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  1. aqua_duck

    Freddy Can’t Coach

    I feel Freddy just had too many outside influences in his head, whether it was Brandy, Joey, Gus, etc and then he had his own left field ideas which meant at the end of the day the team just had no identity and resembled a random assortment of pieces. Madge came in with no affiliations, no media...
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    Kelleher with the Chanel Harris Tavita
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    Rumoured Targets 3

    I doubt who his dad is has much determination on that level of junior reps, besides his dad was already out of the job by the team he got picked. He’s 19 years old and has played NSW cup the whole year so at least he’s got that experience playing against men
  4. aqua_duck

    Rumoured Targets 3

    You’re 100% right but just in terms of building a roster from the ground up I think they’re doing an admirable job, ofcourse none of that will matter if they don’t turn around the culture.
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    Rumoured Targets 3

    I think what you need to take into consideration is the age of a lot of their players, Galvin, Latu Fainu, Da Silva, Laulilii are all teenagers, Bula, Pole, Samuela Fainu, Sione Fainu, Turuva, Faaatape and Matamua all in their early 20s so there should be alot of natural progression in that...
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    Rumoured Targets 3

    A lot of the time player values are a projection, there’d be someone who’s pretty informed about what other players are getting paid at other clubs and there’d be a determination the player were trying to sign is of similar quality. I think what people need to remember as well is most contracts...
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    Rumoured Targets 3

    I think it’s easy to blame one guy but most clubs don’t operate that way, they operate by committee where recruitment and retention decisions are made by typically 3-4 people being the recruitment manager, general manager, salary cap manager/CFO and the head coach. I think a lot of people...
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    Rumoured Targets 3

    There’s absolutely nothing in his game that screams first grade halfback, at best he’s a 5/8th who complements a dominant half but even in juniors he was always more of a 5/8th with Jock Madden the natural halfback. I’m not sure where we find a top shelf halfback but the biggest prerequisite...
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    Sack Adam O'Brien

    Yeh for sure, as I mentioned earlier Jeral Skelton is one such player. The dolphins have a few guys like Tesi Niu and Valynce Te Whare who O’Sullivan would’ve had plenty to do with. Another option would be Semi Valemei who’s stuck behind a few at the cowboys, there’s a young halfback at the...
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    Sack Adam O'Brien

    Sorry I forgot about Sharpe, I won’t count KPP and Pryce as they played a tonne of ESL and in KPP’s case international football, Armstrong is gone is won’t figure into the future.
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    Sack Adam O'Brien

    Yep, we’re ranked 16th in offloads and just to expand on KPP, it’s not just him, Frizz is also not seeing as much ball, he’s averaged over 100m per game over the past 5 years, this year he’s averaging less than 90m. I think the grinding, conservative approach is part of AOB’s DNA, let’s not...
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    Sack Adam O'Brien

    For what it’s worth we’ve gone from 1st in tries scored last year to 17th this year
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    Sack Adam O'Brien

    I think that’s a nice way of saying that he’s unable to get the squad up to task so he’s chosen to dumb it down as much as possible
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    Sack Adam O'Brien

    Part of coaching is bringing in the right players and building the roster, I know there’s been heaps said about recruitment managers lately but the coach still has a hell of a lot of input and authority over the playing roster, remember when Brian Smith was here we were broke, training on...
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    Sack Adam O'Brien

    Playing ugly might jag you a win here and there against mid-bottom tier teams and depending on luck and variance might even jag you a spot around the bottom of the top 8 but at the end of the day you’ll always just be cannon fodder for the top sides. Playing ugly and grinding relies heavily on a...
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    Rumoured Targets 3

    Different players, Jenkins was a decent try scorer who played in a good team, wasn’t a big metre eater and didn’t jump off your screen as a physical freak. Skelton very similar to Will Warbrick from the storm, both are great athletes coming from rugby 7s, both around 6’4 and around 105kg.
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    Rumoured Targets 3

    Sivo hasn’t been the same player the past few years he’s also turning 31 soon. As mentioned earlier Sivo is very underwhelming in terms of yardage particularly for a guy who’s built like a tank, I’m not sure if anyone has noticed but he never seems to run hard in his own half, kind of jinks...
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    Match Discussion: Round 20 vs Brisbane @ McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton / Awabakal

    We’re not a team that can afford to make many errors and right now we’re making unforced error after unforced error
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    Kangaroo's selection after State of Origin. Your kangaroo's Team

    *At their attacking best. I’m not sure why you’re so obsessed with the timeline of when Edwards became NSW fullback and how it’s at all significant, I mean he was behind the incumbent Australian captain so obviously there would’ve been more of a reluctance to pick him but in terms of...
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    Kangaroo's selection after State of Origin. Your kangaroo's Team

    Again you simply choose to ignore all the other facets of fullback play almost as if they don’t matter. Edwards has won 3 premierships, Clive Churchill medal and man of the match in an origin decider, normally I’d tell you to come back when Walsh can match that resume but that would be unfair...

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