Would be interesting to know who signed up for any of the following options and what would you now unsubscribe to?
- We will finish top 8 prior to the season start
- We will finish top 4 (after the first 10 rounds)
- We will finish top 8 (after the first 10 rounds)
- The power game is going to be successful for all of 2017
- Mary deserves a new 2 year contract extension after 10 rounds
- Mary has learnt from his previous mistakes
- We are doing a great job blooding our juniors
- Millward is doing an outstanding job in recruitment
- Nightingale deserves to go out on his own terms and should definitely get another contract
- We are over achieving
- We are not in a mess
- Lafai is SOO quality
- Anyone saying anything contrary to points 3 - 11 is a "death rider and not a true supporter"
OT, Let me begin by saying I value your posts. They do help me to understand why my footy team is not where I would like it to be. And I acknowledge the validity of some perspectives of yours that I can recall - at the start of the season you stated that Nene should have proved himself first rather than being an automatic NRL selection, you have been a consistent supporter of Mann and while we were winning you cautioned about the difficulty of sustaining our run employing the "power game". Time has proved you to be spot on.
To deal with your 13 points I have to admit I was incapable of trying to respond for 2 days till I recovered from the Canberra loss. Secondly I have seen nothing of the last 5 games - I am overseas with a slow internet service that precludes any video content. So I am not in the best place for judgment. But here goes anyway:
1. No
2. Hopeful of top 4 but not confident given the start and seemingly good draw.
3. Yes - top 8.
4. I was hopeful.
5.
Yes if the choice had to be made then. Would have preferred a call for candidates with a closing date for applications on the Dragons’Mad Monday. If a full field of candidates was encouraged to apply who knows who may have put his hand up- Demetriou, Potter, Walters, Brown ........??
6. I think Mary has learnt some lessons. But he learns too slowly.
7. Juniors-No! Forwards ok except for Leilua. Field’s and Dufty’s treatment poor.
8. Pluses and minuses on the recruitment front. Dugan/Millward - I think a poor result for both parties!
9. Happy with Nighty getting another 12 months. Very few players are instant hits in the NRL so I believe it is good to have him on hand while hopefully some juniors are called up. Little loyalty has been shown to the 2010 Premiers so I am happy that he has got another year.
10. Not overachieving. Despite the prolonged up and then down we are around where we should be 8th-12th. I would prefer being beaten by the better teams and beating the weaker teams though.
11. A mess? Debatable on one season – definitely some problems. But if you think of 2012-2017 then the lack of step-by-step improvement is very disappointing.
12. Lafai - Ist 10 rounds yes. But has struggled since.
13. No definitely not. It is very frustrating that as just an avid supporter there are very obvious problems that should be resolved. Most of us invest a lot of time into supporting the Dragons and we should have the right to point out obvious flaws that should be addressed.