I agree with that right there and I think it is a rap for the recruitment team and/or coaching staff that they have identified a key trait area we were lacking in and have sort to rectify it. Leadership has been an issue too, I think Hastings help out there as well
The "Mark My Words" Thread
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Celticman98
Trent Estatheo
Des Hasler or John Morris to replace AOB as the head coach
Tom Cant to make his NRL debut before the season finishes.
KnightsUnite
Banned
We will all argue with each other until we win a comp
Maxibon
Jason Martin
Bump.
KP would have to be top 5. Smokey for Dally M fullback.
Hastings had a good season but not the best in his position.
Greg very close
Well well well. Knights finish 5th…
danknights
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Knights finish 6th - 1 off!2023
Knights finish 6th
Dom young top try scorer- re-signs for 3 yrs
Marzhew most metres,line breaks.
KP most try assists
Brailey to play all games and get hooker of the year and most tackles.
Dom young top try scorer- re-signs for 3 yrs - First part
. Leaving unfortunately. Marzhew most metres,line breaks. - for us
KP most try assists-
Brailey to play all games and get hooker of the year and most tackles.
- Big fat 
Billy
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Dylan Lucas to move to second row and make firstgrade by mid season - tick
Pheonix to rise from the ashes of his career and play most games - tick
Chris Vea'ila to put injury behind him and quickly make firstgrade - shame about this - I wish his well at Cronulla
Marzhew and Best to form a great combination with Ponga and teams having to load the defence against them - tick
Celticman98
Trent Estatheo
Some absolutely rubbish predictions in there but I'm happy to proven wrong on almost all of them except Young leaving and Brailey going down.
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Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Had a look at my ladder predictions, I also had Knights 5th!
Let’s not talk about who I had in 1st and 17th
Celticman98
Trent Estatheo
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Lefty
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Wow. I’d forgotten all about this. Thanks Still_Nutty!
If I do say so myself, all this has come true.
Although we can’t forget that mid-season you did want AOB fired on a rocket into the sun.
Lefty
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Yes, I was very vocal about wanting him sacked. I have changed my opinion now, he is the right coach for us for the foreseeable future.Although we can’t forget that mid-season you did want AOB fired on a rocket into the sun.
AOB has done what other post Smith coaches could not do (Smith did not have enough time). I think Bennett was lucky to get as far as he did and everything collapsed when he left.
Les Misérables
Josh Perry
No no that was meAlthough we can’t forget that mid-season you did want AOB fired on a rocket into the sun.
Joshhh
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
A few have gone over their predictions already but let's take a extensive look and hold some people accountable. 
Perhaps the absolute peak of negativity we had at this point of the year was what was needed to reverse the curse.
Now the bold call will be for Brailey to actually get through a season!
Didn't quite get the timing of it right, but it was a very bold call to say the Knights would win 8 straight at any point in the year, let alone the 10 that we did manage.
Glad the next two were very wrong.
), NRLW girls premiers again. You missed heavily on the Warriors one, but I don't think many people wouldn't have. I bet you're glad the NQ minor premiership call was wrong. 
Not quite.
Couldn't be more wrong about Walsh. He's a cocky little dude, but he's a bonafide star, women love him, non Broncos fans hate him, great for the game, gets people talking, we need players like that in the game.
You were the first to have a crack, and some pretty damn bold predictions for the time and got them correct, apart from people being blindly optimistic, who would have thought KP was gonna win Dally M and we'd finish 5th. Marzhew even got very close to being at the top.
A few good ones, a few bad ones, Young top try-scorer, Marzhew and Ponga cracked the top 6 in those respective categories. Some bad juju with the Brailey playing all games and Dom re-signing ones.2023
Dom young top try scorer- re-signs for 3 yrs
Marzhew most metres,line breaks.
KP most try assists
Brailey to play all games and get hooker of the year and most tackles.
Again up and down, AOB, Hastings and Best all went a lot better than you thought, but we all thought it too. Spot on unfortunately with Young going to the Roosters and Brailey going down yet again.
Pretty damn accurate. Gamble and Hastings the unlikely pair have the spots sewed up for now. Cogger will be an interesting addition, not much thought of him before, but he's now played in a premiership winning team and has a 3 year deal with us, so he's clearly in the plans big time.
Got those right, Ponga back to fullback too but probably not directly for the reasons we might have thought (poor form, concussions). Miller and Gamble had a big say in that move, Miller going off the deep end and Gamble adding a new dimension to the team.
Love the positive energy.
Perhaps the absolute peak of negativity we had at this point of the year was what was needed to reverse the curse.Perhaps a bold call at the time to think he could go down for a third season, but here we are.
Now the bold call will be for Brailey to actually get through a season!Great call on Best considering he's struggled for years with injury and generally didn't score many tries. Career best season for him. Dylan Lucas debuted and honestly probably played more games and contributed to the team more than I thought he would. I thought he'd be another Brayden Musgrove situation. The guy just seems to bring value to the side, excited to see him play more.
Funny prediction with the first, it didn't happen but Hastings and Klemmer did end up being a focal point of that game with their little scuffle, even a sin bin during the game. Fiery clash.
Didn't quite get the timing of it right, but it was a very bold call to say the Knights would win 8 straight at any point in the year, let alone the 10 that we did manage.
First one was probably only a week off from happening honestly.
Glad the next two were very wrong.
Now to be my own harshest critic. A couple shockers with Best leaving the club and Brailey playing every game. Not bad with some of the other ones though, spot on with Young leaving for a perceived "better club", love the guy but it will be a stain on his name for the rest of his career now, just like the others that ditched us. Marzhew going from someone a lot of people were bagging out already to fan favourite. Fitzy leaving and back to back NRLW premierships correct too, but they were probably close to given.
Spot on about Cronulla and Parra sliding, Penrith 3 time premiers, Melbourne having a wonky season (still came 3rd though- Parramatta and Cronulla to be big sliders, Parra miss the 8 altogether.
- Penrith don’t get the minor premiership but they grind it out come finals time and become the first team in the NRL era to win 3 titles in a row.
- North Queensland wins the minor premiership.
- Melbourne have one of their worst ever seasons under Bellamy, delivering a pathetic, embarrassing 14 wins and 10 losses.
- Warriors & Titans duke it out for the spoon.
- Holbrook is the first coach fired. Only 2 years too late
- The Mighty Knights win the comp. NRLW obviously…
), NRLW girls premiers again. You missed heavily on the Warriors one, but I don't think many people wouldn't have. I bet you're glad the NQ minor premiership call was wrong. Not far off at all.
Some things right, getting to the second week of finals and JSaf playing Origin were some bold calls. I know Jake played in 2022, but I don't think anyone expected he would get another game.
What a call on Lucas moving to the forwards and Phoenix '300 gamer' turning his career around. Marzhew, Best and Ponga were electric. Vea'ila meanwhile is stuck playing reggies with Cronulla now, looked like a specimen in the NRL trials, but for whatever reason didn't cut it.
Not quite.Nice one, was probably Frizell's best year for the club. Really seemed like he was on the downward spiral too coming into this year.
Not a bad call on Penrith. They won the premiership so nothing else matters now, but they certainly didn't look like an unbeatable force this year. When they started having key players going down late in the season I thought it was over. SJ had what should have been a Dally M winning season, against all odds.
Couldn't be more wrong about Walsh. He's a cocky little dude, but he's a bonafide star, women love him, non Broncos fans hate him, great for the game, gets people talking, we need players like that in the game.
Well they didn't do much to prove you wrong, Daine Laurie and Brooks now shipped off. Laurie in particular had big wraps just a few years ago. Look forward to seeing what he does back at Penrith.
Bingo.
Evidently he didn't.
They surprised everyone. In the end they finished just outside the bottom 4 but 9 wins was a great achievement for them. Early on you were wondering how far can they go this year?
Love the boldness, but that was a stinker.
I think we've all calmed down now and expectations are grounded again, but there were definitely some calls through the year that he might be up there with one of the best we've had. Has to back it up again in 2024 and hopefully heal his leg up properly, but it was a good start.
This was the optimistic view in pre-season. Trying to be a realist, it was easy to say they're all fairly average middling players and their passion will only get us so far and could even be a hindrance at times. But credit where it's due, they well and truly gave us an edge this year. Need to bring it again to truly change opinions.
Good call on Tom Cant, a guy most of us didn't really know anything about. Like I said before, it was bloody close to Hasler or John Morris being our coach, they were both names touted as having been talked to when AOB was literally about a week off from being the next coach we tossed to the curb and talked bad about for the rest of time.
It's been the norm, but we finally had a somewhat stable partnership this year. Please football gods don't let this be a fluke.
Wouldn't have it any other way.
Joshhh
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
My 2024 bold predictions.
- Phoenix Crossland earns the 9 jersey, Brailey plays 14 until he gets a minor injury, renewing calls for his contract to be seriously looked at. Will Pryce takes the 14 after playing a few different positions in NSW Cup and does a good job, snags a few highlights.
- Kai Pearce-Paul starts in NSW Cup (injury interrupted pre-season). Dylan Lucas is making the second-row spot his own though so Kai will have to bide his time a bit, a few games here and there throughout the year filling in on the bench and a couple starts, but I do think as the year goes on and he gets fitter he will start asking more and more questions.
- Enari Tuala to replace Dom, Thomas Jenkins will have to bide his time in NSW Cup until injury strikes.
- Bradman Best re-signs and plays all 3 Origin games.
- Leo Thompson takes another step forward in 2024, gaining a new level of respect in the competition as a top player, not considered a fringe guy anymore.
- Paul Bryan and Myles Martin will get a few games in the middle. (we have no props!
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- Ronnie Griffiths will be good for the NSW Cup team, they get in the top 6, using a mix of young guys, fringe NRL guys and some Real NRL talent.
- Jack Hetherington loses his spot in the team and gets moved on a year early at the end of the season.
- Adam Elliott to have his career best year at lock.
- Knights 5th again, get to the third week of finals.
- Broncos premiers after beating Warriors in the GF.
- Dolphins, Titans and Dragons makes the 8, Cronulla, Roosters and Canberra to fall out.
- Dom Young will only get 15 tries in 2024. Still a good haul, he is a freak.
- Phoenix Crossland earns the 9 jersey, Brailey plays 14 until he gets a minor injury, renewing calls for his contract to be seriously looked at. Will Pryce takes the 14 after playing a few different positions in NSW Cup and does a good job, snags a few highlights.
- Kai Pearce-Paul starts in NSW Cup (injury interrupted pre-season). Dylan Lucas is making the second-row spot his own though so Kai will have to bide his time a bit, a few games here and there throughout the year filling in on the bench and a couple starts, but I do think as the year goes on and he gets fitter he will start asking more and more questions.
- Enari Tuala to replace Dom, Thomas Jenkins will have to bide his time in NSW Cup until injury strikes.
- Bradman Best re-signs and plays all 3 Origin games.
- Leo Thompson takes another step forward in 2024, gaining a new level of respect in the competition as a top player, not considered a fringe guy anymore.
- Paul Bryan and Myles Martin will get a few games in the middle. (we have no props!
)- Ronnie Griffiths will be good for the NSW Cup team, they get in the top 6, using a mix of young guys, fringe NRL guys and some Real NRL talent.
- Jack Hetherington loses his spot in the team and gets moved on a year early at the end of the season.
- Adam Elliott to have his career best year at lock.
- Knights 5th again, get to the third week of finals.
- Broncos premiers after beating Warriors in the GF.
- Dolphins, Titans and Dragons makes the 8, Cronulla, Roosters and Canberra to fall out.
- Dom Young will only get 15 tries in 2024. Still a good haul, he is a freak.
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Max Chapman
Looks like someone was bored tonight haha going to wait till end of January to do my season predictions think there might be a few more roster moves with some clubs doing some swapsMy 2024 bold predictions.
- Phoenix Crossland earns the 9 jersey, Brailey plays 14 until he gets a minor injury, renewing calls for his contract to be seriously looked at. Will Pryce takes the 14 after playing a few different positions in NSW Cup and does a good job, snags a few highlights.
- Kai Pearce-Paul starts in NSW Cup (injury interrupted pre-season). Dylan Lucas is making the second-row spot his own though so Kai will have to bide his time a bit, a few games here and there throughout the year filling in on the bench and a couple starts, but I do think as the year goes on and he gets fitter he will start asking more and more questions.
- Enari Tuala to replace Dom, Thomas Jenkins will have to bide his time in NSW Cup until injury strikes.
- Bradman Best re-signs and plays all 3 Origin games.
- Leo Thompson takes another step forward in 2024, gaining a new level of respect in the competition as a top player, not considered a fringe guy anymore.
- Paul Bryan and Myles Martin will get a few games in the middle. (we have no props!
- Ronnie Griffiths will be good for the NSW Cup team, they get in the top 6, using a mix of young guys, fringe NRL guys and some Real NRL talent.
- Jack Hetherington loses his spot in the team and gets moved on a year early at the end of the season.
- Adam Elliott to have his career best year at lock.
- Knights 5th again, get to the third week of finals.
- Broncos premiers after beating Warriors in the GF.
- Dolphins, Titans and Dragons makes the 8, Cronulla, Roosters and Canberra to fall out.
- Dom Young will only get 15 tries in 2024. Still a good haul, he is a freak.
I’ll have a think about mine, but I’ll try to be more positive this time haha.
Celticman98
Trent Estatheo
2024 Knights Bold Predictions
- Knights finish 5th and make it to the preliminary finals for the first time since 2013 but get beaten by Penrith
- Greg Marzhew Dally M Winger
- Tom Jenkins to take Dom Young's spot and make it his own
- Bradman Best to be our top try scorer
- Kalyn Ponga top points scorer in the NRL but finishes 2nd in the Dally M medal losing to Scott Drinkwater
- Knights win NSW Cup with the likes of Tom Cant, Jaxson Rahme, Fletcher Myers, Liam Sutton, Myles Martin and Krystian Mapalangi all breaking through as potential long term NRL/Knights players and Jack Cogger and Jed Cartwright leading this side as co-captains under Ronnie Griffiths.
- Paul Bryan to debut during the Origin period off the bench and eventually take Jack Hetherington's spot in the 17
- Ponga to once again win the Danny Buderus medal
- Tyson Gamble and Jackson Hastings to be our halves 90% of the season with only Cogger getting a run at some point filling-in
- Jacob Saifiti and Leo Thompson become our clear first choice front rowers both having their career-best seasons yet
- Kai Pearce-Paul to start 2024 slow but become the eventual buy of the season in the second half of the year making the starting back row position his permanently.
- Only Brodie Jones, Ryan Rivett and possibly Mat Croker leave at the end of the season.
- Myles Martin to also debut in the NRL this year
- Bradman Best to start all three games for NSW in Origin
- NRLW succesfully three-peat beating the Roosters in the GF, leaving the latter moan in the Press Conference again. Tamika Upton once again wins the Karen Murphy medal.
(Other Predictions)
- Stephen Crichton to struggle at fullback for the Doggies and moved back to centre in place for Tracey or Taaffe
- South Sydney to implode again leading to Demetriou getting sacked and Latrell questioning if he wants to continue playing NRL or go to the bush.
- Trio of Herbie Farnworth, Thomas Flegler and Jake Averillo to be 3 of the best buys this season at the Dolphins and help them get closer to the 8.
- NSW to lose origin again and Bellamy replaces Madge for 2025 stepping down from head coach role at the Storm and passing it on to Jason Ryles.
- Luke Brooks to have his best year since 2018 in his first season at Manly but won't be enough to play finals footy.
- Raiders to be this year's big sliders, bottom 4 finish for them.
- Broncos win their first Grand Final since 2006 getting revenge on Penrith.
- Su'a Faalogo wins rookie of the year at fullback for the Storm with Papenhuyzen in the 14 role and Meaney moving to the centres.
- Dragons to be the new Tigers and be mentioned on NRL 360 every night during the season.
- Knights finish 5th and make it to the preliminary finals for the first time since 2013 but get beaten by Penrith
- Greg Marzhew Dally M Winger
- Tom Jenkins to take Dom Young's spot and make it his own
- Bradman Best to be our top try scorer
- Kalyn Ponga top points scorer in the NRL but finishes 2nd in the Dally M medal losing to Scott Drinkwater
- Knights win NSW Cup with the likes of Tom Cant, Jaxson Rahme, Fletcher Myers, Liam Sutton, Myles Martin and Krystian Mapalangi all breaking through as potential long term NRL/Knights players and Jack Cogger and Jed Cartwright leading this side as co-captains under Ronnie Griffiths.
- Paul Bryan to debut during the Origin period off the bench and eventually take Jack Hetherington's spot in the 17
- Ponga to once again win the Danny Buderus medal
- Tyson Gamble and Jackson Hastings to be our halves 90% of the season with only Cogger getting a run at some point filling-in
- Jacob Saifiti and Leo Thompson become our clear first choice front rowers both having their career-best seasons yet
- Kai Pearce-Paul to start 2024 slow but become the eventual buy of the season in the second half of the year making the starting back row position his permanently.
- Only Brodie Jones, Ryan Rivett and possibly Mat Croker leave at the end of the season.
- Myles Martin to also debut in the NRL this year
- Bradman Best to start all three games for NSW in Origin
- NRLW succesfully three-peat beating the Roosters in the GF, leaving the latter moan in the Press Conference again. Tamika Upton once again wins the Karen Murphy medal.
(Other Predictions)
- Stephen Crichton to struggle at fullback for the Doggies and moved back to centre in place for Tracey or Taaffe
- South Sydney to implode again leading to Demetriou getting sacked and Latrell questioning if he wants to continue playing NRL or go to the bush.
- Trio of Herbie Farnworth, Thomas Flegler and Jake Averillo to be 3 of the best buys this season at the Dolphins and help them get closer to the 8.
- NSW to lose origin again and Bellamy replaces Madge for 2025 stepping down from head coach role at the Storm and passing it on to Jason Ryles.
- Luke Brooks to have his best year since 2018 in his first season at Manly but won't be enough to play finals footy.
- Raiders to be this year's big sliders, bottom 4 finish for them.
- Broncos win their first Grand Final since 2006 getting revenge on Penrith.
- Su'a Faalogo wins rookie of the year at fullback for the Storm with Papenhuyzen in the 14 role and Meaney moving to the centres.
- Dragons to be the new Tigers and be mentioned on NRL 360 every night during the season.