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Do you want Brad Arthur as coach

Do you want Brad Arthur as coach

  • Yes

    Votes: 109 48.0%
  • No

    Votes: 118 52.0%

  • Total voters
    227

Gazzamatta

Coach
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Areas to work on Coach:
Short drop outs defending.
Short drop outs attacking.
Holding the ball in scrum.
Breaking early from scrums.
Penisini trust your halfback.
Waqa trust your center.
Sivo. Many more hit ups required at speed.
Get rid of Ogden.
Rheed coach him to pick up a fu*king rolling ball.
How about a run around play?
Get busy BA and team.
 

hindy111

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I like the Barrett addition. Panthers attacks not been as high octane since he left.
As much as Dogs fans got erect when Potter took over they had better performances under Barrett. Potter gave them a sugar hit. Some trick plays which work a handful of games untill every other coach works them out. Then they are back to square one.
On Barrett when the Dogs signed him it was all possitive. Gould was always going to swing his axe. What a new coach does is gives you 2yrs. If he kept Trent he goes into 2023 into his 3rd season and fans wants results.
Sack him, sign a new coach for 5yrs and then you've bought time to fix the poor squad the previous coach and management put together.
Reality is of course they'll improve in that time. Your getting more chances to sign better players and get it right.

But they've added Kikau,Mahoney,TPJ and about to pay Burton 1mill. Burton's a gun but how much does he improve?
Mahoneys looking more like an average player by the day.
Kikau will be 28 and won a premiership. How much will he want it?
TPJ is also a gun but can be lazy.
Then they add a rookie coach.
The nucleus of their success is based on a lot of things going right.

Tiger on the other hand have added Papali'i and Korisau. I have no doubt both will be great and are safer signing then what the Dogs have landed. Api is the best 9 going around while Papali'i is consistently very good. I expect them to perform well next season.
 

Gronk

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Staff member
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78,305
Get rid of Ogden.
Bring back Maka!
Yeah the Oggie ship has sailed. At this point he does not bring to the bench what we were seeking from picking up Klemmer or Taupau. Emu doesn’t have the motor I reckon. Five mins of NRL and he will be gassed and a liability.

Yeah I have no answers, just questions.

As much as Makka is average, he actually can stay on his toes and punch out 20 mins. So I guess he is all we have.
 

Gazzamatta

Coach
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Yeah the Oggie ship has sailed. At this point he does not bring to the bench what we were seeking from picking up Klemmer or Taupau. Emu doesn’t have the motor I reckon. Five mins of NRL and he will be gassed and a liability.

Yeah I have no answers, just questions.

As much as Makka is average, he actually can stay on his toes and punch out 20 mins. So I guess he is all we have.
I know he wears an edge number but Ele has been great for 2 seasons. Hes tough. Tackles like a demon and runs fu*ken hard. Its absolutely criminal he hasnt had a run in the 1st. Throw him in the middle BA. Its your go to sneaky move. Stop fu*king around.
We want Ele!
We want Ele!
We want Ele!
 

Gronk

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Staff member
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I know he wears an edge number but Ele has been great for 2 seasons. Hes tough. Tackles like a demon and runs fu*ken hard. Its absolutely criminal he hasnt had a run in the 1st. Throw him in the middle BA. Its your go to sneaky move. Stop fu*king around.
We want Ele!
We want Ele!
We want Ele!
Well Rodwell plays middle. So I think he's more the answer then EEZ if fit.
 

yy_cheng

Coach
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Yeah the Oggie ship has sailed. At this point he does not bring to the bench what we were seeking from picking up Klemmer or Taupau. Emu doesn’t have the motor I reckon. Five mins of NRL and he will be gassed and a liability.

Yeah I have no answers, just questions.

As much as Makka is average, he actually can stay on his toes and punch out 20 mins. So I guess he is all we have.
I would think nrown or rodwell

But I loved marata role yday.

Come in and give hell. Thsn 2nd stint on the edge to give paps a break

If paps comes back for another stint, it can be in the middle or even give lane a break

I would like to see emu come in and rip in with his aggression even if it was only for 15 mins before half time
 

Gazzamatta

Coach
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15,757
Carty has taken the utility role. We need two props for rotation. Agree EEZ could do a job, but he woukd need to fit into the edge somehow.
Very hypocritical of me but Id try Ele in the middle. Hits the line as hard as anyone and he brings mobility. Im a fan.
 

Poupou Escobar

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As much as Dogs fans got erect when Potter took over they had better performances under Barrett. Potter gave them a sugar hit.
That was Arthur’s first win over Potter in three attempts. Not quite the same number of samples as Arthur’s finals record but still a decent sample.
 

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