2022 Squad: Gains, Losses & Re-signings.

[Miller was a legend]

Yay Woodsy! How good is that?
Meh

 

[Gold_Coast Dragon]

Out of the 3, Woods is the safest bet. The other two may never see first grade.

 

[denis preston]

All 3 on Perform or Perish deals at base salary rates.

Wish all contracts were like that ! Had a few highly paid players drop form & intensity but still get paid like they were superstars. Norman obviously but Simms , Vaughan as well at times. Didn't include Hunt as for me he has a red hot go but not until last season did he click ( must have been the change of coach ? )

 

[denis preston]

Yay Woodsy! How good is that?
Meh

That shows you how bad our forwards were last year Miller !

 

[Maddragon99]

A

That shows you how bad our forwards were last year Miller !

All signing now official now, bring on 2022!

No more excuses for Coach Griffin

 

[mickeylane]

I’m impressed w the activity.. dragons leaving no stone unturned.. good depth everywhere

 

[Como Connection]

Has moga played win before as that is his best chance.
CC

 

[Maddragon99]

Starting side round one, pretty decent I think.

Woods
Macca
Burgess
S’au
Sims
JdB
Hunt
Amone
Ramsey
Suli
Lomax
Ravalawa
Sloan

Mbye
Molo
Lawrie
Burns

Gosiewski

 

[Dragons4me]

I'll be much happier when I read about Sullivan's signature. When is this going to happen??

 

[Maddragon99]

I'll be much happier when I read about Sullivan's signature. When is this going to happen??

I’ll be absolutely shattered if he leaves but you couldn’t blame him for looking around. If he stays he’ll be behind Hunt for another 2yrs. No way Griffin moves away from his Brisbane old boys Macca & Hunt to make room for Sullivan.

 

[denis preston]

I’ll be absolutely shattered if he leaves but you couldn’t blame him for looking around. If he stays he’ll be behind Hunt for another 2yrs. No way Griffin moves away from his Brisbane old boys Macca & Hunt to make room for Sullivan.

Come on MD, keep to your promise , no slagging off Hook until next season at least! It is not the clubs fault that his manager won’t sign anything until after 1st Nov so he can get his client the best deal. Dragons not doubt will be prioritising his signature , it’s just a matter of how much and how long. My guess is he won’t go for along contract and back himself for the next one.

 

[Maddragon99]

Come on MD, keep to your promise , no slagging off Hook until next season at least! It is not the clubs fault that his manager won’t sign anything until after 1st Nov so he can get his client the best deal. Dragons not doubt will be prioritising his signature , it’s just a matter of how much and how long. My guess is he won’t go for along contract and back himself for the next one.

Well I can’t help myself getting a jab into Griffin when I can. The dolphins could be easily in the mix for Sullivan, I’m sure Bennett would love to pinch one of our best prospects.

 

[Evil Emperor Zurg]

Starting side round one, pretty decent I think.

Woods
Macca
Burgess
S’au
Sims
JdB
Hunt
Amone
Ramsey
Suli
Lomax
Ravalawa
Sloan

Mbye
Molo
Lawrie
Burns

Gosiewski

Woods at fullback? Really? Other than that it’s a good lineup.

 

[Gold_Coast Dragon]

Molo
Macca
Lawrie
S’au
Burns
JdB
Hunt
Amone
Fegai
Suli
Lomax
Ravalawa
Sloan

Mbye
Sims
Woods
Bird/McGuire/Burgess

 

[Eatons Hill Dragon]

Woods at fullback? Really? Other than that it’s a good lineup.

Woods at fullback wouldnt be the issue.
More worried about Macca on the wing.
JDB should be fine in the halves as he has experience there under Mary.

 

[Evil Emperor Zurg]

Woods at fullback wouldnt be the issue.
More worried about Macca on the wing.
JDB should be fine in the halves as he has experience there under Mary.

Also Lomax and Rav as backrowers. Awesome.

 

[Forbes Creek Dragons]

Yay Woodsy! How good is that?
Meh

He will grow another leg once he puts on that red V, without question the most prestigious jersey he's ever played in. Including the Blues or Roos.

 

[Ghostrider22]

Bullshit. Money talks.

That’s so true kit66, only problem is the owners of the club don’t want the footy club to succeed

 

[Maddragon99]

Molo
Macca
Lawrie
S’au
Burns
JdB
Hunt
Amone
Fegai
Suli
Lomax
Ravalawa
Sloan

Mbye
Sims
Woods
Bird/McGuire/Burgess

If Griffin goes with Bird at Fullback & Mbye at 5/8 I’m going to lose it.

 

[Dragonslayer]

The game has changed so much now that the successful teams rarely carry 2 props on the bench. I think this is a refection on the speed and the 6 again rule, withy players having to be able to fill-in in different roles within the team and according to the game.

For example: the teams that made the 8 this year had this structure as their bench:

Panthers - 2x edge forwards, 1 utility back, 1 prop
Rabbits - 2x edge forwards, 1 utility back, 1 prop
Manly - 2x props, 1 hooker, 1 utility forward
Storm - 1 hooker, 1 utility back, 1 utility forward, 1 prop
Roosters - 1 half, 2x utility forwards, 1 edge forward
Eels - 3x utility forwards, 1 utility back
Titans - 2x props, 1 edge forward, 1 hooker
Knights - 2x props, 1 utility forward, 1 edge forward

Interesting that the Panthers starting props played a total of 36mins and 31mins respectively. JFH first stint 24mins and 2nd stint 12mins, Moses Leota played 18mins then 13 mins. For the Rabbits their props, Nichols played 19mins then 14mins, whilst Tatola played 19mins and then 26mins.
For comparison our last game v Rabbits our starting props were Lawrie who who played 24 and then 22, and Maguire who played 31 and then 26. We also had Alvaro playing 26mins and Faama playing 12, basically Faama was a passenger, with our utility forward Fuimaono playing 56mins.

So, how would our bench look with 2x edge forwards, 1 prop and 1 utility?
For me the 2 edge forwards - Bird & Sims, 1 prop - Woods, 1 utility - Mbye