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After today.... We don't need his carelessness. We have Oldfield and Simonson
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I honestly would. I’d upgrade CNK and give Cotric a full offseason at centre.

We can’t carry BJ and Tapine and is rather keep Tapine.
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I doubt we have to worry about him for a few weeks tbh.
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The first one was stupidly careless, the second had nothing in it. We don't want an 'incident' happening in a final but he's good enough to be worth the risk imo.
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Look, I know that was an emotional loss. And indeed BJ did some classic BJ things. However, it's a resounding no from me.

Take the downside with the up.
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Today was one of his rocks game.... next week, diamonds maybe? who knows....
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Here we go :roll:
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Hads cotric completely gone out of form when he moved back to the wing
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Yeah complete overreaction. We know what we get with Joey. I'm happy with him in the side. He will win us more matches with his play before the season is out.
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It's a no from me
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They're worse. Not as stupid or wildly erratic, but you get what you get with BJ
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We're a team who needs every advantage we can get. That means Joey at his best, have to ride his lows
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I just don’t see the upside in BJ’s game like many do.

I see a loose cannon that instinctively reverts to loose behaviour no matter how long you think you have him on the straight and narrow.

Today was costly.

8 points instead of 6.... it means we’re still only 2 points down with Croker’s miss.

How people see the need to blame the loss on Croker for the missed conversion, yet gloss over BJ’s extraordinarily stupid play is beyond me.

I don’t understand why he even bothers to chase a player for 90 metres, only to jump on his back with his knees. Just stupid.
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Nah

The whole team lost their heads. Beej just as the dumbest raider makes the dumbest errors. He is still one of our best.
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GreenMachine wrote: August 25, 2019, 6:37 pm I just don’t see the upside in BJ’s game like many do.

I see a loose cannon that instinctively reverts to loose behaviour no matter how long you think you have him on the straight and narrow.

Today was costly.

8 points instead of 6.... it means we’re still only 2 points down with Croker’s miss.

How people see the need to blame the loss on Croker for the missed conversion, yet gloss over BJ’s extraordinarily stupid play is beyond me.

I don’t understand why he even bothers to chase a player for 90 metres, only to jump on his back with his knees. Just stupid.
Honest question ?

How do you not see the upside in his game ? Its the most obvious upside I have ever seen. He is one of the most physically gifted players in the competition he just has a peanut for a brain.

For the record he has been much better this year with the dumb stuff. He just cannot handle playing Manly
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The blokes’ second-up from a spell after a very serious injury.

He’s just cleaning out the cobwebs before he peaks in the finals.
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Calling BJ the dumbest player we have and leaving it at that is doing him a huge disservice which doesn't paint an accurate picture.

Yes, he can often make plays that make you weep and feel like you want to jump off the nearest cliff - he did that today. He also regularly makes incredibly smart plays and shows to have a lot of guile - IMO there was also evidence of this today too.

He's one of the dumbest smart footballers I think I've ever seen.
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Pete Cash wrote: August 25, 2019, 6:40 pm
GreenMachine wrote: August 25, 2019, 6:37 pm I just don’t see the upside in BJ’s game like many do.

I see a loose cannon that instinctively reverts to loose behaviour no matter how long you think you have him on the straight and narrow.

Today was costly.

8 points instead of 6.... it means we’re still only 2 points down with Croker’s miss.

How people see the need to blame the loss on Croker for the missed conversion, yet gloss over BJ’s extraordinarily stupid play is beyond me.

I don’t understand why he even bothers to chase a player for 90 metres, only to jump on his back with his knees. Just stupid.
Honest question ?

How do you not see the upside in his game ? Its the most obvious upside I have ever seen. He is one of the most physically gifted players in the competition he just has a peanut for a brain.

For the record he has been much better this year with the dumb stuff. He just cannot handle playing Manly
Honest answer- I look at our results without him.
We haven’t missed him IMO.
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No.
I love a good BJ.
I'm nothing without a good BJ.
BJ is good.
Long live the BJ.
BJs for all my friends.
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yeh raiders wrote: August 25, 2019, 6:40 pm The blokes’ second-up from a spell after a very serious injury.

He’s just cleaning out the cobwebs before he peaks in the finals.
Those cobwebs between the ears never get cleaned out.
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I think that is a poor way of deciding a players worth. We missed him rucking the ball out of our own end for one thing. Teams can get on top of us way easier without Beej there.

Also thats rather not answering the question. You said you can't see his upside. Before his injury he was in fantastic form. He puts in a weak game two games back against a team that he struggles against and suddenly he has no upside. I mean come on mate
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Pete Cash wrote: August 25, 2019, 6:51 pm I think that is a poor way of deciding a players worth. We missed him rucking the ball out of our own end for one thing. Teams can get on top of us way easier without Beej there.

Also thats rather not answering the question. You said you can't see his upside. Before his injury he was in fantastic form. He puts in a weak game two games back against a team that he struggles against and suddenly he has no upside. I mean come on mate
I’ve never called his game weak.
His mentality is another matter and it is costing us.
Cost us today and I can guarantee it will cost us tomorrow.
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Lucky wrote: August 25, 2019, 6:28 pm Today was one of his rocks game.... next week, diamonds maybe? who knows....
He won't be available next week. In fact, he's probably looking at a few weeks on the sideline.
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Raider Azz wrote: August 25, 2019, 6:54 pm
Lucky wrote: August 25, 2019, 6:28 pm Today was one of his rocks game.... next week, diamonds maybe? who knows....
He won't be available next week. In fact, he's probably looking at a few weeks on the sideline.
Why ?
Because RG won an Oscar in the ingoal.

Leave BJ only you hippies...**** !!
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Nah, next

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yeh raiders wrote:The blokes’ second-up from a spell after a very serious injury.

He’s just cleaning out the cobwebs before he peaks in the finals.
I hope you are right, he is devastating on his day

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Didn't he get put on report twice and another one pending ? He will be out for a few weeks I'd say

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GreenMachine wrote: We can’t carry BJ and Tapine and is rather keep Tapine.
I’d shop both of them at the end of the season.

We have a very strong team without them, and I’m just not sure you can win a grand final carrying this level of ill-discipline.

You need to win three games in a row of tough niggly finals football to be premiers. I can’t see either of them going through 3 weeks without brain explosions that are sizeable enough to cost games.
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It's a tough one, a couple of really dumb plays today but I reckon if Bateman gives him the ball on that last play of the game instead of going to Rapana hes a big chance of coming up with a diamond there, hes incredibly tough to handle in that situation close to the line and if he didn't score himself he often draws in the winger because of his ability to stand in the tackle a then get a late offload away.
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gangrenous wrote: August 25, 2019, 7:47 pm
GreenMachine wrote: We can’t carry BJ and Tapine and is rather keep Tapine.
I’d shop both of them at the end of the season.

We have a very strong team without them, and I’m just not sure you can win a grand final carrying this level of ill-discipline.

You need to win three games in a row of tough niggly finals football to be premiers. I can’t see either of them going through 3 weeks without brain explosions that are sizeable enough to cost games.
I’d keep Joey T, only because I’d like to see a full season injury free on a tight leash playing in the middle.

That being said, I liked what I saw from Hudson Young today.
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gangrenous wrote: August 25, 2019, 7:47 pm
GreenMachine wrote: We can’t carry BJ and Tapine and is rather keep Tapine.
I’d shop both of them at the end of the season.

We have a very strong team without them, and I’m just not sure you can win a grand final carrying this level of ill-discipline.

You need to win three games in a row of tough niggly finals football to be premiers. I can’t see either of them going through 3 weeks without brain explosions that are sizeable enough to cost games.
I agree Gangers.
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I don’t think any defensive teams are in two minds about what he’s doing when he goes to dummy half close to the line. Yes he occasionally steamrolls the markers and scores but against great teams in big games it’s generally a wasted tackle. Would rather see him hitting the ball on the end of a move than trying to bustle over from dummy half.
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GreenMachine wrote:
gangrenous wrote: August 25, 2019, 7:47 pm
GreenMachine wrote: We can’t carry BJ and Tapine and is rather keep Tapine.
I’d shop both of them at the end of the season.

We have a very strong team without them, and I’m just not sure you can win a grand final carrying this level of ill-discipline.

You need to win three games in a row of tough niggly finals football to be premiers. I can’t see either of them going through 3 weeks without brain explosions that are sizeable enough to cost games.
I’d keep Joey T, only because I’d like to see a full season injury free on a tight leash playing in the middle.

That being said, I liked what I saw from Hudson Young today.
You will never get a full season out of Tapine because he gets suspended and then injured or vice versa. And Joey looks like a bear that's come out of hibernation and doesn't care about the rules, so he will get a few weeks off any way.
Hopefully he doesn't gain too much more weight.
We should of won that game if we were serious contenders.

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Let's go from the top on the GH sacked calls

CNK - safe
Rapana - sent to the old folks home
BJ - sacked
Toots - sacked
Cotric - dropped, not sacked yet
Jack - was sacked last year
Sezer - gone
Papa - was let go last year for been out of form for a bit
Hodgo - mediocre hooker, worse than McInnes, needs to go
Sia - in the old folks home with Rapa
Whitehead - apparently past it, let's let him walk next year
Bateman - safe
Tapine - liability, worth shopping
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Simo - Safe
Lui - sacked for that time he dropped the footy
Horse - should never be picked again
Sutton - safe so far
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gangrenous wrote:
GreenMachine wrote: We can’t carry BJ and Tapine and is rather keep Tapine.
I’d shop both of them at the end of the season.

We have a very strong team without them, and I’m just not sure you can win a grand final carrying this level of ill-discipline.

You need to win three games in a row of tough niggly finals football to be premiers. I can’t see either of them going through 3 weeks without brain explosions that are sizeable enough to cost games.
I’m with you Gangrenous, I’m also nervous about resigning Rapana with The way Simonnson is developing.
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