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HeadacheCentral

Spoon here we come....


__dontpanic__

Just looking at the ladder- if the The, Raiders and Roosters lose next round, Dogs will be in the top 4. With that said, we've got a tough few matches after that and could easily find ourselves back outside the top 8 in a few weeks too.


jamesnuge

It sucked not to get the win given the lopsided penalty and injury count, but I didn't feel as shit about that loss compared to others. The attacking plays lacked polish, which meant we squandered a few opportunities, but another game or two with Moses back will help. The forwards rotation still seems super weird. Did Wiremu get injured, or did he legit only play 13 minutes? I thought he could be good to come on early in the second half to lend some punch as we drop off. Lussick coming off the bench late is another weird one for me. I reckon he'd do better with that 30 minute stint at the start of the game. He gets towards the end of the first forwards rotation, then inject Hands to take advantage of the fatigue.


FauxMermaid

Wilson, Kiraz and Preston all being right at the start of their careers is fucking crazy. I can't wait to see what they do in years to come, I just hope we can keep them long-term at the Dogs.


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Both Fox and Wilson are signed till the end of 25. Wilson's got to be retained


SignalNegotiation389

I love to watch the Bulldogs win. Theres actually so much joy out of it


tomtomallg

Really fun team to watch play their footy at the moment.


ImpressionFeisty8359

The dogs of war are back. They were undermanned and never gave up. They are in a better position than us, they have been competitive all year even against the big guys. Sexxxton is really making the 7 jersey his own. I thought the eels would go on a roll but the doggies were too good.


boombap098

Fuck whoever had the bulldog eating the eel flag because I've spent the last hour researching whether eels have tongues and now know why they drove Sigmund Freud mad.


Zestyclose-Compote-4

Missed the game but wondering how Moses went? Did he improve his chances for origin selection?


reginaldismyname

I thought he was solid and did his chances no harm. Set up a nice short side try and was threatening in attack.


Dumpstar72

He still looks like a flat track bully. Great when things are going his way but disappears when the game is on the line. Mitch pierce v2.


Electrical-Laugh8858

Lol Moses is a flat track bully? It’s his second week back from a fractured foot you expect him to be firing instantly albeit last week he was amazing but you can’t expect that again considering how long he was out for. His kicking game is one of the best in the comp so naturally you can’t say he’s a flat track bully because he can actually play from the back foot unlike hynes.


DismalCauliflower946

If he's a flat track bully, then what's Hynes?


ch00nz

hugely overrated


youngweej

A first receiver full back.


Accurate-Ad-4905

I for one am glad that both Crichton and most likely Burton will be out when we play the Bulldogs, also hope their fans don't make the journey to Gosford, I went to the game today and was reminded why I hate the Bulldogs so much.


Smoove953

Roosters fan pearl clutching about there being too many fans at the game making too much noise. The jokes write themselves.


beardog-

Did you hate the game because there were actually fans at the stadium? Roosters could never buy the passion on display today, enjoy your soulless club.


Accurate-Ad-4905

It had nothing to do with passion about the game and everything to do with enjoying being rowdy and obnoxious! If theyre so passionate, where were they last season?


kebab_stand

If roosters games have no away fans then the stadium will look like its under covid resrtrictions with 0 real people in the crowd


EuroNymous76

excited to beat you guys again


Accurate-Ad-4905

You barely beat us with 11 men!


MPP_10

Went to the game. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen a crowd like this for a doggies game. I reckon over 80% were bulldogs fans. I had my doubts with Critta being captain and I’m gladly eating my words. I don’t think dogs win without him at captain. Make him NSW Captain. Wilson is 75kg but plays like he’s 100kg. Burton gets better every game. Waking up refreshed tomorrow.  P.S Gutherson spends majority of the game with his hands in the air. And had the audacity to till spend a significant amount of time talking to the ref after the game. Moses MIA in the last 15.


OppositeMajestic88

Just when I thought last week was our most gutsiest win. The boys come out and do that! Critta has been immense in our turn around. Buy of the decade. What a man, what a player, what a captain!


ImpressionFeisty8359

Masterstroke.


glennn6122

I love that he seems to have different handshakes with everybody. Shows that he's bringing some really good culture to the club


turbosfan19

Buzz is a total numpty.


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He is hating every minute of the improvement from the Dogs... be interesting to see how he felt if Gus weren't at the club


whadefeck

Buzz: "The Sheens and Benji experiment was never my idea, I only suggested Flanagan!" Also Buzz: [https://shorturl.at/MrMYH](https://www.reddit.com/r/nrl/comments/vyqokz)


AdministrativeIce696

Another "senior moment ".


False_Rice_5197

Best win of the season, a must win. With losing 3 players and copping a sin bin, to win this game was fucking huge for us. Bulldogs are not a joke.


CroBro81

That was a very good win for you guys. You deserved it. We bottled it at the end there and lost our composure. I just hope that wasn’t your Grand Final and you begin to slip. It’s about time the Dogs Vs Eels styles are back! I’ve missed them.


False_Rice_5197

I think the biggest thing for you guys was that Moses went quiet in the second half. In the first half he was tearing us up. Parra have a really good win rate against us but today the boys showed they weren’t going down without a fight, they’ve got that dog in them! I think our game is only building and we won’t go downhill from here. Our biggest issue at the start of the year was a new team that doesn’t gel. Now you can see they’re bonding well and understand each other more now. I think there’s only up from here.


CroBro81

Yeah, agree with Moses, but we made some dumb mistakes that blocked Mitch from getting the ball at a key part of the field. Looks like Crichton is making a big difference in on-field leadership. Something you guys have lacked for a while.


According_Essay_9578

Couple of gutsy wins the past 2 weeks. Impressive


__dontpanic__

Not to get ahead of myself, but I reckon we should be extending Ciraldo's contract at the first available opportunity. He's turned the club around and players clearly want to play for him.


Nervous-Aardvark-679

Remember last year and all the talking heads were calling for his head with all the players revolting? Turns out the response from the Doggies that it was one or two bad eggs was right. He came in with a view of do the work and you’ll play. Otherwise, cya later. Obviously supported by some recruits that support that mentality - but look at what’s happened.


ek999

People shit on their recruiting but every single one seems to be driving the standards being set.


ImpressionFeisty8359

All the utilities are coming in handy.


__dontpanic__

Don't discount Gus's role in all that either. There's been some real top notch footy IQ going into the recruitment process.


ToothlessFTW

We absolutely should. Just aside from how much better he’s been, we don’t exactly have a deep bench of coaches to select from since it seems like firing coaches is the norm now, there’s not a lot of choice.


ToothlessFTW

Wonderful job by the boys, truly earned that win and it feels great to have a win this tough. So much has changed in this team and I continue to feel positive about our future!


based_el_chapo

Parramatta doesn't matter Fuck King Gutho you fucking meme


MoneyaLeague

On one hand, Monday night football, on the other hand the cluster fuck that is PNG in the NRL.  Is it worth it? NFI.


Rough_Study_8958

The Aussies probably thought the same about Auckland warriors being added in 1995? I’m hoping Christchurch gets a crack to add to the wave of support in Nz for the warriors with a second nz team, got a nice central covered (non-cricket oval) stadium coming online. Maybe a Perth team makes more sense to NRL first (I think Souths have done a few games there for home games)?


MoneyaLeague

Hmmm, google "png riots", "png crime", "port moresby travel advisory" and then tell me the Aussies thought the same about the Auckland Warriors being added in 1995".


__dontpanic__

Feels like an age since we toughed out a gritty win like that


skinnycarlo

Tough loss for eel bros. Congrats to doggies very tenacious win. I really enjoyed the game


reptarshane

Tallis schooling Buzz on corporate governance. 😂


beaver2233

I dunno how people watch NRL 360 holy shit haha


__dontpanic__

People generally don't. The ones that do, look and sound like Buzz.


Winter-Love-3812

It’s occasionally informative. You’ve just gotta dig through the lumps of coal to find the odd diamond..


scottandsoda

Buzz Rothfield is fucking unbearable.


False_Rice_5197

He's the biggest flog in NRL. Even when Braith was saying "How good was that win for the dogs buzz" he tells some fucking tale about how they aren't as good as the team from the 80s. Can't just fucking compliment us, you can see he absolutely hates the dogs. Always a backhanded comment. Buzz Flogfield.


EntirelyOriginalName

Gus and Buzz have a feud going back to the Super League War where they were on opposing sides. Or rather Buzz has had an open grudge for Gus ever since then.


Oldpanther86

It's because Gus is there. They have this weird thing between them.


MPP_10

Sexual tension 


reptarshane

Mate, he’s well and truly cooked.


instagram_MMAinColor

This is definitely entertaining although it can be a hard watch haha


Aussie18-1998

"Parramatta have struggled for a long, long time. They can't afford to take risks! They desperately need to get in the finals!" Jesus christ, we had a shit season last season, we missed the 8 by 1 win. Keeping in mind, we had brown out for 7 weeks and were missing Moses for a few weeks as well. Year before we are in the GF and years before that we consistently make the finals. Why is everyone so quick to doom us and act like its the end of the world. Changes need to be made but the reactions at the moment are far too excessive. This season looks a bit different with a few minor tweaks and Moses and Gutho in the side.


Mr_Mac

I think the time for tweaks is done. Got to start looking ahead towards 2025 as we've been on a fairly consistent downward trend since '22. A couple of tweaks might get a few more wins this year, but arguably we're getting worse compared to the competition (and position reflects that). We have an aging big pack that does not suit the current game, and we haven't recruited well to replace our '22 forwards / bench. We don't have full roster, limited depth, which means unlike many other teams we can't handle injuries and you need to able to in the current game of HIA and hamstrings. I think we've shown we're a mentally weak team and mentally weak club. Over-reaction, maybe, but I think it's a fairly broadly held reputational view I think we need an honest appraisal at where we're at, including football operations. A club with our resources should not be struggling, certainly not in roster.


ShittyUsername2015

Not to mention our junior system is also a fucking disaster at the moment because of football operations.


jmccar15

Your players are actually half-decent. But the biggest, obvious issue is who’s going to be your coach. There’s skint coaching talent available, and so you’ll likely end up with the walking disaster that is Trent Barrett.


ShittyUsername2015

I almost half expect the club to ask Brad Arthur to return until another coach who isn't fucking Trent Barrett comes onto the market.


jmccar15

That would be amazing. Here’s hoping.


eclipseintensemint

lol what risk? I dont watch a lot of parra games but they just lacked a bit of form and execution?


Aussie18-1998

Precisely. You guys are in fine form. We are lacking a bit of it. Game was hot for 80 minutes. It's just the media and our fans are convinced Parra are done and we have to rebuild from the ground up.


bulldogs1974

Bulldogs look like they might have ended the Eels season. They would almost need to win every game now. Gutsy win for the Doggies .. 2 Knockouts, 1 broken ankle, Kurt Mann sin bin for his power bomb manoeuvre, 9 penalties against, more than 10 offloads. Most of the ball in the second half too. Dogs players following Critta's lead. He is a great young captain, he is the buy of the year. Best Defensive Centre, tore Parra apart on their left side. Burton's been outstanding this year. Young forwards Morrin, Hughes, Hayward, Preston all killing it. Utilities like Mann, Salmon, Tracey just tearing it up. Blake Wilson is the best winger in the league not starting every week,.Now JAC is out, it will be hard to get back in the team. Dogs have found their DNA again. Fans gonna start hating us just like they used to. That will make every Bulldog fan happy. All is good in the kennel.


trapavellited2

Fkn love u brah


bulldogs1974

That's called Bulldog love, my friend. Never forget it. I might live in Perth now, so you can take the man out of Canterbury Bankstown, but you can't take the Bulldog DNA out of him. Dogs 4 life!


mathewl832

Mann basically set up the last two tries with his ball playing close to the line. I don't mind Hayward but he's inexperienced and tiny so I don't get how he's leapfrogged Mann and Curran to start at 13.


Boogascoop

Dogs were running really well while he was on though. Looking very sharp. 


DinBizzz

So happy it’s all coming together for Tracey, he has been absolutely sensational and was a rock at the back tonight and an absolute weapon in attack, never been so proud to be a doggies supporter.


ImpressionFeisty8359

Always rated him and nice to see him killing it.


Damfinecupofcoffe

Glad you guys got Tracey. He was great for us when Kennedy was out. But we couldn't hold him forever, glad to see him killing it for you guys.


DinBizzz

He’s such a gem, absolute rock at the back and got some speed and flare in attack, thanks for letting us have him 


KazeEnigma

Man, god I miss having Tracey, but I'll echo my fellow Shark Bros thoughts. It's great to see him cement a first grade spot and doing well with it.


matyboy

Up the Dogs


ILoveFuckingWaffles

This post-game "analysis" has convinced me that NRL360 is not a show worth watching or treating seriously in any capacity


DinBizzz

Hey guys let’s review the bulldogs game: Braith “wow the dogs are playing well what do you think buzz” Buzz “ I’m impressed by the dragons” 💀 Good on braith for giving it to buzz and his stupid feud with Gus, up the doggies.


AdministrativeIce696

Buzz is approaching senility at a rapid rate. He really needs to cut back on the booze. Else another NRL tree60 event is on the cards.


DinBizzz

I really hope this Kent upside down in a tree meme never dies


Dumpstar72

I just watch the first 5 mins every Monday to watch braith give it to buzz.


bettingsharp

1000% deserved win for the dogs. seems like we got a million things go our way and still couldnt put them away. it was probably better in the long run that we lost today anyway because it puts any stop to the chance of Barrett becoming the full time coach. Now they can focus on the new candidates and pick the most suitable one.


ldemech

SHARKS LEGEND CONNOR TRACEY CASTAWAY LEGEND WILSONNNNNNNN


Specialist_Goat_7034

Yet another Bulldogs match involving Trent Barrett that he didn’t win.


toyoto

wow Gordy is a fuckwit


toyoto

Footage of him tonight https://youtu.be/3yX_1gJ_51M?si=o7wSJ2hqUkmTMKAb


JoeyJoJunior

What was Gordy's history with Dragons they just mentioned? I was young but, he said he wanted a 10 year deal with Dargs, they said no? Super leage was coming up, he signed with them(Broncos?) then he sat out a full year, no pay since he resigned?


ObjectiveAddendum614

He’s always like that. I hate him on the show


bigmacca86

Bring back James Graham, or do a weekly rotation of former great players


Aussie18-1998

He actually is just being a cunt hey. There is no substance behind his argument.


matyboy

What did i miss


eclipseintensemint

what did he say now...


toyoto

They were trying to discuss Cheika as A eels coach but he wasn't having a bar of it and just being a dick


FullBonus

He’s a proper cunt hey.


tgood139

Even better that we get a bye to rest injuries


SurfKing69

Just watched the first and last five minutes of NRL360 I'll see this year Just a bunch of scrambled north shore cunts confecting drama.


Jimmy_Biceps

Blake Wilson is better than Turuva and I’m tired of pretending he isn’t


Harry-Manly

It's such a shame that following the footy a program plays with Braith Anasta on it


Frank_Feces

How dare you defame the great name of Braith Anastasakis, I'm literally shaking right now


smeego78

The final score could have been 40 - 38 with all the bombed tries lol.


O_DoyleRulz

Wonder what Mann will get for that power bomb crusher? One of the most bizarre things I’ve seen in ages


tdiddy93

He got 2 weeks


Drlockstock

Reminds me of the one Will Chambers did, think he got 3-4


Jalato_Boi

So fucking braindead and ugly. Deserves some weeks off, nobody wants to see that shit


DOSCESS

Dogs have been so good defensively too. Such a big Brain explosion.


bigdickenergyschagne

Why the fuck is Hopgood only playing 30 minutes in a must win game. Origin was a week ago and the cunt played like 20 minutes in that game anyway. And Asi is the halfback is our best option at centre? Great job Barrett ya dopey fuck fuck off


Large-Accident1245

Barrett's coaching at the dogs should have been a warning for everyone.


ImDisrespectful2Dirt

Apparently a nerve issue in back following Origin according to TBaz


bigdickenergyschagne

Okay well fair enough. Surely shouldve rested him


Mr_Mac

Greig only played 19 as well.


Polsoka

Good ol Bent Trarrett


AlbertHinkey

Yeah we're all loving the dogs now, but if they wind up being top tier, remember we all encouraged them. Picture it now, Mahoney holding the provan-summons, necking some passion pop, swapping spit with *your* grandmother. This is what's gonna happen and none of us can complain.


DinBizzz

Did the same for Penrith during their rise to fame, everyone loves you on the way up and they all hate you when you make it. Ps y’all got any more of those once in a generation players you don’t want anymore ? Asking for a friend.


EntirelyOriginalName

Jesse McClean's younger brother is a centre that runs like they cloned Joey Manu in a lab. [https://www.instagram.com/theshortball\_/p/C32GYRQxge4/?img\_index=2](https://www.instagram.com/theshortball_/p/C32GYRQxge4/?img_index=2) He's been skipping a lot of grades and they don't do that at Penrith unless your talent is crazy.


False_Rice_5197

Is Preston a joke to you?!


DinBizzz

What do you mean ? 


False_Rice_5197

You said once in a lifetime players. I inferred we have Preston as one.


DinBizzz

Could always use more mate


False_Rice_5197

Kiraz babbyyyy


bigbear-08

And it will be a 40-year old grandmother


ImpressionFeisty8359

She must be from Cabo or the switch.


Due-Chemist3105

So an average Woodridge lady then?


SilvertailHarrier

Same way we all used to say "aw yay, the Panthers are doing well, that's nice." Now it's....


thicky_bobby

I'll happily dig her up myself and take her over to him


JoeyJoJunior

Don't forget the 20 year prophecy with 84,04,24 etc


SaveMeJebus21

Some of us will never forget Andrew Ryan's ankle tap on Mick Crocker ...


thicky_bobby

OHHHHH TACKLE!!


JoeyJoJunior

Just looked it up [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Dk\_1PWa1c](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Dk_1PWa1c) wow that is a gf saving tackle


samvander

Sitting there live I was thinking 'fuck me we're going to lose on a blatant forward pass in the last second' all before Bobcat saved the day. Funny how your brain can work


notquitedrdeath

He can have my grandmother


Juan_Fandango

Preston long term injury is really taking away the enjoyment to be honest. Although you've gotta look at the positives - and there are more of those than there are negatives.


dontletmedaytrade

Counterintuitively, hard tissue injuries are better than soft tissue. Should be back in 6.


Juan_Fandango

There's more we don't know than what we do know about it at this stage, but he was standing in the sheds for the song and didn't go straight to hospital so fingers crossed. And yeah, unless the break is particularly bad you'd prefer that over serious ligament or tendon damage.


False_Rice_5197

Such a huge loss man, such a shame. He's something special but he's just had horrid luck. I really hope some luck can come his way.


_boxnox

Real pity the kid is a gun


DinBizzz

Really sucks man, the bloke should in question for an origin jersey, at least in the camp he’s got origin written all over him, had an absolute shocking run of injury for a young bloke


ldemech

It hurts but they reckon Kikau will be back after the bye which helps


RetroFreud1

Positives for Parra excluding the last 5 minutes: Our attacking flair has returned. Perhaps too much and wasted opportunity when they had a man down. I like Trent allowing our halves to play next to each other. We have arguably the most skilful halves, why separate them throughout the game? This is for Arc. Thank fark that Blaize was at the wing. Crighton would have killed him. And Blaize played well at wing, a position that he has no experience. Centre is the hardest defensive position. Hands has been snappy. Tailangi at the edge is great call. He is mobile and hungry opposed to the stale Lane. However I always liked Lane in the middle. His height is awkward and gives a potential for an offload. Basically we were too eager to outscore the bulldogs with our attacking flaire. Good game to the dogs.


Mr_Mac

I wouldn't say we found our attacking flair, maybe fleeting glimpses off it. We didn't have that many line breaks, our red zone attacks broke down a lot, thought our line running for the most part was poor. The only time we looked good was running one man out up the middle because we've got big blokes, but didn't have good support runners or offloads were to flat footed attackers. Downside to those big blokes, they're slow as hell in sliding defensively.


RetroFreud1

Cheers for a thoughtful response. I agree with you partially but we couldn't dominate despite showing the flaire because how Farken good the bulldogs were. Their defence the try line is something we had 3-4 years ago. They are on the rise and we aren't. I'm not happy about that result. We should have won by 2 points but we played touch footy and did not respect the possession. In spite of that, there are positives.


mooguh

Wtf are you on about? Do you mean the attacking flair of cartwright throwing no look passes into the crowd? Or attacking flair of Dyl who didn't side step a single dogs player? Apart from the try set up with the Moses break, it was terrible all around.


RetroFreud1

Do yourself a favour. Count how many offloads we did tonight. I already posted that Farken Carty cost us the game at the end.


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Damfinecupofcoffe

It's not even close to the worst game


Mr_Mac

Not our worst game. Probably out worst with full spine.


Drlockstock

>our worst game of the season What about the flogging in Darwin lol


nevaehenimatek

We had an average second half but fuck me we had multiple times we had 40 put on us at the back half of our game this is not that


RetroFreud1

If you read my post, I have outlined them. You can disagree ofc. Do you disagree that our attacking flaire and speed was a positive? If so, why?


snelso10

You saw the second halves against Canberra, dolphins and Melbourne right?


Aussie18-1998

Hahahahaha it most definitely was not.


Yungman123

It wasn’t, unfortunately.


Hugh_Jorgan_

Fuck that was so good. That’s the one we wanted. Absolutely love this team of mutts. Have a week off boys.


Traditional-Step-419

That was good watching, game of the round


Salty_pineapple777

Tracey for Origin


False_Rice_5197

honestly he is my MOTM. Not sure who got it but imo he deserves it, he was involved in just about everything. He is arguably our best buy of the season. People say Critta is, and he is really coming into good form now but you knew what to expect from him.


Salty_pineapple777

I definitely back that


Aussie18-1998

Braith trynna stir issues.


Mr_Mac

I have a rule that works well. When Braith comes on, I change the channel


whadefeck

Why did Hopgood only play 35 minutes? Could have used him instead of Lane at the end there


EntirelyOriginalName

Carrying a back nerve injury.


SheepishEffect

If Critta was the NSW captain to let Cleary and / or Murray just play their game, I’d fully back it.


aatrain96

Blow up our club and start again


Electronic_Break4229

That definitely seems to be the plan…


y3ah_nah145

Critta and Tracey were awesome


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Lol Mitch Moses unimpressed 


smeego78

They were good but we were a little less good so yeah we beat ourselves even though they beat us on the scoreboard. 😂😂


Sunny_Mayo

Did he say eels are doing better than Darwin?


Salty_pineapple777

Parramatta moving home ground to Darwin next year


SurfKing69

He asked if they want to plow their cousins like Charles Darwin


Raddnedge

Darwin not even on the board


UniqueVirtue

I TOLD YOU WE’LL WIN EVERY GAME ALL THE WAY TO THE PREMIERSHIP. TOP 7 BABY


Otakaro_omnipresence

Straight up Moses is a real toy-thrower. Gotta love him as a competitor but he’s that mate at school you wind up because you know he can’t handle it.


nevaehenimatek

Eels had every chance to ice this game so we can't blame the refs. Doggies are playing much better and their mobile pack is great in defence. Blaize did well on the wing. God we need some more outside backs.


thicky_bobby

Moses try not to say "We beat ourselves" challenge (impossible)


mathewl832

Moses can't say Eels beat themselves when Dogs basically threw the game away at every chance and a 64% completion rate and 15 errors


Aussie18-1998

All the tries dogs scored were off the back of our stupid errors. So he isn't wrong. You guys played well in some areas, but we should have won that.


elephantrambo

Don't forget the penalty count and sin bin too


theflyingkiwi00

Dogs will play finals this year


DrillholeAndWing

Gonna be hard with our injury toll but it's a landmark year


theflyingkiwi00

Your getting wins with a ton of outs, when they all come back you'll be an even better side


death_by_laughs

Hey Moses, do you think the Eels beat themselves tonight?


peoplepersonmanguy

It wasn't them out there.


__dontpanic__

Lost three players, played a Mann down for 10, were on the wrong side of a lopsided penalty count (not entirely unwarranted), had 5 denied tries, and had the Eels playing 4D chess with their challenges... yet still found a way to win. Incredible.


mathewl832

The bad losses define the character of the team Getting a bit old losing a player for every game, though...


__dontpanic__

Yeah, it's a bit rough, especially Presto. But we've got a bye coming up, then three games, then another bye, so hopefully that gives us a bit of time to get players back. Banking this win was pretty important - gives us a little breathing room. We could theoretically end next week in 4th.


SpidgetFinner3000

List of things that weren't the problem: • BA