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**Official** NRL 2009 Thread

Ausage

Cricketer Of The Year
Eels vs Dragons
Roosters vs Broncos
Sharks vs Raiders
Cowboys vs Titans
Storm vs Panthers
Knights vs Warriors
Sea Eagles vs Tigers
Bulldogs vs Rabbitohs
 

Simon

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Finchy is the last player Parra should have boned.

He actually has a dip each week.
Imagine how bad a player he would be if he didn't. Sometimes just having a go isnt enough. The guy has played over 200 NRL games and has never been anything more than average.
 

Ausage

Cricketer Of The Year
Imagine how bad a player he would be if he didn't. Sometimes just having a go isnt enough. The guy has played over 200 NRL games and has never been anything more than average.
But the fact is he did have a go, and performed well enough to get Parra within a whisker of the grand final a couple of years ago. It seems like incredibly poor management on Anderson's behalf to alienate his halfback when there is no obvious replacement in the wings. They could do better than Finch, but I doubt they could do better than Finch this year.
 

Burgey

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Eels vs Dragons
Roosters vs Broncos
Sharks vs Raiders
Cowboys vs Titans
Storm vs Panthers
Knights vs Warriors
Sea Eagles vs Tigers
Bulldogs vs Rabbitohs
 

chaminda_00

Hall of Fame Member
Talk is they are going for the cheaper and more cost effective Micheal Monaghan. The biggest problem they have with Finch is the money he cost it makes it near impossible to buy in a decent 5/8. There was a fall out, but if the club wasn't looking else where they may have made more an effect to keep him.
 

Simon

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Talk is they are going for the cheaper and more cost effective Micheal Monaghan. The biggest problem they have with Finch is the money he cost it makes it near impossible to buy in a decent 5/8. There was a fall out, but if the club wasn't looking else where they may have made more an effect to keep him.
Michael Monaghan was a better hooker than he was a halfback in the NRL, plus his form in the ESL is apparently pretty shocking. They could do a lot worse than him though.
 

Blewy

Cricketer Of The Year
Eels vs Dragons
Roosters vs Broncos
Sharks vs Raiders
Cowboys vs Titans
Storm vs Panthers
Knights vs Warriors
Sea Eagles vs Tigers
Bulldogs vs Rabbitohs
 

chaminda_00

Hall of Fame Member
Michael Monaghan was a better hooker than he was a halfback in the NRL, plus his form in the ESL is apparently pretty shocking. They could do a lot worse than him though.
He was a better halfback imo. It was just the team played better with him at hooker and Orford at halfback. His best games individually were at halfback.

Though the big thing with a player like him is that you still buy in another good 5/8 next to him. Which is what Parra need not another top half but no one around them. They played at their best with Finch and Smith.
 

Simon

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Kris Keating will do a good job, hes a better 5/8 than he is a halfback but I think he can cement his position in the halves once Anderson puts Hayne back out wide.
 

Simon

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Eels vs Dragons
Roosters vs Broncos
Sharks vs Raiders
Cowboys vs Titans
Storm vs Panthers
Knights vs Warriors
Sea Eagles vs Tigers
Bulldogs vs Rabbitohs

Just guessing really, nfi anymore.
 

chaminda_00

Hall of Fame Member
Eels vs Dragons
Roosters vs Broncos
Sharks vs Raiders
Cowboys vs Titans
Storm vs Panthers
Knights vs Warriors
Sea Eagles vs Tigers
Bulldogs vs Rabbitohs
 

NUFAN

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Eels vs Dragons
Roosters vs Broncos
Sharks vs Raiders
Cowboys vs Titans
Storm vs Panthers
Knights vs Warriors
Sea Eagles vs Tigers
Bulldogs vs Rabbitohs
Yeah my tips too.

Tough games are cows vs titans and sharks vs raiders.
 

chaminda_00

Hall of Fame Member
Yeah my tips too.

Tough games are cows vs titans and sharks vs raiders.
The funny/sad thing about NRL tipping is even though no one really has a clue who will win this week. We all still seem to go for the same teams. You don't ever seem to get too many people going for more then 2-3 different picks.
 

ripper868

International Coach
They say he's quite small. Hope for his sake hes more like Alfie Langer than Roy Bell.
He is indeed, incredible skills though, perfect tackling technique, the few grade games I've seen him play against older opposition he's been targeted in defence and he absolutely belted some blokes twice his size.

Eels vs Dragons
Roosters vs Broncos
Sharks vs Raiders
Cowboys vs Titans
Storm vs Panthers
Knights vs Warriors
Sea Eagles vs Tigers
Bulldogs vs Rabbitohs
 

dontcloseyoureyes

BARNES OUT
Eels vs Dragons
Roosters vs Broncos (we never beat the Broncs, even when we're playing well.)
Sharks vs Raiders
Cowboys vs Titans
Storm vs Panthers
Knights vs Warriors
Sea Eagles vs Tigers
Bulldogs vs Rabbitohs
 

Ausage

Cricketer Of The Year
Tough games are cows vs titans and sharks vs raiders.
Why is everyone so sure about Dogs vs Rabbits? Dogs haven't been all that impressive for mine, while the Rabbits have been mostly very impressive. Thought it would be at least 50/50.
 

Johnners

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Eels vs Dragons
Roosters vs Broncos
Sharks vs Raiders
Cowboys vs Titans
Storm vs Panthers
Knights vs Warriors
Sea Eagles vs Tigers
Bulldogs vs Rabbitohs
 

luffy

International Captain
Eels vs Dragons
Roosters vs Broncos
Sharks vs Raiders
Cowboys vs Titans
Storm vs Panthers
Knights vs Warriors
Sea Eagles vs Tigers
Bulldogs vs Rabbitohs
 

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