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The club is doing a great job of locking down key talent in both top grade teams

WNRL particularly important with expansion coming

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We’d better hope it’s a club like the dogs or tigers Because if mooney lands with the panthers or roosters he’ll almost certainly make us look like fools for letting him go I wouldn’t rule those clubs out either, they’ll look for talent to improve their team in any form it comes Fwiw I don’t think t...

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Men lie Women lie Numbers don’t Statistically Danny Levi is still one of the worst defenders in the league despite boasting the lowest work rate in the league His attacking stats are non existent save for his 4 tries. 2x 1 metre barge overs and 2 tries as a support player. These are opportunistic tr...

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My post wasn’t a shot at Saulo It was simply to say a player with 7 games to his name and still acclimatising to FG speed due to limited minutes in those 7 games is not going to be the same player as when he’s got nearly 2 full seasons under his belt I mean saulo himself is not the player he was whe...

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Wataire looks a lively chap for me
Wouldn’t shock me if he’s a player pushing for selection in the next 18 months
If Morkos is coming back that would actually be very handy. I thought he was maybe one of the better young outside backs we had

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Real shame to lose a player who is young and ascending but if you can’t keep them all I do think he is the sort of player who you’re ok with losing We’ve got young talent at the position and he’s been offered a good opportunity and good money Best of luck to him. It does change my thoughts on what w...

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Yeah but I reckon Schiller’s ceiling is high. Probably higher than Asomua’s from what I’ve seen. Completely disagree Reckon Asomua’s ceiling is significantly higher More well rounded player. But we’ll see! Schiller outside of Ponga should be a fun time. Better player than Jenkins and Tuala imo But ...

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Ruben Daley wrote: ↑April 17, 2024, 2:38 pm Yeah but I reckon Schiller’s ceiling is high. Probably higher than Asomua’s from what I’ve seen.

Completely disagree
Reckon Asomua’s ceiling is significantly higher
More well rounded player. But we’ll see!

Schiller outside of Ponga should be a fun time. Better player than Jenkins and Tuala imo

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Trey Mooney with 50 games of first grade under his belt as Saulo has, is not going to be the player he is now with 7 to his name

Some of which were under 10 minute stints

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Wheel out the ramp!! It’s back on babbbbyy

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Doing a quick hit a run mission to Cambodia the last few nights. Mostly just here for Angkor Wat which we did today and it was incredible Heading ti Thailand tomorrow But we accidentally came to Cambodia during their new year celebration, which apparently just means the locals all fill the streets w...

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Just watched the eels highlights of their cup win last week
Sanders really looks to be warming to the task at cup level in a bad team

Couple of TA’s in there and seemingly playing both sides of the ruck at times.

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Option C - Asomoko
Hope we see it at some point this year if Schiller can’t iron out the defensive lapses

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Nope, you’ve definitely got the wrong man on that one. I was effusive in my praise of his growth in that period and have said many times since that I don’t think it’s a coincidence at all that we had our most success in the period in which the head coach was the most controlled and deliberate with h...

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He let it go through to the keeper so well and then they got him with the ol change up pitch at the end
Tapine was having a good time with it too

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Except that’s exactly what he was in that period I spoke about He was extremely controlled and measured and was deliberate in his messaging re: officials and other things outside our control And it wasn’t as a result of winning, it was evident he had made a conscious decision to change his approach ...

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Hoppa's defence isn't good either! Can we put this myth to bed, please? 100% Hoppa is no better a defender than Schiller and he’s not even close to the same level of weapon/finisher Schiller is Stick with the kid He doesn’t concede tries like this at cup level, which means he’s not going to go back...

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I’m sure he himself was largely the same but his approach to public messaging was a complete departure from his norm in 2018- 19- 20.
And I don’t think it’s a coincidence that was our most successful period in his tenure

I honestly don’t think there is any reasonable disagreement to be had there.

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Wow - they are good numbers Yeah and again just going off the stats but to hold him to only 1 tackle break and 3 offloads tells me we did about as good a job keeping him quiet as you can But that the sort of player he is. A quiet game where he didn’t seem to impact the game was an edge (not a middl...

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They should keep Asi in the halves but Morgan Harper is one of the worst first graders going around
Tulagi should play centre in his spot
Kid is young but very talented which makes him 2/2 over Harper

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59% possession, 87% completion rates We outgained them by 500+ metres and they scored with 20 seconds left, kicked it from the sideline to force golden point, which we only won in the final 30 seconds of GP Boy I’m glad to have missed that one! I’d have been apoplectic watching that 12/13! We keep ...

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Blind speculation but I’ve felt all along he’ll be here this year once the paper work is officially lodged and I still believe it

No sauce just a gut feel that once the song is officially sung … all parties will be suitably motivated to work out a deal

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Big test for my OS streak
Going for 13/14. We got a big win over the broncos last year in the same boat, hoping history can repeat itself

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59% possession, 87% completion rates We outgained them by 500+ metres and they scored with 20 seconds left, kicked it from the sideline to force golden point, which we only won in the final 30 seconds of GP Boy I’m glad to have missed that one! I’d have been apoplectic watching that 12/13! We keep ...

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59% possession, 87% completion rates We outgained them by 500+ metres and they scored with 20 seconds left, kicked it from the sideline to force golden point, which we only won in the final 30 seconds of GP Boy I’m glad to have missed that one! I’d have been apoplectic watching that 12/13! We keep r...

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And back to Trey Mooney, last season he was 20 (twenty!) years old and had middles ahead of him who had played Test, Origin and Grand Final level football. If he loses his **** about not being regularly selected for First Grade until he's 21 then whoopee doo, get on with it and take your opportunit...

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not even remotely nervous
I’m still OS so we’re locked in to big win
looking to push the record to 11 wins from the last 12 games

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It’s an odd rumour But I wouldn’t completely dismiss it out of hand. The SC thing is a bit of a cottage industry but it’s weaved its way into the RL community in a way where some of these content creators do have access to “inside” information via their followers who offer them the goss If Strange i...

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You’re continuing to miss the key point CHN isn’t looking to obtain a medical retirement at this point in time. He’s doing everything in his power to obtain clearance to continue his career Until CHN himself comes to terms with his situation and is willing to work toward an outcome, then there is li...

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We just arrived in Hoi An today Spent the first 5 days in Hanoi, did Ninh Binh and a Halong Bay overnight boat cruise. The boat cruise was awesome and Hanoi was very cool. Really different sort of trip for us, the kids were a bit overwhelmed at first but warmed up. Hanoi was awesome but even only on...

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Just watched the Chevy Stewart jersey presentation - turns out Ethan Strange played a big part in getting Chevy down here and they are best mates. And the two of them are going to be a big reason why Sanders is coming I know Sanders and Chevy are pretty tight, I assume these lads have all been arou...

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I wouldn’t be remotely worried about the transition plan from Fog to Sanders as yet We still have to sign Sanders and he’s still got work to do on his game too I think those aspects of his game will come along sooner than most and anticipate he’ll be in the frame for FG by the back end of next year,...

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woooof
That’s one way to tell on yourself.

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It’d have to be a very significant pay cut Given he is no longer a first choice player for us and has multiple players in front of him with more on its way. Like 60% at least Again I think it makes more sense for each side to go their separate ways If he is going to cop a pay cut and there aren't o...

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It’d have to be a very significant pay cut
Given he is no longer a first choice player for us and has multiple players in front of him with more on its way. Like 60% at least

Again I think it makes more sense for each side to go their separate ways

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