2020 Rd 7 V Cowboys: Teams and Previews *Teams p1*

[radicalraider]

Funny how a lot of you agree that Wighton isn't a 6 for NSW but for our club he is.. #delusional #nota6

[Raiders666]

Funny how a lot of you agree that Wighton isn't a 6 for NSW but for our club he is.. #delusional #nota6

[Northern Raider]

Funny how a lot of you agree Turbo isn't a fullback for NSW but for the club he is. #delusional #nota1

[radicalraider]

Funny how a lot of you agree Turbo isn't a fullback for NSW but for the club he is. #delusional #nota1

That's rude of you to do that to Turbo and compare him with someone who can't kick or pass.

[raiderskater]

Funny how a lot of you agree Turbo isn't a fullback for NSW but for the club he is. #delusional #nota1

That's rude of you to do that to Turbo and compare him with someone who can't kick or pass.

Yes, well, it's rude of you to do that to Jack and compare him with someone whose hamstrings can't last more than a game or two.

[Mickey_Raider]

I just went and had a sober viewing/postmortem of film from the last 2 weeks (i.e trying to convince myself we aren't in a doom spiral).

Both games really only unravelled in the last 15 and 8 minutes respectively.

Is it naive to hope that both games involved a perfect storm of:

a) facing quality teams
b) injuries causing disruptive reshuffles; leading to
c) late game fade-outs.

I would like to convince myself that (b) above is maybe responsible for about a try at least in both games which takes them both to convincing/blowout win status.

Perhaps in a HIA free week/adequate coverage on the bench in the form of CHN will negate disruptions and prompt some improvement.

To take the Pollyanna view further, excusing the Warriors debacle and with better planning in the last 2 weeks (looking at you Sticky) we reasonably could have been 4-2 with two tough, but not massive losses against premiership contenders.

Any takers for the above or are we cooked?

[Northern Raider]

Funny how a lot of you agree Turbo isn't a fullback for NSW but for the club he is. #delusional #nota1

That's rude of you to do that to Turbo and compare him with someone who can't kick or pass.

I didn't compare him to anybody. It thought we were having a stupid post contest.

[Northern Raider]

I just went and had a sober viewing/postmortem of film from the last 2 weeks (i.e trying to convince myself we aren't in a doom spiral).

Both games really only unravelled in the last 15 and 8 minutes respectively.

Is it naive to hope that both games involved a perfect storm of:

a) facing quality teams
b) injuries causing disruptive reshuffles; leading to
c) late game fade-outs.

I would like to convince myself that (b) above is maybe responsible for about a try at least in both games which takes them both to convincing/blowout win status.

Perhaps in a HIA free week/adequate coverage on the bench in the form of CHN will negate disruptions and prompt some improvement.

To take the Pollyanna view further, excusing the Warriors debacle and with better planning in the last 2 weeks (looking at you Sticky) we reasonably could have been 4-2 with two tough, but not massive losses against premiership contenders.

Any takers for the above or are we cooked?

That's a reasonable observation. Whether accurate or not we'll know in the coming weeks. Challenge is we have a trip to Townsville then a 5 day turnaround against the Bunnies. Not an easy task when you're looking to recharge the batteries.

[The Nickman]

Gee whiz, the weather is actually **** cold and miserable in Townsville!

Raiders should feel right at home.

[The Greenhouse]

Canberra Raiders' bold new plan to improve sleep after away games





Canberra is looking into the possibility of staying overnight in Sydney after fixtures in the Harbour City, rather than taking a coach back to the capital which can mean arriving home as late as 3am. For this week's trip to Townsville, Stuart's men won't return to Canberra until Sunday. They have a five day turnaround to the next match against the Rabbitohs.

"You're better off having a good sleep after a game, your best rehabilitation and recovery is your sleep after a game," Raiders coach Ricky Stuart said.

Read more: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/ ... /?cs=14239

GALLERY: Raiders v Cowboys: Captain's run: https://www.raiders.com.au/news/2021/04 ... v-cowboys/

[greeneyed]

Ricky pretty unhappy with Joe...

[Raiders666]

Benji is going to carve us up next week

[Raiders666]

Ricky pretty unhappy with Joe...

Do you know why?

[The Nickman]

Ricky pretty unhappy with Joe...

This whole situation seems very odd to me.

[Mickey_Raider]

Ricky pretty unhappy with Joe...

You can’t just leave it at that without elaborating

[hobbsy]

I just went and had a sober viewing/postmortem of film from the last 2 weeks (i.e trying to convince myself we aren't in a doom spiral).

Both games really only unravelled in the last 15 and 8 minutes respectively.

Is it naive to hope that both games involved a perfect storm of:

a) facing quality teams
b) injuries causing disruptive reshuffles; leading to
c) late game fade-outs.

I would like to convince myself that (b) above is maybe responsible for about a try at least in both games which takes them both to convincing/blowout win status.

Perhaps in a HIA free week/adequate coverage on the bench in the form of CHN will negate disruptions and prompt some improvement.

To take the Pollyanna view further, excusing the Warriors debacle and with better planning in the last 2 weeks (looking at you Sticky) we reasonably could have been 4-2 with two tough, but not massive losses against premiership contenders.

Any takers for the above or are we cooked?

Not naive at all. In fact this is probably the sanest take I've seen on this site in recent days.

[The Nickman]

Ricky pretty unhappy with Joe...

You can’t just leave it at that without elaborating

He’s been omitted from the squad, no way he plays now, no chance of a late smokescreen.

[BJ]

I think that confirms it’s about sending a message to Tapine.

[hobbsy]

Every single week we are going to be leaving out a good player from our forward pack, the numbers just don't go.

[The Nickman]

I think that confirms it’s about sending a message to Tapine.

Which is essentially what GE just said

[BJ]

I think that confirms it’s about sending a message to Tapine.

Which is essentially what GE just said

From the king of repeats over many years, thanks for pointing that out.

[Raiders666]

The Top 4 is slipping away...We aren't anywhere near the level of play we need to be.

[The Nickman]

I think that confirms it’s about sending a message to Tapine.

Which is essentially what GE just said

From the king of repeats over many years, thanks for pointing that out.

It sounds like a perfect BJ Mole scoop to me

“Ol’ BJ Moley hearing word that Ricky Stuart isn’t happy with one of his top forwards”

[BJ]

I think that confirms it’s about sending a message to Tapine.

Which is essentially what GE just said

From the king of repeats over many years, thanks for pointing that out.

It sounds like a perfect BJ Mole scoop to me

“Ol’ BJ Moley hearing word that Ricky Stuart isn’t happy with one of his top forwards”

Way too accurate for a report by any of the rugby league Moles.

[Raiders666]

If only we had a ball playing fullback

[Mickey_Raider]

The Top 4 is slipping away...We aren't anywhere near the level of play we need to be.

Even if we tighten up our defence which looked pretty decent over the first 4 rounds, we need mahooosive levels of improvement in our attack to even think about top 4.

Parra, Penrith and Souths, Roosters don’t look to have many issues stacking on the points whereas we are struggling to get past 3 tries most weeks.

[radicalraider]

The Top 4 is slipping away...We aren't anywhere near the level of play we need to be.

Even if we tighten up our defence which looked pretty decent over the first 4 rounds, we need mahooosive levels of improvement in our attack to even think about top 4.

Parra, Penrith and Souths, Roosters don’t look to have many issues stacking on the points whereas we are struggling to get past 3 tries most weeks.

Rickys hired a bunch of runners... should start a dope run for his dopiness

[Raiders666]

The Top 4 is slipping away...We aren't anywhere near the level of play we need to be.

Even if we tighten up our defence which looked pretty decent over the first 4 rounds, we need mahooosive levels of improvement in our attack to even think about top 4.

Parra, Penrith and Souths, Roosters don’t look to have many issues stacking on the points whereas we are struggling to get past 3 tries most weeks.

Don't forget the Storm...But yeah our attack is garbage compared to those 5 sides. We can't defend that great either at the moment either
Lacking a ball playing fullback is really starting hurt

[Raiders666]

We looked pretty good in attack in the first half of the Warriors game.. That's about it though

[radicalraider]

Can't wait to hear the impact of our one out hit ups.. so exciting

[Raiders666]

Can't wait to hear the impact of our one out hit ups.. so exciting

How haven't you been banned yet?

[Braddrew]

Joel Caine mentioned on the ‘get em onside’ podcast that his mail is Elliot Whitehead will captain the raiders this week. Croker a late out maybe?
If true, I wonder if injured or dropped?

[greeneyed]

Joel Caine mentioned on the ‘get em onside’ podcast that his mail is Elliot Whitehead will captain the raiders this week. Croker a late out maybe?
If true, I wonder if injured or dropped?

It was announced on Tuesday that Elliott Whitehead will be co captain with Jarrod Croker...

[radicalraider]

Can't wait to hear the impact of our one out hit ups.. so exciting

How haven't you been banned yet?

You don't mess with me

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Can't wait to hear the impact of our one out hit ups.. so exciting

How haven't you been banned yet?

You don't mess with me

Hahahaha please..

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