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The Predictor

Juniors
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2,312
I just watched the presser, he is not inspiring at all, and speaks and comes across as slow, another deer in the headlights, he nothing but praise for raiders, and never really touched how rubbish his team was, fk he reminds me alot of Brad
 

Noise

Coach
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18,415
We are last, lost one of our most expensive players for 2026 (on top of Gutho in November) and still have signed not one new player for next year either.

Will Ryles continue with his reserve graders/ bench player signing strategy to really solidify another bottom 4 finish in 2026 too?

What confidence does anyone have that Ryles will sign a difference maker when you consider who he brought over for 2025 - Iongi, Samrani, Kautoga, Volkman, Hawkins, Papalii, Williams , JAC.

Now he has to deal with the fact we are last which makes it even harder to recruit.
 

Pazza

Coach
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10,488
We are last, lost one of our most expensive players for 2026 (on top of Gutho in November) and still have signed not one new player for next year either.

Will Ryles continue with his reserve graders/ bench player signing strategy to really solidify another bottom 4 finish in 2026 too?

What confidence does anyone have that Ryles will sign a difference maker when you consider who he brought over for 2025 - Iongi, Samrani, Kautoga, Volkman, Hawkins, Papalii, Williams , JAC.

Now he has to deal with the fact we are last which makes it even harder to recruit.

'26

Iongi
Lomax
Penisini
Simonson
JAC (id take up the CO)
...
Moses
Paulo
Smith
Williams
...
...
Hopgood

Walker
Morretti
Matterson
...

Need to get Tuivati resigned, Would like to see Latu run around injury free for a bit, our lower grades are doing very well atm so i guess we might see some younger guys emerge but i feel we need a quality edge forward, 5/8, prop, hooker depth
 

Grigor

Juniors
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17
O'Neill and Roger's still being in there positions after years of failure at there job is proof we are an amateur club in a professional sport , we deserve better but accept mediocrity at every level , we are being punished for something we did in a previous life
 

Avenger

Immortal
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34,994
O'Neill and Roger's still being in there positions after years of failure at there job is proof we are an amateur club in a professional sport , we deserve better but accept mediocrity at every level , we are being punished for something we did in a previous life
It’s because we removed the statue in 87 of the aboriginal man with the spear as depicted on our previous jersey. We should never of done that. I blame Denis Fitzgerald. It was his call.

#truestory
 

Grigor

Juniors
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17
It’s because we removed the statue in 87 of the aboriginal man with the spear as depicted on our previous jersey. We should never of done that. I blame Denis Fitzgerald. It was his call.

#truestory
Or it could be that we weee associated with James hardies when they had there issues and taken them back on and now where double cursed
 

Avenger

Immortal
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34,994
Or it could be that we weee associated with James hardies when they had there issues and taken them back on and now where double cursed
My mum used to work at James Hardie Irrigation, where she assembled thousands of sprinklers by hand at the Chester Hill factory. After Ford shut down its Homebush plant, there was no longer any need for gluing roof linings onto Cortinas.
 

Delboy

First Grade
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Or it could be that we weee associated with James hardies when they had there issues and taken them back on and now where double cursed
Strangely enough we actually won stuff when Hardies was a sponsor, my son worked there for a while and the staff were really good people. Met a lot of Parra players who had jobs there courtesy of Ovo.
 

lingard

Coach
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11,478
Agreed. But can anyone see us filling those positions with quality? I reckon we are getting more reserve graders.
I think a lot rides on how well Moses and Lomax play when they get back. If they can motivate other key players, like Addo-Carr, Simmonson, Riley Smith, Penisini, and Iongi and one or two of the forwards to greater heights I think that might be enough of an advertisement for recruiting one or two very good first graders.
 
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