Round 5 Vs Titans

[PANTHERMIKE]

Just hoping its Dry, or our boys have learnt how to hold the f**kn ball...

 

[unKwn]

Ivan Cleary will be coaching his 300th game

 

[Tronald Crump]

Everyone can see this needing to happen...Yet super coach can't

Ha ha Supercoach.
Dragons fans will be envious. Thats Mcgregor's nickname.

 

[Panfa]

Our bench this week is pretty small sele egan leota fuumaono mobile but small.Hope we dont get monstered by titans pack.

 

[franklin2323]

Our bench this week is pretty small sele egan leota fuumaono mobile but small.Hope we dont get monstered by titans pack.

Ivan likes a small bench. Sele and Leota are good defenders. Not sure how much gametime Fuimaono will get

 

[franklin2323]

Ha ha Supercoach.
Dragons fans will be envious. Thats Mcgregor's nickname.

Mary has 6 more seasons of plodding to reach Ivan levels

 

[Exsilium]

What’s more important than Ivan’s 300th?

Michael “The Flash” Gordon has reached 250 games.

Absolute champion player.

 

[The Realist]

What’s more important than Ivan’s 300th?

Michael “The Flash” Gordon has reached 250 games.

Absolute champion player.

Great Bloke. His potential was wasted under Elliot. He had Centre written all over him, and as we eventually got to see he is a good running fullback as well.

 

[mxlegend99]

It's truly unbelievable that Flash is still playing today. I remember when he left people thought he had 2 or 3 years left.

Yet 7 seasons later he's still running around and the injuries that plagued him seem to have been left behind. 250 games is pretty awesome and moreso that it's against us. Although I hope its a bad night for him.

 

[Luke Bowden]

Flash is one of my all time favourite players. Such a great bloke and player.

 

[TheFrog]

We've certainly let some good'uns go over the years.

 

[MrBlack]

We've certainly let some good'uns go over the years.

Cody Walker and Damien Cook would be pretty handy right now.................

 

[TheFrog]

Cody Walker and Damien Cook would be pretty handy right now.................

Indeed. Two blokes who didn't hit their straps until the second half of their 20s, they either make it by 21-22 here or we move them on. We were far from alone in letting either of them go before they came good. Storm (twice), Titans (twice), and Broncos, all let Walker slip before the Rabbitohs saw the value.

 

[Westernised Panther]

Damien Cook is the most obvious one in recent times that we miss, given our current woes at dummy half.

Who started all the talk about Egan becoming the next Cameron Smith?!?

 

[Fangs]

Wasn't Damien Cook a winger at Penrith?

 

[mxlegend99]

Damien Cook is the most obvious one in recent times that we miss, given our current woes at dummy half.

Who started all the talk about Egan becoming the next Cameron Smith?!?

The problem is Cook really wasn't anything that special at a younger age.

He made his debut in 2013. Played 2 games. He played 7 more across the 2014 and 2015 seasonsm it was through that time where he showed potential before getting a proper start in 2016 at 24 years of age. Even then he bounced between bench and starting.

For all we know Wayde Egan could be a late bloomer too. Sione Katoa maybe... although he's in his 5th season with 36 games under his belt. I dont see him improving much.

Our problem is we cant afford to blow our premiership window waiting for these guys to develop... with no guarantee either does.

 

[BxTom]

In 2010 and 2011, Cook played for the Penrith Panthers' NYC team.[4] In 2012, he joined the Illawarra Cutters in the New South Wales Cup.[5] On 30 October 2012, he signed a 1-year contract with the St. George Illawarra Dragons starting in 2013 He debuted for St G in round 6, 2013.

 

[PenrithPanther45]

Cleary must have been following these forums: Egan out of the updated team list and replaced by Luai on the bench.

 

[age.s]

Cleary must have been following these forums: Egan out of the updated team list and replaced by Luai on the bench.

Could be concussion related tbf. He took a pretty heavy hit.

 

[mxlegend99]

Cleary must have been following these forums: Egan out of the updated team list and replaced by Luai on the bench.

Im not sure Egan was worse than Katoa. But only need one of them in the team.