NRL 2021
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@bayimports that bitter drunk Buzz Rothfield tried to say the Warriors have it easy because they are staying in a resort. Who wouldn't love that?
fuck i can't stand those NRL360 jerkoffs.
There is the making of a good team there you are right. Need to play with more tempo and dare i say it, drop a few more balls trying to create linebreaks. A high completion percentage doesn't mean much these days (did i hear yesterday the Bulldogs have the best stat in the comp for it?) you need to be challenging the defence all game.
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@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
If Lodge, AFB and Tohu stay on the park, then thats a pretty good starting middle 3.
I desperately wanted to dislike Lodge when they signed him given his past conduct. However, had a bit of a read about him and it looks like he has tried real hard to atone for the America incident.
He's the type of prop we need in our team. Reliable, hard running and a good head on him. Sometimes a bit prone to pushing too hard for an offload, but otherwise I think he's been our second-best buy in recent years behind Walsh.
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@aucklandwarlord said in NRL 2021:
@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
If Lodge, AFB and Tohu stay on the park, then thats a pretty good starting middle 3.
I desperately wanted to dislike Lodge when they signed him given his past conduct. However, had a bit of a read about him and it looks like he has tried real hard to atone for the America incident.
He's the type of prop we need in our team. Reliable, hard running and a good head on him. Sometimes a bit prone to pushing too hard for an offload, but otherwise I think he's been our second-best buy in recent years behind Walsh.
@aucklandwarlord Lodge can play 60 minutes every game in the front row and offloads, he has a massive engine for a prop. One game even went 80 with injuries. I tried to dislike him too, but efforts on the field have been more than solid. i even find that he is often in judiciary for BS (historical bias), more than significant issues.
@mariner4life buzz just needs to retire, the guy is a joke (mind you the core of that NRL360 is), although they generate a lot of story lines in the media which rugby could learn a thing or two from.
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@aucklandwarlord said in NRL 2021:
@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
If Lodge, AFB and Tohu stay on the park, then thats a pretty good starting middle 3.
I desperately wanted to dislike Lodge when they signed him given his past conduct. However, had a bit of a read about him and it looks like he has tried real hard to atone for the America incident.
He's the type of prop we need in our team. Reliable, hard running and a good head on him. Sometimes a bit prone to pushing too hard for an offload, but otherwise I think he's been our second-best buy in recent years behind Walsh.
Where do you put the signing of Fonua-Blake if Lodge and Walsh are your top two signings? To me he's better than Lodge and Walsh, although he's on a bit more money.
The big man had another big game yesterday with 212m(102m post contact) and 31 tackles. We haven't seen those sort of numbers from a Warriors prop since Steve Price.
Aitken and Montoya are two other recent recruits that are starting to the look the goods.
Curran is not really a recent signing, but he's come of age this season.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2021:
Curran is not really a recent signing, but he's come of age this season.
he's come out of nowhere!
Got in better shape. I heard he's normally a bit of a fatty.
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@aucklandwarlord said in NRL 2021:
@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
If Lodge, AFB and Tohu stay on the park, then thats a pretty good starting middle 3.
I desperately wanted to dislike Lodge when they signed him given his past conduct. However, had a bit of a read about him and it looks like he has tried real hard to atone for the America incident.
He's the type of prop we need in our team. Reliable, hard running and a good head on him. Sometimes a bit prone to pushing too hard for an offload, but otherwise I think he's been our second-best buy in recent years behind Walsh.
Where do you put the signing of Fonua-Blake if Lodge and Walsh are your top two signings? To me he's better than Lodge and Walsh, although he's on a bit more money.
The big man had another big game yesterday with 212m(102m post contact) and 31 tackles. We haven't seen those sort of numbers from a Warriors prop since Steve Price.
Aitken and Montya are two other recent recruits that are starting to the look the goods too.
Curran is not really a recent signing, but he's come of age this season.
Based solely on value for money for what we paid, I'd put him below those two. I think we've got Walsh for 400k a year on average and I know the Broncos are paying a sizeable chunk of Lodge's salary.
I think Walsh has the potential to continue to get exponentially better as he ages, and we've seen it already this season.
If you took salary out of it, AFB would sit above both, but given the salary cap is such an omnipresent restriction, I tend to judge signings based on what we pay for them.
Interesting you mention Steve Price re the metres because I understand there used to be rumblings about him monopolising all the easy metres (kick off return etc) to falsely inflate his stats. 102 metres after contact is a great stat line.
I like Montoya too - he's not flashy but is very consistent.
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@aucklandwarlord said in NRL 2021:
@aucklandwarlord said in NRL 2021:
@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
If Lodge, AFB and Tohu stay on the park, then thats a pretty good starting middle 3.
I desperately wanted to dislike Lodge when they signed him given his past conduct. However, had a bit of a read about him and it looks like he has tried real hard to atone for the America incident.
He's the type of prop we need in our team. Reliable, hard running and a good head on him. Sometimes a bit prone to pushing too hard for an offload, but otherwise I think he's been our second-best buy in recent years behind Walsh.
Where do you put the signing of Fonua-Blake if Lodge and Walsh are your top two signings? To me he's better than Lodge and Walsh, although he's on a bit more money.
The big man had another big game yesterday with 212m(102m post contact) and 31 tackles. We haven't seen those sort of numbers from a Warriors prop since Steve Price.
Aitken and Montya are two other recent recruits that are starting to the look the goods too.
Curran is not really a recent signing, but he's come of age this season.
Based solely on value for money for what we paid, I'd put him below those two. I think we've got Walsh for 400k a year on average and I know the Broncos are paying a sizeable chunk of Lodge's salary.
I think Walsh has the potential to continue to get exponentially better as he ages, and we've seen it already this season.
If you took salary out of it, AFB would sit above both, but given the salary cap is such an omnipresent restriction, I tend to judge signings based on what we pay for them.
Interesting you mention Steve Price re the metres because I understand there used to be rumblings about him monopolising all the easy metres (kick off return etc) to falsely inflate his stats. 102 metres after contact is a great stat line.
I like Montoya too - he's not flashy but is very consistent.
All good points. Actually regarding Curran there were massive wraps on him at the Roosters (they were nto happy to see him go), took a while to find his feet here, whether thats coaching, opportunities or just not living up to his hype previously, but he has had a huge year.
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Wasn't there a member of the very early Warriors squad (circa 1995) who died from a similar injury? Surprised throat injuries aren't more common in rugby and league, given the high impact of both sports.
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shocking news about Fifita, those injuries are always a risk with the front on, upright nature of RL. I am actually shocked they don't happen more often.
In other, far less serious news
It appears Jimmy Maloney, super pest, king grub, and serial winner is retiring. Team mates all over the world are breathing a sigh of relief.
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Still early, but Storm down 10 - 0 to the Titans.
Storm will probably win in the end, but they've been a bit off for about a month now.
Storm down on a lot of usual starters, seemingly at the end of a heavy training load, playing the backup fullback at halfback, and the Titans were up an about. Upset definitely on the cards
aaaaaand the storm take care of them easy.
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@mariner4life 19 wins in a row. Pretty incredible.
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@Stargazer Brandon Smith is Waiheke Island's finest export.
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@Stargazer Brandon Smith is Waiheke Island's finest export.
So NZ poached him too!
