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JokerEel

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Well if the Dragons ever make another GF he might play Lomax too

But lets be honest, it seems its literally the same thing .... Nrown got demoted for months.... so shouldnt hang shit on Griffin while defending BA

Wasn't Brown injured?

At his best I would have loved to have had Brown but last 2 seasons let's be honest he was pretty shit.

Watched him in cup he looked unfit most likely because he was coming back from injury. Funny though how BA is playing Dunster now when he looks unfit...

He also played the GF after everyone on here whined he should play and was again shit
 

strider

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Wasn't Brown injured?

At his best I would have loved to have had Brown but last 2 seasons let's be honest he was pretty shit.

Watched him in cup he looked unfit most likely because he was coming back from injury. Funny though how BA is playing Dunster now when he looks unfit...

He also played the GF after everyone on here whined he should play and was again shit
He played reggies for weeks ... i think its safe to say Nrown got demoted ... and yeah he really wasnt as good, so maybe it was warranted .... but Lomax is plop atm too, so maybe its warranted?

but thats not the point - the discussion is about whether the coach is a wanker for not talking to the player about why
 

Gronk

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Well if the Dragons ever make another GF he might play Lomax too

But lets be honest, it seems its literally the same thing .... Nrown got demoted for months.... so shouldnt hang shit on Griffin while defending BA
Well I didn't defend BA, cos I just said it might be the same.
 

JokerEel

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He played reggies for weeks ... i think its safe to say Nrown got demoted ... and yeah he really wasnt as good, so maybe it was warranted .... but Lomax is plop atm too, so maybe its warranted?

but thats not the point - the discussion is about whether the coach is a wanker for not talking to the player about why
Brown was injured last year and came back through CUP as mentioned.


It's all speculation at the moment who knows if Hook spoke with Lomax and if BA spoke with Brown ..

One side will say BA didn't talk to Brown at all and Merkined him the other will say he had him over his house for Sunday dinners each week..
 

84 Baby

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Or jnr development is embarrassing. When did we last produce a kid who played origin and is picked on a consistent basis for a good 3 or 4 yrs. JNR? HE DEBUT 10yrs ago
It's terrible really.
It’s not a great metric though. Sticking with NSW side for obvious reason, here’s a list of debutants going back to 2019 and you tell me which ones you think will be picked on a consistent basis:
Jacob Saifiti
Talakai
Burton - not developed by club
Matterson - arguable if developed by his current club
Crichton - if he does, it won’t be with his development club
Staggs
Korisau - not developed by club
Moses - arguable if developed by his current club
Martin
Too
Luai
Yeo
Nrown - not developed by club
Paulo
Keary - not developed by club
Gutherson
Finucane - if he does, it won’t be with his development club
Daifiti
Murray
Haas
Wighton
Walker
Cotric

Of those I’ll give you Wighton, Haas, Murray & Paulo (consistent but?) as already reaching that level and Yeo & Too will. I’ll also give you Turbo, Chin & Cook (he was developed more at Souths) from 2018. You tell me which of the other 17 (which would coincidentally equate to one per NRL side) are going to reach that standard? Or which players that are yet to be selected will reach that standard?
 

TheRam

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That’s because you can just buy them when you need them. We got Sivo out of reserve grade ffs. And Penisini goes well for his age. He is 20 years old. That’s the age where you might be thinking about a player’s potential. Blake was 24 when we signed him. There was no upside.

ffs try watching the game instead of blindly following sports journos, and promoting hysterical fans narratives. Things are never as bad (or good) as you dopes say they are.

When I think of you pou and all the illogical and silly things you say I picture you as something like this.
I think most of us would suspect that Pou's two friends would be @Gary Gutful and @Gronk Right?

POU.jpg

You wanna go for a couple of drinks, then come back to my place and show you my banana boat?
 

hindy111

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When I think of you pou and all the illogical and silly things you say I picture you as something like this.
I think most of us would suspect that Pou's two friends would be @Gary Gutful and @Gronk Right?

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You wanna go for a couple of drinks, then come back to my place and show you my banana boat?

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahhahahhahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahaha
 

TheRam

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Semi Radrarda

He joined us in 2012 and first played NRL in 2013 and if I remember correctly he just came on his own bat. Hoped on a plane and didn't tell anyone he was going or something like that.

Oh and since him Penisini is the only one worth writing about.

Pathetic.
 
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JokerEel

Coach
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Or jnr development is embarrassing. When did we last produce a kid who played origin and is picked on a consistent basis for a good 3 or 4 yrs. JNR? HE DEBUT 10yrs ago
It's terrible really.

Why use State of Origin as a metric?

Brown cant play state of Origin.
 

JokerEel

Coach
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He joined us in 2012 and first played NRL in 2023and if I remember correctly he just came on his own bat. Hoped on a plane and didn't tell anyone he was going or something like that.

Oh and since him Penisini is the only one worth righting about.

Pathetic.

What? First played NRL in 2023? What?

WHAT?
 

Rocket man

Juniors
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He joined us in 2012 and first played NRL in 2023and if I remember correctly he just came on his own bat. Hoped on a plane and didn't tell anyone he was going or something like that.

Oh and since him Penisini is the only one worth righting about.

Pathetic.
I think he was picked up playing 7's in Brisbane for Fiji juniors.
 

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