NRL Rd 11 2025 - General Non-Warriors Thread

[Beavers Headgear]

Gus upto something with Galvin, best in the business footy brain wise, but the “best teenager I’ve ever seen” line, I don’t think he’d even be in my top 10

 

[Blair]

And Souths with a man in the bin.

It was the Tigers game to lose in the end, and they bloody did. I'd hate to be their fan.

 

[Blair]

What the hell's happening here? This can't be us!

Another fascinating round, may this season never end. Rd 11 Ladder:



It's been 30 years of hurt. Forgive me, but paranoia is coming through the walls, man! Surely we'll collapse?

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Gordon Tallis right about now : "Whose fault is it? Whose fault is it? Whose fault is it? Whose fault is it?

It’s your fault Gordon. Now piss off and give your job to SJ like everyone wishes you would.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

What the hell's happening here? This can't be us!

Another fascinating round, may this season never end. Rd 11 Ladder:

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It's been 30 years of hurt. Forgive me, but paranoia is coming through the walls, man! Surely we'll collapse?

Best thing is we can collapse a bit from here and still make the 8!

 

[Thatwasnthighref]

Best thing is we can collapse a bit from here and still make the 8!

32 pts should be safe and we have 22 incl our remaining byes.

So only need 5 from 14 to make it, with 7 at home. If we miss the 8 from here we deserve to.

But if we win our remaining games against current bottom 8 sides, we'll finish on 40pts and nudging top 4.

Never thought we'd be in this position, no one picked us to be in the mix, including ourselves. Crazy season.

 

[nswarrior]

32 pts should be safe and we have 22 incl our remaining byes.

So only need 5 from 14 to make it, with 7 at home. If we miss the 8 from here we deserve to.

But if we win our remaining games against current bottom 8 sides, we'll finish on 40pts and nudging top 4.

Never thought we'd be in this position, no one picked us to be in the mix, including ourselves. Crazy season.

Crazy season and the competition is wide open. Any team can be beaten on the day. We have a hoodoo against Melbourne but I am sure we can shake it off.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

Last week Gus put out a tweet about exciting things bubbling away in the background

There are talks of the Tigers holding a meeting this week, and Todd Carney said he’d heard talk that last nights game could be Galvins last as a Tiger

Are these 2 things related ?

 

[Penrose Warrior]

Last week Gus put out a tweet about exciting things bubbling away in the background

There are talks of the Tigers holding a meeting this week, and Todd Carney said he’d heard talk that last nights game could be Galvins last as a Tiger

Are these 2 things related ?

I know Gus has form but to flat out say a month or so ago they weren't going to sign Galvin, then doing it, is peak hypocrite. We'll see.

I reckon Galvin is overrated and probably for the first 4-5 years of his career, will need a dominant 7 next to him to resemble anything near quality. And who's that doing to be for the Dogs?

 

[Thatwasnthighref]

I know Gus has form but to flat out say a month or so ago they weren't going to sign Galvin, then doing it, is peak hypocrite. We'll see.

I reckon Galvin is overrated and probably for the first 4-5 years of his career, will need a dominant 7 next to him to resemble anything near quality. And who's that doing to be for the Dogs?

Yea if that happens it'll make a mockery of Galvin's whole "I need a better coach for my development" waffle too.

As good as Ciraldo has been, I'm not sure anyone can honestly say Burton and Sexton have become better halves under his coaching (yet). The Dogs' success is built on effort and grind, not slick halves play. Not sure how well Galvin fits that effort culture either or, as you say, where he would even play...

 

[JJ]

Not sure whether he's overrated or not, to be fair I don't recall many teenagers holding down a halves spot in first grade - Fittler played centre at that point, Daley was older but was also a centre... not sure what age Brandy started (edit, looks like he was rookie of the year at 19), Johns, Jones all took time too

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

Latrell absolutely done by Api

Ennis loves saying “Bwillyint” throughout his commentaries

BROILYANT just BROILYANT. Ennis somehow has a different version of the Australian accent to anyone else. He used to love it when a proime Soyohsoyfa Talakoi would sloiyce through defences on the Shoiyre like a knoiyfe through butter.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

I know Gus has form but to flat out say a month or so ago they weren't going to sign Galvin, then doing it, is peak hypocrite. We'll see.

I reckon Galvin is overrated and probably for the first 4-5 years of his career, will need a dominant 7 next to him to resemble anything near quality. And who's that doing to be for the Dogs?

They’ve already done that this year, with not being interested at all in Leo Thompson then announcing him a fortnight later

 

[Beavers Headgear]

Not sure whether he's overrated or not, to be fair I don't recall many teenagers holding down a halves spot in first grade - Fittler played centre at that point, Daley was older but was also a centre... not sure what age Brandy started (edit, looks like he was rookie of the year at 19), Johns, Jones all took time too

Foran and Pearce probably 2 of the more recent examples of being picked early and holding down a spot for their career

 

[Big Marn]

Not sure whether he's overrated or not, to be fair I don't recall many teenagers holding down a halves spot in first grade - Fittler played centre at that point, Daley was older but was also a centre... not sure what age Brandy started (edit, looks like he was rookie of the year at 19), Johns, Jones all took time too

Sam Walker was 18/ turned 19 in June when he was Dally M rookie of the year in 2021

 

[Beavers Headgear]

Levels saying the word is Adam O’Brien will be gone this week

It is a really bizarre case all round. I’m not a big fan of him, he is a stubborn prick to his own detriment as we currently see with Jackson Hastings saga, and it feels like he has been under pressure for his job for years on end

The weird part for me in it all, is that despite always being under pressure and about to be sacked, he has an 80% success record of making the finals in 4 out of 5 campaigns, which is far better than plenty of other coaches out there

 

[Thatwasnthighref]

Levels saying the word is Adam O’Brien will be gone this week

It is a really bizarre case all round. I’m not a big fan of him, he is a stubborn prick to his own detriment as we currently see with Jackson Hastings saga, and it feels like he has been under pressure for his job for years on end

The weird part for me in it all, is that despite always being under pressure and about to be sacked, he has an 80% success record of making the finals in 4 out of 5 campaigns, which is far better than plenty of other coaches out there

Yea man... if this is true, it'll be a combination of unsurprising and weird at the same time. Any idea how much he personally pushed for Brown's signing? If that was his hoped-for trump card, poor bugger may never get a chance to play it.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

I think we need a thread where Beaver posts all the shit we need to know from media he's read, listened to or seen, so I can stay up to date.

And I'm 100% serious. I love it, I pick up on stuff I would otherwise have missed, and sometimes miss in the throes of a regular thread

 

[Big Marn]

I think we need a thread where Beaver posts all the shit we need to know from media he's read, listened to or seen, so I can stay up to date.

And I'm 100% serious. I love it, I pick up on stuff I would otherwise have missed, and sometimes miss in the throes of a regular thread

Beaver's Buzzcuts?

 

[Beavers Headgear]

Beaver's Buzzcuts?

Well most of it comes from journos, so Beavers Bullshit probably the go haha

work is super quiet so I have time to read/listen to plenty of content at the moment

The latest on O’Brien seems to be he is safe, because any dismissal now will cost them 2 million in payouts