New recruits for 2023

[randomdragon]

Jack bird had heaps of injury ridden years… now he only misses one or two games a season.

 

[muzby]

Jack bird had heaps of injury ridden years… now he only misses one or two games a season.

Jebus.. just checked the stats and you are correct..

Infact, if he plays most of this season he will have played more first grade games for the dragons than any other club he’s played for..

Not bad for his 3rd season with us

 

[Crush]

Jebus.. just checked the stats and you are correct..

Infact, if he plays most of this season he will have played more first grade games for the dragons than any other club he’s played for..

Not bad for his 3rd season with us

At Dragons he only has to play at 25% capacity, Sharkies and Broncos made him run.

 

[muzby]

At Dragons he only has to play at 25% capacity, Sharkies and Broncos made him run.

This is true..

Plus we give him more time to recover during the off season by not playing much football in September..

 

[gamkheir]

I truly cannot recall a more frustrating off season recruitment drive...the club has become a laughing stock with zero credibility and even less passion to improve the team. What hope is there?

 

[Dragon David]

Watching the Warriors v Tigers game, our rejects Jackson Ford and Brayden Williame playing OK as new recruits. Ford will do well I think for the Warriors.

 

[muzby]

Watching the Warriors v Tigers game, our rejects Jackson Ford and Brayden Williame playing OK as new recruits. Ford will do well I think for the Warriors.

To be fair, anyone would look good against the tigers..


But then again, we have bought half of their rejects too…

Eep.

 

[rasaint]

I posted a few times that Williame is a good NRL standard centre. Only got on the park 17 times in two years for us due to injury. Had a nagging calf muscle problem I recall. Scored 6 trys so reasonable game strike rate.

 

[denis preston]

I posted a few times that Williame is a good NRL standard centre. Only got on the park 17 times in two years for us due to injury. Had a nagging calf muscle problem I recall. Scored 6 trys so reasonable game strike rate.

17 times obviously that I didn’t recognise him !

 

[muzby]

I posted a few times that Williame is a good NRL standard centre. Only got on the park 17 times in two years for us due to injury. Had a nagging calf muscle problem I recall. Scored 6 trys so reasonable game strike rate.

Nagging calf muscle issue & nagging talent issue if I recall correctly..

 

[SnowDragon]

I posted a few times that Williame is a good NRL standard centre. Only got on the park 17 times in two years for us due to injury. Had a nagging calf muscle problem I recall. Scored 6 trys so reasonable game strike rate.

He wasn’t the worst purchase. Right type of player to fill a gap as juniors came in, without being a roadblock. If not for injuries he may have done well.

 

[st.phil]

if we re-signed Williame this joint would have gone nuclear (and rightly so)

 

[BLM01]

I posted a few times that Williame is a good NRL standard centre. Only got on the park 17 times in two years for us due to injury. Had a nagging calf muscle problem I recall. Scored 6 trys so reasonable game strike rate.

Dont go there re Williame.
Anyone would of looked good in the outside backs for the Warriors last night. Warriors at least put out most of their normal 1st grade backline
Tigers put out a bunch of toothless cubs who did not tackle with one of their least 1st grade capped players captaining the squad.

 

[SnowDragon]

Dont go there re Williame.
Anyone would of looked good in the outside backs for the Warriors last night. Warriors at least put out most of their normal 1st grade backline
Tigers put out a bunch of toothless cubs who did not tackle with one of their least 1st grade capped players captaining the squad.

Fegai x2 Lomax & Suli… we don’t need Williame any more that’s for sure

 

[Victoire]

Jackson Ford is the galling one though. I remember when we lost Tyson Frizell, the club's official press release tried to play down the significance and name-dropped Ford as the future of our backrow. Now here we are relying on Billy Burns

 

[Old Timer]

Jackson Ford is the galling one though. I remember when we lost Tyson Frizell, the club's official press release tried to play down the significance and name-dropped Ford as the future of our backrow. Now here we are relying on Billy Burns

Jackson Ford had plenty of opportunities to cement his future in the big red v and failed to do so so why is it galling?

The club will make some decisions re certain players and will get them wrong as do all cubs but we need to ensure we don’t compound the error by extending them in some vain hope they will eventually come good.

If B B and J K don’t hit their potential this year hopefully they join J F at the Warriors next year or E A at the Knights.

 

[Yow]

Jackson Ford had plenty of opportunities to cement his future in the big red v and failed to do so so why is it galling?

The club will make some decisions re certain players and will get them wrong as do all cubs but we need to ensure we don’t compound the error by extending them in some vain hope they will eventually come good.

If B B and J K don’t hit their potential this year hopefully they join J F at the Warriors next year or E A at the Knights.

E A is at Redcliffe

 

[Dragonsteve2]

Jackson Ford had plenty of opportunities to cement his future in the big red v and failed to do so so why is it galling?

The club will make some decisions re certain players and will get them wrong as do all cubs but we need to ensure we don’t compound the error by extending them in some vain hope they will eventually come good.

If B B and J K don’t hit their potential this year hopefully they join J F at the Warriors next year or E A at the Knights.

OT, I have enjoyed your recent postive posts attempting to combat the all-pervasive negativity towards the club on this Forum. However regarding Ford I would argue that his opportunities dried up just when he was beginning to show improvement. He also tried his guts out every week as capt in NSW Cup last year. I did actually think that the Dragons made him some sort of offer but he was no doubt looking for more and especially more opportunities. Right now he would be looking pretty good for our back row hole alongside Sua.
I am hopeful we will get more out of Josh Kerr this season - a bit like Ford he ran out of chances just when he was showing improvement, running hard and straight(one of the few forwards to do so) and declining offloads in favour of ball security. Back in NSW Cup he made some great offloads, at times putting Sloan away.

 

[Old Timer]

OT, I have enjoyed your recent postive posts attempting to combat the all-pervasive negativity towards the club on this Forum. However regarding Ford I would argue that his opportunities dried up just when he was beginning to show improvement. He also tried his guts out every week as capt in NSW Cup last year. I did actually think that the Dragons made him some sort of offer but he was no doubt looking for more and especially more opportunities. Right now he would be looking pretty good for our back row hole alongside Sua.
I am hopeful we will get more out of Josh Kerr this season - a bit like Ford he ran out of chances just when he was showing improvement, running hard and straight(one of the few forwards to do so) and declining offloads in favour of ball security. Back in NSW Cup he made some great offloads, at times putting Sloan away.

I too was hopeful for Ford and did see small glimpses but no real breakout or consistency

With his body shape hard to see him being a dominant player which is what we need more than another “stock standard” issue.

I also agree re Kerr but again if he can’t see what he has and use it no amount of coaching is going to help him. He needs to be ruthless running over the top of people but seems to have a nice guy streak that holds him back.

Burns to me is more is like Grahame Wynn & Scott Gourley type and hopefully he can emulate them this year.

Alas there is a significant difference between Koe and NRL and keeps giving fans some false dawns re particular players.

 

[Illusion]

Said many times regarding Kerr .....No Mungrel ......