Christian Welch

[possm]

Josh dropped the ball once,

and was penalised

& unlike Rav (who has multiple dropball offences), has been in the wilderness for that crime ever since -

and of course for not having spun Mary an adequate hardluckstory to attract the coach’s eternal selection lovingkindness

And Zac got shafted for a junior’s mandatory sentence of 5 weeks for dropping said ball once also - in a preseason Trial WTF

FMD - graduation at the Dragons is the toughest (& most discriminatory) gig in the NRL

Just ask the fleeing & much scarred juniors (& Kurt for his fullback offence) who are settling in quite nicely at rival outfits

And how many tries did Euan leak over 5 years?


PS
We really don’t need Christian

Surely we would only sign Christian to strengthen our depth in the forwards. He may occupy a spot in the 17 but it has to be at the expense of forwards like Allgood and Latimore.

With the likes of Timm, Kerr, K Sims, Lawrie, Host and Leilua in contention for a spot in the 17 - this is aside from our regurlar forwards Vaughan, Graham, T Sims, and Frizell - we could strengthen our line-up and provide good rotation options but it must be at the expense of retaining non performing forwards. Looking to the future, Graham would have to be one of our forwards who would be considering retirement at seasons end.

 

[TomRedVRiver]

Welch would walk into our 17.

Won't happen though.

 

[SaintPauli]

Welch would walk into our 17.

Won't happen though.

Welsh for Latimore with a promise of first grade and a competitive forward pack. Sounds good to me.

 

[Dennis Papaioannou]

Surely we would only sign Christian to strengthen our depth in the forwards. He may occupy a spot in the 17 but it has to be at the expense of forwards like Allgood and Latimore.

With the likes of Timm, Kerr, K Sims, Lawrie, Host and Leilua in contention for a spot in the 17 - this is aside from our regurlar forwards Vaughan, Graham, T Sims, and Frizell - we could strengthen our line-up and provide good rotation options but it must be at the expense of retaining non performing forwards. Looking to the future, Graham would have to be one of our forwards who would be considering retirement at seasons end.

We have to find replacements for Graham (for next year), Latimore and maybe JDB.
Kerr, Timm may be able to step up but it's not certain.
Welch is first grade ready at least.
Will they revamp Leilua into a ball playing prop?
Still some question marks for next year.

 

[Como Connection]

It was within another article as I am sure I read it also.

I like him and he is great but I don't want him to play a year too long. And if you could get him in some sort of development role with the juniors I think that would work really well.

I ran into him near where I live a while back and we had a chat so I will attempt to do this again and update you all. He lives in gymea bay.

Latimore always seems to slow down everything out there. It does surprise me he keeps getting picked.

I know Kerr had a less than stellar debut but I still think he showed some promise. Anyway maybe he hasn't been playing well lower grades who knows. I don't like to critique too much as I don't see these guys day in and day out.

Has he moved from Oyster Bay?
CC

 

[Walpole]

24 year old prop, part of the 17 at Melbourne and on the verge of QLD origin selection last year.

Who wouldn't take him if he was available? Especially with the speculation around JDB and Graham.

 

[Eatons Hill Dragon]

24 year old prop, part of the 17 at Melbourne and on the verge of QLD origin selection last year.

Who wouldn't take him if he was available? Especially with the speculation around JDB and Graham.

Correct Walpole, Christian Welch would be an excellent pick up.

He is very quick for a big man, great lateral movement, quick play the balls, defence is very strong and has some good ball playing skills for a big man.

Even if JDB is back I would still make a good play for Welch.

Off the field seems like a decent bloke and is focused around educating himself for life after footy.

 

[Overseas dragon]

We have to find replacements for Graham (for next year), Latimore and maybe JDB.
Kerr, Timm may be able to step up but it's not certain.
Welch is first grade ready at least.
Will they revamp Leilua into a ball playing prop?
Still some question marks for next year.

Not going to happen any help from grreeennberg. ... ..