Pre-Game Bulldogs v Manly [Round 16, 2021]

[Nordburg]

Gosiewski named on the reserves list,hopefully that’s just due to lack of numbers and not Des’ obsession with continually naming under performing players from the past.Surely he doesn’t take BenT’s spot

 

[Mataiforever]

Another issue with not having Schuster and Sironen back in time is that it reduces the effectiveness of Marty.

Having Marty start means our back 20 in each half is much less potent than it was when Sips and Marty were coming off the bench. Having Siro or Schuster (just one of them) in allows Marty to go back to the bench, keppie to prop and lawton to 13.

 

[Mataiforever]

Gosiewski named on the reserves list,hopefully that’s just due to lack of numbers and not Des’ obsession with continually naming under performing players from the past.Surely he doesn’t take BenT’s spot

He is a pub footy player and it will be a blight on our team if he comes back into consistent contention for minutes with players returning.

 

[Simonmyers11]

How is Schuster still out... what is it 3 weeks post the initial time set to return? What are they doing at HQ!...

I reckon he would play if it was a semi final, but being we have some depth, better to have it fully heal and come back ready for finals. We will need a full strength side all fit to have a real shot

 

[Simonmyers11]

Another issue with not having Schuster and Sironen back in time is that it reduces the effectiveness of Marty.

Having Marty start means our back 20 in each half is much less potent than it was when Sips and Marty were coming off the bench. Having Siro or Schuster (just one of them) in allows Marty to go back to the bench, keppie to prop and lawton to 13.

We also will have Josh back soon, some extra grunt. Pretty good looking fully fit side

 

[Simonmyers11]

He is a pub footy player and it will be a blight on our team if he comes back into consistent contention for minutes with players returning.

Surely he will be no where near contention with the current side.

 

[Shoe1]

How is Schuster still out... what is it 3 weeks post the initial time set to return? What are they doing at HQ!...

It is because the "NRL" "Physio" hasn't cleared him yet.

 

[Scorpio]

Another issue with not having Schuster and Sironen back in time is that it reduces the effectiveness of Marty.

Having Marty start means our back 20 in each half is much less potent than it was when Sips and Marty were coming off the bench. Having Siro or Schuster (just one of them) in allows Marty to go back to the bench, keppie to prop and lawton to 13.

Possibly unpopular opinion but for a prop on $600-$800k he should be able to produce his best work as a starting prop.

In any case we'll have more options when Aloiai is back

 

[Will on the hill]

Wow, just when you think the Dogs couldn't get any worse. Never seen a team with so few recognisable names. Now I'm nervous.

 

[davohan123]

Wow, just when you think the Dogs couldn't get any worse. Never seen a team with so few recognisable names. Now I'm nervous.

If we lose to that lime up then we are seriously just making up the numbers for finals football.

Seriously our 1-7 kills there line up.

 

[court83]

This is a huge game for us.. with our run home there's every chance we can snag a top 4 finish IF we win these gimme games (and not show up flat and lose like we did against the knights... Altho ref had a huge say in that also)
Not only must we win, we must win BIG.. every chance top 4 will hinge on f/a and playing a dogs full of Reggie players, we should win by 60

 

[davohan123]

DCE will be so glad to have turbo and foran back playing with Instead of that flog munster and val.

DCE will be man of match
He we show those naysayers

 

[Remy]

Dogs are heavily undermanned. We should win quite comfortably if we have learnt from the Newcastle L and the Titans first half. Wish they would actually give us an update about Schuster but it's obvious they want him fully fit and ready to play 6 against Raiders when Chez is out. Especially since it's a five-day turnaround from Dogs to Raiders. I hope Tommy plays, coz he is missing out on the raiders game coz he's in blues camp and unlikely he will play for dragons coz it's two days after game 3. So would be nice for him to collect some dally m points against the dogs. And I really hope Jetski never plays in our 17 again and is only on the reserves coz of lack of names. Lets gooooooooo Manly.

 

[Will on the hill]

Still no clearer if Tommy will play. Doubt we will know for sure till an hour before kickoff. Will feel slightly more confident if Funa drops off in the first cut but most likely shift would be Parker to wing Suli/Walker to centre and Cust/Suli to bench.

 

[aidan]

What's going on with Josh? Our team still looks strong but I hope he is back soon

He must’ve had some issues with his calf since I spoke to him last week because as I stated above he said it was feeling good and he’d be ready to go against the dogs.

 

[Nordburg]

Surely he will be no where near contention with the current side.

This is the perfect game for BenT to get more minutes,no point playing a bloke that has failed to make an impact.

 

[The Wheel]

He must’ve had some issues with his calf since I spoke to him last week because as I stated above he said it was feeling good and he’d be ready to go against the dogs.

I think it’s more of a case of making sure he is for the Raiders game than anything, where he will play in the halves (unless DCE is dropped)

 

[davohan123]

Still no clearer if Tommy will play. Doubt we will know for sure till an hour before kickoff. Will feel slightly more confident if Funa drops off in the first cut but most likely shift would be Parker to wing Suli/Walker to centre and Cust/Suli to bench.

I think he will play

We won't see him next weekend against raiders or dragons 2 days after soo3 plus he does not need to train so five days rest will be enough rest time he needs.

 

[EOL now nesting on the GC]

If we lose to that lime up then we are seriously just making up the numbers for finals football.

Seriously our 1-7 kills there line up.

Dont forget this is a game of footy between 2 teams. 80min where we know what should happen but unfortunately anything can happen.

 

[davohan123]

Dont forget this is a game of footy between 2 teams. 80min where we know what should happen but unfortunately anything can happen.

Just look our Newcastle game yes I know what can happen and if we take the dogs lightly anything can happen.

We need to show no mercy on the dogs come Saturday afternoon.