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  1. DragonInTheInnerWest

    Corey Norman

    I’m sorry but there are some quite ridiculous comments being made about our juniors. Ponga is a seasoned first grader now. As is Dufty. The other players mentioned are all just early on and it’s too soon to tell with Walker, Walsh et al. To me Walker looked like a major liability against the...
  2. DragonInTheInnerWest

    Corey Norman

    Norman has been solid this year but hasn’t done enough to earn a new contract. Certainly not on the coin he’s on. He is unfairly maligned at times but you have to be honest and the fact is for all the talent the fella has, he’s a rocks and diamonds player. Sometimes he looks rep quality and at...
  3. DragonInTheInnerWest

    Blake Austin

    A right footed Corey Norman. Only plays well when he feels like it. Three clubs have found that out the hard way.
  4. DragonInTheInnerWest

    Charity Shield 2021

    Forgive me if this has been discussed already in earlier posts or in another thread. Don’t normally read too much into players’ reactions post-game, it’s a very closed industry and its easy to understand how friendships can transcend club rivalries these days. I normally don’t make much of...
  5. DragonInTheInnerWest

    Round 1 2021 semi realistic sides

    Don’t expect many early wins but let this side play and gel together in the first month and take stock after then: 1. Dufty 2. Ramsay 3. Max Feagai 4. Lomax 5. Ravalawa 6. Clune 7. Hunt (c) 8. Faamausili 9. McCullough 10. Kerr 11. Ford 12. Sims 13. Bird 14. Norman 15. Vaughan 16. Lawrie 17. Merrin
  6. DragonInTheInnerWest

    Colin Fraser

    Geez we could do with a Col Fraser, Chris Walsh and a Snake O’Grady atm.
  7. DragonInTheInnerWest

    Sack Griffin

    Tigers put 50 on Manly in today’s trial. Griffin needs to be given a clear period to try things. That said, I couldn’t understand why more forwards weren’t signed. It was very apparent last season that we were very light on forward depth. At least two props short and we also lost Frizzell, Host...
  8. DragonInTheInnerWest

    McCullough

    People are wrong about Clune. He’s not a flash player but is a very good, smart footballer. As a half, he works very well with a flair player. Doesn’t lack for intent in his defensive work. He will be beaten on strength as much as any player his size is beaten on strength. Physics is physics...
  9. DragonInTheInnerWest

    2021 - Squad, Signings, Re-signings

    Talk of Host going to Souths. Ford is a keeper, at his best he’ll run all day but you can’t expect kids like this to lead the way in the middle after 10 or 12 games. That’s all kinds of wrong. Lawrie must get fitter and sharper but he is tough and I expect Griffin is bound to like him...
  10. DragonInTheInnerWest

    How did we let this happen?

    How did it happen? S Price, P McGregor. A decade of delusion. Continued to insist they had the nous to handle a development club. Rookie coaches who tried to bring in big name players; Widdop Thompson, Farrell, Woodford, Dugan, Lafai, Marshall, Graham as well as journeymen at the expense of...
  11. DragonInTheInnerWest

    Round 19 vs Newcastle

    Young said we wouldn’t have beaten Dapto today. One of the few accurate statements he’s made since taking the reins. Sadly, that is his true level. He should never have been placed in charge as an interim coach. It’s been McGregor light ever since and the damage wreaked in the last two months...
  12. DragonInTheInnerWest

    Dump Norman For Sailor .

    I mean there have been times when the cupboard was completely bare when it came to playmakers. But I don’t think Griffin would be unhappy with the spine players at the club currently. When you look at who’s on contract in key positions: Dufty, Ramsey, Norman, Clune, Sullivan, Hunt, Sailor...
  13. DragonInTheInnerWest

    Dump Norman For Sailor .

    Pardon that last misfire, here’s the intended reply: Nothing wrong with Clune as a footballer. He’s a very smart half who’s shown a lot of upside in his short time in FG. You have to remember he’s played about a dozen games of NRL, irregardless of his age. Some have called it a ‘breakout...
  14. DragonInTheInnerWest

    Dump Norman For Sailor .

    Nothing wrong with Clune as a footballer. He’s a very smart half who’s shown far more upside than negatives in his short time in FG. You have to remember he’s played about a dozen games of NRL, irregardless of his age. Others have called it a ‘breakout year’. I think that’s going too far but...
  15. DragonInTheInnerWest

    100% Official Griffin for the next 2 years

    A couple of things. Griffin took over the Broncos following Ivan Henjak not Bennett. He was Henjak’s assistant and got the job following Ivan’s 2010 dumping. Later removed for Bennett’s return. Griffin has only been off the scene for less than 18 months. If anything, the break should have...
  16. DragonInTheInnerWest

    Sack Dean Young

    One loss against a team winless in 9 games, flogged by all comers this season. Another at home to a side which trailed for 76 mins, didn’t have any luck, rub or pill. Prior to that, two narrow wins, the latter a lucky one against this year’s worst team, who outplayed us in large patches...
  17. DragonInTheInnerWest

    Sack Dean Young

    I’m sorry for ranting but what a frustrating situation. It’s a what comes first chicken/egg thing. If players can’t get their jobs done week in week out, and that’s been our problem now for many many years, then why continue to use the same players in the same ways? Why re-sign them again and...
  18. DragonInTheInnerWest

    Sack Dean Young

    Should have his coaching offer of application rescinded tonight after that shambolic presser let alone his earlier performance with the clipboard. Same shit, different day, eh? This was the same shit: - Benching some forwards for too long while others were visibly tiring and required benching...
  19. DragonInTheInnerWest

    Dragons Coach 2021 and Beyond

    Yes and that’s my main knock on him, along with many other players brought in. Lack of improvement. I would put a fair bit of this down to the coaching situation to be fair. Seems to happen with too many players. In my view, Host, Lawrie, Aitken and even Dufty (notwithstanding his good run of...
  20. DragonInTheInnerWest

    Blake Lawrie

    Have always felt he is plenty tough enough, packs a wallop in defence and shoukd only improve after being given a lot of trust early by Mary. Still very young by prop standards. His tackle efficiency in the middle of the park is his best asset. Rarely misses and often hits hard. Yet the...

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