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Is Vaughan's Covid party as bad as it gets? I thought the 2nd loss to the Tigers was rock bottom. The 50 points vs the Broncos seemed to confirm this but then came the loss vs the Dogs. Now Vaughan with his Dirty Dozen! It's made me about as depressed as I have ever been with the Dragons and there have been plenty of down times over close to six decades of my support.
But because I can't shake off my Dragon fanaticism I am having a go at how to manage the Covid suspensions if they are spread over the next four rounds. Why do this? Firstly the negative stuff is getting me down. Secondly we know Mary always checked the Forum's selectorial advice to ensure he never took any steps advocated by fans. Did someone say Euan Aitken? Now we know Hook is a smarter guy than our old Supercoach - so I reckon he knows the wisdom that resides in the Forum and likes to have a glance here for some inspiration.
The table below gives an idea of what missing Vaughan and three others each game might look like. The first two columns show the Dozen and the round I have nominated for each's suspension. Then I picked the best team I could each week based on selections thus far this season. So Norman and Dufty get picked three times. No one has been penalised for party going except for their one game. Of course this could be designated by some as time to bring in the youth.
I think we could still be a show vs the Titans and Raiders especially if they take our understrength team lightly. Injuries and additional suspensions would no doubt finish us off. At least this exercise has returned me some positivity
Over to you!
But because I can't shake off my Dragon fanaticism I am having a go at how to manage the Covid suspensions if they are spread over the next four rounds. Why do this? Firstly the negative stuff is getting me down. Secondly we know Mary always checked the Forum's selectorial advice to ensure he never took any steps advocated by fans. Did someone say Euan Aitken? Now we know Hook is a smarter guy than our old Supercoach - so I reckon he knows the wisdom that resides in the Forum and likes to have a glance here for some inspiration.
The table below gives an idea of what missing Vaughan and three others each game might look like. The first two columns show the Dozen and the round I have nominated for each's suspension. Then I picked the best team I could each week based on selections thus far this season. So Norman and Dufty get picked three times. No one has been penalised for party going except for their one game. Of course this could be designated by some as time to bring in the youth.
I think we could still be a show vs the Titans and Raiders especially if they take our understrength team lightly. Injuries and additional suspensions would no doubt finish us off. At least this exercise has returned me some positivity
Over to you!
| Suspensions | Teams | ||||
| Player | Rd Out? | Vs Manly 18 | Vs Titans 19 | Vs Rabbits 20 | Vs Raiders 21 |
| Lawrie | 18 | McGuire | Lawrie | Lawrie | Lawrie |
| Alvaro | 20 | McCullough | McCullough | McCullough | McCullough |
| Ellis | 20 | Kerr | Kerr | Kerr | McGuire |
| McGuire | 19 | Sims | Sims | Sims | Sims |
| Kerr | 21 | Bird | Fui | Bird | Bird |
| Fui | 18 | JDB | JDB | JDB | Fui |
| JDB | 21 | Hunt | Hunt | Hunt | Hunt |
| Bird | 19 | Sull/Amone/Clune | Norman | Norman | Norman |
| Norman | 18 | Ramsey/Pereira | Ramsey/Pereira | Ramsey | Ramsey/Pereira |
| Lomax | 20 | Williame | Williame | Williame | Williame |
| Beale | 21 | Lomax | Lomax | Beale | Lomax |
| Dufty | 19 | Beale | Beale | Pereira | Rava |
| Dufty | Sloan | Dufty | Dufty | |
| Faama | Faama | Faama | Faama | ||
| Alvaro | Alvaro | Fui | Alvaro | ||
| Ellis/Burns | Ellis/Burns | McGuire | Ellis/Burns | ||
| Ford | Ford | Burns/Ford | Ford |
