NRL 2022
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Melbourne are cooked. Already on the ropes, you lose Paps for the year and it is done.
The Dogs are in a good spot at the moment, and should attract the best available coach
I think the 8 is locked in now. I think the Storm having the Warriors and the Titans still to play keeps them in the 8 even if the rest goes wrong.
Because the bottom 3rd of the table is so bad, you'll probably need a winning record to come 8th.
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the coaching bloodbath this season is unreal
We've had 3 go already. 2 more have been in the gun for months. And now the media are beating the drums for Griffen at the Dragons.
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actually thinking about the Dragons they perfectly illustrate the "continue to fail" mindset that half the comp has.
Hire a "favourite son" coach and take too long to get rid when it was clear he was a bit shit. Hire a "6th to 9th" coach who has been moved on from a couple of clubs already.
Then spend your cap hiring old has-been-to-never-was players already cut by other clubs. Players like Woods, Mbye, McCulloch, McGuire. Repeatedly pick them in first grade despite adding fuck all.
It's a recipe followed by a bunch of clubs stuck on a treadmill.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2022:
actually thinking about the Dragons they perfectly illustrate the "continue to fail" mindset that half the comp has.
Hire a "favourite son" coach and take too long to get rid when it was clear he was a bit shit. Hire a "6th to 9th" coach who has been moved on from a couple of clubs already.
Then spend your cap hiring old has-been-to-never-was players already cut by other clubs. Players like Woods, Mbye, McCulloch, McGuire. Repeatedly pick them in first grade despite adding fuck all.
It's a recipe followed by a bunch of clubs stuck on a treadmill.
this is also a club with a ownership/management that has a poor culture and it flows also from there.. unfortunately a few clubs like that including the tigers and the lets gone warrriors
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Teen boys responsible for death threats to Eels star’s family
Two teenagers from south-west Sydney have been identified as the persons responsible for the death threats directed at the family of Eels playmaker Mitchell Moses.
Honestly what the fuck. It did seem pretty likely that the whole threat thing was some kids trying to be funny. But why, Just why, do people think it's funny to do shit like that?....
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@Mackerzzzz said in NRL 2022:
Two teenagers from south-west Sydney have been identified as the persons responsible for the death threats directed at the family of Eels playmaker Mitchell Moses.
Honestly what the fuck. It did seem pretty likely that the whole threat thing was some kids trying to be funny. But why, Just why, do people think it's funny to do shit like that?....
i've seen too many screenshots of vile shit sent directly to footballers to call this "isolated"
Society has a fucking problem.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2022:
@Mackerzzzz said in NRL 2022:
Two teenagers from south-west Sydney have been identified as the persons responsible for the death threats directed at the family of Eels playmaker Mitchell Moses.
Honestly what the fuck. It did seem pretty likely that the whole threat thing was some kids trying to be funny. But why, Just why, do people think it's funny to do shit like that?....
i've seen too many screenshots of vile shit sent directly to footballers to call this "isolated"
Society has a fucking problem.
@mariner4life said in NRL 2022:
@Mackerzzzz said in NRL 2022:
Honestly what the fuck. It did seem pretty likely that the whole threat thing was some kids trying to be funny. But why, Just why, do people think it's funny to do shit like that?....
i've seen too many screenshots of vile shit sent directly to footballers to call this "isolated"
Society has a fucking problem.
Has for a while too...
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as someone not averse to piling in here and having a real fucking go at professional players doing their job poorly (in my eyes), often after a beer of 5
i still don't understand how you go from that to sending direct to their socials and attacking them personally, mentioning their family, or getting racist. How fucking dead inside do you have to be for that to even cross your fucking mind??
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You can see why someone like Vettel so cautiously guards his privacy. There's mentally unstable people out there.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2022:
the coaching bloodbath this season is unreal
We've had 3 go already. 2 more have been in the gun for months. And now the media are beating the drums for Griffen at the Dragons.
and apparently the Eels are shopping around Brad Arthur if they don't turn up for finals this year.
Do these clubs no more about who is there to take over than i do? I hope for their sake they don't think guys like Toovey or Seibold or Fittler are the answer
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2022:
@mariner4life said in NRL 2022:
the coaching bloodbath this season is unreal
We've had 3 go already. 2 more have been in the gun for months. And now the media are beating the drums for Griffen at the Dragons.
and apparently the Eels are shopping around Brad Arthur if they don't turn up for finals this year.
Do these clubs no more about who is there to take over than i do? I hope for their sake they don't think guys like Toovey or Seibold or Fittler are the answer
unless someone has finally convinced Ciraldo to sign somewhere?
feel sorry for that young coach so much pressure on him as everyone wants him but he hasn't delivered anything under his own watch at this level yet
To be fair a lot of clubs could do with a Brad Arthur
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one that has avoided the bloodbath is Sticky, who got himself an extension
two decades since he won a premiership. Fuck that is a long time.
I will not miss Ricky when he is gone. Teflon-coated when it comes to media scrutiny, and nothing is ever his fault.
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@bayimports the heat will be on that guy from day 1. you can see why he is being very choosy about where he goes.
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Hopefully he won't end up like Barrett , great assistant but crap head coach
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Probably deserves to be in the state of rugby thread, but a funny line tonight from Matty Johns to Fletch.
Fletch was talking about the Piddler on the Roof at the Wallabies v England match. Fletch said, Rugby Australia has banned him from watching rugby anywhere in Australia. To which Johns replied “what’s the punishment though”
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Brisbane go to Sydney and smash Parra
Kevvie Walters started as a meme coach. But the job he has done at the Broncos is pretty fucking great (along with the head office). They've cut the culture-killing guys, brought in a real leader at halfback, and the change is dramatic. The Broncos turn up for each other every game, and put in a shift. Yes they have talent, but you also have to work to beat them, because they will defend with everything they have. Last night Parra had a lot of ball in the Brisbane end and came up with fuck all to show for it.
Not saying they can win the comp, but they have come a loooong way in a short space of time.And so to Parra, who you would swear cannot get near winning the comp. Except for the fact they beat Melbourne when Melbourne were good. And they beat Penrith. Is there a more frustrating team to support out there?
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2022:
Brisbane go to Sydney and smash Parra
Kevvie Walters started as a meme coach. But the job he has done at the Broncos is pretty fucking great (along with the head office). They've cut the culture-killing guys, brought in a real leader at halfback, and the change is dramatic. The Broncos turn up for each other every game, and put in a shift. Yes they have talent, but you also have to work to beat them, because they will defend with everything they have. Last night Parra had a lot of ball in the Brisbane end and came up with fuck all to show for it.
Not saying they can win the comp, but they have come a loooong way in a short space of time.And so to Parra, who you would swear cannot get near winning the comp. Except for the fact they beat Melbourne when Melbourne were good. And they beat Penrith. Is there a more frustrating team to support out there?
Parra made that many errors last night that even the Tigers and Warriors were in with a chance. If they got a few things right they may have got there. It would be incredibly frustrating as a supporter and a coach!
As for Walters, I still dont see him as a great coach. Whoever signed Reynolds deserves all the credit. From what I heard that was more Ikin getting that started. Renoylds controls that team like a puppet master and you can see it when he is on the field.
Walters deserves some credit, but I am not convinced he is a great coach yet. You could argue Haas was part of the culture problem, but they kept him..
Brisbane on their day are and will be hard to beat, playing with a lot of confidence for sure
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@bayimports i never said he was great coach. but no way i am not going to give him credit for the spirit in that side
