The pre-season 2026 thread

Brad tighe said:
It wasn’t incorrect mate!. Pile on’s are bullying
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Where was the pile on and bullying?

It’s healthy to have scepticism on the internet, anyone can just say anything … believe everything you read and suddenly you’ve lost your retirement savings.

I’m sure Marzhew probably is going to Perth and you’ll be proven correct, but based on past experience with reports from the media, twitter, etc. I’ll believe it when it’s announced by the club.

But anyway, I apologise if I’ve made anyone feel uncomfortable or bullied, or piled in on. Certainly not my intention, which was to make a light hearted joke. And definitely not how I want to make people feel. I’ll try to avoid any such comments in future.
 
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jamesgould said:
Where was the pile on and bullying?

It’s healthy to have scepticism on the internet, anyone can just say anything … believe everything you read and suddenly you’ve lost your retirement savings.

I’m sure Marzhew probably is going to Perth and you’ll be proven correct, but based on past experience with reports from the media, twitter, etc. I’ll believe it when it’s announced by the club.

But anyway, I apologise if I’ve made anyone feel uncomfortable or bullied, or piled in on. Certainly not my intention, which was to make a light hearted joke. And definitely not how I want to make people feel. I’ll try to avoid any such comments in future.
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I was told on twitter I don’t have any retirement savings
 
jamesgould said:
Where was the pile on and bullying?

It’s healthy to have scepticism on the internet, anyone can just say anything … believe everything you read and suddenly you’ve lost your retirement savings.

I’m sure Marzhew probably is going to Perth and you’ll be proven correct, but based on past experience with reports from the media, twitter, etc. I’ll believe it when it’s announced by the club.

But anyway, I apologise if I’ve made anyone feel uncomfortable or bullied, or piled in on. Certainly not my intention, which was to make a light hearted joke. And definitely not how I want to make people feel. I’ll try to avoid any such comments in future.
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I have no information to add to the conversation, I come here to get my information. I did have some people ridicule my grammar because I thought the whole team was at fault this year not just O'Brien.
 
I suppose we'll only know if the new staff have made a difference when the season starts, but I feel we'll have at least a year of the players responding to the new management style.
I suspect guys like Bedsy, Brennan, Simpson, Ryan etc never fit into O'Brien's strict management style, while Holbrook seems to be actually calling on the players and staff to take ownership of the team and culture.
Anyway - it can't go worse than last year.
 
Billy said:
I suppose we'll only know if the new staff have made a difference when the season starts, but I feel we'll have at least a year of the players responding to the new management style.
I suspect guys like Bedsy, Brennan, Simpson, Ryan etc never fit into O'Brien's strict management style, while Holbrook seems to be actually calling on the players and staff to take ownership of the team and culture.
Anyway - it can't go worse than last year.
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AOB from all accounts was a control freak and had a very poor communication style the players were completely off him and it showed.
 
I had a good laugh at this

13 - Knights

Ponga gives a top shelf performance once a month. Then disappears mid season to start a professional tennis career. Dyls slumps in into ‘the Newcastle way” and plays less like a Kiwi possessed and more like the disinterested Eel we all know.
 
Celticman98 said:
nzwarriors.com

NRL - Ladder Predictions 2026

Kia ora Kotou e hoa It is time for the annual ladder prediction thread. Predict a 1-17. Feel free to provide rationales if you wish to or just post your 1-17. Particular attention will be paid to your top 8 and where you place the Warriors. Yes you may make multiple predictions if more...
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Damn after reading through that, I feel even more confident in the knights this year, we got a lot of halves talent that was spread around replacing our previous halves, I believe in O'Sullivan and hopefully a lot of the talent he has recruited stand up and do a hell of a job, add in Hopwood standing up and making a mark this year, and our hopefully superior coaching this year. I feel like we can definitely make the top 4 if everyone stays healthy. I feel like we will have quite a few highlights of Brown and Ponga making magic together, with Sharpe chipping in, and Sandon leading the team about. Hopefully Dom Young sets the world on fire as well.
 
Die Hard said:
Damn after reading through that, I feel even more confident in the knights this year, we got a lot of halves talent that was spread around replacing our previous halves, I believe in O'Sullivan and hopefully a lot of the talent he has recruited stand up and do a hell of a job, add in Hopwood standing up and making a mark this year, and our hopefully superior coaching this year. I feel like we can definitely make the top 4 if everyone stays healthy. I feel like we will have quite a few highlights of Brown and Ponga making magic together, with Sharpe chipping in, and Sandon leading the team about. Hopefully Dom Young sets the world on fire as well.
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Top four, for sure.
We have depth everywhere, even our middles are looking the best for a long time. The halves are the best we have had for a decade.
 
Celticman98 said:
nzwarriors.com

NRL - Ladder Predictions 2026

Kia ora Kotou e hoa It is time for the annual ladder prediction thread. Predict a 1-17. Feel free to provide rationales if you wish to or just post your 1-17. Particular attention will be paid to your top 8 and where you place the Warriors. Yes you may make multiple predictions if more...
nzwarriors.com nzwarriors.com
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Interesting, looking at the sample of Warriors fans they seem to be a lot higher on the Knights than the rest of the NRL fan bases.
 
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