Rumours and Stuff

[JokerEel]

Watch the Bulldogs model, relentless defence and once the get that young number 7 up into the NRL then exciting attack with speed to burn out wide.

Premiership or two in the bag and Bulldog fans will be deliriously happy watching them display an impregnatable wall in defence and burning through opposition defences with ball in hand on the way to those Trophies. while we are still trying to work out who our next coach is gunna be after the one we appoint in the next week or so with a playing roster that will still be out of balance.

Nah who needs defence......................................

Finishing just inside the top 8 for the next 10 years is the game plan ffs!

 

[Gronk]

Yeah add him to the list and they are going in stacked! Must be the new Roosters FFS!

If they can jag one or 2 of the below that would be a pretty good squad in a few seasons..

Loko Pasifiki Tonga (St George Dragons)
Jacob Halangahu (St George Dragons)
Kaiden Lahrs (North Queensland Cowboys)
Sam Tuivaiti (Parramatta Eels)

At least we have Sam signed for 2025 (although he is off contract in 5 months).

 

[hindy111]

Watch the Bulldogs model, relentless defence and once the get that young number 7 up into the NRL then exciting attack with speed to burn out wide.

Premiership or two in the bag and Bulldog fans will be deliriously happy watching them display an impregnatable wall in defence and burning through opposition defences with ball in hand on the way to those Trophies. while we are still trying to work out who our next coach is gunna be after the one we appoint in the next week or so with a playing roster that will still be out of balance.

Back in 2022 I said they are closer to a premiership then us. And they are. Some wanted to argue. But unless Penrith lost Cleary and played with 12men for 7pmins of the grand final we never where winning a title that year.
Maybe in another 11yrs

 

[TheRam]

No we have pretty good juniors. Better than most clubs.

Just not better than all of them.

Of course we have. The problem isn't our juniors ffs!

It's identifying the best of the best consistently well and then putting the quality coaching into them so they develop correctly and then finally creating the atmosphere and environment of professionalism and success that makes it very difficult for a quality and sought after junior to want to leave or hold our club to ransom as soon as they start to show NRL readiness.

All three of these aspects we have been very weak in for over a decade now and it show in particular in the current weakness of our roster and the lack of new quality blood coming through in both the forwards and the backs.

 

[TheRam]

Agreed.

I actually got my current role after one Teams meeting.

Didn't meet my new employer in person before getting hired - they liked my resume, liked my personality, and believed it would be a cultural fit, did my reference checks, and offered me the role.

No reason why he can't be interviewed online.

Yeah Only Fans is pretty cool that way. Less messy and because there's no physical contact so to speak you can brush off the gay connotations and sleep easier at night.

Cha-Ching!

 

[Sensei Cobra]

W

Also Noah Martin from last night's game. 2nd rower with Billy Ray Cyrus hair.

And Mooney and Asomua from 2022.

Was he the number 12 ? He looked good

 

[emjaycee]

*there

 

[Legal Eel]

No we have pretty good juniors. Better than most clubs.

Just not better than all of them.

which puts our junior system right in your wheelhouse - striving for mediocrity and accepting that we just aren't good enough to achieve or want more.

 

[Pazza]

Who ever is in charge of recruitment at Canberra Raiders has been well taught by the master himself, Peter Mulholland (RIP Skull).
The Raiders have quietly been signing quality young players - players from the 2023 NSW Under 19 squad..and add them to the smart players like Xavier Savage, Matt Timoko, Corey Horsborough, Keon Weekes, Ethan Strange, and Chevvy Stewart they are going to be top side, with plenty of salary cap left, over the next decade.
Smart and astute recruitment. Hope they don't go after the boys we had on show in the recent Under 19 SOO match. You can bet some of the Queenslanders will be in their sights as well. The match was a 'smorgasbord' of talent.

Sounds expensive

 

[84 Baby]

I like them both

are you stalking me ?

Yes

 

[Eelementary]

There seems to be a lot of our players on the shit list when we are not winning.

I would suggest that adopting a Chainsaw Dunlap approach to our squad might be foolish. Actually having 30 players in our Top 30 and having decent depth in backs will go a long way towards stopping those tries.

IF moving Jnr on allows us to sign a mid tier prop and a decent back, then I’m all for it. However IIRC we are also seeking to chop Matto and Lane and a bunch of others. Be careful you don’t end up to be the West Tigers here and be continually trying to rebuild.

Counterpoint - he's fat, useless, and lazy.

 

[Eelementary]

Yeah Only Fans is pretty cool that way. Less messy and because there's no physical contact so to speak you can brush off the gay connotations and sleep easier at night.

Cha-Ching!

Oh, mate - if only! I'd be rolling in it!

 

[84 Baby]

Or that he was an inexperienced NRL outsider and the perceived risk was too great. A risk that they didn’t need to make, such is the calibre of the other candidates scrambling to coach our club.

Anything’s possible but if Hannay/Ryles are such great calibre, imagine how good we’d be with them as assistants to Cheika

 

[84 Baby]

Watch the Bulldogs model, relentless defence and once the get that young number 7 up into the NRL then exciting attack with speed to burn out wide.

Premiership or two in the bag and Bulldog fans will be deliriously happy watching them display an impregnatable wall in defence and burning through opposition defences with ball in hand on the way to those Trophies. while we are still trying to work out who our next coach is gunna be after the one we appoint in the next week or so with a playing roster that will still be out of balance.

But it’s boring! Imagine being the only team to win it conceding the most points in comp! That’d be some movie level shit! Plus exciting week in week out

 

[Eelementary]

There seems to be a lot of our players on the shit list when we are not winning.

I would suggest that adopting a Chainsaw Dunlap approach to our squad might be foolish. Actually having 30 players in our Top 30 and having decent depth in backs will go a long way towards stopping those tries.

IF moving Jnr on allows us to sign a mid tier prop and a decent back, then I’m all for it. However IIRC we are also seeking to chop Matto and Lane and a bunch of others. Be careful you don’t end up to be the West Tigers here and be continually trying to rebuild.

My previous response was humourous.

Now, I will make my for realsies response.


We all know what Junior offers. When he is on song, he is devastating.

However, his biggest limitation, is that he is only valuable to the team when we have all the ball.

As soon as we have to defend for extended periods, he becomes a liability.

And given that he is in the leadership group, and is on close to $1 million a season, I'm not sure we are getting much value out of him.

It would serve him well to shed 15kg, or so, focus on his fitness, and lateral mobility, and try to reinvigorate his career that way.

But as it stands, I don't think he adds much value to our team.

Same for Lane - handy when we have all the ball, but when we have to defend for long periods of time, he gets fatigued, and makes poor plays.

Out of that lot, the only player worth keeping is Matto - he is on the nose with many people, but he is a fine player.

 

[yy_cheng]

I tight this was a good listen from tct when interviewing mick buettner

The Tip Sheet - 2024 Ep 59: Instant Reaction - Roosters Shut The Gate On Eels Feat. Michael Buettner

https://youtu.be/4OUwHtlj_EA https://soundcloud.com/user-644086018/the-tip-sheet-2024-ep-59-instant-reaction-roosters-shut-the-gate-on-eels-feat-michael-buettner?si=51f52c722de44f03b1575866bcbb6043&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing The Tip Sheet is al

thecumberlandthrow.com

 

[84 Baby]

Counterpoint - he's fat, useless, and lazy.

I think he’s only really one of those things. If he were on half his salary then as an impact prop, he’d be phenomenal. There’s no other prop in comp like him. But right now we need him to be more Fui and less Darcy Lussick

 

[Gronk]

LINK

 

[84 Baby]

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[Eelementary]

I think he’s only really one of those things. If he were on half his salary then as an impact prop, he’d be phenomenal. There’s no other prop in comp like him. But right now we need him to be more Fui and less Darcy Lussick

At least Lussick ripped in in defence.