Round 25 v Sharks

[carltonsouth79]

Sloan
Lawrie
Feagais x 2

All should be released

The Feagais are just depth players for mine. Blocka sadly ineffective. Sloan does my head in, Some brilliance but so many mis steps.

 

[Dragon David]

For so many years we have lacked players with speed. Both in the forwards and in the backs.

The faster players are the harder it is to catch them or to avoid them. We need fast players besides everything else. Our lwlwl sequence is still intact so can we expect a win next week and then a loss for the last game and we end up on 30 points and out of the race for semis footy because of very poor for and against?

 

[VodkaSaint]

how in the hell do you show up, towel the Storm and then give us this shit

 

[Walpole]

Hopefully Lawrie & the Feagai twins are banned from first grade after this absolute frauds.

Ah, the Feagai's...remember when our centres were Cooper and Gasnier...

 

[twinkletoes]

I’ve been a Sloan supporter for a couple of seasons but I have to say after today he will never really make it….2 tries at crucial times

 

[Dea]

They were two gears faster than us that game in both attack and defence.
Hunt didn’t take control and our attack was lacking structure and at times looked like we had no idea.
Need a big forward and speed in the backs.
As disappointed as I am, if you told me at the start of the season we would be sitting 8th with 2 rounds to go, i would be happy.

 

[56to66]

I’ve been a Sloan supporter for a couple of seasons but I have to say after today he will never really make it….2 tries at crucial times

That's what will happen in a Grand Final with Sloan at Fullback, like Dufty, Sloan will be a superstar in the Superleague.
V Holmes fullback next year, I give Sloan one more chance as center.

 

[TruSaint]

They were two gears faster than us that game in both attack and defence.
Hunt didn’t take control and our attack was lacking structure and at times looked like we had no idea.
Need a big forward and speed in the backs.
As disappointed as I am, if you told me at the start of the season we would be sitting 8th with 2 rounds to go, i would be happy.

100%. Im pissed off and gutted by the loss, don't get me wrong, but they are a better side than us by some margin.

As you point out, what really irks me is our so called star players esp Hunt. Clutch games, clutch moments, he is missing. As badly as we played we were in the game for 50 minutes. That's when one expects leadership to grind out a win.

They were good, we just made them look much better.

 

[DeathBlooms]

Hopefully Flanno looks at a new defensive coach next year. Dean Young is shit wherever he goes.

 

[jeffdragon]

We blew it in 1st half.
Too much dropped ball.
Then gassed into the 2nd half reminds me of Chooks 2nd game got to 14 12 then turned it up.
Ref getting in the way then they score of a forward pass.
Hunt playing injured with heaps of strapping.
All is not lost but in the Dragons way it slipping away.

 

[justadragon]

Highly disappointed with that effort, right from the outset they looked faster and really wanted it. For as much as we talk Lomax up he got out played by a rookie. Sloan didnt do much and Hunt went back to his usual. Of all players I thought Bird tried hard and a few forwards put in, but the rest had a shocker especially the Feagei's. We are really slow and that was more than evident, I dont know where we go from here but I have no faith in them beating the Eel's and handling any sort of pressure, personally I think our season is over because even if we finish 8th it will be highly embarrassing on how we would exit.

 

[KingFlanno7]

Hopefully Flanno looks at a new defensive coach next year. Dean Young is shit wherever he goes.

He isnt the one out there missing the tackles. What about our attack, Has Carr impressed you? Its upto the players to execute, we were way off tonight mentally and physically.

 

[56to66]

I think Bird is a Keeper, he has good game experience.
Don't Blame Hunt, we need more grunt up front, Toby and Ryan are still very young, we need to buy RCG.

 

[Dragons4me]

My enjoyment moving forward will be backing the team I dislike more between the two and thinking of the supporter's who will have the shits when their team gets bundled out.

 

[Dragonsdiehard]

Pretty much agree with everyone's summation.
Cronulla clearly operate at an entirely higher level of consistency and intensity and were simply the better, smarter, stronger team.

 

[denis preston]

I’ve been a Sloan supporter for a couple of seasons but I have to say after today he will never really make it….2 tries at crucial times

How about we give him a real off season & judge him this time next year ?

 

[matPORTS]

That's the difference between us + the chasing pack, and everyone else currently sitting in the top eight. Said the same thing after the games against the Panthers and Bulldogs as well.

After K Flannos suspension was confirmed, I called for Ravalawa to be brought back in on the right wing with Lomax at right centre, as I thought we could only carry one Feagai in the team defensively (without stifling our attack). I'm afraid this ship may have sailed now.

Yes - I certainly remember when Gasnier and Cooper were our centres !

Said it before and will do so again - Sloan needs a big (and full) off season. We need Val Holmes (and Gutho if it's still possible) to be mentoring and putting the pressure on him.

Of all our main rivals - Sharks, Bulldogs, Roosters and Rabbitohs... we are one out of seven this season. Considering we are 50% for the year (11 wins and losses), to lose six games to all our main rivals this year is very disappointing and is a habit that Flanno needs to break this team out of very quickly (and not even sure how much I count the win we did get vs Souths as they have been behind us all season).

Well to summarise it is pretty simple - we either win the last two games or we don't deserve to be there. How much do they want it?

 

[justadragon]

I just dont get why when we lose we have to lose by plenty, its sickening the amount of points we have given other sides, and its the same ones all the time. Christ I've heard of throwing the towel in but this is ridiculous.

 

[since77]

Everyone on here talks up the Couchment twins… I honestly can’t see it… average first graders at best

You don’t watch much football do you?

 

[jeffdragon]

That's the difference between us + the chasing pack, and everyone else currently sitting in the top eight. Said the same thing after the games against the Panthers and Bulldogs as well.

After K Flannos suspension was confirmed, I called for Ravalawa to be brought back in on the right wing with Lomax at right centre, as I thought we could only carry one Feagai in the team defensively (without stifling our attack). I'm afraid this ship may have sailed now.

Yes - I certainly remember when Gasnier and Cooper were our centres !

Said it before and will do so again - Sloan needs a big (and full) off season. We need Val Holmes (and Gutho if it's still possible) to be mentoring and putting the pressure on him.

Of all our main rivals - Sharks, Bulldogs, Roosters and Rabbitohs... we are one out of seven this season. Considering we are 50% for the year (11 wins and losses), to lose six games to all our main rivals this year is very disappointing and is a habit that Flanno needs to break this team out of very quickly (and not even sure how much I count the win we did get vs Souths as they have been behind us all season).

Well to summarise it is pretty simple - we either win the last two games or we don't deserve to be there. How much do they want it?

But in all fairness we are more of chance when playing teams near or below us on the table.
If one of the others behind make it its because we faltered which looks likely.
They don't deserve it any more than we do.