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mongoose

There's a bit of dribble being dished up here about philosophy of the coaches. It is widely accepted across the NRL that defence wins premierships and all the top teams focus on playing the percentages, minimising errors so that you're not forced to defend repeatedly. I think the Raiders have adopt...

mongoose

Why are people referencing players from 8 years ago or undroppable club legends to prove a point about what Ricky thinks now? Just look at how the team plays and the players he selects to see what he thinks. He has even said it at multiple press conferences "You need to earn the right to attac...

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101:1 odds though to win the premiership still! Only ones with a chance and worst odds than us are the Cowboys (126:1), the Roosters are somehow 46:1? And yeah this year may as well have been three wins and the rest losses, the feeling you got from watching the game was the same... Constantly givin...

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doesn't matter who we get, they are never going to play to their potential under this coach and his structure. Imagine for a second if Reece Walsh had came to the Raiders? he would have been in reggies for most of the year and then probably pushed to wing in his limited opportunities in first grade...

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doesn't matter who we get, they are never going to play to their potential under this coach and his structure. Imagine for a second if Reece Walsh had came to the Raiders? he would have been in reggies for most of the year and then probably pushed to wing in his limited opportunities in first grade....

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Finchy wrote: ↑July 13, 2023, 9:19 am I generally rate Brimson but he wasn’t good last night

I think Jayden Campbell has more upside... I like Brimson though

mongoose

Vossy and David Riccio mentioned Lachlan Lam to the Raiders again this morning on SEN. Said rumours getting stronger. Also mentioned tigers looking at Aiden Sezer Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Lam could be an interesting signing. Nobody rated Fogarty when he was signed as a stop-gap. I've been...

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I like Warriors under Webster I'd like us to take a chance on someone new at this point. I can't handle poor attack, I like good attack as much as I like winning. If we're doing neither it's very dour times Webster? But I thought that there were literally no coaches out there who would or could be ...

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It still boggles my mind that one of the greatest attacking halfbacks the game has seen can only coach us to have such an insipid attacking structure. Then again, I guess we know that great players don’t always make great coaches. I could be wrong but i heard its because ricky played what was infro...

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Our most successful period of the NRL era was 2016-2020 (2 X PF, 1 X GF appearances). This was on the back of some smart recruitment and not getting into bidding wars for established top tier players. It was a combination of startegic and opportunistic signings. Raiders have never been able to land...

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my only issue is this, it started with "I need to look after my family long term" absolutely no issue, now it's "I want to win a premiership" also no issue but the new idea is ultimately hypocritical to the 1st if you're publicly burning a mil over 4yrs. Sent from my SM-G991B us...

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T_R wrote: ↑April 20, 2023, 12:49 pm
mongoose wrote: ↑April 20, 2023, 12:37 pm
Sunshine Coast is the best place in Australia though.
Awful place. All the southerners would be better just to stay well away.

Definitely.

mongoose

Out of all the places that teams are based, the place I’d least like to live in is Sydney. Just such a horrible, poorly designed city and really, really **** to get around. The people are absolute **** too. I think next worst for me is Canberra, and it’s largely to do with climate. Just a horrible,...

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He's not worth all this carry on... what a **** circus. Sent from my SM-A536E using Tapatalk yeah i know, it's a sad indictment of this club that so many of our fans want to cling on to him so badly, just because he's a "marquee". Have people actually been watching him the last 2 and a qu...

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I just don't think Jack has the skill set or footy brains to be an elite half and marquee player. Good business would be to pull this offer. Probably won't happen with Ricky's man crush, but surely the watcher of footy games can see that we are a better team without Jack in the halves. He has stifl...

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bonehead wrote: ↑June 14, 2022, 9:26 pm Hearing what Nathan Brown has said in the last week I'd really like to have him onboard our staff. His triple m comments on Saturday were a really great insight

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yeah, no thanks

mongoose

went Rapana, Wighton and then had to think hard about the third..... went with Lazo - he was only at the Raiders for 3-4 years.

mongoose

you're only as good as your last game and that was a bad loss the another night, a stinker. They were down to 13 men and we had a ton of possession and field position - should have won it easily. Sticky's "how dare you question me, I know what I'm doing" attitude as press conferences doesn...

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Canberra Milk wrote: ↑April 26, 2022, 2:40 pm x2 on the Viking clap. It's incredibly overdone, and is embarrassing when we're playing poorly. It should be done at finals only, the season opener, things like that

It's even more cringeworthy to only do it when we are winning imo, either do it every game or scrap it completely.

mongoose

Why do we need to find a hooker? Starling is developing nicely and at least has a go every week! We have much bigger problems in the squad than hooker! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk he needs to work on his service, some of his passing is dreadful, but then the passing from all of our "bal...

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Laurie Daley - he has coaching experience, he's a legend and mate, he just bleeds green. What else do you want?

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I know he's young and blah blah but Schneider is poor, really doesn't have much talent or vision

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I don't think he will ever "lose the dressing room", but that's also half his problem. He is mates with the players, which is fine, except he doesn't know where to draw boundaries so they all treat him like a mate 24/7 and never a boss. I think Stuarts ability to motivate players and his ...

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Wow, didn't see that coming. It's always funny for some reason when a forward kicks. Like when George Rose kicked for Manly. Even Riddel was faintly ridiculous. Except for Furner, he was legit good. I can't say I remember George Rose ever kicking? Riddell was OK. David Furner was probably the worst...

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There are some talented assistants out there that could freshen up our approach - Jason Ryles, Josh Hannay, Cameron Ciraldo... always risky propositions but I'm not sure Stuart can do much better than he already has at this club.

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Is schiller / Valemi, really better then - Savage Kris Realistically I am a valemi fan, when a lot of people have hated on him...I like his intensity. But I am just not getting why we are trotting out a weaker outside back combination then we could... Also Timoko had a bad miss on the weekend, I di...

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Unsure what Horsburgh offers except errors to retain his place. Would rather see Sutton or even Hola on the bench ahead of him. Sent from my SM-F711B using Tapatalk He offers variety. He is able to take hit ups. He has a decent offload. He can play the 'link' role. He is a good defender and is pret...

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Id have Fogarty over Chad any day of the week and twice on Sunday's Which is admittedly a very low bar to clear. Cousin Chad **** sucks :lol: Cool. Explain to us where you think the difference lies and add something to the forum. :lol: oddly aggressive response? Also I think i did? Chad sucks... Fo...

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Fogarty is at best a solid player. A large downgrade on George Williams, which was to be expected. Having Crawley back will hopefully help out to mitigate that loss. His goal kicking ability and experience in leading a team is definitely a plus. Granted there weren't many options immediately availa...

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I would happily swap Hodgson for Fogarty, hell I would swap him for Brooks. Might be harsh but I don't think Hodgson offers much anymore, he may bounce back and have another 1 of 2 good seasons ala Rapana but he has been very poor over the last 2 years IMO. His service is sloppy, he gives away silly...

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I'm surprised the Titans would let him go... I think he's been one of their best players over the last 2 seasons.

Sexton is still very green and I don't think he has much of a running game, he also looks like he's running in quicksand.

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I would be interested in Cust if he's available, especially if he's only 200-300k Taylor is a maybe but definitely risky... I'm not sure Canberra is the right place for a QLDer with possible mental health issues (nothing against Canberra) Brown is a big no thanks, there is nothing about his play tha...

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Would signing Pearce, Brown and Sims move the needle for next year? Wighton to 13; Sims to fight it out with EW, Hudson and CHN for our starting edge spots; Pearce to the 7 and Brown to 6? I really don't want Pearce. The Knights are one team who's attack is worse than ours and he is a big reason fo...

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I'm hopeful 2022 will see Hodgson play a reduced role. I'm not sure what he is supposed to add to the team anymore. Defensive liability. Can't run. Game suits faster hookers. His decision making is poor- constant miskicks into legs, miskicks on the 3rd. Twice tonight he opted to send us down a shor...

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Pearce is only valuable if we have a young half coming through who can learn off him otherwise a waste of time.

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