It's the Raiders version of a pension plan.Billy Walker wrote: ↑July 30, 2022, 8:32 pmWhy do we want to prolong the careers of underperforming players in obvious decline?
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Green Machine 2011 wrote: ↑July 30, 2022, 8:44 pmThat’s it. At least there’s an acknowledgment he’s a 40-45min player.Canberra Milk wrote: ↑July 30, 2022, 5:58 pm At least he's not getting 80 anymore. I can live with it
CHN has his issues but massive upside too.
Like mini Germ taking out the early ‘sting’, let Whitehead do the same, and then bring CHN to cause havoc
CHN has his defensive issues (statistically this yr, he and Whitey aren't too different), but his is usually over enthusiasm. As in, over pursue, or rush up. Not good, but at least its proactive. He can lay the wood too, as his did on the weekend. However, his attacking upside, and the obvious change to our attack once he is on, is more than noticeable.
Whitehead is being burnt laterally, and its every week. Teams go at the gap either side of you half naturally, but they are attacking Whiteheads outside shoulder and winning too often. I noticed Elliott defending outside him a few times on the weekend, and I think that was for lateral speed vs Fifita on the open sides.
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Does Whitehead make the England World Cup Team at the end of the year?
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Is England serious about winning it?Raider of d Lost Ark wrote: ↑August 6, 2022, 7:38 pm Does Whitehead make the England World Cup Team at the end of the year?
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I doubt it. But then i dont have much feel for the english teamRaider of d Lost Ark wrote: ↑August 6, 2022, 7:38 pm Does Whitehead make the England World Cup Team at the end of the year?
Id say if he does, it's a problem for them
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I doubt it. But then i dont have much feel for the english teamRaider of d Lost Ark wrote: ↑August 6, 2022, 7:38 pm Does Whitehead make the England World Cup Team at the end of the year?
Id say if he does, it's a problem for them
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He’s a walk up start.
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Elliot’s used by has come and gone. He has no influence over the game as captain and has had a poor influence over the team as a starting 2nd rower. It’s time to insert some intelligence into the captains roll. Tapine? Jack? Jamal? Not sure there is much between the 3 and that might be the problem.
Can’t confess to know the solution. But we need to be looking for someone with genuine and positive influence over the playing group to join the squad next year
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Elliot’s used by has come and gone. He has no influence over the game as captain and has had a poor influence over the team as a starting 2nd rower. It’s time to insert some intelligence into the captains roll. Tapine? Jack? Jamal? Not sure there is much between the 3 and that might be the problem.
Can’t confess to know the solution. But we need to be looking for someone with genuine and positive influence over the playing group to join the squad next year
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Whitehead was trying to get more involved today. His defence was better (there was no try cause pinned on him). But he's well past it. He's very slow to come back onside after kicks.
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Shouldn’t be anywhere near first grade
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Too slow to run?-PJ- wrote:He’s a walk up start.
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Stats can say what stats say but the first Panthers try isn’t caused it Elliot Dundeehead does turn over the kick off in the 20.Hong Kong Raider wrote: ↑August 6, 2022, 8:18 pm Whitehead was trying to get more involved today. His defence was better (there was no try cause pinned on him). But he's well past it. He's very slow to come back onside after kicks.
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What does Stuart hope to achieve continually picking Whitehead? Is he trying to prove his loyalty? Any other team and Whitehead would be playing second division in England by now. I get the feeling they are great mates off the park and Stuart simply doesnt have the heart to drop his mate. Beers between them would never be the same again. It was the same situation with Croker last year, it had to get really really bad before Stuart finally apparently woke up. But even then I think Croker succumbed to injury before Stuart’s wrath, so who really knows. Whitehead is at the point too, that he is not just useless and ineffective but a total liability.
Loyalty is great and all but why cant Stuart recognise that its not his job to be loyal and kind but to try to win a premiership. You cant win premierships with plodders who offer nothing on the park, especially when they are Captain. Rickys loyalty is his strength but its also his greatest weakness and the main reason he will never win a premiership (with the Raiders), he gets too emotionally invested in his relationships and it interferes with his ability to make good decisions in the best interests of the club. A clear minded coach with ambition to win a Premership would have dropped Whithead a long time ago.
Loyalty is great and all but why cant Stuart recognise that its not his job to be loyal and kind but to try to win a premiership. You cant win premierships with plodders who offer nothing on the park, especially when they are Captain. Rickys loyalty is his strength but its also his greatest weakness and the main reason he will never win a premiership (with the Raiders), he gets too emotionally invested in his relationships and it interferes with his ability to make good decisions in the best interests of the club. A clear minded coach with ambition to win a Premership would have dropped Whithead a long time ago.
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Needs to be "rested".
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There were a few kids having a decent crack in the reserve game v souths today. Time to give them a go.
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You're right in that it's the pattern. It also stops us recruiting in those areas.rayden83 wrote: ↑August 6, 2022, 9:32 pm What does Stuart hope to achieve continually picking Whitehead? Is he trying to prove his loyalty? Any other team and Whitehead would be playing second division in England by now. I get the feeling they are great mates off the park and Stuart simply doesnt have the heart to drop his mate. Beers between them would never be the same again. It was the same situation with Croker last year, it had to get really really bad before Stuart finally apparently woke up. But even then I think Croker succumbed to injury before Stuart’s wrath, so who really knows. Whitehead is at the point too, that he is not just useless and ineffective but a total liability.
Loyalty is great and all but why cant Stuart recognise that its not his job to be loyal and kind but to try to win a premiership. You cant win premierships with plodders who offer nothing on the park, especially when they are Captain. Rickys loyalty is his strength but its also his greatest weakness and the main reason he will never win a premiership (with the Raiders), he gets too emotionally invested in his relationships and it interferes with his ability to make good decisions in the best interests of the club. A clear minded coach with ambition to win a Premership would have dropped Whithead a long time ago.
We'll likely watch it again next year when Rapana goes a season too long. And whoever else is next on his "great at team bbqs" list.
If Whitehead is playing injured- then it's time to give him a rest. If not, the we'll be paying $550k to a reserve grade backrower for 2 seasons after this.
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Take all the $$ we are currently giving to Croker, Hodgo and Whitehead and surely there isn’t player in the game we can’t buy??
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Yes but who would want too come here when Ricky is our coach.
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IMO, the game changed when Whitehead dropped the ball, which led to Penrith's try. It felt as though the team sagged when that happened.
Losing Tapine and Sutton didn't help later on, but the rot started there. I kept yelling for Stuart to replace Whitehead with CHN, but to now avail.
Time to make either Wighton or Tapine the co-captain and then replace Whitehead in that role at the end of the season.
Losing Tapine and Sutton didn't help later on, but the rot started there. I kept yelling for Stuart to replace Whitehead with CHN, but to now avail.
Time to make either Wighton or Tapine the co-captain and then replace Whitehead in that role at the end of the season.
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Yep it was a great start that got totally derailed by that dropped ball.yurithe1 wrote: ↑August 7, 2022, 1:37 pm IMO, the game changed when Whitehead dropped the ball, which led to Penrith's try. It felt as though the team sagged when that happened.
Losing Tapine and Sutton didn't help later on, but the rot started there. I kept yelling for Stuart to replace Whitehead with CHN, but to now avail.
Time to make either Wighton or Tapine the co-captain and then replace Whitehead in that role at the end of the season.
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With Dolphins throwing their hat in the ring for any quality player that is available it isn’t that somple.Billy Walker wrote:Take all the $$ we are currently giving to Croker, Hodgo and Whitehead and surely there isn’t player in the game we can’t buy??
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If you tally up what we are paying those 3 you get a very big number that exceeds anything the very elite of the game are anywhere near.RTW wrote: ↑August 7, 2022, 10:54 pmWith Dolphins throwing their hat in the ring for any quality player that is available it isn’t that somple.Billy Walker wrote:Take all the $$ we are currently giving to Croker, Hodgo and Whitehead and surely there isn’t player in the game we can’t buy??
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We’ve been playing with 12 men on the field all season…
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Imagine being this washed up and still being able to sit back and smile knowing you have another 1.25 + million to fetch off the Raiders over the next 2.5 years.
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There is a looming opportunity - Whitehead has been open in his aspirations to coach long term. Now might be a good time to make him the latest member of the old boys club on the coaching staff with McFadden leaving.
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You can't actually do that under salary cap rules without still being on the hook for Elliot's $550k until end 2024.Green Blogger wrote: ↑August 8, 2022, 11:28 am There is a looming opportunity - Whitehead has been open in his aspirations to coach long term. Now might be a good time to make him the latest member of the old boys club on the coaching staff with McFadden leaving.
The rules are there specifically to stop clubs giving bogus length contracts as a golden handshake to senior players and then pensioning them off into assistant coaches/promo reps etc.
Only way not to is a medical retirement and we don't actually see many of those across the league. Many one a year across the NRL? Best bet these days might be concussions where he's concerned. He's copped a few.
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Yeah that's not going to work out for us
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I read in SMH that Andrew McCullough of the Dragons is going to retire at the end of the year, even though he has a contract with the Dragons for next year. Doesn't want to hinder the Dragons sourcing a replacement and knows it's time. Maybe Whitehead should do the same.
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And CrokerHong Kong Raider wrote: ↑August 8, 2022, 6:00 pm I read in SMH that Andrew McCullough of the Dragons is going to retire at the end of the year, even though he has a contract with the Dragons for next year. Doesn't want to hinder the Dragons sourcing a replacement and knows it's time. Maybe Whitehead should do the same.
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Can’t we just claim an injury, create an ambassador role on massive money for a couple of years and then he can return to the super league. It worked for GI and the bunnies.BadnMean wrote: ↑August 8, 2022, 12:58 pmYou can't actually do that under salary cap rules without still being on the hook for Elliot's $550k until end 2024.Green Blogger wrote: ↑August 8, 2022, 11:28 am There is a looming opportunity - Whitehead has been open in his aspirations to coach long term. Now might be a good time to make him the latest member of the old boys club on the coaching staff with McFadden leaving.
The rules are there specifically to stop clubs giving bogus length contracts as a golden handshake to senior players and then pensioning them off into assistant coaches/promo reps etc.
Only way not to is a medical retirement and we don't actually see many of those across the league. Many one a year across the NRL? Best bet these days might be concussions where he's concerned. He's copped a few.
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Like I said, you don't see many clubs get away with it. GI was a few years ago. And big enough to have the rules bent. With a top tier CEO pulling the strings. The fact we don't then see a rash of such obvious lurks makes me think NRL made it known it wouldn't be happening easily.kona_dream wrote: ↑August 8, 2022, 10:13 pmCan’t we just claim an injury, create an ambassador role on massive money for a couple of years and then he can return to the super league. It worked for GI and the bunnies.BadnMean wrote: ↑August 8, 2022, 12:58 pmYou can't actually do that under salary cap rules without still being on the hook for Elliot's $550k until end 2024.Green Blogger wrote: ↑August 8, 2022, 11:28 am There is a looming opportunity - Whitehead has been open in his aspirations to coach long term. Now might be a good time to make him the latest member of the old boys club on the coaching staff with McFadden leaving.
The rules are there specifically to stop clubs giving bogus length contracts as a golden handshake to senior players and then pensioning them off into assistant coaches/promo reps etc.
Only way not to is a medical retirement and we don't actually see many of those across the league. Many one a year across the NRL? Best bet these days might be concussions where he's concerned. He's copped a few.
You don't see many sketchy ones- Souffs got 2 (GI and Surgess). Maybe Parra got one with Whatmough 5 years ago.
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Ah yes proactive missed tackles. Good to see we're now inventing stats to put a positive spin on CHN's shortcomings. Can we also add in linebreaks vs the bottom 6? He'd be a gun there too, which is more on the halves than him.Matt wrote: ↑August 1, 2022, 3:37 pmGreen Machine 2011 wrote: ↑July 30, 2022, 8:44 pmThat’s it. At least there’s an acknowledgment he’s a 40-45min player.Canberra Milk wrote: ↑July 30, 2022, 5:58 pm At least he's not getting 80 anymore. I can live with it
CHN has his issues but massive upside too.
Like mini Germ taking out the early ‘sting’, let Whitehead do the same, and then bring CHN to cause havocCHN has his defensive issues (statistically this yr, he and Whitey aren't too different), but his is usually over enthusiasm. As in, over pursue, or rush up. Not good, but at least its proactive. He can lay the wood too, as his did on the weekend. However, his attacking upside, and the obvious change to our attack once he is on, is more than noticeable.
Whitehead is being burnt laterally, and its every week. Teams go at the gap either side of you half naturally, but they are attacking Whiteheads outside shoulder and winning too often. I noticed Elliott defending outside him a few times on the weekend, and I think that was for lateral speed vs Fifita on the open sides.
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To be fair, I’d rather a player miss a tackle by over-enthusiasticly chasing the ball runner or shooting out of the line to put a shot on than being lazy, arm grabbing, or too old/slow/tired, or outright avoiding contact like Reece Robinson, Sam Williams, or Darius Boyd.
By being eager to make the tackle, the player has the potential to be coached to adjust their techniques. The latter can’t be fixed.
By being eager to make the tackle, the player has the potential to be coached to adjust their techniques. The latter can’t be fixed.
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Sure it can. It’s called - “contract year”