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  1. The Engineers Room

    Possible season change

    Both ESL and NRL adopt the same season format for league Teams divided into two pools of 8 each (Pools can be given significant names?) Division may be regional, rivalry or random Each team plays the teams in their pool twice (14 games) Then the season has the “Mid-season break” This can be...
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    Under Fatigue

    Has anybody noticed that Andrew Johns is in love with this term. So much so that players are apparently under fatigue in the first 10 minutes of a game. I am unsure whether he knows exactly what this means...
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    Weird Loophole in the rules.

    And no one has picked it up yet. All those plays where an attacking player jumps past the dead ball line and bats it back in are by the rules a knock on. From the rulebook, "KNOCK-ON means to knock the ball towards the opponents’ dead ball line with hand or arm, while playing at the...
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    We have the dumbest team...

    Seriously. One thing that has shined through from this year is no one seems to know what to do out there. Last night was another example of a team that has no direction or footballing smarts. So many bonehead plays that cost us. On many occasions we gave the ball up or helped Souths and...
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    Parra looks bad in new NRL Ads

    See it here Seems by my count we score once and are the defending team on four occassions, more than any other team I can see. It always seems to be this way, I wonder why?
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    Mandatory sin bin for incidents on report?

    Probably feels tacked on to other threads but I think that any time a player is put on report they should automatically get at least 5 minutes in the sin bin. If the incident is worse the ref can still make it 10 minutes or a send off but as soon as someone is on report they get 5 in the bin...
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    Salary Cap Idea

    I know there have been a lot of these threads. I want to put up an idea that could enhance the current system. The aim of the salary cap is not to even the competition it is to stop clubs signing players beyond their means. My idea is that instead of the total salary of the players added up...
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    Where is our attack?

    Just disgraceful! We are one out almost every ruck and only when we got behind did we actually try something. And guess what we looked far more dangerous. People can say what they like about the team and clean outs/new players next year, it will make little difference if this doesn't change. I...
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    NYC players as free replacements

    When the NYC (Toyota Cup) first started there was a rule that was put in place that if a player in the NRL game was injured and couldn't return, they could be replaced in the game by an NYC player as long as the NYC player had played that day. Teams used to grab two forwards and two backs in the...
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    Sunday Night Football is back...hope they realise it's the way to go

    NRL Round 2 Storm v Rabbitohs will be played on Sunday March 11 at 7:00pm as part of a Sunday triple header, if only we could get them to move the Monday night game permanently.
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    We are still a good chance to make the 8

    With a win tonight and a run of wins we can still make the eight. I ran through a few scenarios with the Eels winning their remaining games to get to 29 points and found that the cut off to the eight was 26 on most occasions. So even one loss could be OK. As long as the top 5 keep beating...
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    Flat attack

    I know it is all the rage but I think part of our problem in attack is the way the team is so flat. There is no one running onto the ball and it just makes it so predictable for the defence.
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    Walking off the mark penalties

    Seriously what has happened. This was the best thing about round 1 that teams couldn't get an advantage from this and not in round 5 it seems to have all but disappeared. I watched the Bulldogs/Dragons game and Andrew Ryan deserved to be penalised but the Dragons did it so often without...
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    Message to U20 side...Go left

    For anyone that gets to the games early enough to catch the NYC game. Have they been coached to play exclusively to the right because it truly is a dumb tactic. The most dangerous player in the side out wide is Loko and simply cannot get the ball, the amount of times the ball dies with a small...
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    Please don't listen to Phil Gould

    Firstly, he wants teams to be allowed to be offside in the opposition 20. Then he thinks markers not being square is OK. But the real problem is that Parramatta will listen to his negative tactics that he thinks all teams should play with. The problem with Sunday is there was still not enough...
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    Idea for video ref system

    I have had this idea for a while but thought I would float it and see what people think. The games broadcasters should provide two cameras (one along the dead ball line, one behind the dead ball line) that are not used for coverage but are constantly streamed to the video referee. Every game...
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    Gasnier Farce Once Again Highlights the Need For a Points System

    I mean, the money a team pays a player is not his true worth. If we had a points system then Gasnier wouldn't be allowed to fit into that side and give them an advantage. And if we had it two years ago he wouldn't of left the game.
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    Points Cap

    This is yet another reason for a transparent points system. NRL/ESL Games <10 - 20pts 10-24 - 25pts 25-49 - 35pts 50-74 - 47pts 75-99 - 60pts 100-149 - 72pts 150-199 - 85pts 200-249 - 97pts 250+ - 110pts SOO/Test matches 0 - 0pts 1-2 - +2pts 3-7 - +5pts 8-12 - +10pts 13+ - +20pts One...
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    The Salary Cap or other systems

    So in the light of "the Rant", Andrew Voss' column in the Big League. I ask the question which system is better? 1) The current system based on actual salaries 2) A salary cap based on nominal values set down by a panel of experts 3) My system of points were players are valued with points...
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    Raiders get the rub of the green

    Seriously, why is it every time a ref comes to Parramatta stadium do they slant their decisions away from the home side in both grades? Raiders first try was the most obvious double movement, 50/50 calls with knock ons and forward passes went their way, Cayless was livid by the end of this...

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