The "Mark My Words" Thread

“Mark My Words”

Holbrook will come to his senses by round 15 and after a run of losses he will push Sharpe to the wing/centre and Smith will show why he deserved to be the halfback
 
mullenmagic said:
All he really said is that Sharpe can play elsewhere if needed which is just common sense, don’t think he was necessarily foreshadowing anything.

I do take his decision as more of an indictment on how highly he rates Smith than as a ringing endorsement of how strongly he believes in Sharpe there. In an ideal world I’m sure he’d love to be going into the season with two bonafide NRL-quality halves and the headache of trying to fit Sharpe in around that, but he can only work with what he's got.
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We honestly, at this stage, can not 100% rule out that he’s going to bring Sandon off the bench to play in the halves with Fletcher shifting to like a roving playmaker who defends in the middle when he comes on.

Or he could just be thinking, well, let’s just go along with the previous plan, if it works awesome. If it doesn’t, whatever, Sandon in the halves. There’s more internal pressure on him if he picks Sandon in the halves from the jump and they struggle. He also didn’t get to see Fletch, Dyl & KP combine in the trials so he could literally be “trialling” it in live NRL games.

He could just think Sandon needs a kick up the bum. Or he could think there’s long term benefits to playing Brown and Fletch in the halves whether or not he sticks with it.

We have no idea, he’s kept cards very close to his chest.
 
HarVeeGee13 said:
We honestly, at this stage, can not 100% rule out that he’s going to bring Sandon off the bench to play in the halves with Fletcher shifting to like a roving playmaker who defends in the middle when he comes on.

Or he could just be thinking, well, let’s just go along with the previous plan, if it works awesome. If it doesn’t, whatever, Sandon in the halves. There’s more internal pressure on him if he picks Sandon in the halves from the jump and they struggle. He also didn’t get to see Fletch, Dyl & KP combine in the trials so he could literally be “trialling” it in live NRL games.

He could just think Sandon needs a kick up the bum. Or he could think there’s long term benefits to playing Brown and Fletch in the halves whether or not he sticks with it.

We have no idea, he’s kept cards very close to his chest.
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Or, or...he may think the best halves combo is the one he chose.
 
Honestly just wanted to get the “he may bring Sandon on to play half” call on the record just in case he does do that. I’ll look like a genius if that’s right. But I’ve also left a lot of plausible deniability if he doesn’t. I’ve been studying at the Gus Gould School Of Rhetoric.
 
HarVeeGee13 said:
Honestly just wanted to get the “he may bring Sandon on to play half” call on the record just in case he does do that. I’ll look like a genius if that’s right. But I’ve also left a lot of plausible deniability if he doesn’t. I’ve been studying at the Gus Gould School Of Rhetoric.
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Yep, said the other day we may not know his full plan until full time tomorrow.
 
Also didn’t specifically say he *doesn’t* think that spine is his best option lol.

I mean I do get the appeal on paper of the four dynamic ball runners.

Many such cases of coaches thinking “but what if none of my spine players were the boring guy?”.
 
Where it will get interesting is if Sandon does come onto the field and Crossland, Sharpe, KP and Brown are still on the park. Cos that is the ace. Is Sandon moving to dummy half, half or a ball playing lock role?
 
Celticman98 said:
Predictions for 2026

Dylan Lucas to debut in Origin and also become the next captain of the Knights

Greg Marzhew to finish up at the Knights after the 2026 Season

Lachlan Crouch to debut in Vegas and become a mainstay in the 17

Francis Manuleulua to also debut in 2026 and become a regular impact player off the bench

One of Gagai or Frizell to retire in 2026

Sandon Smith and Trey Mooney to both really breakthrough in 2026

DylBro to start the year slow but lead the comp in try assists by the end of the season

Dom Young to lead the comp in tries scored

Harrison Graham to be preferred over Matt Arthur in the 14 spot with the latter dominating NSW Cup instead

Tino to leave the Titans and re-join the Storm for 2027

Matt Burton to sign for the Bears ahead of the 2027 Season

Queensland to wrap the Origin series in 2 games and Laurie Daley to be sacked afterwards

Dolphins to finally play finals in 2026

Roosters win the NRLW

Panthers win the NRL Minor Premiership


I'll be stoked if I get more than 3 predictions right!
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Half a pass: Lucas did debut in Origin but didn't become the captain for the Knights.

❌️

Half a pass: Didn't debut in Vegas but has become a regular off the bench since his debut during the Origin period.

✅️ (Even better than impact off the bench)

❌️❌

✅️(After the prelims can say Sandon has had a breakthrough season, underrated signing while Trey was getting better as the season went before his injury)

❌️ (Was having a good year before injury though)

❌️ (Started the year looking at being the club top try scorer but Marzhew scored more instead)

✅️ (For the Graham prediction, handy pick up from the Dolphins)

For the non Knights predictions. Most wrong apart from

✅️ Dolphins making finals
✅️ Panthers win the Minor Premiership

Roosters NRLW to be determined.
 
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mozza said:
We’ll win 9 games at home this season and turn Marathon into a fortress.
Ponga will be considered the best Fullback in the world by years end
Hopwood, ESL and Matt Arthur will be in our best 19 by Round 13.
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One short on the wins
Spot on with KP
Not so much with ESL and Arthur
 
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