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rayden83

Petty sure there is an unconscious bias against teams towards teams that are well behind in the scoreboard. The NRL prefers close games with exciting finishes rather than outright thrashings.

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Billy Walker wrote: ↑
June 29, 2019, 9:33 pm

yeh raiders wrote: ↑
June 29, 2019, 9:30 pm

PigRickman wrote: ↑
June 29, 2019, 9:27 pm
Hiccup. Not great but we'll be alright
Lol
Nah I agree with Pig - we played close to our best half of the year tonight. We followed up with lose to our worst 50 minutes which was ugly but let’s not burn the joint down - hiccup

Lol

rayden83

Havent read the full thread but I’m assuming overreactions galore? Guys the ball was just a sweaty pill. It was popping out every single set. When our ball handling turns into that week after week rather than a one off trip to sweaty humid Darwin then it’s time to worry. I also don’t think it’s any...

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PigRickman wrote: ↑
June 29, 2019, 9:27 pm
Hiccup. Not great but we'll be alright

Nah we’re cooked mate. No point burying our head in the sands and pretending we’re genuine Premiership contenders. Will see happy it we finish in the top 8.

rayden83

The only plausible explanation for that second half performance is that Parra laced the Raiders water bottles with gin leading to inebriation.

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Fumbles, bobbles, knock ons galore

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Have we completed a set this second half?

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Anyone still think we’re premiership contenders after that effort ?

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The ef is going on? Did the Raiders do shots at half time?

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Wighton just lost his origin spot

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Not sure what happened but thought he was pretty good in his sole season for Canberra. Pretty destructive going forward, always plenty of metres and not too many brain snaps that plagued him earlier in his career. Thought he was worth a contract extension but perhaps an odd fit for the Canberra life...

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I thought his best position was centre as well until this year when I realised he could play 5/8

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I don’t think we are contenders. Wighton is still developing and unless Sezer turns a corner we don’t have the halves combo to seriously contend for the Premiership. We also lack a general who can guide us around the park and make the key plays at critical moments, most of our wins have been grindin...

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Sorry but Wighton isn’t fit to clean Campese’s boots

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I thought also in his last season he was with us he ran the ball more and appeared to be coming back into form, culminating in that game against the dogs where he singled handedly won it for us. The above stats appear to back that up, but by that time seems Ricky lost faith in him or he already deci...

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Sezer has to be the main half from now on. Williams had his chance but blew it by generally invisible during games. Sezer is much the same but is a better defender and has a better attacking kicking game.

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While he strikes me as a decent bloke off the field he was incredibly selfish on it. It's ok to play the way he does when he is the mark key player but not when you have the centre of the year and winger of the year standing outside him. It's no coincidence that he and BJ were in career best form a...

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That second half was truly terrible. Mindless penalties, ill discipline, last tackle meltdowns, all over the shop.
We deserved to lose that game.

rayden83

I was wrong to think Williams was better than Sezer. Williams has absolutely nothing to his game. Zero. Naught. Not a thing. Sezer takes intercepts, and sometimes kicks well.

Sezer has to be the mainstay half for the rest of the season.

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Never in my life thought I would say this, but I think we need to recall Sezer. Do I need help?

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Too many amateurs; Williams, Hudson Young, Simonsson , Oldfield. Might as well throw Sutton in there as well.

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Great club man but not good enough for Origin

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We’re going to have to reassess our strategy of trying to beat teams by kicking penalty goals. It might work against weaker teams but against top teams you need to score tries.

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It’s inevitable that as the season progresses, should we continue our winning form, pundits and fans will vouch for Sammy to continue in the HB role.

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Remember 2016 when we were going gangbusters and everyone thought Sezer was a gun and praised his game management, despite doing nothing? The same thing is happening this season, we are winning again and the endorphins and serotonin is flowing and that’s putting a rose tint on everything including u...

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We lost that game as soon as DCE went off. Decided that we had already won the game and mentally clocked off. Also we are about 30-40% less effective in attack without a Rapana on the park.

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Thought the demons were exorcised but it’s the Raiders of old in this second half

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We’re just not the same team with DCE on the bench. We really need him out there

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Case of the old “ah they’ve lost their best player we’ve got this game in the bag we can relax now” syndrome.

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Hasn’t anyone figured out that Sezer is crap yet? I can count the amount of good games he’s had in the lime green on one hand. Williams is the better half, albeit not by much, and by no means first grade quality. If we want to mount a serious challenge for the Premiership we are going to have to go ...

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I agreement with the general sentiment here that this wasn't a rampage and Jack is the real victim. If you watch the footage you can clearly see that the Adidas guys gut punched Jack's hand. And those other punches that Jack threw, he was clearly just defending himself from the Korn gang who probabl...

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Plays littered with talent **** defence Get into the lead Ill discipline Opposition halves step up Our halves falter More **** defence Horrible use of the bench More ill discipline Run out of puff Lose Fin. It’s a truly miserable movie I don’t know why we re-run it every week! Just think how much j...

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Sacking Ricky wont fix this rabble. The players and admin are damaged goods and psychologically conditioned to lose. this phenomenon may never be replicated in sport again. We need a full clean out, starting with the coach, a new captain, perhaps even new colours and a new name. How does the Capital...

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I thought after the dogs game the curse was finally broken. But no, it has returned with vengeance.

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Next year will be dismal for sure. Wighton belongs in the centres, if anything Rapana should be trialled at full back. With our dismal halves pairing of Sezer and Williams we are ginuwine contenders for the spoon. Also we have lost one of the best forwards in the comp in Boyd, with no one to replace...

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