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    Aku

    There's a pretty big difference in the NRL though, when you're getting laughed at by team-mates for not being able to number up properly even in training drills, and having coaching staff getting in your ear for not supporting your fullback on kick returns despite being told a million times...
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    Stone to face panel on NRL on Fox RE defence.

    I don't see why we should necessarily have to buy a halfback. It's easy to forget just how well we were going for much of last season with 1. Gids, 6. Rogers, 7. Mullo. The final result might have been disappointing, but you could hardly say things went our way. The three hefty losses during...
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    Stone to face panel on NRL on Fox RE defence.

    Other than kicking, I think Rogers murders him as a footballer. They both have mistakes in them, but Rogers has decent defence and silky skills and if he were more consistent he'd be a top line NRL player; Dureau at his best is a dubious first grader.
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    Official team V Souths

    There's also the risk of having their confidence dented though. People remember the young guys who get promoted early and are immediate success stories; they tend to forget the plethora with big wraps and potential who fall by the wayside. I don't have a particular opinion on promoting Peter...
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    Can we all agree Brian Smith didn't do a very good job with the rebuilding

    Because there's such a thing as a salary cap, and it's all about getting value. How much do you reckon it costs to lure the kind of player you're mentioning? How you can knock the recruitment of players like Sau, Taia, Faas, Vuna and Hilder is beyond me. Their market value has skyrocketed since...
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    Official team V Souths

    Mad Dog being named definitely suggests a token team list after playing Monday.
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    Can we all agree Brian Smith didn't do a very good job with the rebuilding

    Sau: Signed for around $10k; has played for NZ. Taia: Reserve-grader at the Eels, cheap pick-up; yet evolved last year into one of the most damaging fringe runners in the NRL. Faas: Same as Taia at the Eels; but was bordering on SOO selection for Qld last year. De Gois: Started every...
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    your team v Bunnies

    1. McDonnell 2. Uate 3. Sau 4. Doogs 5. Vuna 6. Gids 7. Mullo 8. Cross 9. De Gois 10. Tui 11. Patto 12. Taia 13. Hilder 14. Taufua 15. Simmo 16. Faas (On notice, but was good enough last year to earn extended chance) 17/(18) Tolar/Ciraldo (both should improve as get more game time under their...
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    Player Capabilities

    He definitely started the 2007 season as the Titan's 5/8th, and was very ordinary imho. Still, I suspect he's improved generally as a footballer since then.
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    Team v's Dogs

    I had the same reaction. Only possible excuse for having him on the bench is that he's "sub"-standard. :p Even off the bench, an occasional touch of flair does not make up for his poor reading of the game, defensive lapses, inconsistent passing and lapses in concentration. I'd rather see...
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    Greg Bird

    IF he can continue this year's form mark him down as elite player. Absolutely no joke.
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    Greg Bird

    This is the guy (or should that be "Gois" :lol:) I reckon you're underestimating. I agree Ennis and Farah are ahead of him, but not by that imho. His attacking play improved dramatically this year from his time at the Sharks (he's always been a tenacious defender) and he's still quite young. So...
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    "In breaking news, the Knights have signed talented outside back"

    The point everyone is missing is that while McDonnell gives us an embarrassment of depth on the wing, he is the only who has proven himself a decent alternative to Gids at fullback. (Well, at least until Roops gets the coaching gig and moves Aku to fullback and Mullo into the centres ;-)). If we...
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    Good season

    What have players like Taylor, Tolman, Glenn, Prior and Croker got to do with the tail end of a squad's 25-player depth? They're in their teams' top 17. OK, maybe it's disappointing that we didn't debut anyone exciting from our under 20s this year but that's a change of subject. It's easy to...
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    Our biggest problem

    I know that De Gois was a gamble that backfired, but say the luck had gone our way, and he and Taia had got through the game fine and it had been Ennis that had gone down in the first minute? No one will ever convince me that we wouldn't have won in those circumstances.
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