Curran

[Rich102]

I know who has had the better 2024. Curran.

 

[hitro]

I am reading between the lines of his comments that he is a goose where there's alcohol in the mix. That he has come for a meeting with the coach "hungover" quite possibly still drunk and with a quarrelsome attitude to a season review. Makes more sense of the punching a younger member of the public too. I can actually see why they let him go now.

 

[Blair]

He probably shouldn't drink. We don't want those guys at the Warriors.

 

[Wheeled Warrior]

Butthurt is an understatement.
It was the correct decision letting this Karen go.
He forgot to mention that we gave him an opportunity in the NRL that gave him his status now.
Don't crawl back when you burn your next bridge bro.

 

[Wheeled Warrior]

I know who has had the better 2024. Curran.

He did but you wouldn't think it with his bitching. If you're happy, you won't need to drag a club that gave you a chance down. Ka Kite to the merkin.

 

[Thatwasnthighref]

Cant deny he's had a good season this year.

But if he's implying he deserved more minutes last year, the team did pretty well with the starters Webby went with at the time, so not sure what his whinging is based on except for a false sense of entitlement.

And Niukore was signed by Brown so if he's sour about being bumped down the pecking order, he's b1tching about the wrong guy anyway.

Pretty childish.

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

I haven't been watching the Bulldogs super closely, but hasn't Curran actually played sort of the same role that he did for the 2023 Warriors anyway? He was mad because he thought he should've been a locked in starter here. At the Dogs he's been coming off the bench a lot, shuffled around various positions, and being used as an impact player.

The main differences seem to be that he's probably been given a bit more leeway to play his own game in the middle (where Webster had him more locked to an edge) and perhaps more importantly, he's been getting positive media attention. The irony is he wanted to be treated like a star at the Warriors, but now he's happy being an impact player at the Dogs because the media narrative is he's a "Warriors discard come good".

 

[Rich102]

“I was filthy about the year”: Curran talks Warriors exit

One club's discard can become another club's hero.

www.zerotackle.com

 

[Blair]

He's playing finals two years in a row. Lucky bugger.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Definitely seems like a case of good player, ordinary person with Curran. Which is a shame because I did really respect the way he took his opportunity with us during Covid, where a lot of other players didn't and cut and run rather than move to NZ. Maybe that's part of why he feels aggrieved.

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

I haven't been watching the Bulldogs super closely, but hasn't Curran actually played sort of the same role that he did for the 2023 Warriors anyway? He was mad because he thought he should've been a locked in starter here. At the Dogs he's been coming off the bench a lot, shuffled around various positions, and being used as an impact player.

I saw some stats posted the other day making this exact point, that Curran has basically been playing the same minutes as he did in 2023 and also mostly coming off the bench. Nothing much has really changed except that he felt slighted in 2023 because his role was reduced from 2022. The irony is the Dogs starting pack is full of journeyman so if anything, Curran could have a legitimate gripe that he should be playing more minutes this year too.

 

[Wheeled Warrior]

I saw some stats posted the other day making this exact point, that Curran has basically been playing the same minutes as he did in 2023 and also mostly coming off the bench. Nothing much has really changed except that he felt slighted in 2023 because his role was reduced from 2022. The irony is the Dogs starting pack is full of journeyman so if anything, Curran could have a legitimate gripe that he should be playing more minutes this year too.

lol@Curran.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

I saw some stats posted the other day making this exact point, that Curran has basically been playing the same minutes as he did in 2023 and also mostly coming off the bench. Nothing much has really changed except that he felt slighted in 2023 because his role was reduced from 2022. The irony is the Dogs starting pack is full of journeyman so if anything, Curran could have a legitimate gripe that he should be playing more minutes this year too.

Think someone might have been getting cute with some stats there, he has the same number of appearances but that’s where the similarities end, his running metres are nearly double, and he has made about 200 extra tackles

Early on in the year he would start on the bench, come on around the 20min mark, and play the rest. Can’t really recall what sort of rotation he was on last season

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Think someone might have been getting cute with some stats there, he has the same number of appearances but that’s where the similarities end, his running metres are nearly double, and he has made about 200 extra tackles

Early on in the year he would start on the bench, come on around the 20min mark, and play the rest. Can’t really recall what sort of rotation he was on last season

From memory last year he was often coming on later, sometimes not til the second half.

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

Think someone might have been getting cute with some stats there, he has the same number of appearances but that’s where the similarities end, his running metres are nearly double, and he has made about 200 extra tackles

I found it, the tweet was from Sam Hewat (think he's on the radio on SENZ?) and Curran's average minutes were 49 last year and 53 this year. Mostly starting on the bench in both cases.

I don't see how that's getting cute with stats, it's accurately making the point that Curran has remained a bench player who averages around 50 minutes a game. The significant difference in runs and tackles suggests a different role and would be pretty typical of playing middle vs playing edge?

I've made the comment a few times that Curran is more of a "roam around and involve himself in the game" guy than a true edge forward, so I can understand if that was part of his frustration.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

I found it, the tweet was from Sam Hewat (think he's on the radio on SENZ?) and Curran's average minutes were 49 last year and 53 this year. Mostly starting on the bench in both cases.

I don't see how that's getting cute with stats, it's accurately making the point that Curran has remained a bench player who averages around 50 minutes a game. The significant difference in runs and tackles suggests a different role and would be pretty typical of playing middle vs playing edge?

I've made the comment a few times that Curran is more of a "roam around and involve himself in the game" guy than a true edge forward, so I can understand if that was part of his frustration.

Think 49 might be a bit high from last year, I saw something saying lower 40s, and a couple of early game head knocks might skew those a bit too, but his usage has been higher this year and probably more an integral part of their side than what he was at the Warriors last year, and what the Dogs have been doing with him has fit him better

His usage did seem strange at times last year, but the results were coming so there was no need to try and force him into a rotation, some players just don’t fit a certain style and he fit that bill

tbh I never really rated him much as a first grader when he first played so 2022 may have been an abberation where somehow there was origin chat around him