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  1. Ron E. Gibbs

    Resilience Lacking For Manly: Barrett

    Deja vu all over again.
  2. Ron E. Gibbs

    Post-Game Discussion Warriors V Manly [Round 2, 2025]

    Yep. An almost spectacular lack of resolve and effort tonight. The Warriors have a good pack and a truly excellent front row, with an actual hooker in Wade Egan, so it was always going to be a test, but our forwards were completely dominated, and the mistakes just killed us off. Really...
  3. Ron E. Gibbs

    Game Day: Warriors V Manly [Round 2, 2025]

    Wow. Cherry was on his knees for so long that Kurt Capewell started getting aroused.
  4. Ron E. Gibbs

    Game Day: Warriors V Manly [Round 2, 2025]

    Like I said before the game, this had "ambush" written all over it. The ref certainly got the script, manufacturing six again calls for the Warriors on the fourth or fifth tackle of almost every set. Combine that with our stupid mistakes and it's not going to end well. As good as we can look...
  5. Ron E. Gibbs

    Pre-Game Warriors V Manly [Round 2, 2025]

    The thing with Faulalo is that, yes, he's been fantastic in reserve grade, but he's also looked like he belongs every time he's played with the NRL team. Small sample size so far, but he's a very good replacement and I'm sure he'll do the job. That's the beauty of having some depth in the squad...
  6. Ron E. Gibbs

    Streaming advice

    Big fan of the Apple TV, which runs Kayo really well and has the best UI of any streaming box I've ever tried. Will also handle Kayo in 4K, which is nice.
  7. Ron E. Gibbs

    The Haumole Bible.

    Agree. Although I have to say I liked that Dearden kept going at him all night, even after getting trampled. Love that kid's toughness.
  8. Ron E. Gibbs

    MVP: Rd 1 v Cowboys

    Trbojobowl: 3. Turbo 2. Jurbo 1. Burbo The rest: 3. Turbo 2. Haumole 1. Paseka Thought Sipley was great as well, but the three above him were terrifying for the opposition in different ways.
  9. Ron E. Gibbs

    Post-Game Discussion Manly V Cowboys [Round 1, 2025]

    I don't know how svelte you're looking, Disco, but Jake appears fit and happy. Also, can we close the "Jake offers nothing in attack" thread now?
  10. Ron E. Gibbs

    Game Day: Manly V Cowboys [Round 1, 2025]

    The next time somebody pipes up and says, "I'm sick of Brandy Alexander always deathriding us", please refer to them to his efforts in commentary this game. He has blown so much smoke up Turbo's arse (and Manly's collective arse) that it's starting to come out his ears. Seriously, the...
  11. Ron E. Gibbs

    All NRL Games [Round 1, 2025]

    Looks even worse on the field. Have to say I'm sick of the Bulldogs buying every quality forward who comes on the market while we, um, do not. Surely their "war chest" must be empty by now.
  12. Ron E. Gibbs

    All NRL Games [Round 1, 2025]

    He always has. Read some nice comments about him from DCE and Seibold during the week, saying we wanted to keep him but couldn't and that he'd do a great job for the Bunnies. So far they have been right.
  13. Ron E. Gibbs

    Pre-Game Manly V Cowboys [Round 1, 2025]

    He played almost exclusively at dummy half in their trials, at least from what I saw. And they've lost Granville, so he's Robson's main backup. But I agree: he's much better as a backrower. Took us a while to figure it out, and his injuries didn't help, but last year was his best year for us. I...
  14. Ron E. Gibbs

    Pre-Game Manly V Cowboys [Round 1, 2025]

    They were actually pretty good away from home last season, too. They will be a challenge.
  15. Ron E. Gibbs

    Systems v weapons

    In attack, throw it to Tommy and hope for the best (ie, that he scores a try and/or doesn't injure himself in the process). In defence, f**ked if I know.
  16. Ron E. Gibbs

    [Resurrected] Paseka

    The problem is, we do lose Paseka regularly. Injuries always seem to hit him right when he's starting to show glimpses of consistency and form, and it feels like he's then starting over from scratch. That's why, almost three years since @Woodsie started this thread, we're still waiting for his...
  17. Ron E. Gibbs

    Just Making up the numbers?

    Yeah, hard to argue with any of his analysis, really. It's up to the players and the coaching staff to prove they can take that extra step. But until they do that, no one is going to pick them as premiers.
  18. Ron E. Gibbs

    Defence

    When I use the word "systems" in reference to footy, I'm thinking of shapes and patterns in both attack and defence that every player knows and is expected to adhere to. Compressing defence around the markers, for example, or jamming in, or sliding, and knowing when to do one thing instead of...
  19. Ron E. Gibbs

    Defence

    The one thing that bothered me about the trials is the same thing that's bothered me for years and I hoped Seibold would fix: we don't appear to have any systems in defence or attack. Everything is ad-libbed. Contrast that to the Penrith third-grade side who rolled us, who played to the same...
  20. Ron E. Gibbs

    Wakeham: Drug supply charges dropped.

    See, back when I was involved in print publications, "masthead" had a very specific meaning. It referred to the box of text that contained the title of the publication followed by a list of the people involved in producing it, including editorial, sales, circulation, and subscription staff, as...

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1 Bulldogs 7 6 0 1 74 14
2 Storm 7 5 0 2 78 12
3 Raiders 8 6 0 2 58 12
4 Warriors 7 5 0 2 -4 12
5 Broncos 8 5 0 3 78 10
6 Cowboys 7 4 0 3 -10 10
7 Sharks 8 4 0 4 39 8
8 Sea Eagles 8 4 0 4 36 8
9 Tigers 8 4 0 4 14 8
10 Dragons 7 3 0 4 -8 8
11 Rabbitohs 8 4 0 4 -44 8
12 Dolphins 8 3 0 5 16 6
13 Roosters 8 3 0 5 -52 6
14 Titans 7 2 0 5 -68 6
15 Knights 7 2 0 5 -74 6
16 Eels 7 2 0 5 -107 6
17 Panthers 8 2 0 6 -26 4

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