Aaron Woods

[stryker]

Dragons fan here, I can’t believe that so many dragons fans have somehow convinced themselves that Woods is a good pick up.
Please tell me that I am not losing my mind, he’s an absolute plodder right?
Walks into the line, turns into the defence, reverses for a few meters then dies with the ball or offloads to a player standing still.
Great bloke but pleeeeeease!

Don’t forget that he never takes a dirty or tough hit up.

 

[Stake Removed]

Dragons fan here, I can’t believe that so many dragons fans have somehow convinced themselves that Woods is a good pick up.
Please tell me that I am not losing my mind, he’s an absolute plodder right?
Walks into the line, turns into the defence, reverses for a few meters then dies with the ball or offloads to a player standing still.
Great bloke but pleeeeeease!

Wait till he flops in a tackle, or jogs back into defensive line.
Ben Hunt is going to be doing a lot of first up work in defense

 

[Special K]

Wait until you see that first grasp at thin air, then they’ll realise what has been bought

This is what killed me.

If you go back and look at the tries scored against us an insane majority started with an air grab in the middle. I remember seeing a video in 2019 or 18 I can’t remember but they showed his “efforts” in D and how it directly impacted our finishing position for the season.

Woods is a tremendous fella and can get a quick play the ball here or there but f**k me… f**k ME. I heard Woods offered to stick around with us in the 200k range but was told thanks but no thanks. His dragons deal wouldn’t be huge but I still can’t believe he jagged an NRL gig. f**k ME. f**k ME. All the best though.

The cluelessness of his own rating of performances along with Chad, Dugan and SJ being gone from our top squad can’t be underestimated.

 

[Stake Removed]

Be interesting to see how many minutes into the season before Dragons fans have had enough of Woods

 

[Tiger Shark]

According to an interview he's got a second year option if he plays a certain number of games this year.

So what's better than Woods being at the Dragons for a year

Answer: Woods being at the Dragons for Two !!!!!!

 

[2012....Sharks Year]

Obviously it's in his interest to have a crack this year with him needing to play a certain number of games to activate a clause for '23. Champion bloke but mediocrity is his speciality. For that reason the goon's may prove to be a good fit.

 

[txta2]

I'll miss him standing under the goal posts hands on hips, tape half way up his head, looking around wirh a surprised look after another try has been scored against him

 

[shadowboxer]

I'll miss him standing under the goal posts hands on hips, tape half way up his head, looking around wirh a surprised look after another try has been scored against him

I was thinking the same thing - he was invariably the one I looked to when it all fell apart last year. Generally yelling at Kayo on the laptop half cut…good times
The same surprised look will be Dragons fans at his tackling attempts. Then again, he might have had a dead set realisation this is it for him.

 

[Quigs]

I'll back it in that at least a couple of times this season that us Sharkies will finally and successfully complete the old pass out, quick pass back inside move close to the ruck and I've got a real good idea which side it will be against.

Just a hunch mind you, maybe call it a gut feeling.

 

[SharkShocked]

You referring to the play Gallen used to put on that basically ended Nathan Gardener’s career early due to frequently occurring whiplash?

 

[2012....Sharks Year]

You referring to the play Gallen used to put on that basically ended Nathan Gardener’s career early due to frequently occurring whiplash?

And the play Gal used to set up the opening try in the GF.

 

[Quigs]

That one was off the base of the scrum an old chestnut of a move. Even fooled the Chadley (wink wink)

I'm talking off the play the ball and tiring lazy forwards standing around.

 

[Ozzi_78]

The old outside inside play.

Me and my wife play it every night.

She sends me outside and doesn’t let me back inside.

 

[chewsta]

The quick hands of Wade-o popping an inside ball for a flying Ben Barba to score untouched was absolutely beautiful to watch.

 

[Quigs]

How pissed were you Chewie, it was the Mighty Gal who slipped the pass to Benny Boy

 

[bad boy bubby]

How pissed were you Chewie, it was the Mighty Gal who slipped the pass to Benny Boy

I've started this at the 3.56 minute mark. I think this is what chewie is talking about

 

[R-15-3]

That Ben Barber speed and foot work

 

[chewsta]

Sorry boys, I was referring to the many times Wade put Barba away throughout the season proper.
It was always beautiful to watch.

Other than the GF try, Gal was never any good at the inside ball way too slow and telegraphed. So many poor bastards were levelled running off Gal's inside passes. I remember Nathan Gardner getting smashed atleast 3 sets of 6 in a row running off him in one game.

 

[chewsta]

I've started this at the 3.56 minute mark. I think this is what chewie is talking about

Yeah mate that's what I was talking about. Awesome combination between Wade and Barbs.

 

[Cheese sandwich]

Remember woods jumping out of the way of one of the saifiti brothers bringing it back off a dropout.