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Even though we only have ourselves to blame because we didn't play to our potential in every game this season, I still think we are unlucky not to be playing finals football. We had at least 4-5 key players missing or out of position in our first two losses and given our position that has proven co...

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We didn't have such a great run with injuries/suspensions though, our forward pack was disrupted for the majority of the season and we had a severe lack of quality in the middle at times.

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So you're telling me a team like Manly won't be lucky to be playing finals football this season? With everything to play for in the last month or so they've conceded 50 to the Dragons, 40 to Melbourne, choked against the Tigers and just gave up 6 tries against one of the worst attacking sides of the...

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Even though we only have ourselves to blame because we didn't play to our potential in every game this season, I still think we are unlucky not to be playing finals football. We had at least 4-5 key players missing or out of position in our first two losses and given our position that has proven cos...

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It's a disappointing end to the season but our premiership window is still open and even though the saying gets played out we will learn from this season and come back better next year. When I was watching the Broncos toy with the Dragons on Friday night to give us a better chance of making the 8 I ...

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That was a great tackle by Baptiste and I can't believe he was even penalised for it, he shouldn't of been put on report but given how useless the NRL is and how our season has gone I wouldn't be surprised if he somehow cops a week for it. It's mandatory If the ball carrier ends up in a dangerous p...

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That was a great tackle by Baptiste and I can't believe he was even penalised for it, he shouldn't of been put on report but given how useless the NRL is and how our season has gone I wouldn't be surprised if he somehow cops a week for it.

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1. Wighton 2. Cotric 3. Croker 4. Leilua 5. Rapana 6. Austin 7. Sezer 8. Paulo 9. Hodgson 10. Boyd 11. Papalii 12. Whitehead 13. Priest 14. Baptiste 15. Tapine 16. Bateman 17. Taylor I like Hodgson at lock and Baptiste starting but the Sharks pack is aggressive so I would rather have Priest play the...

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2. Croker
2. Tapine
1. Cotric
1. Leilua

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I can't believe we have Michael Oldfield running out for us. Has this season been a dream? Sent from my BLL-L22 using Tapatalk Haha, my thoughts exactly mate! I was watching his only game for Penrith this year with a Panthers fan and I told him that you know your team is struggling when Oldfield ge...

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Haha fitting that they give him 5 weeks instead of 6 so that the Melbourne players can get some payback. It should of been a 2-3 week suspension but given the hype surrounding the hit 5 weeks isn't a bad outcome.

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greeneyed wrote:
Toviii wrote:Any Raiders fans in attendance?
There were around five Raiders fans standing outside as Sia Soliola walked into Rugby League Central.

Good to hear, I feel guilty for not going and showing some support.

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Anybody on here going to the game? I remember watching us put 50 on them in the same game last year and I left with the belief that we could win the competition and there was such a great buzz among the Canberra supporters that were there. I honestly can't believe that I'll be there watching this ga...

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As I was listening to the radio on the way in to work this morning, the news announcer said " The man responsible for the sickening hit on Billy Slater will front the judiciary tonight and is expected to miss the rest of the season". It's come to the point where they don't even feel the ne...

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1. Wighton
2. Cotric
3. Croker
4. Leilua
5. Oldfield
6. Austin
7. Sezer
8. Paulo
9. Baptiste
10. Boyd
11. Tapine
12. Whitehead
13. Hodgson

14. Bateman
15. Taylor
16. Priest
17. Knight

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He supported up the middle resulting in two tries for himself and created our only other try of the night against the best defence in the competition. If he's going to cop criticism for playing poorly at stages this season then it's only fair that he gets commended for playing well against quality o...

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Another huge game from Sezer, wasn't enough to get the win but it's good to see him back in form and playing confidently.

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Yeah it's definitely not the right week to blow up about the refs. It was a disappointing loss because we had a great opportunity with the Storm playing below their best and Smith and Slater coming off but we did score the same amount of tries and the difference was essentially a penalty goal which ...

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1. Wighton
2. Cotric
3. Croker
4. Leilua
5. Rapana
6. Austin
7. Sezer
8. Paulo
9. Hodgson
10. Boyd
11. Soliola
12. Whitehead
13. Priest

14. Baptiste
15. Tapine
16. Taylor
17. Lima/Knight

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I'm really happy for Aidan, for all the criticism he has received this year he is clearly a good player who seems driven to succeed and he's just been going through a rough patch of form like most of the team. Pulling off that intercept gave him his mojo back which allowed him to kick one of the mos...

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Push comes to shove, how do we rate the priority of usefulness? Raps and Beej or Austin? This is a trick question surely?? Plonk sam Williams in next to those two and it will be happy days, much like our better games last year. I think that's where the problem started, we were putting 50-60 points ...

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Yeah that wouldn't surprise me at all, we have a young team that can't handle losing and have unfortunately turned on each other which is a real shame and is so disappointing for us fans. I noticed that Blakes brother was even talking **** about Leilua and Rapana over Facebook and mentioned how many...

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No changes necessary, we just need to come out with a defensive mindset and finally realise that our season is actually on the line. Even in the lead up to the Broncos game there were signs of complacency with players saying that the finals are still a long way away and we just need to get a few wi...

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The worst thing is I really thought the team had turned the corner and could win games off the back of their defence, we shut the Warriors down and kept them basically scoreless and backed it up the next week by keeping Manly tryless in the first half when they had a perfect completion rate. Since t...

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No changes necessary, we just need to come out with a defensive mindset and finally realise that our season is actually on the line. Even in the lead up to the Broncos game there were signs of complacency with players saying that the finals are still a long way away and we just need to get a few win...

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Spot on Pigman. We have scored more than enough points to win in the majority of our games this season, especially in the last 3 games where we would of won if we showed up with a better defensive attitude. Sezer is in a form slump and his kicking game is partly to blame for us always being under pr...

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I was happy to see Melbourne get the win because it keeps us in touch with the Cowboys on the ladder, if it wasn't for the clutch play of Croft the Cowboys would be nearly out of reach and it sets us up for a big game against them at home.

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We've twice been beaten by Manly, beaten by the Dogs, Knights and Panthers. Scraped home against an under strength Eels and Roosters. To put it bluntly we've been ****ing awful for 2 months and the coach hasn't changed a Goddamn thing. he hasn't dropped anyone. He hasn't made any noticeable changes...

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Yeah agreed 100% coastalraider. Our premiership window is still open for the next few years and we have learned a lot from the first half of this season already, 2017 is still far from over but it's been a big wake up call for a young team and Ricky.

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I completely dispute the consensus around these parts that our halves aren't good enough for us to win the comp. We came very close last year with pretty much the identical squad, and this year every player on that roster should've improved, not regressed horribly. It's an attitude thing, make no m...

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Yeah I think that the most irritating part of this season has been that we have actually been playing better than most of the competition whilst not being at our best but because of things going against us in close games we appear worse off than we actually are. Look at a team like Manly who have be...

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We've twice been beaten by Manly, beaten by the Dogs, Knights and Panthers. Scraped home against an under strength Eels and Roosters. To put it bluntly we've been ****ing awful for 2 months and the coach hasn't changed a Goddamn thing. he hasn't dropped anyone. He hasn't made any noticeable changes...

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We were unlucky in both losses to Manly, the Cowboys game you mentioned and even against the Panthers with Papalii going off late causing them to score through his left edge. I meant that we have been unlucky in general with injuries, a tough draw and things that have gone against us in games playin...

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Our season is not over but it's fair to say that given the expectations that we had at the start of the year that it's been a clear disappointment. This team is still capable of so much and has been extremely unlucky this year, hope we get a big turn out at Canberra for this one and get a much neede...

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The season has been pissed away in large part because Blake Austin flat out can not defend, and this year he's offered absolutely nothing with ball in hand to make up for those deficiencies He deserves the bulk of the blame, if you're inclined to blame the halves. Sezer has played very average foot...

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