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Pre-Game Manly V Dragons [Round 7, 2025]
That knock last season was pretty serious for Croker and I would not be surprised if this did eventuate, a hard nosed player that has done a job for the club, his return at the back end of last season is a reminder he wasn’t the player before the injury.- Dion Johnson
- Post #107
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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2026 recruitment & retention
According to the NRL signings tracker these players are off contract. Aaron Schoupp 2025 Aitasi James 2025 Clayton Faulalo 2025 Daly Cherry-Evans 2025 Dean Matterson 2025 Ethan Bullemor 2025 Gordon Chan Kum Tong 2025 Jake Arthur 2025 Jazz Tevaga 2025 Josh Aloiai 2025 Michael Chee Kam 2025...- Dion Johnson
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- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Galvin
Watching him his running style and speed he is very good, I agree centre is probably where he would debut though I would like to see him get a run at fullback in Flegg this season. Watching Fletcher Sharpe play though at six maybe Onitoni will do well at six. Looks to be a player of good...- Dion Johnson
- Post #187
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Pre-Game Manly V Dragons [Round 7, 2025]
Jake Arthur getting a chance to play where the club originally recruited him for would be worth a shot, 30 minutes playing as the link man would be good to see, at least he would go to the line with the ball and attract defenders, Jake T is passing the ball at times 3 meters before the line.- Dion Johnson
- Post #100
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Pre-Game Manly V Dragons [Round 7, 2025]
It’s frustrating when I read the name Jazz Tevega selected at nine!! Seibold is starting to go down the Dessie path on sticking with seasoned players that are not playing well enough.- Dion Johnson
- Post #93
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Galvin
Galvin and his management have knocked back the offer the Tigers made, they want to test his value on the open market. The narrative that Galvin has announced he is leaving the club at 2026 is not his doing, that was done by the Tigers who thought they put their best offer to him, they released...- Dion Johnson
- Post #52
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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2026 recruitment & retention
He is a huge out, there is hardly any punch up the middle without him, Bully yes, Aloiai he has been good the last two games, TKO he goes okay, the other middles look at their post contact meters and that will tell you how much aggression they are running with. No punch in the middle lacks...- Dion Johnson
- Post #2,995
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Galvin
Galvin is a good footballer, he would be a welcome addition to any of the other sixteen clubs, I don’t think he would fix the positions that are the cause of the current teams problems here. Need a front rower with some mongrel, a Lenui prototype would work well, a couple of young forwards that...- Dion Johnson
- Post #39
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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2026 recruitment & retention
Yeh the current squad is not very well balanced, to much of the cap in the backline and not enough in middle forwards, Laiafi, Pua’avase and Navale on a supplementary contracts, are the only young forward talent to be given deals by the club. Recruitment wasn’t the best with what they recruited...- Dion Johnson
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- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Pre-Game Manly V Dragons [Round 7, 2025]
I don’t know how Waddell got a three year deal, it’s astonishing a washed up journeyman on a three year gig, saying that I don’t think he is the major concern with the current pack, TKO good for 30-35 minutes, Bully needs to play 50 minutes and should start, no good him coming on at the 20...- Dion Johnson
- Post #21
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Caleb Navale
Plays thirteen and that’s where he should play if they play him.- Dion Johnson
- Post #201
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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I love Nathan Brown
He was very ordinary in the trial game and looked out of touch, played good when he came on with Bully at the 20 minute mark against the Storm, went to the line with the ball and looked good in that link man role. Problem is both he and Jake are similar players and having them both out there we...- Dion Johnson
- Post #84
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Josh Aloiai
He was good yesterday and the week before, I thought he was the pick of the forwards and he had intent with every involvement, didn’t get much help in the middle. Josh has lacked that consistency and for the team to be competitive he needs to bring that every week, hopefully the bad games are...- Dion Johnson
- Post #420
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Pre-Game Manly V Dragons [Round 7, 2025]
They have De-Balin and Couchman linking together in the middle with their offloads and then the threat of a fresh Liddle coming off the pine. I expect Seibold to continue with the conservative team selections, though the tough calls are looming and if the injection of Turbo glosses over those...- Dion Johnson
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NRL Games [Round 6, 2025]
Robinson is getting away from conservative selections and backing their promising younger players, dropping Townsend was needed a couple of weeks back, the young forwards adding enthusiasm with and without the ball are good to watch.- Dion Johnson
- Post #142
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Pre-Game Manly V Dragons [Round 7, 2025]
Dragons forward pack will be a challenge to get on top of, how long before Seibold makes some personnel changes.- Dion Johnson
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- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Jake T.
He does a fair bit of work off the ball Jake, looking at his last three games he has only made a total of 33 metres post contact in three games, that stat is not good enough for first grade and definitely wouldn’t be origin worthy. It’s not only Laurie Daley that needs to make a big call, there...- Dion Johnson
- Post #28
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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The Haumole Bible.
A bloke like Haumole all you need to do is get him early ball or put him in a one on one situation and you get points, the lack of ball playing and creativity from the halves is below par.- Dion Johnson
- Post #1,489
- Forum: Rugby League Forum
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Frustrating game lacking resilience
Lack punch in the middle and second phase play, the player with most post contact meters this season is Hoppa with 380 meters, Haumole 361 meters, Bully 248 meters and Jake 133 meters, Jake made 71 of those post contact meters in two games and 62 post contact meters in the other four games...- Dion Johnson
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Jake T.
Trbojevic’s turbulent form The form of Origin-winning Blues captain Jake Trbojevic is causing concern among NSW Rugby League power brokers as attention turns towards this year’s series. Trbojevic is too tough to justifiably be called rugby league’s version of Bambi but in terms of being rugby...- Dion Johnson
- Post #19
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