Round 5 v Parramatta Eels

[Crush]

And who do you reckon will be the team that is the first victim of the latest crackdown?
Wouldn't surprise me if they bin two of us.

Raiders, and I’ll take Horseberg first to be binned.

 

[Sloan Ranger]

Don’t you mean LPT?

Or XPT? Old fashioned, slow, only goes in a straight line? Who does that sound like?

 

[sammymills]

That’s because they think we are irrelevant. If you noticed also all the sports news on the tv stations covered all the other games played that day and Friday not a whimper on ours and it was probably the best match. Until we string a few together we will continue to be irrelevant .

I hate this. I also hate that whenever we win or beat anyone of note it was always 'the storm werent themselves' or 'they had a few players out' etc etc. Never get the deserved credit.

 

[sammymills]

This is the 4th game in a row with an early Saturday start and I'm pretty sure Casey Badger has been video ref for most of them.

The 3pm Saturday time slot sucks, it has ruined the last month of Saturday afternoons for me. Then next week we have the 6pm Friday game FFS. Why have the NRL done this to us?

i just checked the draw. We have one sunday game in round 11 against broncos (2pm). That is our only Sunday game for the whole year.

 

[Hound of Dracula]

Or XPT? Old fashioned, slow, only goes in a straight line? Who does that sound like?

How about the "Bloody massive unit in the middle"?

 

[2010Dragons]

The NRL has apparently emailed all clubs advising them of a head contact crackdown from this weekend. As one of the unfavoured clubs I expect we’ll be one of the teams f**ked over by this

100% guaranteed the Dragons will be made an example of the crackdown BS.
I wouldn't be surprised if the game day referee just makes up a new rule interpretation just so he can send a
Dragons player in the bin. This has happened before and will happen on Saturday.

Dragons are the crash dummies / guinea pigs of the NRL. No one complains

 

[maestro1]

Sutton really worries me

Sutton is the king of the sin bin. Especially during crackdown week.

 

[maestro1]

Pity whoever plays the roosters as Tedesco will do his usual and run up to the defensive line and then drop his upper body so he cops a hit and tackler gets binned.

 

[Draginzaaar]

100% guaranteed the Dragons will be made an example of the crackdown BS.
I wouldn't be surprised if the game day referee just makes up a new rule interpretation just so he can send a
Dragons player in the bin. This has happened before and will happen on Saturday.

Dragons are the crash dummies / guinea pigs of the NRL. No one complains

Yeah, right. Just don't hit any heads and they'll be fine.

 

[maestro1]

Perfect storm against us this weekend.
+ Crackdown
+ Gerard Sutton - 35% wins with him
+ Casey Badger - nuff said
+ Parra at home - get looked after at home
+ Lawrie back again ...fxck

 

[blacksafake]

Sutton is the king of the sin bin. Especially during crackdown week.

Exactly

 

[Draginzaaar]

Flanno on SEN at the moment. Said he has a few more players to debut this year, but has to make sure that there are not too many young blokes playing all at the say time.

 

[Illusion]

i just checked the draw. We have one sunday game in round 11 against broncos (2pm). That is our only Sunday game for the whole year.

wonder why this is .....? I don't like Saturday games that much .........

 

[Ronnie Dobbs]

After watching the KO cup last couple of weeks Finau Latu HAS to be the next man up. He offers buckets more in attack & defence than Tom E.
Just saying to those who havn't watched the regies this year.

No need to rush him. He just turned 19.

Look what the full year in Cup at 19 has done for Stewart and Egan. Seasoning the Couchies in Cup year before that.

It’s a process. Injury permitting, Latu, Loko and Jake are all where Stewart and Egan are now, this time next year it’s a full season of open age football behind them and another pre season. I’m certain they could play now and compete, but picking up Klemmer has allowed us to not have to throw the boys in when it might be just a touch too early.

Latu is a gun though. He’d handle it.

 

[redv13]

Flanno on SEN at the moment. Said he has a few more players to debut this year, but has to make sure that there are not too many young blokes playing all at the say time.

Hopefully LPT, Latu, Halangahu and Nick T

 

[Ronnie Dobbs]

Who cares about the refs.

Only way to beat them is to win the game, like we did last weekend.

 

[Victoire]

Same motivation to win burns in Gutherson ahead of face-off with Parramatta

As Parramatta's former king plans to return to the court he once ruled, Clint Gutherson is showing the Dragons a new way to live the only way he knows how.

www.abc.net.au

What a brilliant read this was, especially the part about Sua. We have a real leader, folks.

Meanwhile the Eels have made some changes, ramping up the danger here. A new hooker, and Dylan Walker rushed straight onto the bench

 

[Dragsters]

wonder why this is .....? I don't like Saturday games that much .........

I love the Saturday 3pm slot as we get to watch the Cup team play live beforehand...

 

[justadragon]

I noticed that Finau isn't playing this weekend in KOE. Either it's because he's playing FG this weekend, or because Feagai hasn't had any game time since the Dogs game and needs to get some reps in. The latter doesn't really make sense though, because then they'd just push Buchanan back to Flegg, one would think...

Good to see BMM and Sele back out there though, hope they go well.

Could be he might also be injured KW.

 

[justadragon]

100% guaranteed the Dragons will be made an example of the crackdown BS.
I wouldn't be surprised if the game day referee just makes up a new rule interpretation just so he can send a
Dragons player in the bin. This has happened before and will happen on Saturday.

Dragons are the crash dummies / guinea pigs of the NRL. No one complains

They have a few games before Saturday, lets just see what enforcement is handed out and in the manner its handed out.