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julian87

bonehead wrote: ↑February 19, 2024, 8:25 am
On the left right halves maybe he was seeing how Kaeo works as a right half with strange as a Burton type centre.

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That doesn’t make any sense at all imo.

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People taking too much out of a trial imo. The squad definitely needs another second rower.

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If Strange isn't selected at 5/8 he's our second or third best centre behind Timoko and maybe Kris. Certainly by the end of the year. He just needs some pace beside him. He reminds me of Jamie Lyon. Gee that’s a stiff take for Kris. Seb Kris has shown he’s a very, very good centre over the last 2/3...

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Billy Walker wrote: ↑February 18, 2024, 5:44 pm Nice post Matt - I’m going to put it to you though…. If LL is signed and ready to go, how do you slot him in and who misses out?

He plays second row and Whitehead plays as the forward utility off the bench.

You don’t need 5 props with an 80 minute lock.

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Guler has never done it for me tbh. Today he was again ... at-best ... loafing with no leg speed. I thought Cotric played himself back into a spot. The most complicated one of all for me was holy moly Ethan looked so small, he looked like the perfect halfback bodyshape I dunno what we do there. Eth...

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Oh but i also want to say, i think Sanders didnt have his best game over all but his kicking game was really impressive. I didnt watch that game and think or feel any less excited for Sanders coming here. He was poor. So many errors. Kicked it out on full once. Within a whisker another time. Too lo...

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So games he's racking up 150, 160, 170, 180+ metres consistently isn't setting the world on fire? Just say you don't watch the games Not saying he is a bad player. I'm saying the discussion that he is streets ahead of Saulo isn't correct. I've just told you, I have watched the games. This thread ha...

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The most important thing is that Hopoate is the last on every list. Wing: Rapana, Cotric, Savage, Asumoa, Schiller all much better. Centre: Timoko, Kris, Schiller, Rapana, Hosking, (any warm body) all much better. Fullback: Stewart, Savage, Kris, Weekes, Rapana all much better. Albert shouldn’t be s...

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For the people wrapping Strange’s defence did they not see the misses, getting pushed off too easily, not locking in with his inside defender and some poor positioning. Now this is absolutely not a shot at him. He’s a young guy who looks like he will develop into a good player. But his defence look...

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Sasagi impressed me Even the speed of that trial-EW is going to struggle this year and really, should struggle to be named. No disrespect but there are better players in his position now I’ve just read through the whole thread and this is one of the oddest takes here. Sasagi wS there but offered no...

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Rapana, Cotric, Savage, Asomua, Schiller are all far and away better than Hopoate. Hoppa shouldn’t even be considered unless something drastic happens and only one of them is available. He’s a horrific defender, terrible under the high ball, doesn’t have great hands, would be one of the least agile...

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julian87 wrote: ↑February 17, 2024, 5:51 pm
-TW- wrote: ↑February 17, 2024, 5:38 pm Weekes has been very good in defence
Disagree with this. Lane was giving him a bit of a bath in the first 15 minutes of the game imo.

He’s very ordinary defender still. That’s why Manly turfed him.

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Strange's kicking game is pathetic. Looks like a baby giraffe trying to kick a footy. Weekes has a better kick (hell Starling has a better kicking game) Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk Pathetic is harsh. He’s wearing 7 but he’s a running 6 or centre. It just has to be passable in that role.

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Only halfway through the first meaningless trial but my main takes are the obvious ones: - only 3 players in the entire squad capable of playing second row at NRL level - Morkos leaving has hurt us on the back of Croker retiring. Hopefully one of these blokes prove me wrong but I think we have to pl...

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-TW- wrote: ↑February 17, 2024, 5:38 pm Weekes has been very good in defence

Disagree with this. Lane was giving him a bit of a bath in the first 15 minutes of the game imo.

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How did Savage play 1 game all last season while Hopoate played what seemed like 70?

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Hola looks easily good enough to be a 4th in line prop too. Way too stacked in the middles this squad.

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Cotric looks to have lost weight and be moving better. That’s a good sign.

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Well we know Hopoate can’t defend at centre either now.

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Strange playing on the left. Interesting.

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He's good depth. Or he should be. But he played 22 FG games last season. I think that's why people worry Mooney hasn't re-signed yet. If Saulo is an average fringe first grader and Mooney can’t take his spot in the 17, that might say more about Mooney than Saulo or Ricky. It might. Or it might be a...

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He’d be almost the perfect second rower to play on Fogarty’s side. There’s no point having a non creative line runner outside of a half with no ball playing ability.

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I’m all for it.

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Glad we’ve re-signed the 7th best prop at the club.

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I think it looks pretty good. The white sponsorship looks much better than red. We do love a red sponsor clashing with the green don’t we? Oracle, Ozemail, Huawei, Toyota.... I agree with Julian, it’s not even in the top 10 worst jerseys we’ve had. I am curious why we’ve gone all green though. Isn’...

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That's easily the worst jersey the Raiders have ever produced. It's the sort of corporate sludge that gets produced when there's zero respect for the customer. I can't understand why the Raiders find uniform design so difficult. Not even in the top 10 of Canberra’s worst jerseys. That weird Grey je...

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Badger17 wrote: ↑February 12, 2024, 11:56 am That's easily the worst jersey the Raiders have ever produced. It's the sort of corporate sludge that gets produced when there's zero respect for the customer.

I can't understand why the Raiders find uniform design so difficult.

Not even in the top 10 of Canberra’s worst jerseys.

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I presume this is Michael’s young fella?

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Rapana, Cotric, Savage, Asomua, Schiller are all far and away better than Hopoate. Hoppa shouldn’t even be considered unless something drastic happens and only one of them is available. He’s a horrific defender, terrible under the high ball, doesn’t have great hands, would be one of the least agile ...

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to be honest if we took out the finals game, Mariota on pure performance would have been below both guler and saulo. I couldn't disagree more. On pure performance, to me it was plainly obvious every time he stepped on the field that not only did Mariota have a much higher ceiling but he was already...

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thevikingclap on ig wrote: ↑February 7, 2024, 3:49 pm I’d be surprised if he makes it.

I don’t know if he’d be starting centre but he’d absolutely be picked given he can play edge forward and there’s not a big contingent of current NRL forwards for the indigenous all stars to pick from.

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Joey Leilua absolutely flogging Curtis Scott would probably be the greatest NRL wash up fight I could imagine.

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Agar and Beer were both tried before going back to Lyon. Nah that’s not the case. He hadn’t made his first class debut when Michael Beer first played a test. They played in conjunction in the West Indies in a test later on though. Lyon was dropped in India in ‘13 because he bowled right handed. Pic...

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And also remember in the early years of Lyon’s career he was in and out of the team probably quite unfairly. He has a better record against the Indians - who are traditionally regarded as the best players of spin - than Shane Warne. He got dropped unfairly a couple of times but he’s generally been ...

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'I knew it was going to be a long shot': Canberra Raiders star Sebastian Kris opens up on NRL All Stars decision Sebastian Kris always thought counting the NRL All Stars game towards his suspension was a "long shot". It's why he instantly moved on and switched his focus to being ready for...

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