Superthread XIX

[Jobdog]

I'm sure they apologise ...

 

[Didgi]

um, guys? if we're playing 'my club fails more then your club' i have two words for you...

'Fat, lazy dickhead' is three words

And JD, Newcastle only used 28 players. We used 32; Tigers 31; Titans, Melbourne 30; Canberra, Roosters 29; Cronulla, Rabbits, Dragons, Brisbane 28; Parra, Warriors 27; Penrith 26; Manly only 24.

 

[the_flight_of_the_magpie]

'Fat, lazy dickhead' is three words

And JD, Newcastle only used 28 players. We used 32; Tigers 31; Titans, Melbourne 30; Canberra, Roosters 29; Cronulla, Rabbits, Dragons, Brisbane 28; Parra, Warriors 27; Penrith 26; Manly only 24.

The Bulldogs used the most in the NRL

 

[Joker's Wild]

And you were still sh*t. We get it

 

[Didgi]

Yes Magpie, as Timmah already stated............................

 

[Jobdog]

lolPisshands ...

 

[Martli]

Number of players used isn't really a full picture of the injury toll, it's a statistic but by itself can't really be used to infer much. A club that has finished lower down on the table is going to be more likely to use more players as they drop out of form players and try new combinations etc. It also doesn't take in to account how long players were out for, for example, you could have used 33 players, but 5 of those may have only played 1 game or you could have lost a key player for 10 rounds and only had them replaced by one guy (Like we did with Manu). I'd argue the latter is probably more damaging that losing say 5 guys for 1 round each (depending of course on how good each player is).

I'm not trying to compare dick sizes or anything, but we made the finals on the back of some pretty significant (i.e. time spent off the field) injuries to: Manu Vatuvei, Bret Seymour, Simon Mannering, Sam Rapira, Brent Tate and Steve Price who didn't even play a game. In that group you have arguably the best Winger in the comp and the warriors MVP, one of our key playmakers, our captain, our best prop, an Australian rep centre and our former captain and most senior prop. That's a significant injury toll for any team to endure. On top of this we had the usual injuries you'd expect to pick up throughout the season. Based on this I think blaming lack of finals football on injury toll is a bit weak.

 

[Didgi]

I'm not saying you're wrong, but you do also have a superior development base to fall onto Martli. Your U20s won after all.

 

[Garts]

Time for some Kenny f**king Powers

 

[the_flight_of_the_magpie]

Time for some Kenny f**king Powers

This

 

[DragonPunk]

North Qld's u20 didn't do too shabbily Didg, I think some of them should come through.

 

[Didgi]

Yeah, things are certainly look good

Not according to Gus though. Apparently our recruitment is terrible and we have little hope :roll: I hope someone shows him our two Australian centres alongside our youth stars next year.

 

[the_flight_of_the_magpie]

next year the cowboys wont have the storm stopping them from getting the spoon

 

[DragonPunk]

Gus I think is wrong on that point, some pretty good signings by North Queensland and they'll improve, I don't know if it'll be enough to make the eight though.

 

[Didgi]

We'll have the Bulldogs, like '08

 

[adamkungl]

I'm tipping cowboys to be rubbish again...as usual. soz didg

 

[adamkungl]

:lol: morons in NRL forum are still whinging about easts getting first 5 FTA games last year...this site never ceases to amaze

 

[Didgi]

The same ones that expect to sign a billion $ TV deal. Cowboys vs. Sharks every week... Ka-Ching! Life isn't fair, until you play the Broncos. I wonder how many games Souths will get, their publicity is going through the roof compared to a couple of seasons ago.

Funny though, the Souths fan fighting a one man war on behalf of Inglis, and Raiders_suckadog implying the Cowboys have a weak junior base :lol:

 

[Big Pete]

I'm not trying to compare dick sizes or anything, but we made the finals on the back of some pretty significant (i.e. time spent off the field) injuries to: Manu Vatuvei, Bret Seymour, Simon Mannering, Sam Rapira, Brent Tate and Steve Price who didn't even play a game. In that group you have arguably the best Winger in the comp and the warriors MVP, one of our key playmakers, our captain, our best prop, an Australian rep centre and our former captain and most senior prop. That's a significant injury toll for any team to endure. On top of this we had the usual injuries you'd expect to pick up throughout the season. Based on this I think blaming lack of finals football on injury toll is a bit weak.

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Nobody should complain about injuries when a side like the Warriors can still make the top 8 despite having an injury ravaged season.

I still don't get the complaints from the Dogs fans. Really what serious injuries did you have? Roberts? How did that injury even derail your season? I mean your team started slowly and except for a purple patch in June/July your team never looked like premiership contenders and that's with a pretty decent team on paper. At the end of the day, your team was another year older, your buys didn't live up to their price tag and your team lacked heart for the most part.

Didgi - I'm pretty sure the Warriors only used one Toyota Cup player from their 2010 squad. Looks like a fair number of those players won't be there either. Niko, Likiliki and Seluini are all headed elsewhere.

Speaking of Likiliki I don't understand his move to Newcastle.

 

[Didgi]

Did Lousi, Mara, Poching and Tupou alll play u20s? I'll take your word for it.