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Inisai Toga

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See your perspective DD, but loved the on-field image of Saints that he created during his tenure with us: tough, resilient disciplined and successful! We were like that when he was coming through as a youngster /player in Queensland and for a short period we resembled that again.
 
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RufusRex

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hmmmm ... interesting discussion ....

in the history of the JV, we have had more than 10 wins from 19 games 7 times and only once since bennett left (2018 when we had 13/19

given what Flano inherited it is fair to say now that he is doing a reasonable job dont you think.
 
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Can we close this thread ?

just saw the press conference

the guy is all class

given what he has managed to get out of this squad, he should have his contract extended to 2030.

the club extended Mary for painting the gym periodically.
I'm in favour of closing the thread. I know it was created in jest.

There's only one facet of the club that shouldn't be called into question and that is the current head coach. I bet he wishes he had some more decent players.
 

John moz

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He said what us fans have been saying for years not good enough players like Ben hunt 1 million dollar player and captain has cost us for years spitting the dummy and wanting to leave .
Thanks Flanno for mentioning us fans because yes we have had a gut full for years who the f**k signed Ben Hunt .
Hunt again is so frustrating to watch play he can't pass or kick or lead a team to a victory especially today had proved against a team coming last has no idea .
 

saintmar

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He said what us fans have been saying for years not good enough players like Ben hunt 1 million dollar player and captain has cost us for years spitting the dummy and wanting to leave .
Thanks Flanno for mentioning us fans because yes we have had a gut full for years who the f**k signed Ben Hunt .
Hunt again is so frustrating to watch play he can't pass or kick or lead a team to a victory especially today had proved against a team coming last has no idea .
Lets be real here,if Flano is fair dinkum he should be the one apologising to the fans for insisting to keep a player that didn’t want to be here.Ben is just playing like Ben has done for the last 7 years.
Surely by now the penny should have dropped that an apology in the form of sorry I got it wrong is desperately required
Facts are if we lose next week we will finish probably 13th maybe 12th with pd of minimum over -150
in Hooks first year 2022 we finished 10th with a -100
We have had the absolute softest draw of any team this year.
People say we have improved but these are the facts.
I won’t start on other areas but our current recruitment results are diabolical and very poor.
 
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Lets be real here,if Flano is fair dinkum he should be the one apologising to the fans for insisting to keep a player that didn’t want to be here.Ben is just playing like Ben has done for the last 7 years.
Surely by now the penny should have dropped that an apology in the form of sorry I got it wrong is desperately required
Facts are if we lose next week we will finish probably 13th maybe 12th with pd of minimum over -150
in Hooks first year 2022 we finished 10th with a -100
We have had the absolute softest draw of any team this year.
People say we have improved but these are the facts.
I won’t start on other areas but our current recruitment results are diabolical and very poor.
We will probably finish between 10th-12th

The side has improved under Flanno

The rebuild has only just started

much dead wood to cast aside

The dude actually cares

In Flanno I trust
 

Dragons4me

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We will probably finish between 10th-12th

The side has improved under Flanno

The rebuild has only just started

much dead wood to cast aside

The dude actually cares

In Flanno I trust
I agree. Flanno has so many roadblocks against him, none more obvious as a dysfunctional corporate structure well documented here but clothed in secrecy. A lesser man would give up and walk away. We have a long way to go
 

Dragons4me

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He said what us fans have been saying for years not good enough players like Ben hunt 1 million dollar player and captain has cost us for years spitting the dummy and wanting to leave .
Thanks Flanno for mentioning us fans because yes we have had a gut full for years who the f**k signed Ben Hunt .
Hunt again is so frustrating to watch play he can't pass or kick or lead a team to a victory especially today had proved against a team coming last has no idea .
Hunt must give SOO away if he is staying in '25. I'm not keen on an extension.
 

Gareth67

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Hunt must give SOO away if he is staying in '25. I'm not keen on an extension.
Agree , however I would feel happier if he went elsewhere , preferably as quickly as possible .

But the chances are he won’t go anywhere , the money is too damn good and I couldn’t see him donating any of it to the Salvos nor for that matter to another club .
 
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Slippery Morris

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Is Flanno the only coach in the last 5+ years apologise to the fans in a press conference for the rubbish the players dished out? That alone deserves an extension not a sacking.

Wade Graham and ex-Flanno player said on radio that Saints fans have a lot to look forward to. His first season under Flanno they missed the 8 but then on were playing finals. It's all about building mental toughness and buying into Flanno's game and in 1 off season was a bit of a stretch but we did see it in games like the full strength Storm game. THey were awesome in that one. Unfortunately bad in the rest that followed. Hopefully next season it will be more consistent as Flanno will fluch out most of the deadwood.
 

Inisai Toga

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Is Flanno the only coach in the last 5+ years apologise to the fans in a press conference for the rubbish the players dished out? That alone deserves an extension not a sacking.

Wade Graham and ex-Flanno player said on radio that Saints fans have a lot to look forward to. His first season under Flanno they missed the 8 but then on were playing finals. It's all about building mental toughness and buying into Flanno's game and in 1 off season was a bit of a stretch but we did see it in games like the full strength Storm game. THey were awesome in that one. Unfortunately bad in the rest that followed. Hopefully next season it will be more consistent as Flanno will fluch out most of the deadwood.
Wayne Graham at his best is the sort of player we need. A thinker! He provided a lot of direction and value for Cronulla during certain pressure situations in the game. We don’t or haven’t had that type since Jeremy Smith.
 
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