'd tell them
Well, he will be forever remembered for being the first to take this “stance” which no other player has repeated since, this will ll be his legacy, comparing your job and his, is silly unless u earn hundred of thousands
 

Pazza

Coach
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Well, he will be forever remembered for being the first to take this “stance” which no other player has repeated since, this will ll be his legacy, comparing your job and his, is silly unless u earn hundred of thousands

mate i know bus drivers who wont buy windex to clean their own windscreens

hes paid a huge price, losing his lock role to Hopgood and his reputation. im sure if he had his time again he'd make a difference decision.
 

T.S Quint

Coach
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15,330
mate i know bus drivers who wont buy windex to clean their own windscreens

hes paid a huge price, losing his lock role to Hopgood and his reputation. im sure if he had his time again he'd make a difference decision.

It was only a couple of days after he made the decision that he admitted he regretted it and attempted to change it.

The NRL for some reason wouldn't let him. f**kers.
 
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It was a bonehead decision that he was required to make in the 24 or 48 hours after we lost a GF. He/we tried to get it reversed, considering that when we asked it was months away from Round 1, but the NRL said no.

That was literally end 2022 and it's now mid 2025 and merkins are STILL beefing.
I think his decesion to reverse was probably made under duress, he heard all the talk and panicked, regardless of the circumstances its decision that will go down in history for all the wrong reasons
 
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Yes bad thing to do but seriously if we lost because he wasn't playing then we just were not a good football side...
That’s not the point, it’s the fact that he is the one and only who has taken this option , I don’t understand people now defending him, I’m sure as a group they would have been disappointed in him an the softcock coaching group
 

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