Brandon Smith out for 2 months

[Carlos Parra]

Great news. Smith can use the time to get a nutricianist to sort out his weight, a shrink to sort out his head and a passing coach to improve his shitty
dummy half service.

He and Drew Aubbusson must go to the same tailor.

[King Salvo]

The Mercurial Hutchinator of course will be in the mix

1. Tedesco
2. Toops
3. Billy Smith
4. Suaalii/Manu
5. Suaalii/Paulo
6. Keary/Manu
7. Walker/Sandon Smith/Hutchinator
8. JWH
9. Turpin
10. Collins
11. E Butcher
12. Crichton
13. N Butcher
14. Hutchinator
15. Lodge
16. Sitili
17. Brown

[Steggles]

The Mercurial Hutchinator of course will be in the mix

1. Tedesco
2. Toops
3. Billy Smith
4. Suaalii/Manu
5. Suaalii/Paulo
6. Keary/Manu
7. Walker/Sandon Smith/Hutchinator
8. JWH
9. Turpin
10. Collins
11. E Butcher
12. Crichton
13. N Butcher
14. Hutchinator
15. Lodge
16. Sitili
17. Brown

Too many Butchers and Hutchinsons in that squad.

[BigCok007]

I think he’s playing injured atm anyway, will do him good

[SupermanSupportsEasts4Eva]

This season is becoming the definition of "from bad to worse"

[Thirteen]

he and drew aubbusson must go to the same tailor.

:d:d:d

[Horry]

Triple M chat yesterday with Brandon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...hannel=TripleM

[TDK]

Too many Butchers and Hutchinsons in that squad.

Agree! I think the Butchers are a failed experiment. We need to look for more effective backrowers. Brown looks the goods and funny enough so does Turpin. I think losing Smith will help fix our ruck issues and give us better service and more threat in our middles.

[Steggles]

Agree! I think the Butchers are a failed experiment. We need to look for more effective backrowers. Brown looks the goods and funny enough so does Turpin. I think losing Smith will help fix our ruck issues and give us better service and more threat in our middles.

Brown is such an upgrade on the Butchers it’s not funny. Turpin has been good in every game he’s played for us and I’ve been advocating having him at least at 14 all year, but there hasn’t been much support on here for him.

[NorfolkStreetKid]

Triple M chat yesterday with Brandon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...hannel=TripleM

Says he is at the lowest point of his form in his career.
Hasn't been able to make combinations work.
Hasn't adjusted from being a 40 minute loose forward to a 73 minute hooker.
Well might have been nice to know before we paid him $800K.
He says he's going to use the time off to improve his fitness and his game.
A very honest self appraisal.

[The Lip]

When’s Connor back? Anyone heard any updates? Would be handy right about now

Connor is at least 7 weeks away

[The Lip]

Anyone know how many of this years playing squad have actually been available and played in all 11 games so far couldn't be many guys who have played every game this year.

Hutch hahahaha

[The Lip]

4-6 weeks according to nrl physio

He should do the Angus solution and lop it off and play next week - for the bears

[Headless Chook]

I think I wrote earlier that smith misses too much football, seems we are cursed in the number 9 jumper.

Don't get that. He's played nearly 120 games in approx 6 seasons of footy. That's 20 games a yeat, Billy Smith would love to have missed that amount of footy

[Headless Chook]

Brown is such an upgrade on the Butchers it’s not funny. Turpin has been good in every game he’s played for us and I’ve been advocating having him at least at 14 all year, but there hasn’t been much support on here for him.

He's been good defensively. Doesn't offer much else