Reece Robson Leaving

[BennyV]

Just on the quoted text Benny, I'm wondering what more you believe Millward can do? He's kept them through the lower grades and got them to a point where we, at least, believe they are ready for some time in first grade (or at least more time). If the coach isn't willing to promote them, then I'm wondering what more can be done?

Oh don’t get me wrong, I don’t blame Millward for this. I don’t think he’s doing as jizz-worthy a job as some others do in terms of recruitment/retention, but he’s bringing youngsters through to the cusp of first grade. The fact that they aren’t getting any first grade opportunity, further development and subsequently are looking elsewhere is entirely on the coach.

The point I’m making is that the club (and portions of the fan base) just accept it as inevitable with a ‘oh well, you can’t keep them all’ type attitude. It’s rubbish. We can definitely keep the ones we want. And the club on a whole (via the coach) is failing in this regard if Lomax or Robson walk.

 

[BLM01]

It is Millward who decides whether Lomax, Robson or Field are extended. It is mary who decides whether any of the above 3 players will get any time in first grade.

The 1st sentence is rubbish. Mary makes out recruitment is not his thing but the coaching staff have a huge input who they want to chase, keep etc and now Mick Crawley as an advisor. The others work out the $$$ we have and planning which Mary was involved with originally
All that talk about recruitment being a distraction for Mary was spin as he had Mulholland doing behind the scenes deals and dealing with the managers and $$ but no one worth while helping planning, balancing and managing the cap apart from them 2 after Doust & Young stuffed it up with GO-LO shopping
Sentence 2 is correct but now Mick Crawley may have some input going forward. Watch this space.

 

[Old Kogarah Boy 1]

Now for the second week in a row, Robson didn't make the first team cut.
Very disappointed indeed.
Hooker are normally good tacklers.
Bench forwards are suppose to come on and take their amount of tackles, to ease the work load from the others.
So why can't Robson be on the bench?

 

[Old Timer]

Now for the second week in a row, Robson didn't make the first team cut.
Very disappointed indeed.
Hooker are normally good tacklers.
Bench forwards are suppose to come on and take their amount of tackles, to ease the work load from the others.
So why can't Robson be on the bench?

Because we don't have to do any tackling while Dufty is on as he is there to attack and they won't get any ball whilst he is on there?

 

[j0nesy]

I heard a Bulldogs rumour that they are also interested in Field. I think the Dogs are positioning to raid the neglected Dragons younger player ranks. Where's our Pathways Director? At the gate waving bye bye!

It’s what they do best

 

[grouch]

McGregor has begun the process of throwing Millward under the bus.

 

[Coffs dragon]

McGregor has begun the process of throwing Millward under the bus.

Plus JDB "Jack Deflector Belin" will be a long term excuse!

 

[Changa]

Basil does have some blame here. We lost 2 first-grade wingers last year, and he failed to replace either with an experienced, quality winger.

It's not Mika's fault, but he was completely out of sorts last night. His poor centre partner plays a big role in that too. We got away with carrying 1 defensive liability last year on the right in Aitken, but we saw the result of having 2 passengers on the right side last night. It was embarrassing.

 

[Old Timer]

Basil does have some blame here. We lost 2 first-grade wingers last year, and he failed to replace either with an experienced, quality winger.

It's not Mika's fault, but he was completely out of sorts last night. His poor centre partner plays a big role in that too. We got away with carrying 1 defensive liability last year on the right in Aitken, but we saw the result of having 2 passengers on the right side last night. It was embarrassing.

2 passengers only ??? there is no doubt in my mind that Aitken, Ravalawa, Hunt & Leilua are all passengers in defence.

 

[Tripper]

As Freddy said about giving Field a go. Absolutely nothing to lose. But my mail is Parra & Manly are chasing him.

 

[possm]

2 passengers only ??? there is no doubt in my mind that Aitken, Ravalawa, Hunt & Leilua are all passengers in defence.

And yet Mary can't see that. Even when it was just close to a try against us, Mary should have at least switched Sims and Leilua. Sims is experienced enough to play wither side of the field however, Leilua is struggling to be effective on his favoured side - left side.

Host was good on the right in the first half. He and Hunt seemed to work well together. Aiken seemed to be OK at first however, as the game went on he fell into his old style of play. Aitken just loves to grab the ball and bulldozer his way towards the line without even a thought to offload to his winger.

Ravalawa well what a mess. Being fair you would have to be privy to what Mary's instructions were prior to the game in order to work out why he played so poorly. I remember after Lomax came on the scene, Mary got a hold of him and told him to forget about the fancy stuff, just get to the ball and run hard and straight. Most importantly get a quick play the ball away. After that Lomax played very ordinary in the Charity Shield game.

Let's put K Sims, Pearson and Lomax on the right and see if that improves things. Leilua, Aitken, Ravalawa and Latimore back to CC. Select a prop rotation of Vaughan, Kerr, Graham and Timm and see if that combination can do the trick up front. More importantly forget about a back on the bench, go for four forwards with Robson select in the 14 jumper:

1. Dufty
2. Pereira
3. Lomax
4. Lafai - with a caution not to deliver silly passes
5. Pearson
6. Norman
7. Hunt
8. Kerr
9. McInnes
10. Vaughan
11. T Sims
12. K Sims
13. Lawrie

14. Robson
15. Graham
16. Timm
17. Host

Out with injury - Widdop - if injured or not - face saver.

Dropped to CC - Aitken, Ravalawa, Leilua, Latimore.

 

[LINESPEED]

And yet Mary can't see that. Even when it was just close to a try against us, Mary should have at least switched Sims and Leilua. Sims is experienced enough to play wither side of the field however, Leilua is struggling to be effective on his favoured side - left side.

Host was good on the right in the first half. He and Hunt seemed to work well together. Aiken seemed to be OK at first however, as the game went on he fell into his old style of play. Aitken just loves to grab the ball and bulldozer his way towards the line without even a thought to offload to his winger.

Ravalawa well what a mess. Being fair you would have to be privy to what Mary's instructions were prior to the game in order to work out why he played so poorly. I remember after Lomax came on the scene, Mary got a hold of him and told him to forget about the fancy stuff, just get to the ball and run hard and straight. Most importantly get a quick play the ball away. After that Lomax played very ordinary in the Charity Shield game.

Let's put K Sims, Pearson and Lomax on the right and see if that improves things. Leilua, Aitken, Ravalawa and Latimore back to CC. Select a prop rotation of Vaughan, Kerr, Graham and Timm and see if that combination can do the trick up front. More importantly forget about a back on the bench, go for four forwards with Robson select in the 14 jumper:

1. Dufty
2. Pereira
3. Lomax
4. Lafai - with a caution not to deliver silly passes
5. Pearson
6. Norman
7. Hunt
8. Kerr
9. McInnes
10. Vaughan
11. T Sims
12. K Sims
13. Lawrie

14. Robson
15. Graham
16. Timm
17. Host

Out with injury - Widdop - if injured or not - face saver.

Dropped to CC - Aitken, Ravalawa, Leilua, Latimore.

Don’t mind your team Possm.

Perhaps keep Luc as he’s learning & another sacking might finish him

He, Kerr & Sims can break the line & he does have that silky offload?
Bennett targeted him & Waterboy couldn’t counter to protect him

I just have to fit Widdop in for Lafai though - it brings Widdop closer to the play as well & I would love to see him putting Field through on the left side wing.

If Widdop gets the jack of it, or we get cap money for JDB use it to secure Lomax Robson & Field long term ASAP

Lafai’s probably had his one reasonable game in 4 - which has been enough for some to carry him for the next 3.
He cannot score a self made long distance try.

 

[muzby]

Perhaps keep Luc as he’s learning & another sacking might finish him

It's football, not mortal kombat.

If a few weeks in reserves will get him right for the NRL, that's where he needs to be.

 

[nontime111]

our 4 best attacking players, well one is on the bench the other 3 not even in the team at all, this is the thing that KILLS me! you HAVE to score points Mcidiot!

dufty
robson
lomax
field

 

[Saint_JimmyG]

Basil does have some blame here. We lost 2 first-grade wingers last year, and he failed to replace either with an experienced, quality winger.

It's not Mika's fault, but he was completely out of sorts last night. His poor centre partner plays a big role in that too. We got away with carrying 1 defensive liability last year on the right in Aitken, but we saw the result of having 2 passengers on the right side last night. It was embarrassing.

Throw Hunt into that right side mix, too.

Pandemonium.

And to think, many thought Nightingale was the only problem.

 

[Saint_JimmyG]

And yet Mary can't see that. Even when it was just close to a try against us, Mary should have at least switched Sims and Leilua. Sims is experienced enough to play wither side of the field however, Leilua is struggling to be effective on his favoured side - left side.

Host was good on the right in the first half. He and Hunt seemed to work well together. Aiken seemed to be OK at first however, as the game went on he fell into his old style of play. Aitken just loves to grab the ball and bulldozer his way towards the line without even a thought to offload to his winger.

Ravalawa well what a mess. Being fair you would have to be privy to what Mary's instructions were prior to the game in order to work out why he played so poorly. I remember after Lomax came on the scene, Mary got a hold of him and told him to forget about the fancy stuff, just get to the ball and run hard and straight. Most importantly get a quick play the ball away. After that Lomax played very ordinary in the Charity Shield game.

Let's put K Sims, Pearson and Lomax on the right and see if that improves things. Leilua, Aitken, Ravalawa and Latimore back to CC. Select a prop rotation of Vaughan, Kerr, Graham and Timm and see if that combination can do the trick up front. More importantly forget about a back on the bench, go for four forwards with Robson select in the 14 jumper:

1. Dufty
2. Pereira
3. Lomax
4. Lafai - with a caution not to deliver silly passes
5. Pearson
6. Norman
7. Hunt
8. Kerr
9. McInnes
10. Vaughan
11. T Sims
12. K Sims
13. Lawrie

14. Robson
15. Graham
16. Timm
17. Host

Out with injury - Widdop - if injured or not - face saver.

Dropped to CC - Aitken, Ravalawa, Leilua, Latimore.

Choosing a brace of players without much (or any) NRL experience is fraught with danger as we’ve seen with Ravalawa.

Unfortunately due to Millward’s incompetence, Maranta is the only winger with any semblance of playing first grade on a week-to-week basis.

It’s both a mess and manifestation of horrendous recruitment during the off-season.

 

[Dennis Papaioannou]

Throw Hunt into that right side mix, too.

Pandemonium.

And to think, many thought Nightingale was the only problem.

Rawalawa makes a slow Nightingale look like a Fijian speedster.

 

[Belta]

2 passengers only ??? there is no doubt in my mind that Aitken, Ravalawa, Hunt & Leilua are all passengers in defence.

Yep I’m that’s how I’m seeing it.

It’s a far cry from how Brisbane played last night. Our opponents next week currently look like they can defend thier line all night long. Lets hope the Dragons are doing tackling practice at training this week.

 

[Old Timer]

Don’t mind your team Possm.

Perhaps keep Luc as he’s learning & another sacking might finish him

He, Kerr & Sims can break the line & he does have that silky offload?
Bennett targeted him & Waterboy couldn’t counter to protect him

I just have to fit Widdop in for Lafai though - it brings Widdop closer to the play as well & I would love to see him putting Field through on the left side wing.

If Widdop gets the jack of it, or we get cap money for JDB use it to secure Lomax Robson & Field long term ASAP

Lafai’s probably had his one reasonable game in 4 - which has been enough for some to carry him for the next 3.
He cannot score a self made long distance try.

Leilua has been dining out (in more ways than one) on the "silky offload" for years.
Not tough enough and probably not good enough for NRL unless playing as a ball player in a team that is almost impregnable in defence.
Look at Bryce Cartwright if you want to see how Luc ends up.

 

[Crush]

Back on Reece Robson, is there any substance to the talk that he is leaving?
Surely he cannot stay with McInnes in front of him and Mary publicly stating that while ever he is coach he was ALWAYS carry a utility back on the bench.
If I were Robson I'd be out of there.
Unless ofcourse Mary was to be removed then potentially sanity would prevail and he'd be on the bench and pushing McInnes for the starting spot.