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ColdWetPanther

First Grade
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Burton's not the problem in that Dogs spine. Hes the only not problem in that Dogs spine.
C’mon. He’s not a spine player. He hides when the game is on the line; puts the running away, refuses to take the game winning field goal. Not brave enough for the halves.
 

ColdWetPanther

First Grade
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Dogs have just f**ked themselves.

I could pick the spine:

1. Tracey
6. Galvin
7. Anyone
9. Hayward

Pick your best centres as centre (Crichton/Burton). And find the bloke who is kinda like Sexton. Anyone will do.
Replacing Sexton with SOS is peak MoneyBall in a position where you shouldn’t be playing MoneyBall.
 

Fangs

Referee
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21,577
Replacing Sexton with SOS is peak MoneyBall in a position where you shouldn’t be playing MoneyBall.

So dumb.

Even if you plan to move on Sexton/Mahoney just wait until the off-season? Mind blowing stuff from the Dogs last year. Now it's SOS who hasn't played regular first grade in yonks.

I still think their best 7 is Hayward. But from a physical perspective I'm not sure now. He would have spent a whole off-season at hooker.
 

Murraymob1

Juniors
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1,943
Dragons v cowboys
Normally as I watch a match I like to dissect the teams players faults weaknesses. With out pointing the finger at the coach
But can genuinely say the dragons need to get rid of Flanagan.The dragons are so easily read in attack same plays no diversion or shape in attack
Previous weeks Flanagan junior coped the heat but he is not there now.And we are seeing ground hog day in how they attack nothing.The fans are booing spilling .there beer filling the cups with tears
Gutherson is like Jake t at manly time to retire .The game is past them
 

Murraymob1

Juniors
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So dumb.

Even if you plan to move on Sexton/Mahoney just wait until the off-season? Mind blowing stuff from the Dogs last year. Now it's SOS who hasn't played regular first grade in yonks.

I still think their best 7 is Hayward. But from a physical perspective I'm not sure now. He would have spent a whole off-season at hooker.
It’s Gus being Gus .Some of the great minds in history also where highly delusional minds .Gus suffers from both
 
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Dragons v cowboys
Normally as I watch a match I like to dissect the teams players faults weaknesses. With out pointing the finger at the coach
But can genuinely say the dragons need to get rid of Flanagan.The dragons are so easily read in attack same plays no diversion or shape in attack
Previous weeks Flanagan junior coped the heat but he is not there now.And we are seeing ground hog day in how they attack nothing.The fans are booing spilling .there beer filling the cups with tears
Gutherson is like Jake t at manly time to retire .The game is past them
Atkinson cannot kick, pass or organise. He can tackle sometimes but that just shows what he is capable of because for years he has been a benchy and has only been a bit player.
Changing wingers every week when your halves are clueless ain't gonna help the broken down, slow fullback either.
 

age.s

First Grade
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9,240
Atkinson cannot kick, pass or organise. He can tackle sometimes but that just shows what he is capable of because for years he has been a benchy and has only been a bit player.
Changing wingers every week when your halves are clueless ain't gonna help the broken down, slow fullback either.
I actually thought Atkinson was one of their better players when I saw them. Albeit being a pretty low bar.
 

Alintheeast

Juniors
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482
Was hoping to see Maclean brothers playing in same backline during Origin. Critter out JMac now has to be selected for Origin.
 
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I actually thought Atkinson was one of their better players when I saw them. Albeit being a pretty low bar.
Every in goal kick he put in went dead. That was because the kick was always from the 20 because they couldn't get closer. Rubbish attack with NFI. And rubbish defence because they are all lazy.
 

Pomoz

Bench
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3,134
The trouble with blaming the coach is there is so many other factors that set the team up for success. Sure, sack Flanagan but how does that change the back office? Conditioning, analytics, sports medicine, diet, junior recruitment and development.

Gus was talking about winning his first GF as coach of Canterbury and the fact there were basically four staff. Assistant coach, trainer, physio and himself.

Now the coach is managing a staff of 20 plus. If they don’t have a say in who they are and what they do, they can still fail.

Since 2020, the Panthers have lost 16 of the 21 players on the GF team roster. Since then, the club has produced, Katoa, Iongi, Turuva, May x3, Hopgood, Staines and Blore to name a few, from the juniors who have gone to other clubs and played first grade. Who have the Dragons produced?

Phillips rolled off the production line this year and looks first grade quality. Milky did it last year.

Who are the Dragons producing that are as good? Is that Flanagan? Who is running their development? They have plenty of juniors, especially from the wonderful Wollongong catchment. No excuses.

Of course, it might all be down to his decisions but the Dragons have been producing dross long before Flanagan got the gig.
 

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