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by Mickey_Raider
September 24, 2023, 10:20 pm
Forum: Current Affairs
Topic: The Politics Thread 2023
Replies: 1341
Views: 196345

Re: The Politics Thread 2023

I find the polling truly extraordinary tbh. Like, in a matter of months, the poll has literally been drastically inverted. Earlier roughly 2/3s were Yes, now apparently 2/3s are No. There are still a massive whack of people who are undecided which I think makes the polling a little more volatile tha...
by Mickey_Raider
September 23, 2023, 8:55 pm
Forum: Rugby League
Topic: 2023 NRL Finals Week 3: Teams and Game Day
Replies: 211
Views: 14005

Re: 2023 NRL Finals Week 3: Teams and Game Day

I got really sad watching that Walsh try assist where he caught it deep and just burnt the defenders.

We are simply never going to see nice footy like that under the current iteration of Rockyball. Pace and dynamism must be suppressed at all costs in favour of grinding and metre eating.
by Mickey_Raider
September 23, 2023, 8:41 pm
Forum: Rugby League
Topic: 2023 NRL Finals Week 3: Teams and Game Day
Replies: 211
Views: 14005

Re: 2023 NRL Finals Week 3: Teams and Game Day

If I were to ever stop being a Raiders fan, it would be because of watching a game like this. Rugby League really can be an exciting game to watch. Sent from my SM-G998B using Tapatalk I genuinely didn’t even realise teams play like this anymore! Where is the grind? I also didn’t realise that it wa...
by Mickey_Raider
September 23, 2023, 7:58 pm
Forum: Rugby League
Topic: 2023 NRL Finals Week 3: Teams and Game Day
Replies: 211
Views: 14005

Re: 2023 NRL Finals Week 3: Teams and Game Day

Another try assist from CNK.

God the historical bagging of his capabilities to rationalise or excuse our abysmal coaching and structure is looking more farcical by the day.
by Mickey_Raider
September 22, 2023, 10:43 pm
Forum: Rugby League
Topic: 2023 NRL Finals Week 3: Teams and Game Day
Replies: 211
Views: 14005

Re: 2023 NRL Finals Week 3: Teams and Game Day

I feel like when a team gets to this level of dominance for me they reach a post-hate era where you just shrug your shoulders and say fair enough, respect. I definitely recall hating them in 2020-21 when they had an arrogance despite not having backed it up with a ring. Now they are about to 3peat I...
by Mickey_Raider
September 22, 2023, 9:23 pm
Forum: Rugby League
Topic: 2023 NRL Finals Week 3: Teams and Game Day
Replies: 211
Views: 14005

Re: 2023 NRL Finals Week 3: Teams and Game Day

These guys are so **** good. Obviously its any given sunday and all that... sports is weird but its very hard for me to imagine anyone beats them They are just irresistible. For mine it really emphasises how far off the pace we are. I still can’t believe the cartwheels some Raiders fans were doing ...
by Mickey_Raider
September 22, 2023, 9:03 pm
Forum: Rugby League
Topic: 2023 NRL Finals Week 3: Teams and Game Day
Replies: 211
Views: 14005

Re: 2023 NRL Finals Week 3: Teams and Game Day

Does anyone else think Meaney is utter garbage.
by Mickey_Raider
September 21, 2023, 10:20 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: Parramatta Eels still hoping to hold onto Raiders target Ethan Sanders
Replies: 874
Views: 112576

Re: Parramatta Eels still hoping to hold onto Raiders target Ethan Sanders

We must have made a godfather offer for him.

It is one thing for the Eels to “want” to keep him. It is quite another for them to match a 400k offer (as an example) for a talented kid on spec.

Their desire to keep him probably caps out at offering a minimum wage top 30 contract in 2025.
by Mickey_Raider
September 21, 2023, 9:50 am
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: Corey Horsburgh re-signs with Raiders to end 2027
Replies: 59
Views: 6774

Re: Corey Horsburgh re-signs with Raiders to end 2027

Good news. With him playing as a lock now, where does that leave Puru and Mooney? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Hors will move into the front row. Has to, I've got Papa moving to the bench in my best 17. Hors/Tapine start Ata/Papa/Mooney/Emre sharing 3 bench spots. If Puru can play 13/9 he can...
by Mickey_Raider
September 20, 2023, 6:47 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: Is Ricky Stuart the person to lead us to another premiership?
Replies: 374
Views: 23415

Re: Is Ricky Stuart the person to lead us to another premiership?

Odd stuff from Raidernation. Using the fact that Ricky won’t pick Savage as evidence he sucks, despite all actual visual evidence and data to the contrary. That is literally the point to everyone’s consternation with the continued Savage non-selection: that it doesn’t make sense or accord with the ...
by Mickey_Raider
September 20, 2023, 3:36 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: Is Ricky Stuart the person to lead us to another premiership?
Replies: 374
Views: 23415

Re: Is Ricky Stuart the person to lead us to another premiership?

Odd stuff from Raidernation. Using the fact that Ricky won’t pick Savage as evidence he sucks, despite all actual visual evidence and data to the contrary. That is literally the point to everyone’s consternation with the continued Savage non-selection: that it doesn’t make sense or accord with the d...
by Mickey_Raider
September 20, 2023, 9:43 am
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: Raiders target Keaon Koloamatangi extends with Rabbitohs
Replies: 145
Views: 14843

Re: Raiders reportedly interested in signing Keaon Koloamatangi

I really do wonder what the tension point is at which our offer would be competitive with the likes of the Roosters or indeed any other Sydney team. Obviously if our offers are comprable, there is no way on earth that KK uproots his life to come down to Canberra when he can stay put, earn similar mo...
by Mickey_Raider
September 17, 2023, 11:13 am
Forum: Rugby League
Topic: Salary cap rules 2023-2027
Replies: 24
Views: 5336

Re: Salary cap rules 2023-2027

I absolutely hate the 97.5% minimum spend rule.

Forces clubs to overpay ploders is what it does.
by Mickey_Raider
September 16, 2023, 7:09 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: Is Ricky Stuart the person to lead us to another premiership?
Replies: 374
Views: 23415

Re: Is Ricky Stuart the person to lead us to another premiership?

This Andrew Webster bloke is going alright... Lol. Todd Payten went alright last year too. Although I think Webster is the pick of the bunch it's ridiculous when people use 1 season of coaching to say whether someone is a great coach or not. Let's see how he is going in 5 seasons. That's a fair tim...
by Mickey_Raider
September 16, 2023, 6:21 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: Is Ricky Stuart the person to lead us to another premiership?
Replies: 374
Views: 23415

Re: Is Ricky Stuart the person to lead us to another premiership?

This Andrew Webster bloke is going alright... There are many on this forum whose imaginations simply cannot stretch further than contemplating whether a coach is at the level of Bennett/Robinson/Bellamy. If they aren’t then you must stick with the incumbent til eternity. And you must presuppose tha...
by Mickey_Raider
September 16, 2023, 5:46 pm
Forum: Rugby League
Topic: 2023 NRL Finals Week 2: Teams and Game Day
Replies: 54
Views: 3811

Re: 2023 NRL Finals Week 2: Teams and Game Day

I don’t understand. I thought CNK didn’t know how to ball play at all and our lack of ball playing at the 1 was a personnel problem rather than a structural one. And yet every Warriors game I watch I notice that he manages to be a key part in backline movements and certainly does not look like a plo...
by Mickey_Raider
September 16, 2023, 10:31 am
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: Is Ricky Stuart the person to lead us to another premiership?
Replies: 374
Views: 23415

Re: Is Ricky Stuart the person to lead us to another premiership?

Wouldn’t mind a comment from one of the Rickheads chief correspondents in response to the Bellamy/Robinson pressers last night.
by Mickey_Raider
September 14, 2023, 9:42 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: Is Ricky Stuart the person to lead us to another premiership?
Replies: 374
Views: 23415

Re: Is Ricky Stuart the person to lead us to another premiership?

This may seem outrageous to those who for some reason seem to think Ricky is persecuted and unfairly criticised (despite ironically having the safest job in the sport and being almost entirely immune from criticism by pretty much all local and mainstream media. But I really think that the noble loss...
by Mickey_Raider
September 13, 2023, 8:40 am
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: Is Ricky Stuart the person to lead us to another premiership?
Replies: 374
Views: 23415

Re: Is Ricky Stuart the person to lead us to another premiership?

I’m perfectly happy to acknowledge the good things Ricky does for the club. It is why people so routinely say he should be involved in some club ambassador or similar capacity rather than being sacked entirely. But honestly I can’t believe some of the acrobatics going on to defend the blokes coachin...
by Mickey_Raider
September 11, 2023, 10:23 am
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: Is Ricky Stuart the person to lead us to another premiership?
Replies: 374
Views: 23415

Re: Is Ricky Stuart the person to lead us to another premiership?

No, but it is truly amazing how we can continually manage to be heavily involved in finals campaigns despite being so systemically flawed. Ricky has built a very very good pack, but as has been well covered elsewhere, we don’t know what the hell we are doing in the red zone and don’t take advantage ...
by Mickey_Raider
September 10, 2023, 10:19 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: Canberra Raiders team for 2024
Replies: 659
Views: 259838

Re: Canberra Raiders team for 2024

I can’t believe how well Rapana has done at fullback at the backend of the season. He has gone so well that maybe it isn’t crazy to have him at fullback as a placeholder until Stewart is ready. I used to have in my head that Savage would be wasted on the wing and should be at fullback. However my id...
by Mickey_Raider
September 10, 2023, 7:53 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2023 Finals Week 1 v Knights: Game Day
Replies: 944
Views: 46117

Re: 2023 Finals Week 1 v Knights: Game Day

Ricky cannot seriously look at our season and think we were a couple injuries and a bounce of the ball away from being top 4. In the end being on the brink of a week 2 finals appearance flatters us massively. We could and maybe should have feasibly been bottom 6. I hope behind close doors he isn’t a...
by Mickey_Raider
September 10, 2023, 7:40 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: Ata Mariota
Replies: 54
Views: 3456

Re: Ata Mariota

Well done young man. Amazing performance today. As mentioned elsewhere, he resembles a young Papa so much, and not just in his appearance. I am sleeping pretty soundly about our middle forward stocks. And indeed our forward pack in general if we can just make an astute backrow signing. Our problems ...
by Mickey_Raider
September 10, 2023, 7:32 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2023 Finals Week 1 v Knights: Game Day
Replies: 944
Views: 46117

Re: 2023 Finals Week 1 v Knights: Game Day

Another thought: irrespective of how you feel about Starlings performances over the last couple years, I can’t be the only one who felt a surge of affection towards him when he was screaming at the Knights crowd pointing to the badge after his try.
by Mickey_Raider
September 10, 2023, 6:37 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2023 Finals Week 1 v Knights: Game Day
Replies: 944
Views: 46117

Re: 2023 Finals Week 1 v Knights: Game Day

Why don’t we play a little more like that more often?

It wasn’t perfect but we were willing to spread it to the edges often. And as a result the defence actually has to make decisions and not just compress the middle and brace themselves for the crash ball onslaught.
by Mickey_Raider
September 10, 2023, 6:27 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2023 Finals Week 1 v Knights: Game Day
Replies: 944
Views: 46117

Re: 2023 Finals Week 1 v Knights: Game Day

I feel really philosophical after that. It was a bludger of a season so that finals game felt like a bonus and a very fun and crazy one at that. We took that to the edge of a famous win because we played expansive at times and put the futile crash ball crap in the bin. That’s a rare loss this year w...
by Mickey_Raider
September 10, 2023, 6:20 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2023 Finals Week 1 v Knights: Game Day
Replies: 944
Views: 46117

Re: 2023 Finals Week 1 v Knights: Game Day

Incredible game. Heartbreaking to lose like that.
by Mickey_Raider
September 10, 2023, 5:31 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2023 Finals Week 1 v Knights: Game Day
Replies: 944
Views: 46117

Re: 2023 Finals Week 1 v Knights: Game Day

That’s such a weak penalty. Loose carry from Best.
by Mickey_Raider
September 10, 2023, 5:08 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2023 Finals Week 1 v Knights: Game Day
Replies: 944
Views: 46117

Re: 2023 Finals Week 1 v Knights: Game Day

Still expecting the worst because it’s us, but how awesome would it be to finish the job off to silence the Knights crowd and the general Knights bankfest.
by Mickey_Raider
September 10, 2023, 4:56 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2023 Finals Week 1 v Knights: Game Day
Replies: 944
Views: 46117

Re: 2023 Finals Week 1 v Knights: Game Day

We…we couldn’t could we?
by Mickey_Raider
September 10, 2023, 4:52 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2023 Finals Week 1 v Knights: Game Day
Replies: 944
Views: 46117

Re: 2023 Finals Week 1 v Knights: Game Day

This has been fun but it is not enough. We need to be up by more.
by Mickey_Raider
September 10, 2023, 4:31 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2023 Finals Week 1 v Knights: Game Day
Replies: 944
Views: 46117

Re: 2023 Finals Week 1 v Knights: Game Day

Cmon keep it going please!
by Mickey_Raider
September 10, 2023, 4:28 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2023 Finals Week 1 v Knights: Game Day
Replies: 944
Views: 46117

Re: 2023 Finals Week 1 v Knights: Game Day

I feel like I have watched this game at least half a dozen times this year.

Mountain of possession, don’t score, other team waltzes to victory once possession evens up.

Fix the attack for the love of dog.
by Mickey_Raider
September 10, 2023, 4:23 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2023 Finals Week 1 v Knights: Game Day
Replies: 944
Views: 46117

Re: 2023 Finals Week 1 v Knights: Game Day

That’s a try seriously
by Mickey_Raider
September 10, 2023, 4:13 pm
Forum: Canberra Raiders
Topic: 2023 Finals Week 1 v Knights: Game Day
Replies: 944
Views: 46117

Re: 2023 Finals Week 1 v Knights: Game Day

We looked good for 3 mins there.