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Round 14: Dolphins vs St. George Illawarra Dragons

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Bye for round 13 and then the very average Dragons with Saifiti and JMK surely back. If not, the club needs to inform the public what is really going on with them. Did JMK have his infected leg cut off? God knows what is going on with Saifiti's shoulder. There are no easy games in the NRL so no room for complacency but it's still a good opportunity to march up the ladder. I haven't had a look at the draw recently but I think our second by is only a few weeks away. In a perfect world, Dolphins will be firmly entrenched in the top 8 after the Origin period is over.
 
Red said:
Bye for round 13 and then the very average Dragons with Saifiti and JMK surely back. If not, the club needs to inform the public what is really going on with them. Did JMK have his infected leg cut off? God knows what is going on with Saifiti's shoulder. There are no easy games in the NRL so no room for complacency but it's still a good opportunity to march up the ladder. I haven't had a look at the draw recently but I think our second by is only a few weeks away. In a perfect world, Dolphins will be firmly entrenched in the top 8 after the Origin period is over.
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You're right about no easy games. Cronulla who are the least affected side by Origin and signed a marquee prop to add the final polish for Nichoooooooo were thrashed off the park by a Roosters side without 5 Origin players and their halfback still injured.

Last night showed that and you always need need to turn up with the right mindset - this has been the Dolphins issue they can blow teams apart and self destruct. This is a really good chance for the Dolphins to develop a very confident run of form.
 
257Matt said:
You're right about no easy games. Cronulla who are the least affected side by Origin and signed a marquee prop to add the final polish for Nichoooooooo were thrashed off the park by a Roosters side without 5 Origin players and their halfback still injured.

Last night showed that and you always need need to turn up with the right mindset - this has been the Dolphins issue they can blow teams apart and self destruct. This is a really good chance for the Dolphins to develop a very confident run of form.
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I didn't watch the Roosters-Cronulla game. I just presumed the Sharks would thrash them.
 
Red said:
Bye for round 13 and then the very average Dragons with Saifiti and JMK surely back. If not, the club needs to inform the public what is really going on with them. Did JMK have his infected leg cut off? God knows what is going on with Saifiti's shoulder. There are no easy games in the NRL so no room for complacency but it's still a good opportunity to march up the ladder. I haven't had a look at the draw recently but I think our second by is only a few weeks away. In a perfect world, Dolphins will be firmly entrenched in the top 8 after the Origin period is over.
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St George and then Cowboys probably without Deardon for Origin. Great opportunity to march into the top 8.
 
Dolph said:
I didn't watch the Roosters-Cronulla game. I just presumed the Sharks would thrash them.
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I reckon many did but a few mins into this game you can tell Cronulla mentally prepared very poorly.

I didn't pick up two things this week and normally I do pick these things up.

Politis drip feeds his mates in the media about Origin selections hurting clubs in the past he only complained when Roosters got 7 instead of 9 players in Origin teams. I now see it was a reverse tactic to get Cronulla mentally off their game and it so worked.

Also with Dolphins v Bulldogs we see two tweets from Gould to his Bulldogs market and Gus blocks anyone who questions his tweets or asks a too hard question I asked one about lack of fitness in 2022 and got blocked even though he sacked the trainer less than 2 weeks later. Gus posts one about 10 players across the Top 36 unavailable due to origin, suspension or injury and posts one about the schedule & short turn around even though the Bulldogs don't have a single 5 day turn around last year or this year. Normally Gus only does this tweets as a deflective so fans have the excuses loaded up in case they lose and if they win he can bask in the courage and system mentality.

I might be a Bulldogs fan first but found myself hammering a lot of Bulldogs fans on the Facebook groups and Twitter over which club had more significant outs a lot of Bulldogs fans I will save the comments of the game thread.

Dragons won't be easy players like Gutherson compete for every play what they lack in skill and power they make up for Gutho making them competitive.
 
257Matt said:
I reckon many did but a few mins into this game you can tell Cronulla mentally prepared very poorly.

I didn't pick up two things this week and normally I do pick these things up.

Politis drip feeds his mates in the media about Origin selections hurting clubs in the past he only complained when Roosters got 7 instead of 9 players in Origin teams. I now see it was a reverse tactic to get Cronulla mentally off their game and it so worked.

Also with Dolphins v Bulldogs we see two tweets from Gould to his Bulldogs market and Gus blocks anyone who questions his tweets or asks a too hard question I asked one about lack of fitness in 2022 and got blocked even though he sacked the trainer less than 2 weeks later. Gus posts one about 10 players across the Top 36 unavailable due to origin, suspension or injury and posts one about the schedule & short turn around even though the Bulldogs don't have a single 5 day turn around last year or this year. Normally Gus only does this tweets as a deflective so fans have the excuses loaded up in case they lose and if they win he can bask in the courage and system mentality.

I might be a Bulldogs fan first but found myself hammering a lot of Bulldogs fans on the Facebook groups and Twitter over which club had more significant outs a lot of Bulldogs fans I will save the comments of the game thread.

Dragons won't be easy players like Gutherson compete for every play what they lack in skill and power they make up for Gutho making them competitive.
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Thanks for telling us all about Phillip Ronald Gould's social media habits.

How about the Dolphins social media habits? No officials seem to have anything to say at all.
 
I wonder what the changes will be if JMK and Plath are fit? Plath is easy. A straight swap for Stone who is out for a few weeks, isn't he? But as for JMK..... he will go into hooker, Donoghue onto the bench and who is going to drop out? Not a like for like player. That much is sure.
 
graham n molo to bench would be likely option ( as say dan be fit too) as for doghugue be go to bench
 
Dolph said:
I wonder what the changes will be if JMK and Plath are fit? Plath is easy. A straight swap for Stone who is out for a few weeks, isn't he? But as for JMK..... he will go into hooker, Donoghue onto the bench and who is going to drop out? Not a like for like player. That much is sure.
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Watch the player media the club posted I posted the link in here.
 
257Matt said:
Watch the player media the club posted I posted the link in here.
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Well played. Got me to watch a vid interview of Kurt Donoghue which was absolutely useless in as much as answering the question I posed about his position with JMK back and who is dropping out of the 17.
 
mr_c said:
graham n molo to bench would be likely option ( as say dan be fit too) as for doghugue be go to bench
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Saifiti won't be playing. He is at least two weeks away (probably longer). Graham will be dropped.
 
Dolph said:
Well played. Got me to watch a vid interview of Kurt Donoghue which was absolutely useless in as much as answering the question I posed about his position with JMK back and who is dropping out of the 17.
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As they say in the interview, he's been so much better than he has been until now, i.e. under Bennett. I'll give Matt credit for predictIng that.
 
Chris said:
As they say in the interview, he's been so much better than he has been until now, i.e. under Bennett. I'll give Matt credit for predictIng that.
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just needs pass a medical clearance on it which as you say. Could be now or in next two weeks
 
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Articles written by Joel Gould AAP on Donoghoe and Isaako from player media this week
 

Dolphins team:​

  1. Jake Averillo
  2. Jamayne Isaako
  3. Max Feagai
  4. Herbie Farnworth
  5. Jack Bostock
  6. Kodi Nikorima
  7. Isaiah Katoa
  8. Francis Molo
  9. Kurt Donoghue
  10. Felise Kaufusi
  11. Kulikefu Finefeuiaki
  12. Oryn Keeley
  13. Ray Stone
  14. Connelly Lemuelu
  15. Harrison Graham
  16. Mark Nicholls
  17. Josh Kerr
Still no JMK
 
Red said:

Dolphins team:​

  1. Jake Averillo
  2. Jamayne Isaako
  3. Max Feagai
  4. Herbie Farnworth
  5. Jack Bostock
  6. Kodi Nikorima
  7. Isaiah Katoa
  8. Francis Molo
  9. Kurt Donoghue
  10. Felise Kaufusi
  11. Kulikefu Finefeuiaki
  12. Oryn Keeley
  13. Ray Stone
  14. Connelly Lemuelu
  15. Harrison Graham
  16. Mark Nicholls
  17. Josh Kerr
Still no JMK
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He and Plath are in the extended squad and will play if they prove their fitness.
 
Red said:

Dolphins team:​

  1. Jake Averillo
  2. Jamayne Isaako
  3. Max Feagai
  4. Herbie Farnworth
  5. Jack Bostock
  6. Kodi Nikorima
  7. Isaiah Katoa
  8. Francis Molo
  9. Kurt Donoghue
  10. Felise Kaufusi
  11. Kulikefu Finefeuiaki
  12. Oryn Keeley
  13. Ray Stone
  14. Connelly Lemuelu
  15. Harrison Graham
  16. Mark Nicholls
  17. Josh Kerr
Still no JMK
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18-22 list them as well
 
Moreton Daily have done a write up on Donoghue for anyone interested
 
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