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[justadragon]

The whole team in unfit. That’s what you get after 3 years of coaching by a coke guzzling dinosaur.

Ahh, that would be Coke Zero !!!

 

[Paddles]

My concern with Sullivan is that he looks overweight!
If your overweight at 21 you’re not training properly!
That then leads to injuries that don’t get rehabbed properly and drag on and on and lead to imbalances and other injuries!
If your not the fittest you will ever be at the start of your career when your trying to make a name for yourself what will you be like later on!

He was told by Griffin that he wasn’t the half, and needed to bulk up to get back into first grade, which he did. He’s been screwed around by the club for years, while they’ve used him in almost each membership drive since 2020. He’s been patient and gracious. We’ve just chosen to bet on an expensive mediocre old fella who is a proven failure.

 

[SGMax]

Not the same, Moltzon decided he didn't want to go.

The Tigers told him he was surplus and could find another club.
After he had signed with the Dragons (much later), they changed their mind and actively encouraged him to break the contract using the technicality that he hadn't been officially released.
It left the Dragons without a fullback the following year.
It could be eerily the same if we choose to make it that way.

 

[Dragon Blood]

Could be a reason the coaching staff were happy to let him go, doesn’t listen ? Mind you , on some of the coaches I don’t blame him !

I reckon it has a lot to do with (C)Hunt possibly not liking Bud in case Bud outplays him in the next two years and (C)Hunt is forced to play 9 during his stay.

 

[dannyt]

The Tigers told him he was surplus and could find another club.
After he had signed with the Dragons (much later), they changed their mind and actively encouraged him to break the contract using the technicality that he hadn't been officially released.
It left the Dragons without a fullback the following year.
It could be eerily the same if we choose to make it that way.

Dodged a bullet with Moltzen. Pretty much injured and medically retired soon after.

 

[JubileeJeffro]

Dodged a bullet with Moltzen. Pretty much injured and medically retired soon after.

Might be the same with Sullivan. Might not be either.. that’s the challenge with paying for players with potential.. some realise it, but a lot don’t.
Evander Cummins
Jai Field
Matt Dufty
Richie Williams
Are just some of the recent ones who were going to be stars the forum was in uproar over..
Yet you also have
Reece Robson
Jackson Ford
Addin Fanua Blake
Reuben Garrick
Who would easily make our list today

 

[dannyt]

Might be the same with Sullivan. Might not be either.. that’s the challenge with paying for players with potential.. some realise it, but a lot don’t.
Evander Cummins
Jai Field
Matt Dufty
Richie Williams
Are just some of the recent ones who were going to be stars the forum was in uproar over..
Yet you also have
Reece Robson
Jackson Ford
Addin Fanua Blake
Reuben Garrick
Who would easily make our list today

Yep

 

[RedVee_8]

Might be the same with Sullivan. Might not be either.. that’s the challenge with paying for players with potential.. some realise it, but a lot don’t.
Evander Cummins
Jai Field
Matt Dufty
Richie Williams
Are just some of the recent ones who were going to be stars the forum was in uproar over..
Yet you also have
Reece Robson
Jackson Ford
Addin Fanua Blake
Reuben Garrick
Who would easily make our list today

Matt Mundine?

 

[Slippery Morris]

Reece Robson I can understand as the Saints had McInness who was not 32 at the time. The kid wanted to play first grade. Fanou-Blake was sacked due to off field indiscretions and Saints had no choice at the time. Jackson Ford was given a crack under poor circumstances with a bad coach who dropped Saint juniors at the drop of a hat for errors yet let guys like Billy Burns continue to play poor and get picked. It is good to see him excel at the Warrior. Garrick, never cracked first grade unfortunately again due to poor coaching. Mary preferred guys like Lafai who was deadset awful. THere was not too much difference in the end between Hook and Mary when it came to selections.

 

[Walpole]

It was a mistake to let Robson go, especially when it seems that McInnes would have played anywhere (unlike our current captain) for the good of the team. The decision to get rid of AFB was the right one and a rare moment of leadership from the powers that be - too bad we didn't take the same approach with a couple of others. Ford seems to have benefitted from a coach playing him in one position and giving some firm direction on how he wanted him to play. Who knew that would work? Garrick would walk into our team now but I don't know that there was a great outcry when we let him go.

 

[Slippery Morris]

A player I would have loved to have kept in the juniors is Tristian Sailor. This kid showed a heap of promise and the Broncos are smart to pick him up. Another that was used poorly by Mary. When he did play he did not look bad at all so not sure why they did not persist. If they played Tristian all those years ago instead of Corey Norman he would be an absolute star in the squad now playing well into his NRL Career. We would not be crying over Amone or Bud.

 

[blacksafake]

Reece Robson I can understand as the Saints had McInness who was not 32 at the time. The kid wanted to play first grade. Fanou-Blake was sacked due to off field indiscretions and Saints had no choice at the time. Jackson Ford was given a crack under poor circumstances with a bad coach who dropped Saint juniors at the drop of a hat for errors yet let guys like Billy Burns continue to play poor and get picked. It is good to see him excel at the Warrior. Garrick, never cracked first grade unfortunately again due to poor coaching. Mary preferred guys like Lafai who was deadset awful. THere was not too much difference in the end between Hook and Mary when it came to selections.

Did Burns not sign with the club under Hook

 

[Slippery Morris]

Yep, he was a Hook favourite. No matter how many errors he made he would get another crack unlike the other juniors.

 

[justadragon]

A player I would have loved to have kept in the juniors is Tristian Sailor. This kid showed a heap of promise and the Broncos are smart to pick him up. Another that was used poorly by Mary. When he did play he did not look bad at all so not sure why they did not persist. If they played Tristian all those years ago instead of Corey Norman he would be an absolute star in the squad now playing well into his NRL Career. We would not be crying over Amone or Bud.

I reckon his old man will make sure he never comes to the Dragons again, was furious we didnt support him.

 

[steerlerbab]

A player I would have loved to have kept in the juniors is Tristian Sailor. This kid showed a heap of promise and the Broncos are smart to pick him up. Another that was used poorly by Mary. When he did play he did not look bad at all so not sure why they did not persist. If they played Tristian all those years ago instead of Corey Norman he would be an absolute star in the squad now playing well into his NRL Career. We would not be crying over Amone or Bud.

From memory Sailor was stood down by NRL due to off field problems. Club then did not renew him.

 

[slippery5]

From memory Sailor was stood down by NRL due to off field problems. Club then did not renew him.

Club decided not to resign him first & then he got in trouble.

 

[Draginzaaar]

He was told by Griffin that he wasn’t the half, and needed to bulk up to get back into first grade, which he did. He’s been screwed around by the club for years, while they’ve used him in almost each membership drive since 2020. He’s been patient and gracious. We’ve just chosen to bet on an expensive mediocre old fella who is a proven failure.

Patient and gracious? How many release requests?

 

[Draginzaaar]

A player I would have loved to have kept in the juniors is Tristian Sailor. This kid showed a heap of promise and the Broncos are smart to pick him up. Another that was used poorly by Mary. When he did play he did not look bad at all so not sure why they did not persist. If they played Tristian all those years ago instead of Corey Norman he would be an absolute star in the squad now playing well into his NRL Career. We would not be crying over Amone or Bud.

So when will he play NRL at the Broncos? SOO time next year?

 

[justadragon]

So when will he play NRL at the Broncos? SOO time next year?

or if Walsh gets injured, I think he could also cover in the halves

 

[RedVee_8]

So has the club announced Bud as leaving? Or is it up in the air until the season’s end?