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Hi GE. Looking forward to the season review. I found ChatGPT's imagined clash between the Raiders and Knights bemusing... ...sadly, I think a simple 'Find and replace' would suffice for the season review. Here's an excerpt from your 2021 version: The grinding, defensive game plan that was so success...

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So get this... Wednesday night I dozed off halfway through the episode... Got through all but 10 mins on Thursday... Thought I'd polish off the last morsel this evening (I wanted to catch Poooork's Smokey)... And found out I was listener of the week! Not to mention a co-host of Raiders NSW Cup Revie...

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We can all be arm chair critics, but seriously who are we to judge someone that has lived and breathed the sport for over 30-40 years. There are probably at least a dozen metrics that these guys consider with the players, whether or not they are ready. I hate this argument It’s such a dumb and sill...

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Even though it’s bye week we’re still planning on doing an episode. It will be a slightly different affair from usual with a focus on recruitment and retention. What names would you like us to discuss? 1. How do we solve a problem like Cotric and Hoppa? Two big bodies who can make meters, but lacki...

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Defence is attitude. Some of the misses around the middle of the ruck by Horsburgh and Tapine were absolutely woeful Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk Is that attitude or the coach playing props (one a prop as lock) into the 30 minute stretches? At that point, it's a coaching error. We only used ...

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The absence of Savage is extremely frustrating and it's deeply concerning for his immediate future at the club. Considering Kris isn't great positionally and isn't exactly a defensive specialist at FB either, the discussion is now beyond Stick just merely stifling Savage's development with his stub...

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Anyone else notice Huddo screaming 'field goal' at Fog when he inexplicably opted NOT to take a shot when perfectly positioned?

If we lost this game that would have been THE pivotal moment but it seems to have gone unnoticed

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Great episode guys. Thanks for the laughs this week (in a week we needed em) Blake, you have to post this Papalii retirement pic. Hilarious that Mike got caught in the net of your prank-gone-too-far as well! Pork far more eloquently made a point I was trying to on the pages here when talking about s...

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Speaking to a Rabbitohs fan today, they really don’t want to lose Taaffe. Far out. Maybe they prefer to give us Damien Cook, Cody Walker or Latrell Mitchell in that case Just get Alex Johnston here!😬 What's the point? He'd never get the ball in our so called attacking structure. Nailed it. While re...

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Busy day at work so just logging in to check how we were going en route to 100 thread pages. Two-thirds there - not bad! But seriously, this thread is like a hydra - it has splintered into discussions around Jack's motivation, Salary Cap intentions/mechanics. For mine, while I agree we're probably b...

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I’m one of Ricky’s biggest fans, but I think his time is done. This is one him. How can you lose your star player for 300k a year under. I think he will, but it’s time for him to step aside. Mind blowing Absolutely. You simply cannot look at this love as anything other than a resounding referendum ...

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Time for a new coach, fresh ideas, different perspectives, and ways of doing things. Good luck to Jack. Raiders should also move in the same direction with Ricky. Enough is enough. We have gone full circle now to 2014 where we started from. Ricky's had a good run with it, had some successes, but ul...

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Hopefully it acts as a overdue kick in the **** for the Raiders hierarchy. Similar to the Tedesco/Milford era did. In most clubs it wouldn't be the same group getting kicked but that's the Raiders. Yep. I feel Jack leaving bookends the most successful era we've had since the mid-90s. And I can't he...

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Some nice analysis from Dan Walsh in the SMH on teams' performance when a sin bin is in force. 42 hours of sin bins: How your team fares when it’s down to 12 men: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/42-hours-of-sin-bins-how-your-team-fares-when-it-s-down-to-12-men-20230420-p5d22m.html (apologies if I h...

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Wighton at 6 won't win a premiership and we have him cemented there. I'm getting really tired of reading takes like the above. WE WERE EDIT AWAY FROM A PREMIERSHIP WITH WIGHTON AT 6 AND NAMED MAN OF THE MATCH IN THAT GAME. You are completely wrong, and there is literal evidence to prove so. Argue a...

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It’s a weird call from me, but….. Sam Walker’s natural style of play might suit a Ricky Stuart style coach who works on other areas of his game. Not a weird call at all BJ - the thought has lodged itself in my mind since I saw the theory floated too. I mean, it all hinges on whether Stick remains a...

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What an embarrassment... ...of riches. Especially with the best yet to come for all these middles (except Papa, perhaps). I'd love to see Big Red be a tad more selective with his offloads, which should make them more effective. And Emre needs some 1-on-1 sessions with Josh Miller to inject a bit of ...

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I am not surprised to see those try assist/involvement statistics. I thought his short kicking was well above the level of our other half options and thus very important to us. being ranked 6th for forced line dropouts is a nice stat too - you'd like to think he could improve on that next year, as ...

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Thanks Blah-ke, Pork, Hollywood and your weird and wonderful cast of supporting characters (except Kev from Cumnock, I need a shower after listening to him). Added a lot of fun to a rollercoaster season. Looking forward to some great offseason Raiders news to kick off Season 2023! Enjoy the well-ear...

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I’ve been reliably informed that there will be a pub meet up at Woolpack Hotel pre-match followed by a march up to the stadium on Friday. I’ll have about 10 Raiders fans in tow coming in from the city ready to get some active support going and would be great to get some size and girth to it. I'll b...

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Gee, it feels unreal to see this thread up and running

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Roy Rover wrote: ↑August 31, 2022, 11:08 pm Out Now Episode 99 - Top 8

Looking forward to the 100th guys! I'll try not to listen at midnight and doze off during it...

P.S. How did this week's episode end up LONGER without Heather?

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Hard to think of a more wholehearted player in that 2019 run - he just came from the clouds to click into the spine and I still vividly remember him cramping after 230-odd run meters in the GF.

Really nice guy to boot.

Thanks Charnze, all the best across the ditch

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By the way, nobody deserved to win that game, but I **** love the **** out of Hudson Young. He and Tapine have been a huge highlight of our season for mine. Sent from my CPH2021 using Tapatalk Tapine wad insane again, runs down Clune, saves a matchwinner with a slips catch after a 50m pursuit - he'...

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By the way, nobody deserved to win that game, but I **** love the **** out of Hudson Young. That's two victories Hudson's snatched from the jaws of defeat this season (Rd 1 vs Sharks I believe?) Credit to him based on his post-match interview with Fox and comments on Ponga specifically - bit of tac...

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At risk of scapegoating individuals I think a lot of our problems in the last 20 mins came from Starling. He kept holding the ball and running around at dummy half. It was disrupting any structure we may have had. What we needed at the back end of the game and Starling was completely lacking it. We...

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Feedback from an under-40s fan... Credit where credit's due guys - appreciate the earlier episode, and the balance between the three of you is much much better. I do have to listen to Arnie J on 1.5x speed though Thanks! Glad to know you're listening. By earlier do you mean coming out earlier in th...

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Feedback from an under-40s fan...

Credit where credit's due guys - appreciate the earlier episode, and the balance between the three of you is much much better.

I do have to listen to Arnie J on 1.5x speed though

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A Roosters fan on Twitter was complaining that it would be bad sportsmanship "if it was intentional". I don't think for a second that it was intentional. I have to give Robbo and Keary credit - they soldiered on professionally. The ones I really want to see us do that to are the Clearys

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Raider_Boy wrote: ↑June 5, 2022, 7:15 pm Just watched the roosters presser. Fantastic to hear the song coming through loud and clear in the background. Must be demoralizing as ****

So THAT'S what I heard in the background of the team song

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Billy Walker wrote: ↑June 5, 2022, 6:55 pm
CRaid wrote: ↑June 5, 2022, 6:54 pm So all those Raiders that should not have put on a Raiders top again … any comments ??
Huh?

Think he took a wrong turn from the happy clapper Facebook page, Billy

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Completely off topic but I've been wondering the last few weeks whether some of us, myself included, have overstated the (attack) coaching chops of Crawley? Our attack has been pretty one dimension and as predictable as it was last year. Is it because Ricky doesn't let the team play that way or Cra...

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JWH possibly out with a hammy is another small boost for us

Though we'll be robbed of seeing the customary Hors sidewinder attack on him

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Can Matt Le Nevez make a point in less than five minutes? Complaining about Valemei not being picked. He’s not been picked because he’s been poor. Next… Complaining about Steve Roach. Claiming Roach is calling the game from Sydney… they’re back to going to the games. Next… The Pork and Le Nevez com...

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I thought Paul Crawley's inane gibber was on point!

Think you guys missed a trick when talking about the goalkicking options for this weekend's match...

'Whooooo's gonna kick? Whoooo?'

(Matt chiming in the obligatory few seconds later of course)

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