09 :: R13 Mon :: Titans 28 Dragons 24 @ Skilled

[liaaam_]

dragons by 12.. keep the 100 % record against the titans !

 

[StinkyPete]

titans by 4

 

[petetheileet]

SAints if they turn up....

they should...and they should put 30 on em!

 

[thommo4pm]

Very strong looking team named for Saints, and still have J Smith & M Prior to come back into the side when back from injury.

Chase Stanley named at 19, hopefully that doesn't mean Coops is still in some doubt.

 

[thommo4pm]

Dragons team :

Dragons Coach Wayne Bennett has today named his four Origin representatives to return to Club duties this Monday night against the Titans at Skilled Park.
Darius Boyd, Ben Creagh, Justin Poore and Michael Weyman will all play in tomorrow night’s Origin match and will have five days to recover before the Titans clash.
In other changes to the side Matt Cooper (calf) returns after missing last weeks 38-10 win over the Panthers with Jarrod Saffy (ribs) also named on a six-man bench after also being a late withdrawal last week with two to be omitted.
Unavailable Dragons are: Matt Prior (hand) Rnd 15-17, Jeremy Smith (ankle) Rnd 15-17, Jon Green (knee) Rnd 15-16
NRL V TITANS
1. Darius Boyd
2. Brett Morris
3. Beau Scott
4. Matt Cooper
5. Wendell Sailor
6. Jamie Soward
7. Ben Hornby (c)
8. Justin Poore
9. Luke Priddis
10. Michael Weyman
11. Dean Young
12. Ben Creagh
13. Neville Costigan
14. Dan Hunt
15. Mickey Paea
16. Jason Nightingale
17. Mathew Head
18. Jarrod Saffy
19. Chase Stanley

 

[dragonfire]

Very strong looking team named for Saints, and still have J Smith & M Prior to come back into the side when back from injury.

Chase Stanley named at 19, hopefully that doesn't mean Coops is still in some doubt.

Stanley would play backrow probably, he pretty much did last weekend.

Bummed i have to work as i woulda driven up for the game. Dont see the Dragons losing the game so the Titans will have to play at their best to get a victory

 

[The.Saints.Are.Coming]

Dragons By 1 In Golden Point
Tries: Sailor (2) Tries: Walker, Rogers
Conversions: Sailor 2/2 Conversions: Prince 2/2
Field Goal: Sailor

MOM : Sailor

Is there anything this man can't do ?

 

[DRAGONZ_RULE]

Dragons By 1 In Golden Point
Tries: Sailor (2) Tries: Walker, Rogers
Conversions: Sailor 2/2 Conversions: Prince 2/2
Field Goal: Sailor

MOM : Sailor

Is there anything this man can't do ?

Dance well?

 

[Jason Maher]

Right, back to the real footy. Should be a big game, and hopefully we can keep the perfect record going. The Titans have a rep for being a strong attacking team, but they honestly have not shown it this year. Perhaps opposition defences are starting to work out their "give it to Prince" game plan.

I think it will be a bruising encounter. The Dragons are the best defensive team in the comp, and to be honest the Titans defence has been their strong point this year rather than their attack. I hope my boys can bring some of the attacking flair we finally discovered last week with a weakened team, but I'll take a 12-10 win any day of the week, and twice on Sundays.

I'll be attending the match with my sister (a fellow Dragons fan) and a couple of her friends (Titans fans), plus my daughter (Dragons fan in the making). Can't wait!

Dragons By 1 In Golden Point
Tries: Sailor (2) Tries: Walker, Rogers
Conversions: Sailor 2/2 Conversions: Prince 2/2
Field Goal: Sailor

MOM : Sailor

Is there anything this man can't do ?

Yes: kick goals. ;-)

 

[jpaciocco91]

a bit too tubby to kick goals, but otherwise still a great player for the team.

 

[_Johnsy]

My gut feeling tells me titans by 4

Titans 16 - 12

 

[Godz Illa]

Behind the ruck we have been vulnerable from time to time (v Newcastle and penrith), so Friend may be a threat. Although we were down on troops on both of those occasions, and I think De Gois, Aiton and Iosefa are more dangerous players than Friend. Saints to make it 6 in a row over Gold Coast

 

[Jason Maher]

I'm scratching my head as to why the Titans keep repeating this pattern of winning all their early games and then falling in a heap. Injuries have had something to do with it the last two years, but this year they've kept the main blokes on the park most weeks.

 

[Coaster]

We are not failing this year.

We lost badly to Panthers.
Lost in controversial circumstances to the knights in Newcastle.
Lost in a good game with our Australian players missing against the Broncos at Brisbane.

Thats nothing to be ashamed of.


This year we have a lot of Home games still up our sleeves, and nearly a full roster.

We need to win this game IMO, to break the hoodoo Dragons have over us.

Will be a corka

 

[Coaster]

I'm scratching my head as to why the Titans keep repeating this pattern of winning all their early games and then falling in a heap.

Inside mail, says Billy Johnston was a big part of this.

Trained the boys to ridiculous levels, during the off season, and we went into the year underweight, more intense training though the year, only lightened our players and injuries started.

The remaining players may have won a bike race from here to Sydney, but were way to light to compete without our big names.

It backfired, instead of being the fittest team in the comp, we became the smallest.

 

[Shorty]

^Um...how is that even logical? Small athletes are injured more?
Sounds like a copout to me.

The real reason why the Tits sucked so much toward the back end of the last two seasons is because;
1) You can't play every game at home, they were spoilt for choice as it was and as a result got a sh*tty away record.
2) Tits didn't have the experience that was needed to break through the second half of the year.

Saints will win it.

 

[Coaster]

Its not a cop out, it is a issue that we addressed.

Why do you think we let Johnston out of his last year of his contract, his training tactics are brutal, and did not suit our players.

He may well suit the cowboys, where guys like Webb, Tronc, ect are carrying to much weight, but he didnt suit our forwards.

Second half of the season, we were dominated by bigger packs, and being dominated will lead to more injuries.

Anyway that was last year, this year is different, we are bigger stronger, and are holding our own against sides like Brisbane, Cowboys, NewCastle, Storm on the road.

Right us off at your own peril

 

[kia ora storm]

Hope the Titans get done big time...

 

[Chook Norris]

Cheering for the Titans, think they can do it as well..

 

[Titanic]

Titans x 5