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  1. Scorpio

    Jake T.

    Correct, but it doesn't make our current predicament less of a problem. If he was on $400k (which is reportedly still more than Croker gets paid), then we'd have an extra $550k to upgrade or go to market for the players around him... which would benefit the team's performance. In my opinion...
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    Jake T.

    What is fair and reasonable output for a middle forward on ~$950k per year until the end of next year? Would any other middle forward be defended for running less than 40 metres with the ball in 70 minutes? Unfortunately, the amount of time he's on the field makes no perceptible difference to...
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    Luke Brooks - the plate is hot

    Nathan Brown had a very slow play-the-ball which put DCE under a lot of pressure, so DCE had to pass to Brooks who had to kick it immediately... from 40 metres out. I'm not sure that DCE has ever kicked a field goal from 40+ metres out so given the circumstances it's a bit harsh to criticise...
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    Strategy

    With the 17 players listed, having a right centre (Garrick) move to the left to replace Ben at left centre was the only other option, in my opinion. But then you'd have players on both sides out of the field playing out of position, and having to make that change in the middle of a half of...
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    Post-Game Discussion Knights V Manly [Round 14, 2025]

    Seeing as lots of blame has been apportioned to seemingly everyone else, I feel like it is warranted to point out that Hopoate bombed an all but certain try, right next to the uprights, before his head knock. Accidents happen but we win that game if we are 22-0 at half time.
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    Jake T.

    Yes he made 45 tackles last night. However... As uncomfortable as it may be to acknowledge, as a middle forward playing nearly 70 minutes, 4 runs with the ball for 35 metres is not acceptable. We cannot and will not win matches with those numbers. Because of his club status and salary cap...
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    Burbo

    78 minutes without Lehi was going to burn us one way or another. If we had Simpkin, an outside back and two props on the bench, then our forwards would have been even more gassed at the end of that match.
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    Post-Game Discussion Knights V Manly [Round 14, 2025]

    That's disappointing but I will say that you usually cannot win matches when the fullback goes off 6 minutes into the match, with another outside back spends 15 minutes off the field... when there are 4 forwards on the bench.
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    The Daly Cherrygraph

    You're also comparing someone who hardly ever lets himself get tackled, with two people whose job it is to run into 300kg of men 15-20 times a game 25+ times a year... and with 50% more aggression at Origin.
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    State of Origin, 2025.

    The call by Andrew Johns to replace DCE seems like change for the sake of change. You could argue that at the moment he might not be the right choice for captain, but Munster, Ponga and other Queensland backs were less effectual than DCE last night. That being said, once or twice he looked...
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    Metcalf

    IMO, our past 10 years as a club has led us to this point. Whenever DCE hasn't had an experienced halves partner in the past 10 years, the opposition teams pressure him and the game plan falls apart. After Foran left in 2022, we tried Schuster, Johns and Arthur in 2023 and none of them...
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    What’s really killing our 2025 season?

    As Manly coach, Seibold currently has a higher win percentage than Barrett (not a high bar to clear there) but also currently higher than Des (his immediate predecessor) had across his entire second stint at Manly. To me that's enough of a sample size to suggest we have other problems to...
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    The Daly Cherrygraph

    I understand the Roosters are simply continuing to implement a new club rule... No players with names ending in -andon Smith.
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    All NRL Games [Round 10, 2025]

    Except when they don't... we put 40 points on the Raiders in Round 3 while they were at full strength, while we were missing Tom. The Raiders look great when they're on, but their underwhelming performances (or entire seasons) seem to quietly go under the radar.
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    Kaeo Weekes

    In my opinion, not logically. The Raiders are not a financially struggling club. Ricky has been there for 11 seasons and made the finals 5 times. Before he was their coach, they'd made the finals 20 times in 32 seasons, so his strike rate is statistically lower than their average. Whether his...
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    Kaeo Weekes

    As coach he has made the finals series 9 times in his 21 seasons as an NRL coach... and has only made the finals 6 times in the past 20 years. To me it doesn't make sense that anyone here is entertaining the thought of having him here.
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    The Daly Cherrygraph

    I think in hindsight, the think the wheels were in motion when the players thought they should be making coaching decisions.
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    Jake Trbojevic offers nothing in attack

    This might be sacrilege but I'm not sure the team missed him on the field last night. Tevaga did a good job. Jake could be moved to prop... but as with lock forward, we have faster, cheaper and more mobile options there as well.
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    The Daly Cherrygraph

    That market rate is being inflated because it has been telegraphed that we apparently want/need him. We need a decent plan B because otherwise we'll end up overpaying for someone who'll be 32 by Round 1 next year...
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    The Daly Cherrygraph

    In my opinion it would be Tom, but he's unfortunately limited by his injuries.

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3 Storm 14 10 0 4 196 26
4 Warriors 15 10 0 5 11 24
5 Broncos 15 8 0 7 64 20
6 Roosters 14 7 0 7 16 20
7 Panthers 15 7 1 7 3 19
8 Dolphins 16 8 0 8 162 18
9 Sea Eagles 15 7 0 8 40 18
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