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by BJ
April 18, 2024, 9:35 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: A new Canberra Stadium
Replies: 2544
Views: 238777

Re: A new Canberra Stadium

A new stadium by mid 2030's? Not even sure the current stadium will last that long... it's on its last legs. I would put the current Canberra Stadium above Penrith, Sharks, Manly, Leichhardt, Campbelltown, both Win stadiums, Redcliffe, Newcastle BUT for safety and comfort of spectators and to preve...
by BJ
April 18, 2024, 9:26 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: A new Canberra Stadium
Replies: 2544
Views: 238777

A new Canberra Stadium

A new stadium by mid 2030's? Not even sure the current stadium will last that long... it's on its last legs. I would put the current Canberra Stadium above Penrith, Sharks, Manly, Leichhardt, Campbelltown, both Win stadiums, Redcliffe, Newcastle BUT for safety and comfort of spectators and to preve...
by BJ
April 18, 2024, 9:16 pm
Forum: Rugby League
Topic: 2024 NRL Round 7: Teams and Game Day
Replies: 6
Views: 244

Re: 2024 NRL Round 7: Teams and Game Day

Just looking at some of the wider defensive line shots of tonight’s game in slow motion ‘Annesley style’ and the defensive players regularly don’t get back in line with the ref and also jump off the line before it clears the foot of the bloke playing the ball. Amazing he hung the female referee out ...
by BJ
April 18, 2024, 6:38 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: Newcastle Knights sign Canberra Raiders back James Schiller
Replies: 134
Views: 6728

Re: Newcastle Knights sign Canberra Raiders back James Schiller

Is Schiller Jack Hetherington’s cousin? I presume so. Maybe another Knights reason.
by BJ
April 18, 2024, 6:17 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: A new Canberra Stadium
Replies: 2544
Views: 238777

Re: A new Canberra Stadium

My mate suggested to me that any new stadium should be built at Dickson on the playing fields off Antil street. There is no desire by Barr to befoul Civic with NRL fans, nobody wants to go to the howling wilderness of Bruce, so why not Dicko. Good transport links including the tram, adjacent to the...
by BJ
April 18, 2024, 3:31 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: Raiders player signing speculation 2024
Replies: 639
Views: 62899

Re: Raiders player signing speculation 2024

Bot. If Jarrod Croker went to the Panthers we’d look like fools for not extending him for another year. [emoji846]
by BJ
April 18, 2024, 3:12 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: A new Canberra Stadium
Replies: 2544
Views: 238777

Re: A new Canberra Stadium

City Hill is as realistic of being built as any of Andrew Barr’s last 7 pre election commitments for a new stadium.
by BJ
April 18, 2024, 11:01 am
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: Raiders player signing speculation 2024
Replies: 639
Views: 62899

Raiders player signing speculation 2024

SeeBee101 wrote:Anyone else worried that now Fisher-Harris has signed with the Wahs, Mooney will go to the Riff???
Only if he’s willing to accept a minimum NRL wage to play there and willing to compete with other emerging players from the Panthers system.
by BJ
April 18, 2024, 8:47 am
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: Raiders player signing speculation 2024
Replies: 639
Views: 62899

Re: Raiders player signing speculation 2024

Schuster is too lazy to get in a fight with a random member of the public. So he’s nothing like Curtis Scott.
by BJ
April 16, 2024, 6:28 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: A new Canberra Stadium
Replies: 2544
Views: 238777

Re: A new Canberra Stadium

If Barr is re-elected there is very little doubt in my mind we will be here in April 2028 on page 272 of this tread having this exact same discussion. This whole thing became a farce many many years ago and the bloke is simply not engaging in this issue in good faith. You think Barr is not reading ...
by BJ
April 16, 2024, 2:31 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: A new Canberra Stadium
Replies: 2544
Views: 238777

Re: A new Canberra Stadium

Too right Micky. I can see the headline now in 2028.

“ACT Government announces exciting new feasibility study into future Canberra stadium and plans for the Tuggeranong ice rink continue to progress”.
by BJ
April 16, 2024, 2:22 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2024 Round 6 v Titans: Game Day
Replies: 946
Views: 32470

Re: 2024 Round 6 v Titans: Game Day

Annesley making a huge deal about a player just one metre offside in Golden Point isn’t good for his inexperienced female referee and also for all the referees who’ve let go much worse decisions go across the history of Golden Point games. Why single out her decision in such detail, choosing the exa...
by BJ
April 16, 2024, 11:13 am
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2024 Round 6 v Titans: Game Day
Replies: 946
Views: 32470

Re: 2024 Round 6 v Titans: Game Day

Shiv. I think a penalty can be blown because the Titans couldn’t take advantage of the 6 again.
by BJ
April 16, 2024, 9:47 am
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2024 Canberra Raiders Dally M votes
Replies: 75
Views: 3803

Re: 2024 Canberra Raiders Dally M votes

Interesting that both Braith and Kent were complaining about the Dally M voting system on 360 last night.

They better watch out they don’t get a call from Rupert telling them not to complain about anything involved in the wider company.
by BJ
April 16, 2024, 9:25 am
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2024 Round 6 v Titans: Game Day
Replies: 946
Views: 32470

Re: 2024 Round 6 v Titans: Game Day

too many factors going into a tackle and ruck to get an average to compare. Useless stat Yes that’s true for individual tackles or say a few sets of tackles, but when the same game statisticians are doing thousands of tackles every single round and every season, you can reasonably compare data aver...
by BJ
April 15, 2024, 6:26 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2024 Round 6 v Titans: Fans' Choice Player of the Year
Replies: 63
Views: 2670

Re: 2024 Round 6 v Titans: Fans' Choice Player of the Year

It’s incredible how nearly every voter has Tapine as the best on ground, yet the likes of Billy and the Dally M judges can’t even give him a single point Billy has the odd left field call, but you can’t lump him with Dally M judges. That’s too unfair a comparison. At least Billy watches the games a...
by BJ
April 15, 2024, 4:32 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2024 Round 6 v Titans: Game Day
Replies: 946
Views: 32470

Re: 2024 Round 6 v Titans: Game Day

Another point in Annesley’s own data that you would think he would have raised about last nights game (and something that I think most of us watching the game thought live). The Raiders v Titans game had: . The slowest average play the ball speed of all 8 games over the round. . The slowest ruck to ...
by BJ
April 15, 2024, 4:12 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2024 Round 6 v Titans: Game Day
Replies: 946
Views: 32470

Re: 2024 Round 6 v Titans: Game Day

Watching the review. I’m surprised Annesley said Badger set the 10m line on the goal line. She was standing slightly in front of the line and the play the ball was almost a metre from the ten metre line. If the tryline is the defensive line, then the referee has to stand on the tryline. This is wher...
by BJ
April 15, 2024, 4:01 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2024 Round 6 v Titans: Game Day
Replies: 946
Views: 32470

2024 Round 6 v Titans: Game Day

Annesley highlighting as good news that ‘close results in games’ are a positive, always concerns me. It’s also been referred to by referee officials previously as a benchmark of referee success. This is what leads to a change in the way referees make calls when one team is down by ten points or more...
by BJ
April 15, 2024, 2:30 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2024 Round 6 v Titans: Game Day
Replies: 946
Views: 32470

Re: 2024 Round 6 v Titans: Game Day

Except that’s exactly what he was in that period I spoke about He was extremely controlled and measured and was deliberate in his messaging re: officials and other things outside our control And it wasn’t as a result of winning, it was evident he had made a conscious decision to change his approach...
by BJ
April 15, 2024, 1:13 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2024 Round 6 v Titans: Game Day
Replies: 946
Views: 32470

Re: 2024 Round 6 v Titans: Game Day

I'm impressed with how Ricky handled the tactics against us last night. It was the right attitude - "we just have to overcome it, and focus on our processes" instead of complaining about the tactics. Good teams have to overcome any tactics thrown at them and still win. Des was always goin...
by BJ
April 15, 2024, 8:49 am
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2024 Canberra Raiders Dally M votes
Replies: 75
Views: 3803

Re: 2024 Canberra Raiders Dally M votes

Tapine not getting a point sets a new bar for Dally M voting incompetence. And that’s saying something.

NRL and the broader non Daily Telegraph rugby league media need to really kick up a stink about what is meant to be our premier player of the year award.
by BJ
April 14, 2024, 9:54 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2024 Round 6 v Titans: Game Day
Replies: 946
Views: 32470

Re: 2024 Round 6 v Titans: Game Day

We will need an attacking strategy when the opposition outside backs race up on us umbrella style. They pushed the envelope and left early a lot, but we need a counter measure. Maybe some grubbers through to Savage and unfortunately we don’t have a half or fullback with a strong short pass at the li...
by BJ
April 14, 2024, 9:36 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2024 Round 6 v Titans: Game Day
Replies: 946
Views: 32470

Re: 2024 Round 6 v Titans: Game Day

Just back from the game and haven’t watched a replay yet. But based on what I could easily see at the ground it was very noticeable the drop in service from dummy half when Levi went off. Those sideways sets on their line were because we went sideways immediately out of dummy half and Fog kicking dr...
by BJ
April 14, 2024, 9:20 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2024 Round 6 v Titans: Fans' Choice Player of the Year
Replies: 63
Views: 2670

Re: 2024 Round 6 v Titans: Fans' Choice Player of the Year

Taps 3. Busted his gut all game
Fog 2. We lose without his controlled kicking game
Sav 1. Really stood up when we needed some spark.
by BJ
April 14, 2024, 4:53 pm
Forum: Rugby League
Topic: 2024 NRL Round 6: Teams and Game Day
Replies: 193
Views: 4772

Re: 2024 NRL Round 6: Teams and Game Day

Another great watching game of rugby league.
by BJ
April 13, 2024, 8:27 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: A new Canberra Stadium
Replies: 2544
Views: 238777

Re: A new Canberra Stadium

Was interesting when Yvette Berry ACT Sports Minister was on ABC Radio with Ross Solly she said she was fighting for the new stadium to be built in her Belconnen electorate. Shouldn't she, as the Sports Minister, be fighting for it to be in the best location possible? I was pretty shocked when he d...
by BJ
April 13, 2024, 5:00 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: A new Canberra Stadium
Replies: 2544
Views: 238777

A new Canberra Stadium

Was interesting when Yvette Berry ACT Sports Minister was on ABC Radio with Ross Solly she said she was fighting for the new stadium to be built in her Belconnen electorate.
by BJ
April 13, 2024, 9:55 am
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: Corey Harawira Naera’s career remains in limbo
Replies: 380
Views: 99203

Re: Corey Harawira Naera’s career remains in limbo

I agree apples oranges. But surely the NRL could have applied a temporary circuit breaker to give all parties some time and some clear air for the medicos to go through proper processes.

The Players Union certainly haven’t been publicly advocating for CHN.
by BJ
April 13, 2024, 9:48 am
Forum: Rugby League
Topic: 2024 NRL Round 6: Teams and Game Day
Replies: 193
Views: 4772

Re: 2024 NRL Round 6: Teams and Game Day

The referees have been expanding six agains in quite a few games. I think both you and Gerg have a point. Some refs are certainly blowing the 6 agains (especially a cluster of two or 3 within a couple of tackles), but I too have noticed some smart teams really pushing the boundaries in the tackle a...
by BJ
April 12, 2024, 9:26 pm
Forum: Rugby League
Topic: 2024 NRL Round 6: Teams and Game Day
Replies: 193
Views: 4772

Re: 2024 NRL Round 6: Teams and Game Day

Milford has regressed as far as any footballer I can think of in the last decade.
by BJ
April 12, 2024, 7:33 pm
Forum: Rugby League
Topic: 2024 NRL Round 6: Teams and Game Day
Replies: 193
Views: 4772

Re: 2024 NRL Round 6: Teams and Game Day

Bellamy will need to get the traffic lights window washer guy to clean the spit off the coaches box window.
by BJ
April 12, 2024, 7:28 pm
Forum: Rugby League
Topic: 2024 NRL Round 6: Teams and Game Day
Replies: 193
Views: 4772

Re: 2024 NRL Round 6: Teams and Game Day

Kikau being a big meany to Meaney.

He’s destroyed him all game.
by BJ
April 12, 2024, 7:27 pm
Forum: Rugby League
Topic: 2024 NRL Round 6: Teams and Game Day
Replies: 193
Views: 4772

Re: 2024 NRL Round 6: Teams and Game Day

reptar wrote:And it’s 10 all!!!! This is an entertaining game
Yep. Top game
by BJ
April 12, 2024, 7:25 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2024 Round 6 v Titans: Teams and Previews *Teams p1*
Replies: 352
Views: 29211

2024 Round 6 v Titans: Teams and Previews *Teams p1*

So if Fog decides he wants to play until 34, 35, 36… what happens in those years if we’ve told him he’s a “Raider for Life”? This isn’t bush footy. Emotions shouldn’t have any place in the decision-making process. Umm you’re making a mountain out of a molehill. Raider for life as both a player and ...