Round 4 V Newcastle

[FlameThrower]

Something tells me we may miss Bird just as much as we miss Hunt. His physicality has been one of the bonuses this year so far. Would prefer Max F gets his spot, fingers crossed.

Real challenge just as the team was starting to click. That’s our luck, and that sux. We also don’t have an open door to the NRL HQ that grants us favours.

 

[FlameThrower]

I’m confident we can win this.
I watched the knights vs tigers game and we beat both those sides.
Dragons by 18

Even with no Hunt or Bird....???

 

[Crush]

Should give Friz one on the nose for disloyalty.

He could at least have waited until he was sacked by Hook.

Long way to go, but I see a lot more in your game these days.

I still like Hunt, wonderful player, but not on a $1m a season. You’d be firing with Douhie and a few marquee.

 

[Crush]

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[Crush]

Even with no Hunt or Bird....???

Yes mate, I think even without them we can beat the Knights.
Clune will do a job and Bird can be replaced for 1 match.
I just reckon we are building in confidence and Knights are going south.

 

[jeffdragon]

If bird and hunt were in id be very confident.
Still hopefully without them
Knights backs aren't the worry its the forwards running which will bother us.
Pearce's short balls to barnett close to the line are one of the things we need to watch.

 

[Adolf_Spritzer]

It's the other side I'm worried about, as I expect Frizz to have a big game. I'd say O'Brien will have him running at Normie all day

 

[blacksafake]

Stopping Saifiti will be the most important thing imo.
Make Friz do plenty of tackling to dull his attack.
Pearce has a very ordinary kicking game with the up & under his go to (hope Dufty is ready) so pressure him as much as possible.

 

[SBD82]

Never thought I’d say this.

Hope Tariq smashes Friz.

 

[st.phil]

If we keep the defence linked up and the forwards holding their own - think we have more points in us even w/o Hunt

 

[Eatons Hill Dragon]

If we keep the defence linked up and the forwards holding their own - think we have more points in us even w/o Hunt

We are currently ranked second on the Comp behind the Chooks for points scored this year.
Defence we are 12th so that’s a concern.
The strong defence of Bird and Hunt on that edge will be completely different against Knights so they should target that area in our line.
Possession is the key to this game. We need 55% of the ball to win as that will make there big guys do extra defence. Dragons by 6.
If Knights get 55% of possession then they win by 14.

 

[kit66]

Our main focus should be their forward pack who have had it over us for a couple of years led by Klemmer ( has he lost against us ? ) who has dominated our guys lately. Norman's boot was a contributing factor to our win last week and along with Clune he needs to turn the Newie pack around all night, make them work it back up field and defend like crazy. I want to see Klemmer dropped every time.
Make Pearce make 100 tackles too, keep him quiet and put him under a lot of pressure when he kicks - put him down too.
I'd be tempted to replace Bird with Max Feagai who hits harder in defence than Williame - leave Williame on the bench.
Clune got 4 try assists and 3 line break assists in reggies last Sunday so hopefully he plays strongly in this game - he'd want to impress because Hunt could be out for a while and this is his big opportunity to get ahead of Bud.

 

[Maddragon99]

As predicted Clune & Williame in, Ford to the Bench.
Bing it on!

https://www.dragons.com.au/news/2021/03/30/nrl-team-announcement-round-4-v-knights/

 

[blacksafake]

As predicted Clune & Williame in, Ford to the Bench.
Bing it on!

https://www.dragons.com.au/news/2021/03/30/nrl-team-announcement-round-4-v-knights/

McCullough captain is a sensible move too

 

[jeffdragon]

Hunt could be back in 4 weeks .
E Mail sent to Red v members with team list.
Good news.

 

[SAP58]

I’m glad Ford has been given a shot hope he makes the most of it & has a blinder when he gets on.

 

[Spazer]

Green in for newcastle makes our chances of winning significantly lower. I'm still hoping we get the win over them though. Shibs moved to centre so we can't rely on him throwing the game for them. If i remember correctly Lomax dominated tuala last time they met so hoping for a repeat there.

 

[Maddragon99]

McCullough captain is a sensible move too

100% agree he’s fitted in very well & has played great. Hook obviously knew what he was doing when signing him. Honour to be named captain of the mighty Red V

 

[muzby]

McCullough captain is a sensible move too

He must be moving on next year

 

[Maddragon99]

Clune proved last year he’ll fit in & do the job but Williame has big shoes to fill Bird has been playing great. I like 4 forwards on the bench if we win it’ll be through the middle.