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whilst he was here carney was either our best or one behind campese as our best performer last year. He didnt organize that well but he only had to organize half the field and campo the other and together they were really starting to fire. The performance against the roosters at canberra stadium is ...

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i'd take carney over smith. but who knows.

papabear

I think his best position is the wing, regardless of where he wants to play, on the wing he doesnt have to pass, will get more work bringing the ball out of the danger zone and will defuse a lot more cross field bombs. a lot of people here are of the opinion he is a centre only. But he had his best ...

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Greenbits wrote:
papabear wrote:put carney with graham,

and milne with monaghan, milne attacks at centre and defends on the wing.
Yes... except Milne to stay in the centres.

Yeah I thought that too, but a lot of people here told me he wouldnt be able to defend in the centres so I took it at face value and made the adjustment.

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Arghhh, johns was a good player obviously, but i swear he's the most over-rated player in the history of sport. He could barely make origin teams for a good portion of his career. He had a couple of fairy tale moments (one of them in a comp with only half the teams in it), and all of a sudden he be...

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Just because we are losing now with young kids does not mean those same young kids ae going to be winners in the future. Should they develop into great players where will all the money come from to keep them? Inevitably we will be under the same pay structure and not be able to sport more then 1 or ...

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put carney with graham,

and milne with monaghan, milne attacks at centre and defends on the wing.

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I have noticed the posts criticising management for letting Best go have gone as quiet as his form a the Bunnies. His case is an ecellent example of how forward planning dictates your recruitment process. Best was playing good football at the Raiders and they wanted him round for 2009. Trouble is h...

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I would love to see these to get as much time as they can play effectively aswell.

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My point is that in the world of rugby league patience is a virtue. We have better juniors than any other club in the game. We keep them together and make some astute additions from other clubs and we will be a top 4 team in 2-3 years. Our juniors are the key. Both are the important and tbh most pe...

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If one of us were running the club managment will still be getting critized, its a tought job and we all have good intentions but its not that simple. let managment run the club and like Raider_69 and others are saying we all have the right to critique (as long as its contructive i guess). So Chill...

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Something else I just wanted to add: I this what people find fun? Do you enjoy getting so worked up about football results that it ruins your week? Do you get some pleasure from coming on here and slagging of the team, coach and management after a loss? If we lose again the next week, do you feel v...

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Everyone who follows sport understands the concept of rebuilding after your champion team has retired, however after 12 odd years of rebuilding it begins to sound more like an excuse then what is actually occuring. That being said I don't think its Raiders HQ who keep pushing the rebuilding agenda,...

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We will have to disagree on Shillo. I think he will play origin this year. He has been a very good signing and is a marquee player... I agree we need to buy talent. Im not arguing that we sit back and rely solely on juniors. I agree given different circumstances we could attract players here, ie su...

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In that case, i think we will be waiting a long time before we taste success at our club. Get used to seeing what we have seen for the last 14 years. Until we sing some very good players in the key positions, i honestly think we sill struggle to win a Grand Final with our playing roster. I really h...

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It is not Bays job to find solutions for the club. to suggest you need to find solutions to critique is a bit of a stretch imo.

Yes solutions would be nice but they are not necessary when providing an honest credible critique.

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Generally people, including myself, grow tired and despondent from seeing the Raiders simply 'making up numbers' in the comp and even the finals. Last year, I thought we had a great shot at getting into the last couple of games in the year and just missed out. So, naturally, I thought with that exp...

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This year Milne made 4,3 and 0 tackle breaks, hardly the stats of a great attacking weapon, while Dugan has made 7,8,3,9 and 2. If Milne barely breaks a tackle how is he held in such high attacking regard that people are prepared to sacrifice defense for :? Its not just about making tackle breaks, ...

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Everyone who follows sport understands the concept of rebuilding after your champion team has retired, however after 12 odd years of rebuilding it begins to sound more like an excuse then what is actually occuring. That being said I don't think its Raiders HQ who keep pushing the rebuilding agenda,...

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why cant ppl vent their frustrations through these threads? They have a right as a fan. For me i am a huge fan but with our current direction and management we'd be lucky to secure a premiership this decade and next. Our ship sailed in 03 when we shouldve won with our monster start and the roster w...

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Everyone who follows sport understands the concept of rebuilding after your champion team has retired, however after 12 odd years of rebuilding it begins to sound more like an excuse then what is actually occuring. That being said I don't think its Raiders HQ who keep pushing the rebuilding agenda, ...

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Pete Cash wrote:Maybe its the loss talking but I wanted him to slap on a jersey at halftime and run out wearing the seven for us

Lol how good would have that been. The way this season is going that would have been a highlight even if we got pumped by more then 8.

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to be honest the axe is needed in offence but it wont make a difference if our attack is still directionless. Our halves as a unit have been very poor. Campo has had some average games, some poor ones and some pretty good ones, but he has had no support. I blame DF for this not the halves in particu...

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This is going to make a few people re-think what they're saying and also leave a few us wondering what's going on. Go to http://www.nrl.com/Stats/Playerstats/tabid/10582/default.aspx where you get a variety of stats on the players who ran around the previous weekend. Those of you saying Dugan offer...

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Yeah Im over these type of threads. I know I'm going against my own rule of "If you don't like it, don't read it" but they are going too far and been going on for too long. I am down about how my team is playing, but I am more over people constantly bagging out everything about the team. ...

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Should we pick up Greg Inglis type player and this team could be anything, we are missing pace in attack so much so its not funny.

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Glen Stewart is rubbish, his selection is a disgrace, hopefully nsw selectors arent as bad.

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Golden Ticket?

This isn't Willy Wonkas chocolate factory. Players should be selected on performance/ability.

That selection is up to DF obviously if he keeps selecting sides which come up with nothing he will end up out of a gig.

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VictorTheViking wrote:Surely this is Bull, how can we not have money after sacking goodwin, carney, and letting best go????

That money was just spread around evenly on who was left. Don't you get communism?

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TBH I think tonites games will have a good bearing on selections.

Tongue and Waterhouse.
Jennings and monaghan.

Players fighting over similar positions hopefully selectors take note and our players are able to produce and take there careers and there clubs a step further.

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Your views on this are quite cringe worthy . I work in the public sector, and people who join it as graduates from tertiary institutions are very highly valued in the private sector as the training they receive is exceptionally strong. In my experience it is rare for someone in the private sector t...

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Your views on this are quite cringe worthy . I work in the public sector, and people who join it as graduates from tertiary institutions are very highly valued in the private sector as the training they receive is exceptionally strong. In my experience it is rare for someone in the private sector t...

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Timmay wrote:
Canberra Milk wrote:I think we are aiming to be the first club to spread our cap 100% evenly across the 25 man squad.
Vicky: I'm sorry, but giving everyone an equal part when they're not clearly equal is what again, class?
Girls: Communism!

dammit beat me to it.

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Canberra Milk wrote:I think we are aiming to be the first club to spread our cap 100% evenly across the 25 man squad.

Stalin would be proud.

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Somehow the "management sux" brigade have used this as another avenue to push their agenda. **** just stop whinging! :x The Raiders could win the premiereship 3yrs in a row and theyd find a reason mate :thumbsdown Should the raiders win a premiership within the next three years let alone ...

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