NRL 2025
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wait fuck i forgot Manly. Who fucking knows with them. Probably fall in to the 8 and lose in week 1
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2025:
Just on Parra, good on them for prioritising the future by deciding to use Brown where they need him while they build for next year. If they were challenging for finals it might be a different story, but with nothing to play for they gain nothing by playing him at 6.
Pretty good from Brown too, has done everything asked of him from Ryles since he told them he was leaving without sulking and even mentoring Joash coming through
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We may rue games we lost during the Origin period. We just didn't show the necessary killer instinct
yeah we also had a half go down busted in two matches in the match. One a massive cork in which he could bare stand and one where got cut in half and did an ACL.
Still felt we let Penrith off the hook though
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The origin period was bad for us because we lost our two best players, and a heart and soul guy at the back. We've done well to bounce back from the Penrith game, that could have ended our season.
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Actually i looked at our draw, and we could win out. The Dogs away is the only game we have against a top 6 team, we host the Dolphins and travel to Manly for our only other games against decent sides. Otherwise it's the Knights, the Titans twice, the Dragons and the Eels
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I like our run home and it was a solid win yesterday. I’m not too concerned about those losses we had. We were on such a high and given how long the season is, I don’t mind a reality check or two, but we have bounced back and now focus in on the next 2 games.
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Our draw is sublime compared to others, even with some big outs as long as we dont drop further key players, we still have a good shot at top four
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Reports emerging that AOB is out at the end of the year. Des is a certainty to be gone. That's two. Cowboys better pull the trigger or there won't be anyone decent to hire.
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Reports also linking Ponga actually following in leaving.. this story originally around contract negotiation time now getting legs
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Laurie Daley needs a bit of credit. Despite the whole of NSW out for his blood, he's back on his Sports Breakfast show this morning, which has a talkback element. You can only imagine the phonecalls he's getting about origin. And he sits there and takes it with good grace and good humour. Not sure i could do it.
If reports are true, and he has been retained for next year, then that's a great thing for Qld, as he genuinely doesn't seem to know what went wrong, wouldn't change any selections, and is backing his players. You beauty
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yeah he doesnt get origin, reckon the only NSW coach who probably does is Ricky, as he already thinks everyone hates him lol
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ricky would be perfect! Textas and blokes hurting in the sheds and disrespect. Press conferences would be heaps better too.
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@bayimports said in NRL 2025:
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2025:
strange old comp. in four of their last five games the Dolphins have racked up big scores, three of them above 50, and in the other they lost to Newcastle.
The Warriors are cooked. That Penrith game will be the turning point for both clubs.
Melbourne are really good. The Sharks are not.
The Titans hosting the Cowboys was low quality high scoring fun.
Im giving the wahs some hope, purely because they have been caught the last two weeks with injuries during and still stayed in the fight.
Tanah has carved up in reggies and I dont mind TMM, he cant tackle but he can attack. Coach doesnt trust him though. So Boyd probably straight in. As long as CHT is not kicking goals we still have an outside chance of decent finals. Cant see us winning anything though, mind you didnt see us in top 4 either
And hopefully Taine on the wing over DWZ and Kosi, Roger at fullback would be nice. Although I suspect Taine goes to fullback and Kosi retains his position.
We are not dead yet
So Tanah proves he is the best kicking half we have with height on bombs that make our chasing line look fast. Best improvement in that area all year. Digs into the line well. Actually gives CHT space when combining together. Sure not perfect, but his kicking game is perfect for a team that likes to play with so much structure.
DWZ and Berry are the worst at shooting out of the line and missing their intended target, often leaving each other the problem to clean up. DWZ still stands too flat and misses more opportunities than he should in attack as well. However he is a great finisher when he gets the chance. Happy Berry is out, hopefully since Ali was playing reggies he comes straight in. Or the second coming of Capewell continues
Well done Wahs, easy banana skin today and avoided it
We might win a few more games with our run home, who would have guessed
I thought Berry was supposed to be there for his defence, because it sure as hell isn't for his attacking talent. Although, his try was the most incisive he's ever run, then he went and got injured. I too hope Ali is back in.
I thought we were going to slip on the banana skin, but I think that it helps we're now seen as a good team so all of those 50/50s that used to go against us go for us now. Feels nice to be on the other side of that.
I'm worried about our run in, but that's more my pessimism due to the history of the Warriors than them this year.
What's going on with the crowds this year, last year when the team was dogshit they had sell outs, yet lots of these matches this year look to have quite a few empty seats. Have the prices gone back up to normal levels or has the hype train just naturally waned a bit as NZers have gotten used to it?
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I'm worried about our run in, but that's more my pessimism due to the history of the Warriors than them this year.
with whats happening at Newcastle this week, if the team actually like AOB then they might show up and then another banana skin waiting to happen.
Dont know about crowds but you would think they should be high still? Weather wasnt great though on the weekend
Mens team still top 4
NSW cup 12 wins in a row and winning second grade
Jersey Flegg top 8
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they sold out 5 straight games up to the Penrith game? Manly was just under that, and their average crowd for the year is just under stadium capacity?
And this only looks "bad" because last year they sold out every single home game (something no club has ever done)
Maybe take your boring repetitive "warriors hype train" whinge and jam it?
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2025:
they sold out 5 straight games up to the Penrith game? Manly was just under that, and their average crowd for the year is just under stadium capacity?
And this only looks "bad" because last year they sold out every single home game (something no club has ever done)
Maybe take your boring repetitive "warriors hype train" whinge and jam it?
GFY, I didn't say it was bad, I was asking a genuine question because they sold out every game last year. Even in the sellouts this year there's been noticeable empty seats (they didn't look like 5 sellouts in a row on the idiot box), maybe corporate box assigned ones or no shows if the prices are still relatively cheap?
@bayimports said in NRL 2025:
Jersey Flegg top 8
That was a crazy comeback by the Jersey Flegg team:
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and now another banana skin, titans who should be easy beats get Des Haslers 500th game and he has just been told it will also be his final
