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2020 R5 S̶u̶n̶ Mon - Bulldogs 6-42 Roosters @ Bankwest

Round 5: Bulldogs v Roosters

  • Draw after Golden Point

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    10
  • Poll closed .

Apey

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Its ultimately about identifying good players young. Clubs that try and buy their way out of trouble often end up with a bunch of wasters taking up salary cap space

I agree with the point you're making but you're also making it about the team that bought the best halfback and best fullback in the game to win them two competitions back to back.
 
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Rothfield is such a creepy human being. I just feel uneasy in my stomach when he starts talking and you can see the rest if the panel feels the same
It’s like , oh jeez this scumbag is talking , hopefully he doesn’t say something racist / sexist etc
 

Valheru

Coach
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Feel that might have to do with the rather common condition medically known as 'that bloke from my team-itis'.

Affects countless fans on here and sports forums the world over.

My initial thought was tommy was a bit keen with his opinion but i just had a look at all the starting wingers this round and the only one I would say is and has been better than toops the last 2 seasons is Fergo.
 

blue bags

First Grade
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Indeed.

But we're the b2b Premiers for a reason. Namely we have awesome players; not overrated plodders like some would have you believe.

So when a Roosters fan says "that guy from my team" I feel as though it carries merit.

Actually I feel it's almost the exact opposite.

When you've got a spine consisting of players like Tedesco, Keary, and Cronk, they're going flatter plenty of guys and make the entire team look greater than the sum of its parts,

Naturally guys like Tupou, who you could've and most probably still would've won the comps without, will look a hell of a lot better than they really are.
 

Tommy Smith

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Actually I feel it's almost the exact opposite.

When you've got a spine consisting of players like Tedesco, Keary, and Cronk, they're going flatter plenty of guys and make the entire team look greater than the sum of its parts,

Naturally guys like Tupou, who you could've and most probably still would've won the comps without, will look a hell of a lot better than they really are.
Yep you've cracked the code.

Manu, Toops, Cordner, JWH, Taukeiaho, Radley, Friend... all plodders carried to a title.
 

Bazal

Post Whore
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Kinda bloke who’d pinch the change off the table to buy another shandy

Buzz is the old bloke who never seems to leave the pokie room at the RSL, and just when you think he's gone, you find him sneaking around drinking the dregs of schooners left between the machines at 230 in the morning
 

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