Charity Shield 2024

[Dragonslayer]

All this game highlighted for me is that our "depth" is very shallow.

 

[Dragons4me]

I was hoping for some enterprising attack. When I see that, I'll know we're different from yesteryear. Our Bargeball game hasn't previously worked and won't moving forward. It's not all doom and gloom though. I have more hope under Flanno than Hook and others previously. I'm here for the ride though no matter what comes our way.

 

[BLM01]

What I got from tonight
Attack needs work as we knew but good 1st half effort
Their reserve grade is better than ours no surprise and we lost pace in the 2nd half
We lost the shield
We can’t win the Challenge cup
I would not judge our season on the 2nd half
Sloan better positioning and efforts but must concentrate and get the errors out
Flanno junior tried but will take time with our attack hopefully
Happy with done tonight including kids but not the result

 

[TheRev]

Kyle is a yard slower than I realised.. Hunt is slow too.. together its very hard to create some opportunity.. they arent going to get outside a defender.... and I dont think I saw even 1 nice backline movement tonight.

I think we will need to use a Bargeball strategy as mentioned above.. bash players with our backs and forwards.. try to come up with a power game.. and hope 1 or 2 speedsters come along in the meantime.. we desperately need our fullback providing that speed and creativity.. esp with slow halves.

 

[redv13]

Liked the look of Marschke in the 2nd half and he is streets ahead of Connor M. Must be our 14 for round 1. Can cover 6,7 and 9, has a good kick, a bit of zip and heads up play about him. Defensively was strong too.

 

[jeffdragon]

That pathetic penalty is worth an “investigation” as Toovey would say.

It was pretty demoralising.

What was ot for?

 

[thebigredv]

If we lose Su’a whether to injury or another club we will be in complete disarray. At the end of the day he looks like the only one in our forwards that plays at an elite level, and actually put some fear into the opposition.

 

[redv13]

If we lose Su’a whether to injury or another club we will be in complete disarray. At the end of the day he looks like the only one in our forwards that plays at an elite level, and actually put some fear into the opposition.

He was great tonight and a must keep. Not negotiable, get it done and I don’t give a rats arse if it’s a 4 yr deal. Be devastating to lose him

 

[jeffdragon]

Ahhhhh a try from nothing on the siren against us.

I've missed this!

Lazy Faegai.
You give all to the final whistle.
He doesn't have it

 

[Dragon David]

Defence is solid
Commitment is solid
Attack is very rusty

Attack is zilcho.

 

[Dragon David]

1st half we look fitter
I like Eisenhuths efforts in defence he knows where to be.
I like the JDB isn't playing like a half back actually running straight.

Defence improved.
Attack needs work.

Attack needs LOTS of work.

 

[Dragon David]

I think we’ve found our 14 in Marske

He will be in the 17 I feel sure. He showed what a half should do. He can read the play quite well and looked the goods.

 

[Blood Shot Eyes]

It was a trial thats fact but seriously Sloan needs a mountain of work before hes a 1st Grade fullback......and if Feagai is in our top 17 then we are in deeper shit than I first thought...as for the Flanagan and Hunt combo Mmmmm

 

[qld redvee]

thought eisenheuth sua and liddle were great , would have liked to see fifita with more game time and thought alec tuitavake looked good , BMM needs reserve grade , muhleisen is not the answer maybe Marshke for 14 I think next week flanno has to play close to top 17 to try to kick start the attack . Was unhappy with last try , you just knew souths were odds on to score . lot of work to do BUT with right selections we will improve .

 

[This Year?]

The look on Shane Flanagan's face with 3 minutes to go said it all.
I'm actually angry at how easily Souths rolled up the middle especially in the 2nd half.
We desperately need size in the middle. Zero presence.

 

[hook hook]

You all need to relax. Flanno said that the NRL team would be hard to beat and they were exactly that, much more effort in defence from the firsts. That’s what we wanted. Reggie’s are a bit worse than Souths but be proud of the effort in the first half. No one expected us to beat Souths, even their reserve grade team. It’s just a trial and the firsts lived up to expectations on defence and grit in the first half. So everyone take a deep breath and accept what you were happy to accept before the scoreline played out, a gritty defensive first grade side.

 

[Walpole]

I haven't seen the game yet but from what I'm reading it seems we were competitive in the 1st half with a Souths team who were at about 70% and faded in the 2nd half because we have no depth. Sounds about right.

 

[Pablooo]

I haven't seen the game yet but from what I'm reading it seems we were competitive in the 1st half with a Souths team who were at about 70% and faded in the 2nd half because we have no depth. Sounds about right.

I actually thought the dragons were more dominant in the first 25 minutes and were unlucky not to take the lead with a couple of meat pies.

 

[Auntie.Gerald]

get first half right.
work on second half next week.
i saw some better signs in our line speed, field position and individually some stronger more dynamic players

lots to work on also.

I liked the break by Bird and the pass from Hunt also to the break Sloan made through the middle.

The half line kick chase with Eisenhuth setting next to Hunt to meet the FB at the same time as the bomb was perfect and we almost scored. Perfect timing and effort by Eisenhuth and i see why he is there on the right next to Hunt.

The bomb from Hunt to Lomax to tap back to Eisenhuth who almost scored was strong also.

 

[Pablooo]

get first half right.
work on second half next week.
i saw some better signs in our line speed, field position and individually some stronger more dynamic players

lots to work on also.

Dragons forwards made easy heads with hard running, short passes in the ruck and quick play the balls. I can already see Flannos signature touch in that first 40 minutes. If not for a few individual errors by the usuals, it could have been a very different result.