The Greenhouse

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Love them or hate them.. panthers deserve a huge amount of respect for what they have accomplished over the past 4 seasons. They have lost a decent first grade side/roster that could match our current side if we were to play them. They probably deserved to get him, but I have no doubt that signing h...

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How good was that. Same vibes as the broncos win at Suncorp last year. Welcome back Cotric. Young halves showed their character and kudos to Ricky. Vibes are immaculate! I was just saying that to my dad. The team gets beaten soundly two games in a row, then a beloved veteran captain maligned by cer...

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interesting alternate reality... if EW wins the challenge down 22-24, we probably kick for goal I said in a group chat at the time and almost everyone in it agreed... losing the challenge and being forced to play for the win was a blessing in disguise and our best chance to snatch a very unlikely w...

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Before I watch the game back, can someone give me the executive summary as to how we won that because at the ground I was too busy getting my lid off. Objective was for us to play with effort - that was accomplished. Raiders scored a 2 tries purely based on errors Manly made. We scored 2 nice tries...

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Guys, consider they have TT and DCE up against Kris and Weekes , plus Brooks is far more experienced than Strange, it's no wonder we're behind. We knew heading into this season, It'd be hard. We're unlikely to win, but it's not a surprise. Remove TT and DCE (both international players) from Manly a...

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This is what happens when you basically got no idea what to do in attack.

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When we have possession the % of us scoring is lower then the defending side.

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Why is it that we don't even look like scoring in attack?
Crazy.

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Hong Kong Raider wrote: ↑April 20, 2024, 9:27 pm I'd rather lose like this with a young team than get flogged last year by the likes of Manly, Newcastle etc with slow and old players like Jarrod Croker and Whitehead in the team

Good point.

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I think Broncos are clearly a few steps ahead of where our team is at..

What I will say, this is expected, we arent a top 4 side like them. Im proud that our side didn't give up, they kept trying.

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They have too many attacking options. Simple as that.

We shouldn't throw in the towel... lets just learn from this and continue to fight.

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Lots of unwarranted negativity about our play IMO. I thought Stewart was good. He was sniffing around the ruck early. The coach kept his role simple. I thought he was good under the high ball until late in the game and his kick returns were aggressive. He is also well positioned in defence. The per...

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Raiders_Pat wrote: ↑April 14, 2024, 10:05 pm
afgtnk wrote: ↑April 14, 2024, 8:28 pm Joe Tapine

26 runs
303 metres
134 post contact metres
33 tackles
What an absolute beast

Truly amazing. Well done.

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I’m a 30 year old man. Married, got about 8 animals, mortgage and life stressors like everyone else. But right now, the forefront of my mind is this rugby league team AND I LOVE IT. I’ve never been so excited in the 22 years I’ve been watching - I’m more excited now than I was during our 2019 run a...

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Lock in for sure. This kid is something special. Looks like a smart player, nice step, speed, great running game and solid D. Is there a better 19 yr old in the comp today? If I had to choose a team to play for my life and needed to pick between Wighton and Strange as 6 on todays form, I'd pick Stra...

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I think teams have realised he is a 1 trick pony. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk What does Cook do that Starling can't? Maybe he needs to mirror more of Cook's game. Don't know. Its a shame, because he was really effective a few years back for us. I do notice when he comes on we drop. I struggl...

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When hopoate "has" to come back in, it should be at centre with Kris to fullback. Stewart is showing good signs in cup, strong, not getting driven back, takes hard carries, I'd say not quite ready, but close. Just to give rapa a week off for niggles Disagree. Savage will catch a cold outs...

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Not sure that Woolford is a suitable bench player. He is solid and good at delivering crisp ball to get the forwards rolling forward and defends well but doesn't offer much in terms of a running game and basically every time he kicks its a disaster. Starling at least brings a change in style that m...

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A lot of people are picking Stewart in their 17 for this game if Rapana is rested, but I think chances of it happening are incredibly slim. Far more likely that Kris or even Savage will go to fullback with Sasagi or Hopoate to go to the centres. Hard to speculate on how we might line up without kno...

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Also... strange > wighton. Convincingly IMO.

Both on current form and upside.

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Also, how good is it to see some free-flowing attacking movement? It’s interesting, we’re now suddenly executing these lovely sweeping backline plays, and it’s essentially all players who were here last season, like Levi to Tapine to Fogarty to Rapana to Timoko, even though we were repeatedly told ...

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From Stick's epic facepalm over Savage I will be incredibly surprised if he is in the 17. Savage is young - i believe he will learn from the slip ups. I put them down to a mistakes as opposed to a lack of desire and ability. Savage scored a try that frankly most of our backs last year wouldn't have...

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Don’t think we need to make panic changes, still think most of the blokes who played are in our best 17. 1. Rapana (chevy to debut in next 3-4 rounds) 2. Hoppa/Cotric 3. Kris (need to go left more) 4. Timoko 5. Savage 6. Strange 7. Fogarty 16. Horsburgh 9. Levi 10. Tapine (c) 11. Young (Sasagi on h...

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Back to the teams I would say the following: 1. Rapana 2. Schiller/Hopoate 3. Kris (although I want somebody better here) 4. Timoko 5. Savage (although it wouldn’t surprise me if he got dropped) 6. Strange (he is a massive positive) 7. Fogarty 8. Ata 9. Levi (I really wish there was somebody better...

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I'm hoping Strange is given a bit more rope starting with this match. He's been really solid but he hasn't been asked to do any steering or kicking in the first month. We could really do with some variety to our kicking game when the 5 rucks then hit and hope from Fogarty isn't causing any problems...

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https://twitter.com/SnoogThe/status/1774432683730624981?t=M26bMF6TEMNjvqVr4rttTQ&s=19 Thanks for sharing. I was surprised when I saw it that there wasn't any attention, even from the commentators - if my memory serves me correctly. I kinda lost interest, as did our players, at this point in the...

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Just a reminder we beat the Tigers 118-24 across senior grades two weeks ago. They are playing better than us mate and if they played like they have over the past two weeks they would have beaten us easily I agree thst this is a possibility. Tigers lacked discipline... if they brought that to the g...

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I think the Warriors game took a lot outta the tank. No reason for panic or alarms. We lost that match due to lack of concentration.

Nothing else has changed.

I think we need to stick with this squad and not chop and change all the time.

I hope Hosking is ok.

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Savage in just one play made 15 m from dummy half. Is it just me or is it bordering crazy not giving thst speed time at fb during the game?

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Our only challenge will be scoring points against Cronulla. Hope we win. I’m with you benda - have a feeling it’s going to be grindy. So far we are playing a lot better this year, but our attack still looks clunky and missing structure for the most part. I agree but we do look more fluent in attack...

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Our only challenge will be scoring points against Cronulla.

Hope we win.

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EW is not going anywhere, and that is not ideal, but it is reality. I like the idea of rotating Ata and Mooney and only using Guler when absolutely necessary. I just think they would have more impact than Emre does. Saulo is not a huge-meter eater. But he has a fast PTB and is defensively good. Rot...

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I was watching Manly and Parra yesterday. Whilst I think we can grind well, it's clear to be compete against the better sides, we need go have consistency in our squad and develop combinations in attack. We dont have the game to score most of the tries both teams scored. What I would consider: - Loc...

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1. Savage 2. Rapana 3. Timoko 4. Kris 5. Schiller 6. Strange 7. Fogarty 8. Papalii 9. Woolford 10. Tapine 11. Hoskingsons 12. Hudson-Young 13. Smithies 14. Puru 15. Horsburgh 16. Mariota 17. Mooney 18. Whitehead Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk God I would kill to see that team named. And I thi...

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1. Savage 2. Rapana 3. Timoko 4. Kris 5. Schiller 6. Strange 7. Fogarty 8. Papalii 9. Woolford 10. Tapine 11. Hoskingsons 12. Hudson-Young 13. Smithies 14. Puru 15. Horsburgh 16. Mariota 17. Mooney 18. Whitehead Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk God I would kill to see that team named. And I thi...

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