Magic Rd Tigers

[JohnnoMcJohnno]

Kyle gets a pass mark apparently.. guarantee if his dad wasn't the head coach he wouldn't get this many chances.

Dunno if Kyle gets a pass, but he had his best ever season playing at halfback for the Roosters. I think it's worth a shot. But yes, Old Flanno was never going to sack young Flanno as his first option.

 

[Budpower]

hopefully flanno will roll this team out
GUTHO
FINAU
HOLMES
SULLI
LKT
KYLE
DEBELIN
SUA
EGAN
KLEMM
COOK
COUCHY

LUC
LOKO
LAWRIE OR GULER, BOTH EQUAL
LIDDLE

 

[thebigredv]

hopefully flanno will roll this team out
GUTHO
FINAU
HOLMES
SULLI
LKT
KYLE
DEBELIN
SUA
EGAN
KLEMM
COOK
COUCHY

LUC
LOKO
LAWRIE OR GULER, BOTH EQUAL
LIDDLE

You want us to have 12 players on the field??
Hopefully not.

 

[Sloan Ranger]

If the half goes then surely one or two forwards have to follow.

 

[Sloan Ranger]

hopefully flanno will roll this team out
GUTHO
FINAU
HOLMES
SULLI
LKT
KYLE
DEBELIN
SUA
EGAN
KLEMM
COOK
COUCHY

LUC
LOKO
LAWRIE OR GULER, BOTH EQUAL
LIDDLE

Same starting forward pack. I must've been watching a different game. So whose got LKT's back in that mob?

 

[KingFlanno7]

I agree, it wasn’t good enough but everyone has a bad day at the office every now and then including you, me and everyone else in here, just like the players.

Let’s see how they respond, that’s all I’m asking. There’s only so many times you can chop and change players.

Being Anzac day made it all that much worse for me anyway we will see what happens this week

 

[wittyfan]

NRL Early Mail: Ilias axed in Dragons shake-up​

The St George Illawarra Dragons have confirmed the dropping of halfback Lachlan Ilias for Magic Round – and the race is on to replace him.
report in the tele

Totally disgusting decision and Flanagan is clearly panicking.

 

[KingFlanno7]

So are you suggesting Flanno replace Kyle and Lachlan in one hit and replace them with LKT and Glover. That’s a huge disaster just waiting to happen. Then what if they both struggle??

Honestly would rather Illias stay at 7 and bring LKT into the 6. Kyle drops to reserves and shows that he can control a team before getting the 7 jersey. Doesn't seem fair to me that Kyle gets the 7 just like that after a measily 2 kicks last week and done nothing to alleviate the pressure of his halves partner

 

[thebigredv]

If the half goes then surely one or two forwards have to follow.

It's a moot point because the present is the present but it wasn't that many years ago that a player like Guler, Lawrie or an old version of Klemmer would feel extremely fortunate to sneak onto the bench for the Dragons. Now they get to be first picked. The fact that we as fans accept it is the best proof on how far our standards have fallen.

No it is not panic stations in a long season, but at the same time, we are still very much on that never ending road to nowhere by picking the same team.

Suli should be in the firing line.
Leilua should be in the firing line.
The coach's son should be too.
Lawrie should finish his career on 150 games.

If only we were serious...

 

[KingFlanno7]

1. Gutho 6. LKT 7. Illias 9. Liddle 14. Cook
LPT to debut in place of Lawrie and we are on the right track in my opinion. Disappointed in Guler I think he will get better the more games he can string together but geez our squad looks average on paper as a whole.

 

[hewi]

Totally disgusting decision and Flanagan is clearly panicking.

He is panicking ? What, over a report in the Tele about what he may or may not do, give me a break.

 

[Redvdragons21]

Dropping your halfback this early in the season is a massive concern. If LKT does come in this week it could take a good month to build combinations. This could make or break our season on Saturday.

 

[KingFlanno7]

Dropping your halfback this early in the season is a massive concern. If LKT does come in this week it could take a good month to build combinations. This could make or break our season on Saturday.

Poor kid will end up the next scapegoat if we don't get any better. Terrible way to bring a young bloke through walking on eggshells knowing Kyle has the 6 or 7 jersey regardless of performance hope he does well though

 

[JohnnoMcJohnno]

Dropping your halfback this early in the season is a massive concern. If LKT does come in this week it could take a good month to build combinations. This could make or break our season on Saturday.

I agree it's not ideal but what do you do if the halves aren't performing? But if they do drop Ilias, it shouldn't take months to build combinations. Roosters dumped Chad Townsend, replaced him with a young bloke and straightaway looked a much better side for it.

 

[R&WTILLIDIE]

Totally disgusting decision and Flanagan is clearly panicking.

I’m panicking every Tuesday seeing the same shitty team being picked every week after they played like shit the week before. Maybe this will send a message to the rest of the team that if you play like shit, you’ll be replaced. Let’s see how the other plodders do if they think they can lose their spot in first grade if they don’t step up

 

[Desperate Dragon]

Will find out at 4pm today, but think if Ilias is dropped, it will Flanagan to 7, and LKT to 6.

 

[An Old Westie Dragon]

Unfortunately Desperate, we are just shuffling the deck chairs. From what I have seen of LKT and Glover for that matter, they are no better than Ilias or Flanagan. I hope I’m proven wrong, because my Mrs is a Tigers girl through and through and it’s very bad when she gets bragging rights.

 

[SGMax]

If Flanno can get the defensive line to move up quickly (and straight) it will go a long way to improving our performance across the field. It is the root of all our problems.
When we play teams who don't take advantage of it or they also have poor defensive line speed, we look like an OK team.
The Roosters did it to us for 60mins of last week and it got them field position, put pressure on our attack, our kicking from our 40m line, and we turned over possession with errors....and we were very fatigued.

No line speed and stopping after two steps and retreating is something that appeared under coach Price and has rarely left our team since.
It is why so many average players look so good when they come up against the Dragons, we give them time and space to play and make decisions.

 

[KingFlanno7]

Illias has kicked 81 times compared to Kyle's 10 to start the season. Does that give anyone confidence with him at 7 this week? Laughable stat

 

[Inisai Toga]

Our focus imo should be on the forwards rather than the halves; need tacklers not grabbers; lateral movers and enthusiasm…if they're good enough give them a go..