Hmmmm, Stanley at 6 is an interesting choice - is that purely because Johns said so? I personally would have thrown Drinkwater into the halves, not going to get much more of a chance to bring him in...
Good to see Green getting a run...
Maybe somehow it's KYLE Stanley and he's had a miraculous recovery at the Steven Dank Rehab centre?
Rein put in one kick last Friday.
Fien and Soward put in about the same number of kicks. Soward gained about an extra 100 metres over all.
http://www.nrl.com/TelstraPremiersh...bid/10999/Default.aspx#matchid=3374&tab=Stats
It is the quality of the kicks that count. Soward found the turf more often. One of his kicks downfield was a gem. The chase was excellent and we forced a line drop out.
One of the biggest issues we have is controlling posession. We struggle to get a repeat sets and build pressure. Kicking is crucial to this. The lack of grubbers into the in-goal has been a concern of mine before today.
There is a general lack of creativity in the overall kicking game, but Soward has been the best of a bad lot.
Who in their right mind, let alone a professional coach, replaces Soward with out worst performing back way out of position.
If Stanley runs out onto the field as our five eight I am going to lose it.
dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb
That's right it part of the grand plan.....The Illawarra cutters team will beat the stgeorge dragons team
C'mon mate. That's just a silly comment.The Illawarra cutters team will beat the stgeorge dragons team
So Sowie is dropped and soon to be gone. Great. Last week he scorched out a good try, drilled over the sideline conversion, kept us in the game with great field position kicking which squeezed Barba, Stopped Pritchard grounding the ball with a front smoother tackle to prevent a try and hooked over a quick overhead ball for Prior to score. Absolute rubbish wasn't it.
Extraordinary, isn't it?So Sowie is dropped and soon to be gone. Great. Last week he scorched out a good try, drilled over the sideline conversion, kept us in the game with great field position kicking which squeezed Barba, Stopped Pritchard grounding the ball with a front smoother tackle to prevent a try and hooked over a quick overhead ball for Prior to score. Absolute rubbish wasn't it.
I have a feeling Stanley will be ok @ 5/8 he will at least run & that can't be said for soward.I think once he signed with Penrith he checked out.Whilst he has been good for us it is time to move forward,it seems that he has spat the dummy & is refusing to play to prices plan of running the f..kin ball.Without the big aggressive pack the style of standing back like in the past & kicking deep is no longer relevant to the team.I also have a feeling cooper will play.It is safe to assume that dw is not yet ready for NRL.
So Sowie is dropped and soon to be gone. Great. Last week he scorched out a good try, drilled over the sideline conversion, kept us in the game with great field position kicking which squeezed Barba, Stopped Pritchard grounding the ball with a front smoother tackle to prevent a try and hooked over a quick overhead ball for Prior to score. Absolute rubbish wasn't it.
Jezzzzzzz, ppl threatening to cancel Red-V membership, ppl on edge of madness, it's all happening here in Dragonland!
For months we've had complaints about Price not making changes ...he makes changes and experiments and is shot down even before a ball is kicked....
Long shot, but at least there is movement with Cutters team, blooding some f the forums favourites.
Go the Dragons!