Corey Norman

[Forbes Creek Dragons]

Norman should cop a lot of criticism but the continual blaming him for the short drop outs is off the mark. I think from memory we have had at least five over the past three games. Now I know people don’t want to criticise Griffin but the short kick offs are a Griffin decision, not Norman’s. I’d be pretty disappointed if we currently have a coach who just lets any player do what they want. Norman is following Hook’s instructions.

Hook has stated he doesn’t like it. I don’t take him for a liar.

 

[Lindsay Moss]

Just needs to work on those short drop kicks now..

serious did one just after we hit the lead against the warriors who's idea was that

 

[LINESPEED]

I agree Tru....I would sooner see Birdy get his hands on the ball more and Normy a lot less

Normy will eventually take Hook down with him.

Weird how some coaches have a self destructive, crazed obsessiveness about players deemed otherwise useless by the more objective majority

 

[j0nesy]

Hunt and Norman were Millward/Mary appointments. Griffin has brought in McCullough and Bird from the Broncos and Bird is a Draons junior. McGuire recruited from the Cowboys.

Maguire was a Brisbane junior and played for the broncs when Hook coached them.

 

[j0nesy]

Not a Norman fan at all, and especially not on his reported salary. We have plenty of young blokes who can play 5/8th - Clune, Bird, Amone, Sullivan and maybe even Dufty. Punt Norman and save some cash for a prop.

 

[Gareth67]

Not a Norman fan at all, and especially not on his reported salary. We have plenty of young blokes who can play 5/8th - Clune, Bird, Amone, Sullivan and maybe even Dufty. Punt Norman and save some cash for a prop.

We certainly are not hitting the heights with Norman that is for sure . As yourself and many have suggested , time to rid ourselves of this player who simply cannot match it against the other half’s in the competition.

I mentioned it earlier in the season that we should persist with him for 4 or 5 games , however if there was no marked improvement then send him packing to the C.C. squad and bring in Sullivan in his place .

 

[Blood Shot Eyes]

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He’s been running the ball a lot lately but often on the last or second last tackle and just has no zip, power or footwork to cause any headaches to the opposition. I feel like he’s trying but the game has passed him by. If he put in the work early he could and should have been a Blake Green type of controlled game manager with a smart kicking game that would get a gig anywhere but it just hasn’t happened.

Its a shame the money we are paying Norman hasnt passed him by.....hes getting money for jam now....and his last tackle options are bloody awful on most occassions

 

[Illusion]

Its a shame the money we are paying Norman hasnt passed him by.....hes getting money for jam now....and his last tackle options are bloody aweful on most occassions

The only game i ever seen him win for us was about his second game golden point field goal .... Other than that he has won no games for us .... Get rid of him and keep Dufty..... Surely Duff can be used off the bench if they don't want him at fullback .....

 

[Slippery Morris]

Funny how you have Bronco's struggling in the halves and they don't even seem at all interested in bringing Norman back to his junior club. That really says something about Norman.

 

[getsmarty]

St George Illawarra five-eighth Corey Norman cops blame for the Dragons’ ‘disappointing’ form slump
Corey Norman has shouldered blame for St George Illawarra’s ‘disappointing’ form slump that has dropped the Dragons to sixth.

Matt Logue
NCA NewsWire
May 3, 20214:10pm

NRL: St George Illawarra Dragons coach Anthony Griffin talks to media after taking on the Wests Tigers in round 8.
St George Illawarra five-eighth Corey Norman has shouldered blame for the Dragons’ “disappointing” form slump, conceding the “clunky” spine must pick up their act.

After winning four of their opening five games, the Dragons have slumped to sixth position following three straight losses.

The latest came on Sunday in a subpar 16-8 loss to the Wests Tigers in Wollongong.

Corey Norman said the Dragons’ spine was ‘clunky’. Picture: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images.Source:Getty Images

Norman described the performance against the Tigers as not acceptable, especially in attack, despite the Dragons losing star centre Zac Lomax with a dislocated thumb after just 19 minutes.

“We had the players to do the job – it simply came down to ill-discipline with the ball,” Norman said.

“We also need to fix our attack up. As a spine we were clunky, but as a spine (we) will put our hand up and get to work this week.

“It’s disappointing.

“That one hurts – we kind of beat ourselves. We had the review, and it just wasn’t us and up to our standards.

“We just had no respect for the ball. In the second half we had a 38 per cent completion rate, and you aren’t going to win a game with that.

“We were terrible with the ball.”

St George Illawarra will get a chance to revive their season when they host the bottom-placed Canterbury Bulldogs on Sunday.

Brett Morris’s stellar NRL career is over after he suffered an ACL knee injury against Newcastle last weekend. Picture: Ashley Feder/Getty ImagesSource:Getty Images

Meanwhile, Norman paid tribute to premiership-winning Dragons winger Brett Morris after he suffered a career-ending ACL knee injury over the weekend.

Morris was the last on-field survivor from the joint-venture club’s maiden premiership in 2010.

He played 170 games for the Dragons between 2006 and 2014, scoring 114 tries.

Norman believes Morris will be remembered as a rugby league legend.

“It’s devastating – he is one of the best wingers the game has ever seen,” he said.

“Is a very tough ask to come up back from an injury like that, but no doubt that he has got a lot of support through family, friends and throughout the NRL community.

“I just wish him all the best.”


https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/s...p/news-story/88c992d7a8e3e137ffe032def784ac95

 

[redv13]

St George Illawarra five-eighth Corey Norman cops blame for the Dragons’ ‘disappointing’ form slump
Corey Norman has shouldered blame for St George Illawarra’s ‘disappointing’ form slump that has dropped the Dragons to sixth.

Matt Logue
NCA NewsWire
May 3, 20214:10pm

NRL: St George Illawarra Dragons coach Anthony Griffin talks to media after taking on the Wests Tigers in round 8.
St George Illawarra five-eighth Corey Norman has shouldered blame for the Dragons’ “disappointing” form slump, conceding the “clunky” spine must pick up their act.

After winning four of their opening five games, the Dragons have slumped to sixth position following three straight losses.

The latest came on Sunday in a subpar 16-8 loss to the Wests Tigers in Wollongong.

Corey Norman said the Dragons’ spine was ‘clunky’. Picture: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images.Source:Getty Images

Norman described the performance against the Tigers as not acceptable, especially in attack, despite the Dragons losing star centre Zac Lomax with a dislocated thumb after just 19 minutes.

“We had the players to do the job – it simply came down to ill-discipline with the ball,” Norman said.

“We also need to fix our attack up. As a spine we were clunky, but as a spine (we) will put our hand up and get to work this week.

“It’s disappointing.

“That one hurts – we kind of beat ourselves. We had the review, and it just wasn’t us and up to our standards.

“We just had no respect for the ball. In the second half we had a 38 per cent completion rate, and you aren’t going to win a game with that.

“We were terrible with the ball.”

St George Illawarra will get a chance to revive their season when they host the bottom-placed Canterbury Bulldogs on Sunday.

Brett Morris’s stellar NRL career is over after he suffered an ACL knee injury against Newcastle last weekend. Picture: Ashley Feder/Getty ImagesSource:Getty Images

Meanwhile, Norman paid tribute to premiership-winning Dragons winger Brett Morris after he suffered a career-ending ACL knee injury over the weekend.

Morris was the last on-field survivor from the joint-venture club’s maiden premiership in 2010.

He played 170 games for the Dragons between 2006 and 2014, scoring 114 tries.

Norman believes Morris will be remembered as a rugby league legend.

“It’s devastating – he is one of the best wingers the game has ever seen,” he said.

“Is a very tough ask to come up back from an injury like that, but no doubt that he has got a lot of support through family, friends and throughout the NRL community.

“I just wish him all the best.”


https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/s...p/news-story/88c992d7a8e3e137ffe032def784ac95

So he bloody should. He’s the reason the team has gone to the shithouse over the last few weeks. Can’t play 6, can’t play 7, can’t play 3 or 4 too bloody slow, can’t play 1 not fit enough. Bloody useless at the moment

 

[thebigredv]

The Norman signing was one made out of desperation. It wasn't carefully considered and even at half the salary he would be considered overpaid. This is not Norman's problem. We can and we do ridicule his lack of talent but really that anger and frustration should be at the people who decided to rashly open the cheque book for him. We were already a real basket case at the time.

My point is what will we have learnt from this? Hopefully we can identify a five eight with potential, someone proven and consistent regardless of the price tag.

I believe that person to be Staggs. He wants to play 5/8, he is strong, youthful, he is on the up. The time is now to be making the moves. I haven't seen us mentioned as targeting him which is ironic as he is a Bronco after all.

If for whatever reason we can't land him we need to have a strong recruitment plan, not some off-season off cuts bandaid fix.

 

[possm]

The Norman signing was one made out of desperation. It wasn't carefully considered and even at half the salary he would be considered overpaid. This is not Norman's problem. We can and we do ridicule his lack of talent but really that anger and frustration should be at the people who decided to rashly open the cheque book for him. We were already a real basket case at the time.

My point is what will we have learnt from this? Hopefully we can identify a five eight with potential, someone proven and consistent regardless of the price tag.

I believe that person to be Staggs. He wants to play 5/8, he is strong, youthful, he is on the up. The time is now to be making the moves. I haven't seen us mentioned as targeting him which is ironic as he is a Bronco after all.

If for whatever reason we can't land him we need to have a strong recruitment plan, not some off-season off cuts bandaid fix.

In my opinion we badly need someone like Bennett as our football manager and a new recruitment officer. A move like this would complete the cleanout of the non-Board side of management.

With Bennett on board, our Board os Directors should just give the football manager a budget and let him and his staff do their job when it comes to recruitment, pathways and salary cap management.

 

[Adolf_Spritzer]

Considering we have ample halve options I can't see the sense in going after Staggs. A players intention on where they want to play doesn't always equate to their best position ( Josh ado Carr is not a fullback despite his protests and desire to be signed for that kind of money, side note what's with the Bulldogs paying wingers fullback money? ) And Staggs has shown nothing to suggest he'd make a decent half, not to mention we'd have to invest time into developing those skill sets, why not invest that time into one of our own juniors?

The past few weeks have really proven the old adage of 'if you're good enough, you're old enough' with the way kids like Walker and the young bloke from the warriors Walsh have taken to first grade. Dodgy hamstring aside, Sullivan showed more than enough to suggest he can make it, so it just wouldn't make sense to block his pathway. As painful as the teething process might be, it's exciting some of our other young backs are getting a look in because we need to know which ones we want to keep, not all of them will stay so better to have a look now whilst we're in a transition period. This club can't afford to bungle our recruitment and retention for another player cycle with boneheaded decisions like Norman's signature or something equally stupid.

 

[Illusion]

Considering we have ample halve options I can't see the sense in going after Staggs. A players intention on where they want to play doesn't always equate to their best position ( Josh ado Carr is not a fullback despite his protests and desire to be signed for that kind of money, side note what's with the Bulldogs paying wingers fullback money? ) And Staggs has shown nothing to suggest he'd make a decent half, not to mention we'd have to invest time into developing those skill sets, why not invest that time into one of our own juniors?

The past few weeks have really proven the old adage of 'if you're good enough, you're old enough' with the way kids like Walker and the young bloke from the warriors Walsh have taken to first grade. Dodgy hamstring aside, Sullivan showed more than enough to suggest he can make it, so it just wouldn't make sense to block his pathway. As painful as the teething process might be, it's exciting some of our other young backs are getting a look in because we need to know which ones we want to keep, not all of them will stay so better to have a look now whilst we're in a transition period. This club can't afford to bungle our recruitment and retention for another player cycle with boneheaded decisions like Norman's signature or something equally stupid.

'if you're good enough, you're old enough' ........ Nothing more to say .....

 

[TruSaint]

So he bloody should. He’s the reason the team has gone to the shithouse over the last few weeks. Can’t play 6, can’t play 7, can’t play 3 or 4 too bloody slow, can’t play 1 not fit enough. Bloody useless at the moment

I have his highlights reels since joining us for review below

 

[Illusion]

I have his highlights reels since joining us for review below

Ha Ha love it .... can you replay it in slow motion I dont want to miss anything ......

 

[TruSaint]

Ha Ha love it .... can you replay it in slow motion I dont want to miss anything ......

Here brother. Its clearer.

 

[David Wilson]

DRAGONS - Corey Norman

Norman is off-contract at the end of next year, offering the Dragons a chance to offload the underperforming star five-eighth if they see fit. But his $850,000 a year deal means even still he will continue to take up a fair chunk of the side’s salary cap as they look to lift themselves back into top-eight contention. Norman’s creativity and flair are his best attributes but his nine try assists and seven linebreak assists this season in comparison to 17 and 18 from just one more game last year are a reflection of his form at the moment. Jayden Sullivan showed plenty of potential in the final game of the year and could free up plenty of money without Norman. Ben Hunt is also under pressure to perform on a million-dollar contract but he has more to offer this team and has not been helped by the constant changes in his halves partner and uncertainty around his role in the team.

Corey Norman has been struggling for form. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

Mate corey norman is the only good player on the bloody dragons ! Once they lost Jack De Belin, they had to look to corey as a saviour and he came in and showed them why hes on $850,000. If they dont resign him ill be very dissapointed

 

[Lethal25]

Corey Norman is like an old car you try and do up.

You get it a point where you think it's looking good after 10 years of building it and putting all the effort in to make it roadworthy.

Then you take it for a drive and you soon realise not having ABS is painful, the air con is almost non existent, seats are uncomfortable after about 10 minutes, suspension is bog average etc

Time to buy a new car