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If he is there for his defense and organizing , at the back , well that went great .....
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If he is there for his defense and organizing , at the back , well that went great .....
First picked. Just joking, that’s McCulloch.
You know Hook is the lowest paid coach on $300k - this is our clubs mentality.. make the most important employee of the club the lowest in the league ..
Watching that game looked like a Ferrari racing a Suzuki Swift. Plodding forwards, blunt slow inept backs. Where to from here? Bottom five I guess. Not much to look forward to.
Already answered that. Somewhere in the three quarters. He is a ball receiver not a ball giver. I'd move Mybe to 5/8 where he can better utilise his ball skills, Lomax to the back.. give him more space to use his brilliant footwork.. and Amone in his centre spot where we are more likely to see those silky skills we all say he has.
Sure I agree, we played some good footy in very minimal patches, but under the current regime, players not in correct positions, no attacking game plans that allow Amone to come into his own, all our attack revolves around Hunt, a winger like Rav that hasnt scored a try since round one, allowing Harry Grant to run 150m and control the ruck, unlike what we do, and very poor ball service to our outside backs, not to mention our go forward power plays that were behind by several hundred meters. The only thing I thought was slightly positive was our early defence, and that faltered late in the game. Yeah sure we maybe able to beat the other also rans but what happens when we think we are matching it with the elite teams, they flick a switch and blow us away, its been happening now for 12 years, you dont have to be a genius to work out where the Dragons are floundering, and it starts at the front office.
Spot on mate , they are a decade or more behind in coaching and type of player needed ...... The game has moved on the Dragons have stayed in a time warp ...... The game of bash and barge are gone , What is needed are at least one ball playing forward , a 7 that has vision and can come up with repeat sets when needed a 6 that can ball play and run at the opposition , then the rest of the team needs to be big fast and athletic ...... Lawrie , Woods , Sims , Macca , ( Moose getting on has been good for us ) wrong type of players ..... As for Hook and Co he is coaching what ever footy was left in the team out of players ( Rav , Lomax , Amone , Sloan none have improved ...... As for Board of Directors , The Youngs , Gordons , Doust back on the Merry go Round and Company are a bunch of Dinosaurs that have Big EGOS that they cant see what's happening ...... I for one cant see where it will end , if not soon it may be the end of the once Feared Mighty Club .......
JBD is on that list too. Never has a bad game. Is our best defensive forward as well as often taking the pill at second receiver to try to get our backline in motion. Lawrie does not get the minutes he deserves.. almost always make at least 10m a run. Needs tho to develop an offload. Lomax stays too. He needs early and clean pill to bring out his best. McGuire's defense is weak, tho his attack is strong. I am keeping Amone and Sloan on promise for further development.
We have one in JDB..play him full 80 mins. What we need above all else from one or two big forwards is second phase ball from safe offloads.
Yes George agree. I understand why the club resigned him and i will give him until the end of the season to see if he can mould a good side by then. If not and we are just plodding along in 10 - 16th position cant see the point of putting him in charge over the off season. This is where the Board really has to excel and get the money out and pay the best money to get the best coach available. Who that is is another point !
Agree with all except for McGuire, he has just about been our best forward every week since his return, Molo and Su'a were good to.
Would Lawrie get a game with the present top 6 or 8 , doubt it. Cut him and try again with someone like Coric next year. I also really hope Lomax's long contract meant less money per year because he just isn't improving. I wonder that his antics showing his injured hand was a cry for help or a stint on the sidelines that the club won't give him ?
