Flanno's New Signings

[Jubilee]

Well that is the difference between us and Storm. Wishart joined Storm beginning of 2022 (incidently from us) and he will be there until the end of 2026 (5 years) - Storm exercised the option to keep him. When he joined Storm he was a developing player.

LKT is well ahead of where Wishart was at the beginning of 2022. If he is not locked in, somebody will come in and take him of our hands.

If LKT is Galvin quality, sure. But we heard similar about Sullivan and Amone. And how many 5 year contracts can a club give out before it gets log jammed in its pathways?

 

[TheRev]

definitely not convinced on LKT.. I'd have my expectation similar to Amone at the same age... in terms of dominating at lower levels in space and a retreating defensive line.. but still needing to evolve into a game to suit NSW Cup & above.. no rush there... we will know a lot more in 6-9 months time.. there are lots of young running 6's out there btw.. including at our club... its the 7's that are the unicorns.... but it was great he got all that 1st grade time, but his place is in reserves for next season.

Galvin gives me the sh*ts, he has half the nrl fans now thinking its completely normal for teenagers to develop their games in 1st grade.. its completely not the path for the other 99% of young NRL players finding their way out of junior football into the most elite comp in the world.

 

[Jubilee]

definitely not convinced on LKT.. I'd have my expectation similar to Amone at the same age... in terms of dominating at lower levels in space and a retreating defensive line.. but still needing to evolve into a game to suit NSW Cup & above.. no rush there... we will know a lot more in 6-9 months time.. there are lots of young running 6's out there btw.. including at our club... its the 7's that are the unicorns.... but it was great he got all that 1st grade time, but his place is in reserves for next season.

Galvin gives me the sh*ts, he has half the nrl fans now thinking its completely normal for teenagers to develop their games in 1st grade.. its completely not the path for the other 99% of young NRL players finding their way out of junior football into the most elite comp in the world.

Yeh, Galvin's a freak.

 

[getsmarty]

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/ben-hunt-salary-shamed-as-dragons-captaincy-crisis-exposed/news-story/6da6634165665bcda244a9751c1b1297

 

[saintmar]

The article clearly says what we all know
Clearly he should have been let go last year
Very sad that he wanted out and the decision was made to refuse to let him go
Monumental stuff up that has set us back at least 2 years and we still have to hope someone will take Benny
No point salary shaming Benny if he wanted out but he was kept here against his will
At the very least there should be an acknowledgement of this massive mistake

 

[offiah]

The article clearly says what we all know
Clearly he should have been let go last year
Very sad that he wanted out and the decision was made to refuse to let him go
Monumental stuff up that has set us back at least 2 years and we still have to hope someone will take Benny
No point salary shaming Benny if he wanted out but he was kept here against his will
At the very least there should be an acknowledgement of this massive mistake

So you’re saying anyone that wants out we should just let them walk? No one was offering anyone commensurate for him. So we should have just let him go for nothing?

 

[SnowDragon]

If we let him go last year we would have been worse off!

im not against a change, but it’s got to be for improvements not because some fans hated his display last year after hook was fired, or even because they think he isn’t a big game player, or a team player, or value…

 

[hewi]

Short term pain long term gain

 

[An Old Westie Dragon]

Short term pain long term gain

I’m not sure how much more short term pain we can take.

 

[saintmar]

So you’re saying anyone that wants out we should just let them walk? No one was offering anyone commensurate for him. So we should have just let him go for nothing?

Ben wanted a release cause he obviously had options last year.He would have been part paid,if any, by us and the remainder by his new club.
Lomax wanted out and he was allowed to walk.
Ben never wanted to be here and it showed and Flano got it wrong with his decision to keep him.
So no point in shaming Ben before self examination of the decision to keep him.

 

[possm]

i would also take either of the halfbacks.

Schnieder would be a great addition to our squad.

Ben wanted a release cause he obviously had options last year.He would have been part paid,if any, by us and the remainder by his new club.
Lomax wanted out and he was allowed to walk.
Ben never wanted to be here and it showed and Flano got it wrong with his decision to keep him.
So no point in shaming Ben before self examination of the decision to keep him.

Lomax walked mid-contract without the Dragons having to pay any freight.
Hunt wanted out but would not walk without the Dragons paying freight.

 

[Kolum Kid]

?

 

[TruSaint]

Ben wanted a release cause he obviously had options last year.He would have been part paid,if any, by us and the remainder by his new club.
Lomax wanted out and he was allowed to walk.
Ben never wanted to be here and it showed and Flano got it wrong with his decision to keep him.
So no point in shaming Ben before self examination of the decision to keep him.

I hear you.
I wanted Hunt out the moment he voiced his desire to leave.
Here is where I disagree. Flanno just came into the job, and had to navigate this mess.

Let him go with no replacement, or keep him here and hope he delivers. It's a shite sandwich.
My job isn't on the line like Flannos, and I would have let him go. Flanno had to make a hard call Im sure, against his instinct to say... " f..k off Ben".

 

[saintmar]

Although I disagree you have made a fair point