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I dont think Ethan will get the call up. He's played 3 games of NSW Cup and they have Daejarn Asi who i think filled in for them quite admirably last year. Reckon he'll get first crack. I'd say so. They basically were able to hold their own with Asi in the halves and scrape by with all season ambit...

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1 Rapana 2 Schiller 3 Timoko 4 Kris 5 Savage 6 Strange 7 Fogarty 8 Papa 9 Donald Trump/Joe Biden 10 Tapine 11 Young 12 Hosking 13 Smithies 14 Starling 15 Horse 16 Mariota 17 EW 18 Asomua/Mooney According to the media, Trump has had some experience in the hooker position. Carrying a fair bit of bagg...

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Regs Revolution wrote: ↑March 23, 2024, 11:17 am 1 Rapana
2 Schiller
3 Timoko
4 Kris
5 Savage
6 Strange
7 Fogarty
8 Papa
9 Donald Trump/Joe Biden
10 Tapine
11 Young
12 Hosking
13 Smithies

14 Starling
15 Horse
16 Mariota
17 EW

18 Asomua/Mooney

BadnMean

Looking at our 9s... I haven't rewatched Friday's game so I may be wrong on a couple of points and I thought DL was mostly serviceable. There was the odd wobbly pass to no one- but it's greasy and most hookers have one in them. There was the odd stagger a few steps sideways and get lost looking for ...

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Regardless of the names involved, It’s the second time in less than 12 months that we’ve put sentiment/emotion above winning. Very amateurish from a supposed professional organisation. I expect him to be carried for the rest of the season though. He's turning up and trying his best to defend with e...

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NRL prop power rankings: Have your say on the best and worst in the competition Rank 2: RAIDERS Joe Tapine, Josh Papali’i, Ata Mariota, Emre Guler, Pasami Saulo The one-two punch of Tapine and Papalii is elite. They put the Raiders in a position to win every game they play. Guler from the bench add...

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It's just frustration boiling over from fans because we want the team to be the best it can be but year after year we see team selections that are objectively stupid and doesn't make use of the full potential of the squad. The stupid team selections also always take a long time to correct and often...

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The Green Hornet wrote: ↑March 19, 2024, 7:38 pm Dropping Hosking and Mariota....not naming Horse.

So much inconsistency with the old "picking on forn" spiel.

Hmmm that is a fair point.

You could throw in the "winning team" that was used quite a bit last year to justify selections.

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gangrenous wrote: ↑March 19, 2024, 7:28 pm Finding vintage form this week is probably the worst option.

It will muddy the waters and he’ll run out the rest of the year instead of transitioning.

I'm not gonna death ride the guy. Vintage Whitehead was a hell of a thing.

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I am somewhat less fussed then you lot about the team selections. The current Raiders captain was always coming straight back in. That was never in doubt. Not a great choice, but never in doubt. ... I would expect that if he fails to maintain the standard set by Zac then he will be benched or simpl...

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Fundora is as decent a replacement as you'll find- at least he's a name.

Everybody gets the jitters when they come up against Tszyu it seems.

If Thurman really wants to come back after 3 (?) years out, mayb e best he eases back in because Tszyu seems ready to chew the division up.

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greeneyed wrote: ↑March 17, 2024, 3:40 pm
Sid wrote: ↑March 17, 2024, 2:25 pm 3 Hoskings’s
2 Fogarty
1 Strange
What's Hosking owning?

The Tigers.

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I actually think it’s pretty easy I think he’s flat out a better player right now than both. No development needed But it’s a winning team and winning well. A “tough” call will need to be made for Hors, but for me that’s not tough Would you drop Emre for Trey going into next week? We just won by 20...

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I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the departure of Michael Maguire has improved our defence. Fogarty such a better player without Wighton there too. We look so much better than last season with a few key changes. Hosking will come close to buy of the year and can see why Hoppa is in the team ov...

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In terms of speed, is Strange fast? Because at this stage we are not missing Wighton at all. Strange defends as good, he kicks well, he reads the game and is doing everything right. We actually look a bit better so far without Jack throwing the ball to Cooma or his erratic kicks. Fog seems to enjoy...

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Hudson Young v John Bateman will be a niggle-athon. Neither will take a backward step and I hope Young doesn't take it too far and cost the team by losing minutes in the sin bin or worse. The Raiders should win this providing their heads are switched on to playing footy and not distracted by anythi...

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Further to this, there is big weight on Fogarty. His kicking game alone got us in great position last week. We can’t afford for him to be off. Last year, he had those moments where he was kicking well. This is amplified by the fact that if our game plan is for him to take 99% of the kicks, he needs...

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Love the Pulsar story! And it's well earned. I have a mate from a tough background who set himself up for life (well, he works but it gave him a start he never would have had) with a huge national sports tipping comp result in a major newspaper at a young age. He earned it too. And I'd love a defini...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23ALTx8fdME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahZRySmrfIk Lol.Gus begins to talk about "Raider". Co-host gets producer in his ear-piece and quickly steers topic back to Sydney team after <30 seconds of "Raider" content. Gee how about those sharks? I...

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Regs Revolution wrote: ↑March 13, 2024, 12:42 pm And there’s always the chance that Cotric actually does play and Hoppa is 18th.

I'd love a round 2 smokescreen! For no apparent benefit. Imagine the Tigers just tearing their hair out and having to hastily redraw all their plans because we run out Cotric instead of Hoppa! Scenes!

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I don’t rate him as highly as others but there could be an opportunity to snake Latu Fainu and have an each way bet on the 2 NSW under 20s halves from last season I reckon. Scott Fulton got the ass from Tigers (signed all 3 of the brothers there). He’s been jumped by Galvin and seems the 4th choice...

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Surely once you re-sign the guy, all is forgiven. Although it would be the most Ricky thing ever to re-sign a player just so you could spend 3 years expressing your disappointment in them at close range. I'm in the "Cotric is a better option" camp but Hoppa played well. I guess it is Ricky...

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I don't think the gameplan is the same as last year, its more like last year on steroids. Hard to say how much of that is down to the execution vs the plan itself, because they never put a consistent 80 or even 40 together last year. It's not Kris vs Hoppa its Hoppa vs Cotric. Kris has never put up...

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Cotric isn't super fast at turning and chasing, he's probably below average but he's able to overcome that a little bit because he reads the play very well so is able to anticipate that better Where as if Hoppa is not the slowest turn and chase player in the league he'd top 5 for sure. Without ment...

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I'm ok with Hoppa over Cotric. Hoppa is more effective carrying the ball out of trouble... Cotric crabs sideways and gets dominated. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk You realise Cotric averaged 7.3m per run vs Knights and Hoppa averaged 7.2m per run with exactly the same ptb speed? But yes, Hoppa...

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My main concern with Hoppa on the wing is the ease with which his lack of agility and acceleration is exploited by getting outside him. Tigpies may not be good enough to exploit it. but most NRL teams will be- see Manly game last season (+ others) where they just spread early and got outside at will...

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so watching Sunday Night with Matty Johns, and see the suspended JWH playing NSW cup, I had no idea suspended players can player NSW cup, why didnt we give kris some game time under his belt, which now leads me to thinking he wont return in 1st grade and will start at cup The fact he didn't play cu...

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I don’t mind that Godfather offer at all. The money has to be used, so let’s gamble on the best young halfback going around. I think Sanders is the real deal but suspect it might take longer for him to get there than some of us hope (or are expecting). Yeah, if he's going to be a starting FG half i...

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so watching Sunday Night with Matty Johns, and see the suspended JWH playing NSW cup, I had no idea suspended players can player NSW cup, why didnt we give kris some game time under his belt, which now leads me to thinking he wont return in 1st grade and will start at cup The fact he didn't play cu...

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Buoyed by the sight of Savage being shifted back to his natural position on the wing, where he should've always been. It gives us that lingering threat we need with a side that isn't particularly dominated by the spine in attack. Buoyed by ya boi Luke Brooks putting on a little show in LV! Even i w...

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I was disappointed with Guler's game last night with his penalty for the hip drop and missed tackle on Frizzell leading to the try. Hoppa was good in the second half but he did get burnt a few times in the first half. Kris coming back in for him makes us a more dangerous team in attack and better t...

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Matt Timoko fights for every inch. I love that. Simply the best. Better than Bradman Best. Better than all the rest. Better than Colin Best...or anyone I've ever met. Or something like that. I always thought Colin Best gave us good performances. An underrated Raider :) He had a season for the ages ...

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Matt Timoko fights for every inch. I love that. Simply the best. Better than Bradman Best. Better than all the rest. Better than Colin Best...or anyone I've ever met. Or something like that. I always thought Colin Best gave us good performances. An underrated Raider :) He had a season for the ages ...

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Our back 5, starting props and lock all made 100+ metres Sent from my SM-S911B using Tapatalk I did notice our sets usually started with 3 outside backs taking a hit up I think most clubs play the same way. "Riff especially. I noticed Young was often first forward back and available for early ...

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Well that wasn't pretty as I thought I read we were moving away from such a boring gameplan? But it's round 1 and it's a win and off the back of a really strong defensive display. Starling and Papa's tackle in the second half was a massive moment in the game. Great team effort. As Mickey said it re...

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