The Greenhouse

rayden83

It’s not the end of the world. If we can crack the top 8 we will get Bateman, Sia, Horsburgh and Guler back in time for the finals. As big a blow as losing Hodgson is, we get adequate back up in Havilii and our backline, less Simonssen, is virtually intact. We can hopefully sign a few decent replace...

rayden83

I like Hodgo as a hooker. Quick, clean ball to his forwards, the occasional dart from dummy half and the intelligent plays on 5th tackle. But when he tries to be the half back and chief playmaker we fall apart. He doesn’t have the long range passing or short kicking game and unless he’s close to the...

rayden83

I’d prefer the Raiders not release him from his contract, and relegate him to Mounties if he didn’t put in. For the following reasons: 1. signal to other players that if you join the Raiders you will see out your contract, even if you don’t play. Weed out the money grabbers. 2. give confidence to th...

rayden83

Wait till next week when we win and everyone will be happy with Ricky again. And then the following week when we lose and people will question whether he is the right man for the job. And the week after that when we win and those concerns will have been well and truly put to bed. Then the following ...

rayden83

Its hard to win games playing with 12 men. Y’all know what I mean.

rayden83

How bad is Scott? He looks like a park footballer out there. His defense is meh and offers NOTHING in attack. NOTHING. NOTHING! Is it because he’s good looking? Is it because he’s an ex Melbourne player and apparently all Melbourne players are good at football? Is he still suffering the affects of b...

rayden83

Our best backline is

Cotric - Croker - Leilua - Rapana

But some wise folks on here and in the Raiders boardroom determined that Scott was better than BJ, and managed to make themselves look foolish and destroyed our season prospects.

rayden83

Losing Rapana was a blow but losing BJ as well is detrimental to prospects next season. Neither Scott or Simonsson are the in the same calibre as those two (yet, probably ever) and its hard to fathom that we can go one better than last year with an overall slightly weaker squad. It’s a good thing. ...

rayden83

Losing Rapana was a blow but losing BJ as well is detrimental to prospects next season. Neither Scott or Simonsson are the in the same calibre as those two (yet, probably ever) and its hard to fathom that we can go one better than last year with an overall slightly weaker squad.

rayden83

Best outcome for all parties. Rather than being a fringe NRL player he can to England where he will probably tear it up and earn more money anyway. Wont miss him terribly, overall a very mediocre half who tried his best and ocassionally showed true class.

rayden83

I'd be disappointed to lose BJ, though it sounds likely. While our other outside backs are solid he adds that x-factor to our side and we really need it - Cotric / Simo / Croker etc are all solid in my view, but we need someone with that match turning ability. That's right. Solid is top 8, maybe an...

rayden83

BJ is a marquee player, the type that can win you Grand Finals (and sometimes lose them). He would have played SOO by now if it weren’t for injury. Not only would I be disappointed to see him go, I posit that it would be a massive blow to our GF aspirations next season. I’m all for giving young lads...

rayden83

Is George Williams natural position half back or five eighth? His build and highlights make him appear more of a five eighth but we already have one of those, a very good one in fact. Can he organise an attack, throw a dummy and what’s his game iq like? Those are the things we were missing with Seze...

rayden83

Players aren’t going to accept a massive pay cut because of loyalty. Wighton is worth more than 750k and will need to be around 1m if we’re to keep him. The silver lining of this is it will give us a chance to see if he can back it up next year, or if it was just a one season wonder a la Austin. Bes...

rayden83

How about we settle on caps and scarves then. It doesnt have to be war. Also some things need to be kickstarted, like the Viking clap. It didn’t just happen out of the blue one day. If the Raiders army suddenly started bringing scarves and holding them up, soccer style, the trend would catch on and ...

rayden83

Caps lol

If scarves are cheap throw them in the pack, a cap won’t do much on a cold night game. After doing the Viking clap everyone can hold their scarf up and sing the team song

Then we should rip flares and start a bonfire in the grandstands.

rayden83

How about something other than a sticker and a coaster? Why not a flag, not one of those cheapo plastic ones rather a proper flag that will last a few years. Or a scarf. I’m sure anyone whose been a member more than once has a whole section of their wardrobe dedicated to Raiders caps, probs don’t ne...

rayden83

I’m still miffed about the whole thing with the trainer incident. Even though it was the most ridiculous call in the entire history of the NRL, apparently it was technically the correct decision and the referee was just following the letter of the law. However the letter of the law also states that ...

rayden83

2016’s success was on the back of Rapana, Leilua and Austin being in out of this world form 2019’s success was on the back of defense As long as continue the same intensity in defense in 2019 AND Williams turns out to be as good as we hope we will be a top 4 contender Do you mean Hodgo? Austin was ...

rayden83

2016’s success was on the back of Rapana, Leilua and Austin being in out of this world form
2019’s success was on the back of defense

As long as continue the same intensity in defense in 2019 AND Williams turns out to be as good as we hope we will be a top 4 contender

rayden83

Cotric is wasted staying on the wing another season. He needs to get the ball more BJ and Cotric in the centres and move Croker to the wing? Welcome to another off season. Don't you ever change Greenhouse, you're perfect. Why the theatrics? You just swap positions, and get a bigger , faster body mo...

rayden83

LastRaider wrote: ↑
October 8, 2019, 1:50 pm
Cotric is wasted staying on the wing another season. He needs to get the ball more

BJ and Cotric in the centres and move Croker to the wing?

rayden83

I'm not sure what's going on with Rapana. He used to break every tackle and his fend was at one time indefensible, now he looks like a run of the mill winger, can't even push his nose through the line anymore. Still, he has given great service to the Green and I would like to see him re-signed just ...

rayden83

What the hell were they doing telling anyone anything before all the votes have actually been counted.

Weren't there only 3 votes to count? Daley, Meninga and Lockyer? It's not like they needed a calculator.

rayden83

I think the whole refereeing system needs an overhaul, there’s simply too many rule and regulation these days. Imo refs should be given free reign to adjudicate a game how they see fit, rather that being held hostage by an obsolete rule book. For example with the first scrum incident referees should...

rayden83

Too much focus on the refs. Tight contents like the gf will always come down to refs discretion , one way or the other. I think there’s a cognitive bias in fans to only perceive bias when it’s happening to their own team and ignore it when their own team gets the rub of the green. Don’t get me wrong...

rayden83

The ball hitting the trainer was the correct call. It's the same as if it ht the ref: scrum to the attacking team. The rules define the "attacking team" as the one with the territorial advantage, which unfortunately was the Roosters. That was just bad luck. Umm no. It’s not the same. One person is ...

rayden83

Overall a great experience, even though couldn’t quite get the cherry on top. Season overall was a great success, Ricky and co have transformed the Raiders from erratic unpredictable rabble into a consistent Premiership capable winning side. Next year we will be better and stronger, the missing piec...

rayden83

Sid wrote: ↑
October 5, 2019, 1:29 pm
The ticket says it includes free public transportation by showing transport staff my ticket. I’m guessing that’s for busses and not trains?

I’m sure trains included. Just have your ticket on you if they ask to see it.

rayden83

Anyone with spare tix , I just sold mine on ebay for about 60% of the original value. Yesterday they were being sold for about 80%.

Dont think this one is going to sell out unfortunately.

rayden83

You kinda gotta do both, change the world slowly, without throwing yourself into a wolves den quickly. That may be the best thing for Erin to do in the present climate. What’s the best thing for you to do? Just talk about how that’s the best solution for now, or perhaps speak out against that behav...

rayden83

And if all we as a society ever did was take the path of least resistance, the world won’t ever change. If good, decent men want the world to change on matters related to how we treat woman and this is ultimately a male issue, then it’s up to us as men to make it happen. You kinda gotta do both, ch...

rayden83

https://awava.org.au/2018/03/15/blog/gender-lens-cyberbullying?doing_wp_cron=1569850510.2461390495300292968750#_edn2 A few articles cited there that might be worth a look. http://www.cybercrimejournal.com/marcumetal2012janijcc.pdf "First, the results indicated that females were more likely than mal...

rayden83

It's really not black and white like that. I have no problem with calling it out, but the current laws do not protect against cyber bullying and these grubs have free reign to say what they want. Therefore the locus of control is with the one who is being bullied, either to ignore the comments, to t...

rayden83

Do you have any evidence of this? I trawl social media a lot and I cant say that I’ve noticed women more frequently the targets of trolling than men. . Well I guess you must since you’re here, but do you even internet? I'm just asking for evidence and research of this, rather than speaking through ...

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