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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3236052, member: 1899"] They would struggle at the best of times but when you take DWZ, Okunbor, Averillo, Marshall-King, Thompson, Jackson, Faitala-Mariner etc. out of the team and then lose your five-eighth 10 minutes into the game it makes life extremely difficult. Hopoate can't be 100% either, he was struggling with an injury last week against the Broncos and he was going to need more than six days to get over it. I liked a lot of moves Barrett made in the player market and thought they had every chance of joining that mid-tier of teams but then I remembered Trent's time at Manly. We're starting to see the same mentality at the Bulldogs where they're creating opportunities, but there's a soft underbelly there and just some questionable selections. I'd dare say the new signings have been among their worst as well. Flanagan is an easy target in defence, Waddell is not offering much resistance, Hetherington has been a real non-factor in the middle and even though I think he's a bit hard done by the fact remains is that Allan was punted from the fullback position. That was a bad sign from Barrett when he named Allan on the wing. He just lost his five-eighth and hooker, the Bulldogs needed as many established combinations they could get and if it wasn't working out, I don't see why you wouldn't just move Meaney there mid-game. The only positive is that Tapine handled the game pretty well. With him and Doorey around, I never understood the desperation to sign Piakura - if there was any club who I thought would go out of their way it would be the Cowboys. They've got a tough week ahead with the Storm so I can't see them getting over the hump until at least week six when they play the Cowboys. It's really interesting to follow these bottom five teams in the Broncos, Bulldogs, Cowboys, Sea Eagles, Tigers etc. they've just got so much catching up to do it'll be interesting to see what moves they make and if they can find that magic bullet they so desperately need. [/QUOTE]

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