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Poupou Escobar

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Their size means f**king nothing. If they know how to play, then they will be great. Lots of clubs passed over Thurston because he was too small etc etc.
No clubs “passed over Thurston”. He was playing first grade at the age of 19 ffs. That’s the age Talataina was last year, and Fletcher and Bamblet are this year.
Joash will never succeed at 5/8 because he’s not a 5/8. He’s more suited to Fullback. Lorenzo, jury is still out to see how he plays with his passing, and defensive games.
I’m inclined to agree here.
 

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Now that you have had a Bar tv subscription for 10mths you are the resident junior expert.
Thank you for your services.
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I learn nothing from BarTV other than how good these kids go against other kids. The best judges are working for the clubs, and they show their judgment when they promote kids and give them contracts. That’s worth more than some nuffy (like you and me) watching them play against teams full of kids who will never even play reserve grade.
 

Poupou Escobar

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yeah and Tevita Tenamapenu played RM Cup whilst he was in our top 30..
Because we were trying to push him out of the club. He peaked while playing for Souths ffs
If Twidle's form warrants it, he'll jump ahead of Lorenzo regardless of where his contract status is in the squad.
Not if he signs elsewhere. Talataina is contracted through until next year. Twidle is in limbo at the moment.
 

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Because we were trying to push him out of the club. He peaked while playing for Souths ffs

Not if he signs elsewhere. Talataina is contracted through until next year. Twidle is in limbo at the moment.

he was literally RM cup level anyway...so we f**ked up with him but heaven forbid if you critisise the decision makers there.

btw, wasn't Dom Farrugia on a D squad in 24? ...any reason why the club didn'tt show the same priority with him?
 

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I learn nothing from BarTV other than how good these kids go against other kids. The best judges are working for the clubs, and they show their judgment when they promote kids and give them contracts. That’s worth more than some nuffy (like you and me) watching them play against teams full of kids who will never even play reserve grade.

I have faith in my judgement and a good eye for talent spotting. Remember when I told you Cleary will be one of the greatest amd you and your mates thought he was just a Jeff Robson 2 and couldnt see the ability.
Or when I spotted Morretti at a NSW CUP game and mentioned he had potential. Same as Latu (After 20mins) etc....
You either got it or you don't
 

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“Every recruitment officer gets a hunch. I had a hunch with him.

“I don’t know what would have happened had I not been there. Who knows, maybe Yeoy would have still been playing in Dubbo.

“He was on the bench for his team. He was wearing the No.14. But he was tall, mobile, tough, and skilful.

“The selectors asked me at the end of the day what I thought. They were like, ‘What about this fella?’, and I was like, ‘Yep’, then I asked, ‘What happened to the No.14?’. They said, ‘We didn’t pick him’. I said, ‘You better put him back in’. He was the only bloke I liked all day.”

 

King-Gutho94

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Ciraldo wiped his hands clean with Greed's exit.

Reed is telling one side and Ciraldo is telling another.




The 27-year-old told The Sydney Morning Herald this month he was still "not sure" why the Bulldogs parted ways with him, prompting a response from Cameron Ciraldo during a recent podcast interview on Unscripted with Josh Mansour.

"Him leaving was sort of dealt with by his manager, Gus (Phil Gould) and Reed - that was sort of done behind the scenes," Ciraldo said.

"Reed's got my number too, he can ring me any time."

While the uncertainty remains for Mahoney, he won't be taking up Ciraldo's offer.

"There's no need to at all … no need," he told Wide World of Sports in Las Vegas.

"I've just taken it in my stride. I've got to head up to North Queensland to try and earn the respect of the players and my coaches with hard work and hopefully I've done that.

"That stuff is all in the past for me now, but I'm taking it as a little bit of motivation for myself and I'm really excited for what's next."
 

JokerEel

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Ciraldo wiped his hands clean with Greed's exit.

Reed is telling one side and Ciraldo is telling another.




The 27-year-old told The Sydney Morning Herald this month he was still "not sure" why the Bulldogs parted ways with him, prompting a response from Cameron Ciraldo during a recent podcast interview on Unscripted with Josh Mansour.

"Him leaving was sort of dealt with by his manager, Gus (Phil Gould) and Reed - that was sort of done behind the scenes," Ciraldo said.

"Reed's got my number too, he can ring me any time."

While the uncertainty remains for Mahoney, he won't be taking up Ciraldo's offer.

"There's no need to at all … no need," he told Wide World of Sports in Las Vegas.

"I've just taken it in my stride. I've got to head up to North Queensland to try and earn the respect of the players and my coaches with hard work and hopefully I've done that.

"That stuff is all in the past for me now, but I'm taking it as a little bit of motivation for myself and I'm really excited for what's next."


I think Reed will look back at his time at the Dogs and think he would do that again...
 

Tmars

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Joash and Renz?

Renz has footy smarts, he's got the attacking smarts thqat I think Joash lacks although Joash has about 18 months of seasoned development in front of Renz.

Fletch is an out and out 7 and and will need to bide his time although we may be in a situation in 2 years where we need to try and ofload Moses to keep him.

not a bad problem to have in that area.

imo our spine, now and for the next 3 or 4 years is in good shape, that is if the coaching staff do their job properly.

I think Nathan Brown looks atfer our spine but I would love for us to get a fulltime spine coach who's a former 7 rather than 9., Kimmorely, Cronk or Joey would be good.
Johns has proved himself nowhere as an assistant coach especially with us in the past, Kimmorely struggles to put sentences together as a commentator and was sacked as a nrlw coach, Cronk will always go back to the roosters or storm.
Brown played a lot of junior footy as a half and read play well as a hooker. I would rather have a nrl coach looking after the spine rather than guessing that a great ex player can get messages across to players
 

Poupou Escobar

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he was literally RM cup level anyway...so we f**ked up with him but heaven forbid if you critisise the decision makers there.
No he played well in reserve grade the year we signed him, while still eligible for Flegg. That’s why we signed him. Clubs don’t sign players for nothing.
btw, wasn't Dom Farrugia on a D squad in 24? ...any reason why the club didn'tt show the same priority with him?
No he wasn’t. In fact I’m sure he’s never even played reserve grade.
 

Poupou Escobar

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I have faith in my judgement and a good eye for talent spotting. Remember when I told you Cleary will be one of the greatest amd you and your mates thought he was just a Jeff Robson 2 and couldnt see the ability.
Playing first grade (the same level as Jeff Robson) at 18 is an obvious sign of ability. Robson wasn’t a bad player.
Or when I spotted Morretti at a NSW CUP game and mentioned he had potential. Same as Latu (After 20mins) etc....
You either got it or you don't
The jury is still out on both of them actually. Don’t be so quick to talk a player up. You have named three players and only one has played as well as Jeff Robson. You are Mr 33%
 

viole02

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I like Blaize and hope he becomes a superstar. But unsure if he is that level. Maybe just a solid player at this stage. Lets see how he does this year. Its a big season.
On trials that halfback you got from Canberra actually looked very talented. Suprised Rocky let him go for Sanders tbh.
Tbf blaize is only 21 so skys the limit for him. Hes got all the right physical attributes. I do think his defence needs a lot of work still. Ironically i think Joash whos much smaller is a better defender than Blaize. Thats why i think if Lorenzo learns from Joash i think hell surprise a lot of us defensively
 

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