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  1. aqua_duck

    Match Discussion: Round 9 vs North Qld @ Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville

    yep, he reminds me of Ben Rogers, there will be way more rocks than diamonds but I'd rather that than Crossland who is either invisible or actively costing the team
  2. aqua_duck

    Rumoured Targets 3

    When you head into a NRL season with Clifford and Clune as literally the only recognised halves in your top 30 you deserve to be fired
  3. aqua_duck

    Match Discussion: Round 9 vs North Qld @ Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville

    i said a month ago that 20 something games in 1st grade and i cannot recall a single memorable thing he's done and thats still the case. He was straight up awful in the manly and dragons games. This is the worst spine in the NRL by a long way, take KP out and its arguably the worst spine I've...
  4. aqua_duck

    Sack Adam O'Brien

    last 2 weeks we've been collectively outacored 89-4 at home by 2 teams that barely had to get out of 1st gear. I legitimately believe Parra and Melbourne have had tougher opposed sessions than what they faced against us.
  5. aqua_duck

    Off Contract 2022

    realistically AOB has scorched the earth so badly we probably need to adopt a Brian Smith money ball style approach
  6. aqua_duck

    Off Contract 2022

    i think deep down we both know a few of those blokes will be given new deals out of sympathy more than anything else
  7. aqua_duck

    Sack Adam O'Brien

    Gardner runs 7 licenced venues that collectively turnover 9 figures annually, he would be involved with high profile/marquee recruitment and retention decisions but the bloke legit would not sleep if he micromanaged every aspect of the business as people are suggesting
  8. aqua_duck

    Sack Adam O'Brien

    Coaches always have a biggest say who they want on their roster unless they're just a puppet coach (Trent Barrett). CEO typically only gets involved when its a marquee signing or a player with abit of controversy attached, recruitment manager typically finds and recommends players are helps with...
  9. aqua_duck

    Rumoured Targets 3

    what are jack cogger and brock lamb doing these days?
  10. aqua_duck

    Sack Adam O'Brien

    i dont think anyone was expecting us to start the season 8-0, the issue for me is 2 fold, firstly the lack of squad depth is 100% on AOB, most of us knew it was a weak squad which was further weakened by letting Pearce, Toa and Kiraz walk without replacing them, there's a reason why most people...
  11. aqua_duck

    Sack Adam O'Brien

    id rather he just be honest and tell us that he has to find a spot somewhere for future immortal Phoenix Crossland
  12. aqua_duck

    Sack Adam O'Brien

    oh yeah definitely can't change a team that's going so well, i mean after all they there was a drastic improvement this week according to AOB
  13. aqua_duck

    Match Discussion: Round 8 vs Melbourne @ McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton

    Bellamy wouldn't be aa disorganised as AOB
  14. aqua_duck

    Match Discussion: Round 8 vs Melbourne @ McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton

    yep, same as Parra last week. I think we actually did Parra no favours with how little resistence we put up, this week they pretty much put in a similar performance to what they did last week and got beat by 30 because they looked shocked that the cowboys didn't just fold like a cheap deck chair...
  15. aqua_duck

    Sack Adam O'Brien

    yep whilst allowing guys like Kikau, Braden Hamlin Uele, Brandon Smith, Corey Horbraugh and Jahrome Hughes walk out the door.
  16. aqua_duck

    Match Discussion: Round 8 vs Melbourne @ McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton

    shows where our bar is set as a club. Most teams that get by 50 don't try to find positives in that but for us losing by 50 is acceptable because 17 professional athletes tried hard at different stages.
  17. aqua_duck

    Sack Adam O'Brien

    dont know that Id say Green holds players to account, by the end of his tenure he had a really bad tendency of sticking by underperforming players
  18. aqua_duck

    Match Discussion: Round 8 vs Melbourne @ McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton

    Its better than the guys we kept, thats the sad part.
  19. aqua_duck

    Match Discussion: Round 8 vs Melbourne @ McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton

    agreed, as i said we need to tear the thing down completely. Guys like Fitzy, Jones, Saulo, Hoy, etc might have been good players under different circumstances but they've spent too long in our system to be fixable
  20. aqua_duck

    Sack Adam O'Brien

    recruitment managers don't sign players without the coaches approval, in the case of Zammitt his role isn't even a retention role, they brought him in specifically to recruit kids from outside Newcastle.
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