Rumours and Stuff

[Noise]

The last time we won the minor premiership in 2005. We lost 49 to 26 to Souths and 54 to 14 to Brisbane....in the first 5 rounds (we had 2 wins)....

Unfortunately I think that squad is a bit stronger then this one...

What the f**k does 2005 have to do with this year?

 

[The Predictor]

There is no way we can come back from this.

Having said that I am dead set against signing just anyone for this year, who will need to be on the books in 2027. I'd rather just take the bad beats until we get some cattle back.

And even then we aren’t good enough to challenge for anything

 

[85 Baby]

I still had hope after the tiges game but after the titans game, I have given up on this year

I think the Tigers loss was a “good” thing. If we had won that and been 3-3 there’d be temptation to sit back on that and say at least we got the wins but even with the wins we do have, it feels more like we’ve got 10 losses based on our defence.

 

[85 Baby]

There is no way we can come back from this.

Having said that I am dead set against signing just anyone for this year, who will need to be on the books in 2027. I'd rather just take the bad beats until we get some cattle back.

Blake Lawrie on a loan deal for couple of months is ok because he at least may show more pride than our current players.
Blake Lawrie on a deal that goes beyond October, I may take up arms and head to Hormuz to get my oil like Trump said I could.

Note Blake Lawrie’s name is interchangeable with dozens of similar players

 

[King-Gutho94]

Here you go @Avenger

After 7 rounds the years we have missed the finals since 2009

This will be our 7th season we have been bottom 4 already in the past 16 years by Anzac Day

Positions on the ladder
17th - Once
16th - Three times
15th - Twice

2026 - 2 wins (16th)
2025 - 2 wins (17th) - Last
2024 - 3 wins (14th)
2023 - 3 wins (12th)
2018 - 1 win (16th) - Last
2015 - 3 wins (15th)
2014 - 4 wins (8th)
2013 - 2 wins (15th)
2012 - 1 win (16th) - Last
2011 - 3 wins (10th)
2010 - 3 wins (9th)

 

[TheRam]

Been saying it for a while, they’ve turned us into the Tigers.

Worse, the North Sydney Bears.

At least the Tigers won a premiership 20 odd years ago. We on the other hand are 40 and counting just like the good old Bears of old.

...and by the looks of it as soon as the NRL appointed that myth coach Meninga, the die was cast and the bad news Bears reborn. For at least Meninga's tenure they will be pitiful.

 

[Stevie]

Have we ever hit this level of dismay and essentially written off the season before Round 7?

When the inevitable plays out this Sunday, and again the following week away at Manly, we’ll be sitting at 2–6 — exactly where we were in 2018 when we picked up the spoon.

And you wonder why I have a big bet on Parra fo the spoon since January this year…

Saying that. I so can’t stand the idea of getting another spoon.

 

[Stevie]

‘Entirely unfair’: Ugly Dragons feud developing after agent’s scathing email to club

‘Undermined’: Ugly Dragons feud over young gun as agent calls out Flanno in scathing email

bit.ly

Wow this is juicy. Flanno gone after this. They will get around the kid and give him what he wants but if not, huge opportunity to grab him.

It’s currently untenable.

 

[JokerEel]

Wahs must have overpaid or he didn't want anything to stay am I right...

 

[JokerEel]

‘Entirely unfair’: Ugly Dragons feud developing after agent’s scathing email to club

‘Undermined’: Ugly Dragons feud over young gun as agent calls out Flanno in scathing email

bit.ly

Wow this is juicy. Flanno gone after this. They will get around the kid and give him what he wants but if not, huge opportunity to grab him.

It’s currently untenable.

Btw we were all supporting the club on the Lomax contract situation but happy for this kid to get out of his contract early to hopefully come to us.

 

[King-Gutho94]

‘Entirely unfair’: Ugly Dragons feud developing after agent’s scathing email to club

‘Undermined’: Ugly Dragons feud over young gun as agent calls out Flanno in scathing email

bit.ly

Wow this is juicy. Flanno gone after this. They will get around the kid and give him what he wants but if not, huge opportunity to grab him.

It’s currently untenable.

Flanno will be gone after Anzac Day.

Its when the Dragons have the bye.

2 weeks time

 

[Joshuatheeel]

‘Entirely unfair’: Ugly Dragons feud developing after agent’s scathing email to club

‘Undermined’: Ugly Dragons feud over young gun as agent calls out Flanno in scathing email

bit.ly

Wow this is juicy. Flanno gone after this. They will get around the kid and give him what he wants but if not, huge opportunity to grab him.

It’s currently untenable.

Without making any judgement on Flanagan/Dragons....they should tell the agent to f**k off and not release the kid!

Since when should a kid be released because he isn't being picked! He signed his contract, so suck it up!

 

[JokerEel]

The difference between Ryles and Flanno..

Following the team’s recent loss, Shane Flanagan publicly stated regarding squad changes: ‘If I had someone that was better out of the side, I would put them in, trust me.’”


Ryles said after the last loss he didn't want to bring a younger player up because we sucked in the NRL.. paraphrasing..
Flanno comes out and says their NSW side has no one good enough for first grade even though the they are equal first and made the GF in cup last year..

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Wahs must have overpaid or he didn't want anything to stay am I right...

We should be targeting Watson

 

[85 Baby]

‘Entirely unfair’: Ugly Dragons feud developing after agent’s scathing email to club

‘Undermined’: Ugly Dragons feud over young gun as agent calls out Flanno in scathing email

bit.ly

Wow this is juicy. Flanno gone after this. They will get around the kid and give him what he wants but if not, huge opportunity to grab him.

It’s currently untenable.

“When Creagh declined the request”…
You know what is difficult to find these days? The Ben Creagh running away from Justin Hodges in Origin gif

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I have a theory that the current V’landys style of play is to appeal to the younger generations, particularly Gen Z and Gen Alpha.

The frequent, fast paced content of today’s media provides rapid hits of dopamine and trains the brain to expect instant gratification.

I’ve noticed the ‘stories’ on the NRL app feature that provides short snippets of tries, hits, try saves etc. This is effectively the match highlights but appeases the short attentive span of these generations when they can’t even sit through a 3-5minute package of it all.

With the stern adjudicating of the six-again, we have a fast paced, touch football like game with more tries, big scores and more highlight reels.

This of course is at the demise of the battle of attrition; how many of us fell in love with the game.

I personally like the 6-again rule. I just wish it was in the back of the mind of the referee as opposed to the forefront (ie not adjudicated so harshly). It acts like a general deterrent regardless when the players know of the threat.

If they policed the attacking team taking out the markers, it would solve a lot of the grey area. But being rugby league, it would no doubt create new ones.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

so we have given Sua mattos money.

who are we going to give paulos money to?

Matto

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Have we ever hit this level of dismay and essentially written off the season before Round 7?

2013

 

[Poupou Escobar]

And you wonder why I have a big bet on Parra fo the spoon since January this year…

Saying that. I so can’t stand the idea of getting another spoon.

That would be four straight coaches to win the spoon, but the first without Jarryd Hayne.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Wahs must have overpaid or he didn't want anything to stay am I right...

Didn’t want to leave extended family in Auckland?