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Cowboys R21

hook hook

Juniors
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494
I can’t believe Sloan being picked again! How many games do you have to lose for us before you get permanently red carded? Are we so devoid of players that this is the best we can do? Every team knows how to just run around him because his defence is non existent. We’d be so much higher up the ladder if this clown even had a clue about defence. How much longer do supporters have to put up with his selection? Takes me back to Corey Norman getting selected despite his appalling play. No wonder we’re constant bottom dwellers with decisions like this
There’s no decision to be made mate. We’re out of wingers unfortunately. Unless you want Allan and fegai on the wings, which completely devoids any chance of a long range try because there is no speed
 

Illusion

Bench
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Yes Jeff, realistically we are missing only two or three players that people would've had as regular first graders in the 17 this year.

We should have the depth to cover these injuries, certainly not an excuse.
You know what I for one , sick of the excuses , injuries , Refs bad calls , Bunker not on our side , bottom line is the team , coaching staff are not up with the the game ......... Over the years wrong coaches , wrong type of player signing , wrong young players let go ........ Need to make the right calls been like this for 15 years and nowhere near it ....... Anyway I hope one day we can be a top 4 team ...........
 
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There’s no decision to be made mate. We’re out of wingers unfortunately. Unless you want Allan and fegai on the wings, which completely devoids any chance of a long range try because there is no speed
Not having a go at you about this but he lets in more than he scores- id rather try these 2 and hope they do a better defensive job than Sloan does. If that happens we’d be about 10 points further up the ladder. I can’t believe we just persist with selecting a guy who is clearly losing us matches. You cant practice defense in 1st grade- you can either do it or not and realistically one player has single handedly ruin our finals chances. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result- selecting Sloan is in this catagory
 

denis preston

First Grade
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9,080
Not having a go at you about this but he lets in more than he scores- id rather try these 2 and hope they do a better defensive job than Sloan does. If that happens we’d be about 10 points further up the ladder. I can’t believe we just persist with selecting a guy who is clearly losing us matches. You cant practice defense in 1st grade- you can either do it or not and realistically one player has single handedly ruin our finals chances. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result- selecting Sloan is in this catagory
I’d suggest you take a look at all the tries scored in this round of NRL. Note how many are scored with the winger coming in from his wing and note how many times it wasn’t Sloan !
 

twinkletoes

Juniors
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1,132
I’d suggest you take a look at all the tries scored in this round of NRL. Note how many are scored with the winger coming in from his wing and note how many times it wasn’t Sloan !
Twice against Rooster within 10 mins of each other….cost us the match, once against Bulldogs in last 2 minutes.. cost us the match…. 4 points on a platter and there goes any semi final hopes
 

redandwhite4evr

Juniors
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2,043
You know what I for one , sick of the excuses , injuries , Refs bad calls , Bunker not on our side , bottom line is the team , coaching staff are not up with the the game ......... Over the years wrong coaches , wrong type of player signing , wrong young players let go ........ Need to make the right calls been like this for 15 years and nowhere near it ....... Anyway I hope one day we can be a top 4 team ...........
I'm struggling with Flanno's constant miserable expression- even when we score a spectacular try, he remains sour faced. He's become a killjoy. I get that coaches are under pressure but Ryles still manages a celebratory smile and leap of joy when his lowly placed team scores.
 

I'm Hornby

Juniors
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I'm struggling with Flanno's constant miserable expression- even when we score a spectacular try, he remains sour faced. He's become a killjoy. I get that coaches are under pressure but Ryles still manages a celebratory smile and leap of joy when his lowly placed team scores.
He's not enjoying it because he is under the pressure and rightly so.

Looks like he is having a panic attack most games.
 

denis preston

First Grade
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9,080
I'm struggling with Flanno's constant miserable expression- even when we score a spectacular try, he remains sour faced. He's become a killjoy. I get that coaches are under pressure but Ryles still manages a celebratory smile and leap of joy when his lowly placed team scores.
FFS I’ve heard it all. Of all the Flanno bashing on here we have a new reason, he doesn’t carry himself like the town idiot in the coaches box !! SOUR FACE Bennett did alright by us.
 

hook hook

Juniors
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494
FFS I’ve heard it all. Of all the Flanno bashing on here we have a new reason, he doesn’t carry himself like the town idiot in the coaches box !! SOUR FACE Bennett did alright by us.
Come on mate, everyone knows coaching is based on your ability to smile. The poor storm fans, sitting 3rd on the ladder and Bellamy is still banging tables and throwing chairs :(
 

possm

Coach
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16,698
Flanno has been given more work than he can handle. Yes he is the had coach, but he should not be expected to do everything himself.
1. I hope that Flanagan and the two assistant coaches are the team selection committee.
2. I hope that a new Recruitment team will work well together to improve the quality.
3. I hope that Flanno will sack his assistant coaches immediately and hire the Walker Brothers to assume the role of coaching assistants.
4. Given the number of suitable juniors coming into the first grade side, I hope the CEO will convince the BOD to go for 2 or 3 marquee players for season 2026. Maybe, prop, halves, and fullback being stocked wth a marquee player.
 

The Word

Juniors
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500
Come on mate, everyone knows coaching is based on your ability to smile. The poor storm fans, sitting 3rd on the ladder and Bellamy is still banging tables and throwing chairs :(
Lol remember when Des was winning stuff with Manly he was still a miserable pr.ck in the pressers. He left the jumping for joy stuff to his players.

If Flanagan gets the dragons playing consistently top 8 footy next year we might get the occasional smile out of him.
 

Draginzaaar

Bench
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Not having a go at you about this but he lets in more than he scores- id rather try these 2 and hope they do a better defensive job than Sloan does. If that happens we’d be about 10 points further up the ladder. I can’t believe we just persist with selecting a guy who is clearly losing us matches. You cant practice defense in 1st grade- you can either do it or not and realistically one player has single handedly ruin our finals chances. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result- selecting Sloan is in this catagory
However, a lot of the tries he had scored would not have been by other wingers because of his pace. So we probably wouldn't be 10 points better.
 
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