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Gareth67

Gareth67

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Ghostrider22 said:
Thanks GetsMarty just shows you what it is like at the Dragons right now. What a bloody awful place to work and train with all that shit going on.
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Undoubtedly both players - Atkinson and Gutho deserved better , Atkinson is and always will be a five/eighth , and has been playing out of position since arriving at the Dragons. Gutherson in his initial season with the Big Red V gave his all and was all class and more often than not lifted the spirits of the team when required .

Yes he is just about out of puff now although he at least tries which is far better than some of his younger teammates. But back to the point Flanagan would be stupid indeed if he is actually thinking about moving Gutho to the wing .The man simply does not possess the speed required, but here’s a thought - to the centres and have actually speedsters running of him when he make a break .

Just my 2 bobs worth .
 
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shiloh dc

Juniors
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Anyone know if KK has a get out clause if Flannagan Snr was sacked.

If he has he might decide to go to Perth or PNG (in 2028 with a year at another club in 2027).
 
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Parko1310

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dragon thomo said:
I would get rid off Young before Flannigan. Our defence has been poor since Young has taken over. I am not saying the defence was good before he arrived but it's got worst.
Young is useless
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Flano, Young, Ennis and the seemingly irremovable Ben Haran all need to go. There needs to be a complete clean out and reset of the football department and its operations. As it stands it is completely unprofessional, nepotistic and downright amateurish.

Young has done nothing to deserve his spot. Nothing. He has continually presided over our disgraceful defence for years, and yet stays in his position. In 2020, he takes over as interim coach and wins only TWO games out of six. Those games were against the wooden spoon Broncos (by 4 points) and a Storm team in the final round of the competition resting almost their entire first string side (by just 8 points). 2022, Young has a decent year with the Cows as their assistant, they probably should have made the GF. 2023 Young is still their assistant. They fail to make the 8 and their defence goes backwards. Their defence drops to being 9th in the league. 2024 he is miraculously back at the Dragons. We are wildly inconsistent that year, but particularly our defence is woeful. Every second game or so we get blown off the park. We are 13th in defence. The following year, we are 14th in the NRL defensively. Young was also an assistant for the NSW Blues in the 2025 origin series. A coaching team including him and Daley never gave the Blues a chance and they lose the series. So I'm confused what the club sees in him other than him being Albert's little boy?

Ennis is part-timer in charge of our attack, who seems more interested in fox league commitments. Our attack has suffered and faltered under his tenure. f**k him off. Hopeless coach.

Haran has presided over inarguably the worst period in club history. Since becoming the GM of football, the Dragons have made finals ZERO TIMES. He has been part of some inexplicable decisions, such as creating a selection committee for Mary (laughable, just sack him), extending Blake Lawrie for 3 years on big money, extending Ravalawa on big money - also for 3 years. He was part of the Norman signing, the extension of Amone, Sloan and Sullivan - all on 500k plus before they'd even played 20 games. The football program under his watch has been a joke. The junior retention and development has been abhorrent. Jason Ryles walked away from the club after agreeing to be the head coach because the club stipulated that Haran must remain, which was previously agreed would not be the case.

Blow the joint up.
 
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I'm Hornby

Juniors
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Parko1310 said:
Flano, Young, Ennis and the seemingly irremovable Ben Haran all need to go. There needs to be a complete clean out and reset of the football department and its operations. As it stands it is completely unprofessional, nepotistic and downright amateurish.

Young has done nothing to deserve his spot. Nothing. He has continually presided over our disgraceful defence for years, and yet stays in his position. In 2020, he takes over as interim coach and wins only TWO games out of six. Those games were against the wooden spoon Broncos (by 4 points) and a Storm team in the final round of the competition resting almost their entire first string side (by just 8 points). 2022, Young has a decent year with the Cows as their assistant, they probably should have made the GF. 2023 Young is still their assistant. They fail to make the 8 and their defence goes backwards. Their defence drops to being 9th in the league. 2024 he is miraculously back at the Dragons. We are wildly inconsistent that year, but particularly our defence is woeful. Every second game or so we get blown off the park. We are 13th in defence. The following year, we are 14th in the NRL defensively. Young was also an assistant for the NSW Blues in the 2025 origin series. A coaching team including him and Daley never gave the Blues a chance and they lose the series. So I'm confused what the club sees in him other than him being Albert's little boy?

Ennis is part-timer in charge of our attack, who seems more interested in fox league commitments. Our attack has suffered and faltered under his tenure. f**k him off. Hopeless coach.

Haran has presided over inarguably the worst period in club history. Since becoming the GM of football, the Dragons have made finals ZERO TIMES. He has been part of some inexplicable decisions, such as creating a selection committee for Mary (laughable, just sack him), extending Blake Lawrie for 3 years on big money, extending Ravalawa on big money - also for 3 years. He was part of the Norman signing, the extension of Amone, Sloan and Sullivan - all on 500k plus before they'd even played 20 games. The football program under his watch has been a joke. The junior retention and development has been abhorrent. Jason Ryles walked away from the club after agreeing to be the head coach because the club stipulated that Haran must remain, which was previously agreed would not be the case.

Blow the joint up.
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Great post, now do Flano
 
qld redvee

qld redvee

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Auntie.Gerald said:
www.zerotackle.com

Cowboys extend Purdue in $3 million blockbuster

Purdue was gaining interest from powerhouse rivals.
www.zerotackle.com www.zerotackle.com

Maybe still a shot at Drinkwater now Purdue extending for 4 years?
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Drinkwater on 360 last night said would like to stay a cow hasnt talked yet.
Where are we with fuller i thought wr may have had someone for 27 when wr werent wanting fuller for next year. He wont relocate for 20 games
We need a quality fb
 
Illusion

Illusion

Bench
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Old Timer said:
We might look better we definitely wouldn’t perform any better.

No matter who comes to our club they are forced to play Flanno ball in attack and play Deano ball in defence.

No matter the halves it’s 5 hit ups and a useless kick and make sure we give it to Cake once if not twice every time we are in their 20.

In defence it’s sit back and wait for them to come to us and when they get close to an overlap the winger must rush in.

Doesn't matter who wears the jersey the tactics remain the same.

Evidently Flanno and his predecessors thinks that type of stability is what we need regardless of who is in the roster.
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They definitely have not changed with the times ....... Wrong type of players wrong type of coach , all stuck in a time warp just like the League's Club .......
 
thebigredv

thebigredv

First Grade
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R&WTILLIDIE said:
He prefers to play reserve grade than join the basket case dragons…how shithouse are we? View attachment 111604
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I was hoping we could get him over asap. A player with pace and a point to prove.

I really don't know what we've done to displease the footy gods but...man!! Not to dwell but Cody Ramsey was going to be the answer to all our fullback needs...and we know how that went.

Definitely should have offered Fuller more than 6 months.
 
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