Yeah, 99% of the rugby league community have misread the Doggies. They don't look enthusiastic and despite having a world class halfback in Kimmorley, they look lost. There is no direction. Ben Roberts is well below par and 2009 Rookie Of The Year Jamal Idris is a massive liability at the moment out wide. Teams will target he and Turner and there will be plenty of points leaked down their side.

on being too small, look how much jamie sowards defence has improved from last year

sure theyll miss a few tackles but if they create in attack its worth it

I didn't say the same of Thurston. I rated him highly coming off the Bulldogs bench. I certainly don't see that potential in Barba.

Easy to write that now I guess, that being, "I didn't say the same of Thurston".

Each to their own. Again, how many games have you seen him play in order to make a sound judgement that "you certainly don't see that potential in Barba" or have him on the NRL scrapheap? Just curious.

Even easier to just generalise.



About 5 NRL games. Anybody who thinks he's destined to make it in the NRL must've seen much more of him, right?

I've seen him in approximately 33odd games I figure, the kid can play.

Thankfully better judges will allow more than 5 games to make their judgement and also ensure those games are more often than not as a starter given he plays in the halves. Are you a NSW selector by any chance?