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I cant help but think how much Young, Kris and Savage would benefit from having Sanders straight the attack up the way he does and conversely i think Strange, with how his game is, with a his running game and passing compliments the power running on the otherside with Timoko and eventually Asomua......

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Decided to catch up on Sanders debut first... and yeah man, it was impressive He had a couple of misses defensively but they ran A LOT of traffic at him, not sure if it was because i was entirely focused on him but it seemed like they were gunning to test him out and for the most part he passed Lov...

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Decided to catch up on Sanders debut first... and yeah man, it was impressive He had a couple of misses defensively but they ran A LOT of traffic at him, not sure if it was because i was entirely focused on him but it seemed like they were gunning to test him out and for the most part he passed Love...

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Sebby Kris is a natural footballer, he could play anywhere... unfortunately he sucks at anywhere but Centre.

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Well... a few random thoughts on the draft. I admittedly didnt go very deep into this years class, due to travel So will only have strong opinions on the top 50-60 players Yay: - the bears taking Williams which was a no brainer but then to not trade back and actually take Odunze. Love that for them....

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Elcaptcroker wrote: ↑April 27, 2024, 6:33 pm Lets hope the raiders watched the brumbies today and take some inspiration from their game today, got flogged last week then came out and beat the hurricanes

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I’d rather our players not be brain dead the night before a big game

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Lewis Dodd to Souths?? Excited for that! No idea if he’s gonna be good enough at nrl level but I love seeing those top tier English players come over and test themselves The hit rate on these guys is substantially higher than it once was. Feels like most guys who come over now at least show they’re...

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I have no **** idea who this kid from Houston Christian we just drafted but DJ said he’s a favourite of Vic Fangio so sure why not

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Lot of thoughts on the first round But some quick thoughts from Sydney airport waiting for our flight home to gods country The eagles getting their pick of cbs at 22 was really unexpected I was expecting a small trade up for Arnold expecting Mitchell going in the top 12 or stick and pick for DeJean ...

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Strange won’t need much adjustment playing on the right
It’s his best and most natural position

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Man I’m gutted to be missing this debut Going to have to try and catch up on this game too Pumped he’s having a good debut. Young man can play More than anything he looks very comfortable. Olukuato has run at him a lot and he’s held up fine. He hasn’t dominated but his touches have been great and h...

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Man I’m gutted to be missing this debut
Going to have to try and catch up on this game too
Pumped he’s having a good debut. Young man can play

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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. What's the benefit of him coming this season? I don't get it. 1. I...

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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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