Flannagan on 2SM Talkin Sport 1269

[Poss]

This afternoon (Friday).
Not sure what time exactly but it is now 4:15pm and he hasnt been on yet.

If anyone tunes in, please post what he has to say in here.

 

[Poss]

Hes on now.
Typing as I listen:

Big test to see how we are going without Gal.
Turned a corner in the last few weeks. Good to be back at home.
Sets us up for a good run home,
Townsend and Graham looking good.
Chad exceeded Flannos expectations. Handled it well and strong defensively.
Smith, Bukuya, Toops all playing good but Gal makes them look second rate.
Good attitiude from the team all year. Injuries really took the spark out of the season.
Struggled for a few weeks but starting to look good now.
Melbourne game was good and we are kicking on from there.
Coming to training after a win its a good place to be at the moment.
Kelly running again. Slowly coming back. 2 weeks away. Dealing with off field stuff now.
Defence getting close to it's best over last few weeks. Steady across the park.
Defence is a real strength. Back our game on defence.
Stigma of last couple of years that Sharks cant score points, starting to turn that around.
Been good at applying pressure this year for repeat sets.
Team as a whole a bit older so know when to roll sleaves up etc.
Gal and Flanno discussed missing Titans game if we lost to Tits..
Flanno reckons he would not have missed it knowing Gal.

Thats about it.
Nothing too exciting.

 

[Eion]

Thanks Poss. Did they talk about new signings at all?

 

[Coastal Shark]

Hes on now.
Typing as I listen:

Big test to see how we are going without Gal.
Turned a corner in the last few weeks. Good to be back at home.
Sets us up for a good run home,
Townsend and Graham looking good.
Chad exceeded Flannos expectations. Handled it well and strong defensively.
Smith, Bukuya, Toops all playing good but Gal makes them look second rate.
Good attitiude from the team all year. Injuries really took the spark out of the season.
Struggled for a few weeks but starting to look good now.
Melbourne game was good and we are kicking on from there.
Coming to training after a win its a good place to be at the moment.
Kelly running again. Slowly coming back. 2 weeks away. Dealing with off field stuff now.
Defence getting close to it's best over last few weeks. Steady across the park.
Defence is a real strength. Back our game on defence.
Stigma of last couple of years that Sharks cant score points, starting to turn that around.
Been good at applying pressure this year for repeat sets.
Team as a whole a bit older so know when to roll sleaves up etc.
Gal and Flanno discussed missing Titans game if we lost to Tits..
Flanno reckons he would not have missed it knowing Gal.

Thats about it.
Nothing too exciting.

That'd make me feel really good.

 

[Poss]

That'd make me feel really good.

I was typing while he was on so trying to type quick.
To be fair, it sounds a lot worse reading it than it did coming from Flanno's mouth.
He was asked which forwards needed to step up this week in Gallens absence and he said that all of our backrowers have been playing good. He said Toops, Buks and Smith are all playing well but next to Gal, he makes them look second rate. I think he was trying to say that the others go a bit unnoticed because Gal has been put up on a pedestal since Origin 2 kinda thing.... I didn't really take it as a bad thing... maybe poor choice of words but I know what he meant.

No mention of new signings at all.

 

[Coastal Shark]

Thanks Poss.

 

[Frenzy.]

He wasn't asked about new signings either.