Panthers next.

[OneEyedDragon]

Sadly my brother is a Penrith supporter, so I fear next week will be a long and difficult time.

 

[blacksafake]

Sadly my brother is a Penrith supporter, so I fear next week will be a long and difficult time.

I’ve got sit next to me daughter who’s a panthers supporter

 

[R&WTILLIDIE]

My bold prediction for this week’s game

 

[Slippery Morris]

I just hope that Penrith have marked this down as a BYE and somehow let their guard down.

Unfortunately they did that a few weeks ago when they lost to the Tigers. I can't see them do it again.

 

[TruSaint]

Unfortunately they did that a few weeks ago when they lost to the Tigers. I can't see them do it again.

Good point Slip...

 

[Slippery Morris]

Saints no matter what will still get bad calls against a far stronger side no doubt to make it even more frustrating to watch.

 

[SEAT 1A]

Shame the SOO isn't in London.

Keep in it as long as possible and frustration kicks in and hope.

 

[justadragon]

Saints no matter what will still get bad calls against a far stronger side no doubt to make it even more frustrating to watch.

Absolutely !!! against the Premiers we are no chance to get an even break let alone playing at their home ground.

 

[Draginzaaar]

Playing at Panthers home ground with the majority of calls going their way, and our dumbness plus our pathetic defence, we will lucky to be in the game by half time. Sloan should really take note of what Edwards does !!!

How can our defence be so bad on our line. It's terrible. How many tries do we let in where someone just strolls through under the posts?

 

[Draginzaaar]

I will be happy if we stay roughly competition for 50-60mins.. JDB is an important inclusion.

Unless he makes another dumb tackle.

 

[Dragons4me]

The only unknown is how soon in the game we lose someone to a questionable sin bin and then how many trys are scored against us whilst he's off.

 

[Illusion]

We'll be right , first 20 , 30 min we will be in it , then they will go into a trance and come down to our level ....... then with 20 sec to go , behind by 2 , Hunt puts a bomb up to no one and the ball bounces twice, and Lomax picks it up then puts another kick in that comes off the side of his boot and hits the post , bounces back onto Glearys head into the arms of Rav who trips over and falls , head butting the post on the rebound Liddle and Bird push him forwards , and bingo we score and win ...... No prob we got this ......

 

[Inisai Toga]

How can our defence be so bad on our line. It's terrible. How many tries do we let in where someone just strolls through under the posts?

Agree, and Its also the enormous psychological advantage it gives the opposition. …” well if thats how they defend their line……It sucks, so cringey and we've had way too many over the last 5 years…

 

[justadragon]

How can our defence be so bad on our line. It's terrible. How many tries do we let in where someone just strolls through under the posts?

Too right mate, just ask yourself how long have we been saying this about the Dragons, but hey the coaches we have been getting are all defensive minded and fix everything. But !!!! have a look at all our grades , have a look at the deplorable defensive structures that we have in all grades, all our players are coached coming through the grades in a really F&*CKED UP system, perfect example Sloan and Amone, Burns , Bird the list goes on, the only one that has great technique is JDB, why cant they all be coached that way. Why ???? Because its really entertaining and chest puffing and hoo harr to the TV camera's when you score a try, never mind about defence , who cares.

 

[Crush]

Dark in here.
I won’t criticise people for their negative posts, everyone can have their opinion.
For me, I’m feeling much happier now that we are making some changes. What killed my soul was Hook just selecting the same players week in week out with the same boring game-plan.
Now we at least have a chance, will we beat Panthers? Probably not, but I’m prepared to give them a bit of support at this stage, looking forward to the game.

 

[justadragon]

Dark in here.
I won’t criticise people for their negative posts, everyone can have their opinion.
For me, I’m feeling much happier now that we are making some changes. What killed my soul was Hook just selecting the same players week in week out with the same boring game-plan.
Now we at least have a chance, will we beat Panthers? Probably not, but I’m prepared to give them a bit of support at this stage, looking forward to the game.

Crush you do realise that what may seem as negative posts is reality. No one said anything about not supporting them, but the facts are we are last on the ladder playing like last on the ladder if not worse. So when we play the team that is first on the ladder and the current premiers, at their home ground, sure I would love a win, I wouldnt stop praising them for months. So when we play the kind of football we have been playing this year, my negative posts are facts and moreso, reality.

 

[Crush]

Crush you do realise that what may seem as negative posts is reality. No one said anything about not supporting them, but the facts are we are last on the ladder playing like last on the ladder if not worse. So when we play the team that is first on the ladder and the current premiers, at their home ground, sure I would love a win, I wouldnt stop praising them for months. So when we play the kind of football we have been playing this year, my negative posts are facts and moreso, reality.

Yes, we’ve been terrible.
That’s why they have sacked the coach and put in an interim.
That’s why they are trying to get Jason Ryles for next year. A new recruitment manager, new assistants, a new general manager. These changes are happening right now.
What else can they do?
And btw, the very same week we sacked Hook and brought in Carr, they made all the team changes that we’d been crying out for Hook to make and guess what? We beat the Roosters.
That was 2 games ago.
But because we lost last week without some pretty influential players, everyone is kicking the shit out of them again?
It’s time to look forward, accept that we are making changes and look for positives.
Unless we sign Young or Hornby, then we can burn the place down.

 

[justadragon]

Yes, we’ve been terrible.
That’s why they have sacked the coach and put in an interim.
That’s why they are trying to get Jason Ryles for next year. A new recruitment manager, new assistants, a new general manager. These changes are happening right now.
What else can they do?
And btw, the very same week we sacked Hook and brought in Carr, they made all the team changes that we’d been crying out for Hook to make and guess what? We beat the Roosters.
That was 2 games ago.
But because we lost last week without some pretty influential players, everyone is kicking the shit out of them again?
It’s time to look forward, accept that we are making changes and look for positives.
Unless we sign Young or Hornby, then we can burn the place down.

I accept your points and agree with the majority of them. As for the way they played last week, yes we cried out for those changes and got let down badly, really poor defence, dumb arse plays and the most basic skill errors imaginable. Dont forget the Dolphins have some pretty significant players out as well. As far as I'm concerned our juniors that I had high hopes for let us down badly, not all their fault agree, I would love to have Bennett coaching us right now and see the difference, but I'm with you on the Hook train, it will take a lot of time and money to fix this mess up, and yes I'm happy they are trying, but forgive me for being wary because we got promised that with Price, McGregor and Hook.

 

[Dragon David]

Yes, we’ve been terrible.
That’s why they have sacked the coach and put in an interim.
That’s why they are trying to get Jason Ryles for next year. A new recruitment manager, new assistants, a new general manager. These changes are happening right now.
What else can they do?
And btw, the very same week we sacked Hook and brought in Carr, they made all the team changes that we’d been crying out for Hook to make and guess what? We beat the Roosters.
That was 2 games ago.
But because we lost last week without some pretty influential players, everyone is kicking the shit out of them again?
It’s time to look forward, accept that we are making changes and look for positives.
Unless we sign Young or Hornby, then we can burn the place down.

I'm looking forward to the changes. I tend to be critical of things Crush only because our performances and results have been sorrowful for too long. I can see that the club has done plenty to try and turn things around and bring the sorrowfulness to an end. It will take a while I know, but we can look at the next few years with more hope and feel much more positive in the direction we will be heading especially when the C of E is up and running and we are managing to win plenty of great games.

 

[Dragon David]

We like playing the top clubs. It is a challenge. We most probably will lose but we will be trying our best more so than the last game.