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Re: Pre-season. : Thu Dec 21, 2023 11:56 pm  
I like the fact that we're wrote off. It takes off the pressure.

I look at the squad and think it looks like a more attacking team than defensive. That probably doesn't do us any good when it comes to winning trophies, but it will give us the mentality of going out with the attitude of we'll score more points than you. Which is a Tony Smith trait If we can do that then that will be an improvement on last season. It surely can't get much worse?

I think we'll do OK in getting back on track to where we want to be. But It'll probably be another year before we can challenge at the top again.
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Re: Pre-season. : Fri Dec 22, 2023 9:38 am  
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I like the fact that we're wrote off. It takes off the pressure.

I look at the squad and think it looks like a more attacking team than defensive. That probably doesn't do us any good when it comes to winning trophies, but it will give us the mentality of going out with the attitude of we'll score more points than you. Which is a Tony Smith trait If we can do that then that will be an improvement on last season. It surely can't get much worse?

I think we'll do OK in getting back on track to where we want to be. But It'll probably be another year before we can challenge at the top again.


I actually think we will be better this year and at least stay in the fight for the full season, as most if not all, of the perceived bad apples have gone. I think Nu Brown will be every bit as good as Clifford was, he is a current Kiwi international and that takes some doing, when you consider the talent that they can call on. The pack will hopefully be better, Okunbor worries me, but Tony Smith knows more about RL than any of us on here, so he has obviously signed him with a plan, if he can hit the right lines he has nearly as much pace as our wingers, so getting down the field shouldn't be a massive issue for us. I was looking at a fans forum and the Bulldog's fans seemed upset that Pele had left, without being given a fair crack, so its up to him to prove a point and his size and speed could make him a revelation, off the bench when defences tire. All in all, we look in better shape this year and I don't think we'll be miles off the top 6, although I don't quite think we'll make it without some luck with injuries though.
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Re: Pre-season. : Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:22 pm  
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I actually think we will be better this year and at least stay in the fight for the full season, as most if not all, of the perceived bad apples have gone. I think Nu Brown will be every bit as good as Clifford was, he is a current Kiwi international and that takes some doing, when you consider the talent that they can call on. The pack will hopefully be better, Okunbor worries me, but Tony Smith knows more about RL than any of us on here, so he has obviously signed him with a plan, if he can hit the right lines he has nearly as much pace as our wingers, so getting down the field shouldn't be a massive issue for us. I was looking at a fans forum and the Bulldog's fans seemed upset that Pele had left, without being given a fair crack, so its up to him to prove a point and his size and speed could make him a revelation, off the bench when defences tire. All in all, we look in better shape this year and I don't think we'll be miles off the top 6, although I don't quite think we'll make it without some luck with injuries though.


still think Okunbor will end up playing on the wing for part of the season.
I can understand peoples optimism, new season and all the player changes but we really do lack quality and look especially weak in the second row.
Ligi Sao is not a second row.Playing there for Samoa with quality players around him hid the fact that he is too slow to play this position and needs to play in the front row.
If the new big men in the middle can bend the line and get us some offloads away then i can see Jack Walker becoming our main strike player from the back with his excellent back up play and pace to finish off the break.
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Re: Pre-season. : Fri Dec 22, 2023 6:39 pm  
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still think Okunbor will end up playing on the wing for part of the season.
I can understand peoples optimism, new season and all the player changes but we really do lack quality and look especially weak in the second row.
Ligi Sao is not a second row.Playing there for Samoa with quality players around him hid the fact that he is too slow to play this position and needs to play in the front row.
If the new big men in the middle can bend the line and get us some offloads away then i can see Jack Walker becoming our main strike player from the back with his excellent back up play and pace to finish off the break.



We look weak in the 2nd row, but you expect our main second row to play on the wing?
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Re: Pre-season. : Fri Dec 22, 2023 9:05 pm  
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We look weak in the 2nd row, but you expect our main second row to play on the wing?


Keep up and read the post i said part of the season
He has already said he has been training on the wing as well as second row
I wonder why?
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Re: Pre-season. : Fri Dec 22, 2023 9:47 pm  
Where do you think we will finish Bonaire. ? . What do you think would be acceptable for this year?.
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Re: Pre-season. : Sat Dec 23, 2023 12:27 pm  
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Where do you think we will finish Bonaire. ? . What do you think would be acceptable for this year?.


I reckon 15 league wins, beating a top flight team in the cup and avoiding a hammering in the first round of the play-offs would leave him projecting his pessimism onto 2025.

Fewer than the 11 wins Hull FC managed under B. Hodgson in 2022 (again) might blunt your optimism a bit. Fewer than 9 and even clinging on to replicating one decent run of form or injury whatifery becomes a stretch.

Most likely it’ll be somewhere in between and you’ll both continue to be confounded and wearied by each others attitudes.

Wigan and Saints will contest the GF.

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Re: Pre-season. : Sat Dec 23, 2023 2:48 pm  
Nothing wrong in having a positive attitude is there?. Or supporting my team through good and bad times ? Thought that's what supporters do ?.
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Re: Pre-season. : Sat Dec 23, 2023 3:27 pm  
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Nothing wrong in having a positive attitude is there?. Or supporting my team through good and bad times ? Thought that's what supporters do ?.


Never said there was.

Equally, there’s nothing wrong with having a moan and expecting the worst. Just different ends of the coping mechanism spectrum.
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Re: Pre-season. : Sat Dec 23, 2023 7:26 pm  
Shame to hear Feka is leaving the club, can’t believe he’s been with the club 10years (where has time gone).

He’s not only been a great servant to the club but also a great ambassador too.
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