Comments on: Bird’s favour to NSW selectors

By: Club Troppo » Missing Link Daily

Club Troppo » Missing Link Daily — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:11:20 +0000

[...] is acting very Queenslanderish in offering the NSW Origin forwards another chance to step up, and by ‘offering’ we mean indulging in ‘if I was a [...]

By: Stephen Hill

Stephen Hill — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:57:16 +0000

You have to feel sorry for Tsoulos if it true, training hard for five/seven years, and then having to start a new career in your later twenties cannot be easy. He certainly had talent, he was providing the Dogs with a lot of go-forward was tall and could give a good off-load. I hope the rumour of his retirement is true as I think there is another talent that even with the risk of further injury I’d keep him at the club.

The other worry is Luke Patten, I hope he doesn’t go the way of Minichello.

By: Shaun

Shaun — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:11:42 +0000

Parra fans rated Tsoulos when he was at the club but he had the same problem with injuries. Probably a reason why he was let go.

If he does retire it is a loss to the game as he had the potential to be a great prop.

By: Stephen Hill

Stephen Hill — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:24:12 +0000

“Rock bottom”

Yes that’s a very accurate description, it will be the Dantean inferno down-below if we lose the Wooden Spoon Deathmatch against the Rabbitohs.

The only consolation is there are half a dozen players in the Toyota Cup that will be in first grade in a year or two. But what we need at the member is a prop, “our kingdom for a prop.” And not a park player like Fred Briggs, can the Broncos lets us have Hennant a couple of weeks early, otherwise we’ll continue to get creamed – the Bulldogs currently have the go-forward of an asthmatic ant lifting a fifty tonne load.

BTW, the only prop I rate at the club is Justin Tsoulos, and I’ve heard a rumour that due to consistent injuries he is going to retire. (Mind you in the juniors John Kite is one player with a big future, apparently this giant of a prop made a 70m run from the kick-off against the Roosters in the Toyota Cup)

Also, I wonder if Ben Roberts can succeed in kicking the ball backwards in a third successive match?

By: Shaun

Shaun — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:44:22 +0000

If the Bulldogs lose this weekend then they really have hit rock bottom.

By: Bismark O'Measles

Bismark O'Measles — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:37:54 +0000

Braith can’t possibly do a worse job than Bird – injured or otherwise.

Probably won’t get himself arrested afterward as well.

By: Stephen Hill

Stephen Hill — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:30:24 +0000

Good for the Bulldogs too (who need all the help they can get) facing the Sydney City Rorters without six Origin players.