Flanno's New Signings

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Just sat through the entire Flano interview on YouTube
We are in very good hands.
Keeping a level head in the mist of optimism is a very good thing.
Flann’s focus is second to none and using the example of Liddle/ Cook his long term plans are well crafted.
Of course mid-term injuries will come into play but everyone is in the same boat eg Penrith- comp winners.
One thing - there WON’T be ani ‘I’ in our team as per last year.
My optimism is next level for next year
Cheers Flano.
Thanks for your continuing efforts.

"We are in very good hands"
My thoughts at the beginning of the year, if St George were going to make the semi's, Flanno deserved a 3 year extension, my thoughts having missed the semi's hasn't changed, we had no pulse last year, thanks to BUNT, I can't see anyone else other than Flanno taking St George to the next level and some, extending his contract will secure rising stars and the signing of quality players.

 

[OneEyedDragon]

"We are in very good hands"
My thoughts at the beginning of the year, if St George were going to make the semi's, Flanno deserved a 3 year extension, my thoughts having missed the semi's hasn't changed, we had no pulse last year, thanks to BUNT, I can't see anyone else other than Flanno taking St George to the next level and some, extending his contract will secure rising stars and the signing of quality players.

Agree totally. I think 3 years is too short a time frame to fix the mess that Flano inherited. Give him 5 years to sort out the whole club from under 12s to FG! And if he gets that sorted, extend him again!

 

[baggygreen man]

Liking what Flanno is saying too. The only criticism is his delay at giving us a half as we do not want a rudderless back line even after the sook has gone.

 

[baggygreen man]

I vote Gutho as our next skipper. He is saying all the correct things we want to hear from a leader, even wanting to recruit Terrel May. Above all I like the way he is prepared to take Tyrell Sloan under his wing.
"Fullback is a hard position to learn and takes time. Tyrell is a talented player and I look forward to working with him with all facets of his game".

 

[Saints Forever]

Liking what Flanno is saying too. The only criticism is his delay at giving us a half as we do not want a rudderless back line even after the sook has gone.

Flanno knows he could play Gutho at 6 at a pinch if required

 

[slippery5]

Yes will be a cracker when he turns up at Win Stadium. My money's on Sua to get 'im.

I'm thinking of making the trip from Sunny Coast to where ever their 1st game is.

 

[slippery5]

Isn't it funny how you couldn't stand a bloke at another club, with all his suction cup marks on him, but you now can't wait to see him pull on the red v.
The difference from going to a club for the money, compared to going to a club & wanting to repay them for believing in you.

 

[Trifili13]

Isn't it funny how you couldn't stand a bloke at another club, with all his suction cup marks on him, but you now can't wait to see him pull on the red v.
The difference from going to a club for the money, compared to going to a club & wanting to repay them for believing in you.

Agree, most can't stand NAS and JWH but in another life if we signed both we would be doing cartwheels.

 

[TheRev]

Flanno knows he could play Gutho at 6 at a pinch if required

There are still 2 important backline signings to come yet.. and I thought I had a good feel for who they would be (both flexible players), but every recruit will needs releases... so I dont want to get my hopes up..

But once you get those 2 + guys like val, cook, gutho added into kyle, allan, feagai even.. all of them can play a few positions.. so hopefully we dont have a repeat of 2024 where any injuries really forced us to play blokes we didnt want to play.. for example Ravalawa against Parra, he wasnt the only one, but on his own basically lost us the game with his errors early.. rava was not performing in NSW Cup either.. but we were desperate.

We also had to play Lawrie for large chunks of the year (ok yes Ryan could have played more), but again like hopefully that doesnt happen in 2025, i.e. we can select from a position of strength not desperation.. but we do need 1 quality middle yet.. and I also wish Lawrie all the best this season, he's looking fit, I hope he surprises us, but it would be a very welcome surprise given hes signed for 2yrs still.

 

[Gareth67]

"We are in very good hands"
My thoughts at the beginning of the year, if St George were going to make the semi's, Flanno deserved a 3 year extension, my thoughts having missed the semi's hasn't changed, we had no pulse last year, thanks to BUNT, I can't see anyone else other than Flanno taking St George to the next level and some, extending his contract will secure rising stars and the signing of quality players.

Anything less is and he will not be able complete the task which he started .

The man knows exactly what is required , he merely needs the time to recruit the quality players that he requires come 1st November each season and the Big Red V will have a top 4 team .

From there the Dragons will be a highly competitive team that may at some stage find themselves in a Grand Final - but only with Flanagan at the helm .

 

[getsmarty]

May a target but Dragons won't rush into bidding war

Terrell May is on St George Illawarra's radar but coach Shane Flanagan won't be jumping head first into a deal for the unwanted Sydney Roosters prop.

au.sports.yahoo.com

 

[Illusion]

Anything less is and he will not be able complete the task which he started .

The man knows exactly what is required , he merely needs the time to recruit the quality players that he needs come 1st November each season and the Big Red V will have a top 4 team .

From there the Dragons will be a highly competitive team that may at some stage find themselves in a Grand Final - but only with Flanagan at the helm .

Agree if not we will start all over again and more than likely with D. Young at the helm ..........

 

[justadragon]

Agree totally. I think 3 years is too short a time frame to fix the mess that Flano inherited. Give him 5 years to sort out the whole club from under 12s to FG! And if he gets that sorted, extend him again!

I really think if everything is going well by the middle of next season we will have some movement on Flanno, that way he can give confidence to players for the future that he will be there.

 

[Phantom V]

May a target but Dragons won't rush into bidding war

Terrell May is on St George Illawarra's radar but coach Shane Flanagan won't be jumping head first into a deal for the unwanted Sydney Roosters prop.

au.sports.yahoo.com

I think Flanno is just playing it down for the media but I’m sure he’s very interested in May. Who knows but we are looking like a better destination than we were this time last year.

 

[Sloan Ranger]

Flanno knows he could play Gutho at 6 at a pinch if required

Unless we sign a half, Gutho plays at 6. Sloane is much closer to first grade standard than King-togia is.

 

[Gareth67]

I think Flanno is just playing it down for the media but I’m sure he’s very interested in May. Who knows but we are looking like a better destination than we were this time last year.

I recall when the rabbits were way down the competition ladder decades ago . They had no real leader in the forwards or team for that matter , they truly required a big name signing so they went after big Roy Asitasti (?) from the bulldogs .

Well they signed him and after that point other big name players were attracted to the team . It was all up and up from there thanks to the initial coup of securing Asitasti .

Hopefully the Dragons are able to do likewise , we only need that one big name forward to join the club and others will follow .

 

[Budpower]

Blake Lawrie has slimmed right down to 80 kg and is training at half

 

[jak]

Blake Lawrie has slimmed right down to 80 kg and is training at half

and we still have jdb as his backup

 

[Saints Forever]

There are still 2 important backline signings to come yet.. and I thought I had a good feel for who they would be (both flexible players), but every recruit will needs releases... so I dont want to get my hopes up..

But once you get those 2 + guys like val, cook, gutho added into kyle, allan, feagai even.. all of them can play a few positions.. so hopefully we dont have a repeat of 2024 where any injuries really forced us to play blokes we didnt want to play.. for example Ravalawa against Parra, he wasnt the only one, but on his own basically lost us the game with his errors early.. rava was not performing in NSW Cup either.. but we were desperate.

We also had to play Lawrie for large chunks of the year (ok yes Ryan could have played more), but again like hopefully that doesnt happen in 2025, i.e. we can select from a position of strength not desperation.. but we do need 1 quality middle yet.. and I also wish Lawrie all the best this season, he's looking fit, I hope he surprises us, but it would be a very welcome surprise given hes signed for 2yrs still.

Rev, my gut feeling is Cronulla and Melbourne have blocked our attempt to sign Atkinson & Wishart for 2025.

By the end of 2025 LKT will either be the new “Messiah” or Reed may have found himself playing some KOE Cup games.

At the moment we have KF/LKT/Gutho

Sloan could be trialled at 6.

We don’t know how far off Reed is in terms of progression to KOE Cup, though we do know that Reed has played against men in the Illawarra club comp.

We could sign Ilias or AD, but Flanno is hoping to pick up a better player from the Ben Hunt merry go round. These 2 are last resort signings. Hence the delay in signing one of them.

I don’t think we will sign 2 backs, just one at this stage.

As for a quality middle, only 2 standout.

Thompson and May.

The competition for either of them is intense.

Roosters/Dogs/Tigers and us. I don’t like our chances, but stranger things have happened.

I would prefer Thompson over May.

Am sure we can match the dollars but Roosters & Dogs will be very difficult to beat overall. Hoping the Gong works for Thompson as it’s similar to Newcastle.

 

[Draginzaaar]

Rev, my gut feeling is Cronulla and Melbourne have blocked our attempt to sign Atkinson & Wishart for 2025.

By the end of 2025 LKT will either be the new “Messiah” or Reed may have found himself playing some KOE Cup games.

At the moment we have KF/LKT/Gutho

Sloan could be trialled at 6.

We don’t know how far off Reed is in terms of progression to KOE Cup, though we do know that Reed has played against men in the Illawarra club comp.

We could sign Ilias or AD, but Flanno is hoping to pick up a better player from the Ben Hunt merry go round. These 2 are last resort signings. Hence the delay in signing one of them.

I don’t think we will sign 2 backs, just one at this stage.

As for a quality middle, only 2 standout.

Thompson and May.

The competition for either of them is intense.

Roosters/Dogs/Tigers and us. I don’t like our chances, but stranger things have happened.

I would prefer Thompson over May.

Am sure we can match the dollars but Roosters & Dogs will be very difficult to beat overall. Hoping the Gong works for Thompson as it’s similar to Newcastle.

Thompson is for 2026.