NRL 2017
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Fuck the fixture list. The Broncos are a bit shit, and play football boring enough to make your eyes bleed, and yet are about to play their 4th Thursday game of the year. The other two were Friday night.
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The Sydney halfback circus begins - Wests Tigers great Mitchy Moses (who the Tigers went with over Te Maire Martin) has signed with Parramatta.
@Sneakdefreak said in NRL 2017:
The Sydney halfback circus begins - Wests Tigers great Mitchy Moses (who the Tigers went with over Te Maire Martin) has signed with Parramatta.
Good. There's no way he's played well enough to demand the cash that dickhead club was throwing at him.
A Sunday Telegraph investigation can reveal that since premiership-winning coach Tim Sheens’ departure in 2012, the Tigers have amassed an incredible turnover of 53 off-field personnel changes.
What’s even more alarming is that the changes don’t include the equally high number of turnover within the marketing, administration, welfare and community relation departments of the Tigers.
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At what point do we acknowledge the Dragons are actually quite good?
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At what point do we acknowledge the Dragons are actually quite good?
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2017:
At what point do we acknowledge the Dragons are actually quite good?
We don't...
@Gunner I'm cool with that
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Thurston injured into tonight's game against the Tigers. Cowboys lost by the way....
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Thurston injured into tonight's game against the Tigers. Cowboys lost by the way....
@Sneakdefreak said in NRL 2017:
Thurston injured into tonight's game against the Tigers. Cowboys lost by the way....
All hail our saviour Ivan...
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Warriors look so much better when they pass is more than once from dummy half.
Maumalo scores
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Warriors have to do whatver is required to keep Foran ,
It's a different looking team with him in it
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Warriors have to do whatver is required to keep Foran ,
It's a different looking team with him in it
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@kiwiinmelb said in NRL 2017:
Warriors have to do whatver is required to keep Foran ,
It's a different looking team with him in it
Give the man whatever he wants
@kiwiinmelb said in NRL 2017:
Warriors have to do whatver is required to keep Foran ,
It's a different looking team with him in it
Give the man whatever he wants
yeah I think they have to keep him and Johnson , it is close to perfection as a halves pairing ,
Each one provides what the other may lack
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@kiwiinmelb said in NRL 2017:
Warriors have to do whatver is required to keep Foran ,
It's a different looking team with him in it
Give the man whatever he wants
yeah I think they have to keep him and Johnson , it is close to perfection as a halves pairing ,
Each one provides what the other may lack
@kiwiinmelb said in NRL 2017:
@kiwiinmelb said in NRL 2017:
Warriors have to do whatver is required to keep Foran ,
It's a different looking team with him in it
Give the man whatever he wants
yeah I think they have to keep him and Johnson , it is close to perfection as a halves pairing ,
Each one provides what the other may lack
The team has so much potential right now. All of the main players (Mannering, RTS, Johnson, Foran, Luke) chimed in but no one needed to take over the entire game all of the time, and they got solid contributions out of a bunch of the others.
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It may come as a surprise to some, but the Warriors look a better team when they aren't trying to offload at every second tackle, which in turn leads to fewer errors.
They weren't perfect today by any means - there were a lot of last passes that went astray, but they stuck to their guns and got the job done against a team that 100% must be put away if they have any notion of being in the 8.
Foran just has to be made an offer which he cannot refuse. Let the guy stay on in Sydney with his kids for a few days whenever they play over there, he'll miss a few trainings but who cares. He's that important!
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A solid win against Parramatta - first time in a long time the Warriors have done that.
Some thoughts:
- The defensive line held up better today. Still errors but much better than previous games this season.
- Simon Mannering was a beast in this game. 183 running metres, 48 tackles. Mannering was in on every play.
- All the Warriors outside backs had over 100 metres running and just three missed tackles combined.
- Liked Ayshford's game today, getting involved a lot in the attack and stopping some big Parramatta forwards when on defence - taking into account his salary cap hit (which is small) he's the type of player you want to have on your playing roster.
- Maumalo scored a try but lacks that quick speed burst you need from a wing. He just lumbers for the first 5 metres.
- James Gavet was awesome in this game again. Really provided aggression and smarts despite only playing 35 minutes (he still made 107 metres/21 tackles).
- Gubb was terrible in his first stint. Errors, missed tackles (one which led to a Parramata try), not to mention some dirty plays. I get people love his effort but they cloud out the fact he is useless.
- Kieran Foran seems to be that so-called "missing piece" for the club. However I feel the Bulldogs will sign him for 2018 onwards.....
- ....but the Warriors do have a shot, because the NRL will probably need to sign off on where Foran goes due to his past.
- Looking at the large pool of free agents for 2018, there is going to be some major roster overhauls across the NRL - including Warriors, St George, Parramatta, Brisbane.
- Warriors' signing focus will be Johnson/Foran for whatever they want, and then build the roster around them. That may mean saying goodbye to players like Lillyman, Matulino, Vatuvei etc.
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Team to face the big Raiders in Canberra.
VODAFONE WARRIORS
1 ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK (c)
2 BLAKE AYSHFORD
3 DAVID FUSITU’A
4 SOLOMONE KATA
5 KEN MAUMALO
6 KIERAN FORAN
7 SHAUN JOHNSON
8 JAMES GAVET
9 ISSAC LUKE
10 JACOB LILLYMAN
11 BODENE THOMPSON
12 RYAN HOFFMAN
13 SIMON MANNERING
Interchange:
14 NATHANIEL ROACHE
15 CHARLIE GUBB
16 LIGI SAO
17 SAM LISONE
18 ALBERT VETE
20 BUNTY AFOA
21 MAFOA’AEATA HINGANO
22 MASON LINO
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Team to face the big Raiders in Canberra.
VODAFONE WARRIORS
1 ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK (c)
2 BLAKE AYSHFORD
3 DAVID FUSITU’A
4 SOLOMONE KATA
5 KEN MAUMALO
6 KIERAN FORAN
7 SHAUN JOHNSON
8 JAMES GAVET
9 ISSAC LUKE
10 JACOB LILLYMAN
11 BODENE THOMPSON
12 RYAN HOFFMAN
13 SIMON MANNERING
Interchange:
14 NATHANIEL ROACHE
15 CHARLIE GUBB
16 LIGI SAO
17 SAM LISONE
18 ALBERT VETE
20 BUNTY AFOA
21 MAFOA’AEATA HINGANO
22 MASON LINO
@Sneakdefreak I don't remember us doing well in Canberra historically
