The Rumours Thread

[Desperate Dragon]

I’d be really happy if we started the season with anyone but Fegai. We got a real good look at him last year and I’ve seen plenty.

I am with you on this Crush.
But I really believe Allan will start the year at number 1, and Finau still looks a bit raw to me.
Same with Tamale. Plus he plays his best football at centre.
Another option could be to use Sloan on the wing and swap him with Allan throughout the game.
The best outcome is that Fegai improves markedly under Flanagan and becomes a competent first grade winger.

 

[Desperate Dragon]

The dude knows nothing about the squad

Have followed Carayannis for a while now in the Telegraph and the ABC during the season and he generally gets pretty good mail on the Dragons.

 

[justadragon]

These articles that suggest the last five years have been unacceptable well how about the last 13 years. We have achieved nothing except to be the laughing stock of the NRL.

 

[Auntie.Gerald]

If Tamale can be safe as a bank under the high ball then yes wing makes sense to start In FG when u have mainly played Union most of ur juniors

Plus tough competition in Slomax and Suli the current centres as at 2023

Bird also fighting for a role

But for me Sione Finau looked very likely in ressies
The first 1min of highlights 2023 for Sione show an uncanny intercept ability but for FG the next part of his highlights are more relevant re his kick returns, breaks and try assists / tries

 

[blacksafake]

If Tamale can be safe as a bank under the high ball then yes wing makes sense to start In FG when u have mainly played Union most of ur juniors

Plus tough competition in Slomax and Suli the current centres as at 2023

Bird also fighting for a role

But for me Sione Finau looked very likely in ressies
The first 1min of highlights 2023 for Sione show an uncanny intercept ability but for FG the next part of his highlights are more relevant re his kick returns, breaks and try assists / tries

Promising.
Like the leg drive & determination to beat a tackle.

 

[Gardenia]

I’d be really happy if we started the season with anyone but Fegai. We got a real good look at him last year and I’ve seen plenty.

THIS!!

We were quoted as having the worst left edge in the comp.

 

[Gardenia]

Which is not bad going considering he only switched from Union the year before. I think I commented a year or two ago that our recruitment team had really ramped up bringing in players from other systems at that mid to late teen age. He was with the Waratahs.

That is something that hasnt been really talked about and given credit for in the media etc. Good stuff. Maybe we are building from within.

 

[Saints Forever]

If Tamale can be safe as a bank under the high ball then yes wing makes sense to start In FG when u have mainly played Union most of ur juniors

Plus tough competition in Slomax and Suli the current centres as at 2023

Bird also fighting for a role

But for me Sione Finau looked very likely in ressies
The first 1min of highlights 2023 for Sione show an uncanny intercept ability but for FG the next part of his highlights are more relevant re his kick returns, breaks and try assists / tries

Sione has speed to burn

Can he tackle though ?

 

[Gardenia]

I like Feagai as depth / back-up if he doesn't put a big dent in the cap. But yes we need a top line winger. As we all are, I'm looking forward to seeing how our existing players have improved under Flanagan and his staff in terms of their conditioning and skills / game strategy, including Feagai.

Bird is the one Id most like to see improvement out of - he is paid so much.

 

[Gardenia]

These articles that suggest the last five years have been unacceptable well how about the last 13 years. We have achieved nothing except to be the laughing stock of the NRL.

2018 was a good year though.

 

[Dragon David]

If Tamale can be safe as a bank under the high ball then yes wing makes sense to start In FG when u have mainly played Union most of ur juniors

Plus tough competition in Slomax and Suli the current centres as at 2023

Bird also fighting for a role

But for me Sione Finau looked very likely in ressies
The first 1min of highlights 2023 for Sione show an uncanny intercept ability but for FG the next part of his highlights are more relevant re his kick returns, breaks and try assists / tries

Unbelievable highlights of Finau. Strong, fast, tough. A fighter who doesn't know fear. Thanks Auntie.

 

[Gardenia]

Unbelievable highlights of Finau. Strong, fast, tough. A fighter who doesn't know fear. Thanks Auntie.

I agree, I just had a look.

He goes forward doesn't he. Looks like he is a handful for the opposition. Like his speed also. Just hope Flanno doesnt put our babies in too quickly before they are ready. The future looks bright.

 

[since77]

2018 was a good year though.

2018 was a fluke - lets not forget they nearly blew even reaching the finals - they ended up limping into 8th spot. In a perverse kind of way 2018 - or as McGregor idiotically put it - being "85 minutes from a grand final" - actually dug a deeper hole for the club as this false dawn led to the clowns in charge giving McGregor an extended contract when it was already clear he was a clueless pretender.

 

[AyiosYiorgos]

If Tamale can be safe as a bank under the high ball then yes wing makes sense to start In FG when u have mainly played Union most of ur juniors

Plus tough competition in Slomax and Suli the current centres as at 2023

Bird also fighting for a role

But for me Sione Finau looked very likely in ressies
The first 1min of highlights 2023 for Sione show an uncanny intercept ability but for FG the next part of his highlights are more relevant re his kick returns, breaks and try assists / tries

All intercepts come from us having a compressed defence he is literally marking 3rd man in, if he misses the intercept, its Feagai all over again but with more pace, also needs to learn to carry the ball in his left hand, especially if he will be diving in the corner to score try's..

 

[baggygreen man]

Anyone that says you're not a real fan has no understanding of the loyalty required to stay supporting

Hard as leather skin you need to support the same team for over half a century as my Dragons have had as many downs as ups since our glory years. I almost chucked em when our club sold our soul in '99 and admit it has been heartbreaking for much of the time since.

 

[steerlerbab]

2018 was a fluke - lets not forget they nearly blew even reaching the finals - they ended up limping into 8th spot. In a perverse kind of way 2018 - or as McGregor idiotically put it - being "85 minutes from a grand final" - actually dug a deeper hole for the club as this false dawn led to the clowns in charge giving McGregor an extended contract when it was already clear he was a clueless pretender.

2018 was not a fluke! If Mary was not the coach and Widdop was not injured, we could have made GF. Have a look at starting forwards for Souths game: Graham, McInnes, Frizell, Sims and Debelin (all State of Origin level players and all were at the top of their game). Only AhMau was the journey man. Imagine what Flanno could have done with that forward pack.

 

[baggygreen man]

Back in my days of playing , I would not have played for the guy wanting out never mind being Captain , and he would have resigned himself after coming to training and coping a smack around the ears

Ditto. Hunt is nothing more than a prima donna. NEVER deserved his obscene pay packet and has NEVER played to its worth.

 

[baggygreen man]

and Finau still looks a bit raw to me.
Same with Tamale.

If I was Flanno am thinking outside the box and starting both in our pre season games next to each other. I saw sufficient of their blossoming partnership in Ressies to be excited at what they could bring to our top grade.

 

[JohnnoMcJohnno]

2018 was not a fluke! If Mary was not the coach and Widdop was not injured, we could have made GF. Have a look at starting forwards for Souths game: Graham, McInnes, Frizell, Sims and Debelin (all State of Origin level players and all were at the top of their game). Only AhMau was the journey man. Imagine what Flanno could have done with that forward pack.

How was Leeson a journeyman? He was 7 years with the Dragons, represented New Zealand. He was a better forward than Graham in 2018, could break the line and get an off-load. Great player. Certainly not a journey man.

 

[Ben_Kusto_magic]

We played some good footy in 2018, highlighted for me by the wins over Melbourne at Kogarah, Roosters on Anzac Day and Brisbane in the first semi.
We also faded badly at the back end of the year