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I might be wrong but as I recall, Ben ‘The Boss’ Cross got about 6 weeks in his final game for the raiders for dropping the most obvious knees into Tezza’s ribs after slagging off Canberra
Nothing but love for my king

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I know BA is talking a big game about Sanders giving him his word about not asking for an early release

1. I say **** that. I hope he pushes for one anyways. The eels season is cooked.

2. Definitely **** that once BA is **** canned.

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The nfl is implementing a radical kick off change this year to deal with the high impacts of kick returns Feels like the nrl won’t be far behind them Kick off from half way, 12 defenders (minus kicker) line up on the 30. Ball has to go beyond the 20, and defenders can’t move until the ball is fielde...

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But surely you can see clubs like the Roosters or Broncos (who can basically sign whoever they want) gives Robbo and Walters an advantage over Ricky when recruitment is never an issue for them? Roosters have no dramas signing Keary, Tedesco, Crichton, Smith, Sualii, Leniu, Young, etc. We could neve...

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Welcome to sports. There isn’t a coach in the world, not even in sports like soccer, who gets every player he wants. Even the bloke coaching Real Madrid has to accept potential recruits electing to going to other clubs. Is the premise that unless he gets all his top targets he’s not responsible or a...

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I’d like to get a full excel spreadsheet of nrl players and how many “sick days” they’ve used

Preferably broken down into those with a certificate and those without.
We’ll get to the bottom of this! Cat and I are on the case

Goodness me

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In 2026, Strange, Sanders and Chevy will still only be 21 years old. I’d like to think we’d be up towards the top of the table but they’ll still be very young for spine players and I think having the premiership cut-off date that soon is unreasonable. Strange could have 40-50 games under his belt b...

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I’d love to throw a question out there to people? In the time that Stuart has been coach, do you believe we have over achieved or under achieved with respect to the cattle we have had at the time? It’s his cattle. He hand picked it… if he’s over performed and the cattle he picked isn’t good enough,...

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A great signing for the future. Certainly buys another five years for the coach. And it shows in his laidback approach this year. The last two seasons he has looked like a coach under pressure. Particularly 2022 where he looked a dead man walking until Savage and Woolford came into the side and sav...

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Very exciting few years ahead There will be no excuse for the club to underperform long term, the talent is unquestionably here, at all key positions in the spine, good young forwards and excellent young outside backs Up to the club and coach to now provide an environment and structure to allow thos...

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Easier to come to terms with for someone who played for 12 years and won a couple of premierships too I imagine… And is 32 with pretty much no scope to obtaining another contract for significant money beyond his current deal He’s made the money he’ll make from this game, CHN probably feels he’s got...

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The difference here is pretty simple

Finucane has accepted the recommendations and medical advice from the doctors and agreed to retire

CHN is still fighting to resume his career. Seeking additional medical advise to attempt to gain clearance to continue playing.

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The BA eels are firmly at “throw **** at the wall and hope it saves my job” stage of their team build I don’t much care for the amount of job security Stuart has, but it does afford him and the club to never really get into panic mode. Like Stuart will make decisions I don’t like but I can at least ...

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I think the main reason for the delay in Sanders is that GE refuses to post the official statement

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Is Pezet a halfback or more of a 5/8? I'm leaning towards 5/8 from what I've seen . I dont see him as a game manager. Its not from a huge sample size though He’s been a primary kicker before in games where Hughes and Munster have been absent. But typically he’s playing next to one of them and they ...

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I haven’t seen the last few games but outside of some errors in judgement (imo anyways) on players inside the 17, I generally agree Stuart is doing a good job this year It’s going to be a yo-yo year. Stuart seems to understand that and is enjoying the challenge of it. The challenge just got harder l...

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Pezet for a middle would be a slam dunk, not sure it would save our season but it’d have a shot Would you sign Sanders over Pezet if given the chance if both wanted to come to Canberra ? I’m not saying who should replace Fog now while he’s injured as one guy has been in NSW Cup at least over one ye...

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Pezet for a middle would be a slam dunk, not sure it would save our season but it’d have a shot

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Probably It was a genuine trial in pre season between strange and Weekes and whilst Strange won, and I didn’t think it was that close, Weekes was ok He was brought here because he wanted a shot at FG. The coach is giving him that opportunity now… will it work? Probably not but I don’t think Stuart i...

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Hooker has to be the number 1 priority for the club moving forward It’s going to be important that with a Sanders-Strange-Stewart plan they are paired with a competent hooker who can take some pressure off We’ve got young kids but we need a bridge option. The current options aren’t good enough and i...

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So is To’o, Edwards and Turvua
There is an obvious element of height to be considered in arial contests but I think strong bodies and good timing is more important
From what ive seen Asomua is pretty strong in contested contests

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Love Robins-Reti!
One of my favourites, if not my favourite

Pumped she’s sticking around too.

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Yeah good shout, I think that’s the sort of name and player we should look at
If Asomua can’t win the job because he’s not quite there, Feagai can fill in and has some high upside but you don’t feel obligated to play him if the kid steps up

He’s not a road block if Asomua is good enough

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Why can't you track the draft online? The only internet access I have is via hotel wifi and we’ll be out and about in Bangkok for that morning and then packing to head home I could try and grab some here and there and follow but it’ll be the last day of our trip and I don’t want to be focused on ot...

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Hoppa was poor in NSW cup. Cotric was even poorer and Asomua had a shocker. So if Ricky is consistent on cup performances mattering none of them should be getting selected. I think Soulsy is right. Based upon what I've observed in cup, we don't have anyone on the same talent level to replace Schill...

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I’ve tried to figure out how I’m going to watch the draft from Thailand but it just ain’t gonna work out for me We fly back home the night of the draft so my current plan is - Social Media black out And then prior to my flight back home, I’ll download all the reaction pods but also the Athletic’s Li...

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And if a release is requested, that could potentially delay an announcement as if all parties are engaged in negotiating that early release it would make sense to announce the signing and immediate departure/arrival at the same time

So we might be in for a few weeks for official announcements.

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The point about Chevy is interesting though. He isn't particularly rapid, he's not a big player either. His game and development is going to be around effort/usage and footballing smarts/playmaking but he hasn't shown any playmaking to me yet. What this is all coming back to is...... Is Chevy a you...

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Wonder with Fogs being out so long if we will see Strange play on the right where he is more comfortable? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Yeah I’d be keen to see it I bet not, Stuart might not want to change up the combinations but I think that’s 100% the right move Get strange out in the right ...

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We’d be silly to drop him after that game Aside from the fact we don’t have any better options, I think it would be really poor management to drop him If we were going to drop him after the first tough outing he had, it would expose how little confidence the coach actually has in him Did we really e...

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Good opportunity for a young team to show a bit of grit and fight The game has come and gone now, now what? We gonna put up the white flag or rally and put something together the feel good about into next week? I know what the 2023 Raiders would have done. If the coach is right and that’s not us, l...

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Finchy wrote: ↑April 20, 2024, 8:33 pm
Botman wrote: ↑April 20, 2024, 8:29 pm I know what the 2023 Raiders would have done.
Won the game?

Which game did they win down 28-0 at half time?
Missed that one!

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Good opportunity for a young team to show a bit of grit and fight The game has come and gone now, now what? We gonna put up the white flag or rally and put something together the feel good about into next week? I know what the 2023 Raiders would have done. If the coach is right and that’s not us, le...

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Following via the pool bar at Hua Hin
Sounds like Chevy is having a tough game. But if you didn’t have confidence in him to ride the highs and lows that come from a player of his age, we should never have picked him.

Tough position and a very young player.
He’ll be alright. Stick with the young lad

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