The Rumours Thread

[dungay dragon]

Very smart by Young if he has winged this. Would then take him on as a potential 2028 onwards coach as his experience will be gained outside of the Boys club. Must be impressing some to get this you would think ?

we might be finished by then Den or relocated

 

[FlameThrower]

we might be finished by then Den or relocated

You are not far off there. How much longer can we continue to tread water. Each year gets a bit worse and as of now we’ve not signed any new players from outside the Club? Yet we are about to go through another clean out of players. What the hell is going on ?

 

[denis preston]

You are not far off there. How much longer can we continue to tread water. Each year gets a bit worse and as of now we’ve not signed any new players from outside the Club? Yet we are about to go through another clean out of players. What the hell is going on ?

FT , the NRL always needs a team to come last ! Our future is secure but our success is not !

 

[redandwhite4evr]

News up here today (Brisb) that Dean Young set to sign with Dolphins as part of the new Coaching Dream Team
Bennett,,,,Woolfe,,,, Young
Bennett to Coach till end 2024 , then Woolfe and Young in charge from 2025
May put paid to the yarn either coming here to replace Hook

Maybe-most assistant coaches have clauses in their contracts allowing them to leave if offered a Head Coach position so wherever he's an assistant doesn't make much difference. Perhaps Young just wants to coach a team that's wearing red and white?

 

[possm]

And about 2 million bucks )

Yes, space for 5 juniors and 5 still under contract.

 

[possm]

To me it is easy:
Flanno
Brown
Barrett

Do it now!

 

[Dragon David]

Well it doesn't look like Paul White wants to buy into our club anymore describing it as a train wreck -

‘Train wreck’: Kings owner denies takeover suggestions, slamming ‘dumpster fire’ Dragons

‘Train wreck’: Kings owner denies takeover suggestions, slamming ‘dumpster fire’ Dragons

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[OneEyedDragon]

Well it doesn't look like Paul White wants to buy into our club anymore describing it as a train wreck -

‘Train wreck’: Kings owner denies takeover suggestions, slamming ‘dumpster fire’ Dragons

‘Train wreck’: Kings owner denies takeover suggestions, slamming ‘dumpster fire’ Dragons

www.foxsports.com.au

I just read the article. Paul White may love the Dragons, but is not silly enough to throw good money after bad for this "train wreck" of a club. How can the Board sit there and smugly assume they are doing a good job when Blind Freddy can see they don't have a plan to get out of the mess they have created.

 

[FlameThrower]

Well it doesn't look like Paul White wants to buy into our club anymore describing it as a train wreck -

‘Train wreck’: Kings owner denies takeover suggestions, slamming ‘dumpster fire’ Dragons

‘Train wreck’: Kings owner denies takeover suggestions, slamming ‘dumpster fire’ Dragons

www.foxsports.com.au

What a disaster… that’s some ugly comments there ..

 

[BLM01]

Interesting......
Three Clubs have now replaced their current coaches for next season with NRL Rookies .... Benjy , Ciraldo and Woolfe
Clubs have veered away from the tried n true such as Flanno , Maguire and Green....
Fear not..the Dragons will be looking for a cut price deal with one of them

Who is Ciraldo going to?

 

[Dragon David]

What a disaster… that’s some ugly comments there ..

Yes I know. He is a guy who bled red and white and still does but now would not buy into this rabble of a club even if it was on the market for $100 (well maybe a lot more than that, but you get what I mean). We had that chance a few years ago but they sold half of it cheaper to Bruce and BBTB has been rubbishing the Board etc for ages because of this. We have become a rabble and a train wreck as a result of this in my opinion and the same as Paul White is saying. There has been poor planning for the future - long term I mean, short term is easy for them because they are short sighted. They have wallowed their snouts in the troughs of caviar and champagne while the club becomes obsolete and a nothing entity.

If this keeps going, what's the use of us clinging on and be members of the club? Why can't they be sensible to change tack and do something positive overall? The team of the century ....pfffftt!

 

[denis preston]

Yes I know. He is a guy who bled red and white and still does but now would not buy into this rabble of a club even if it was on the market for $100 (well maybe a lot more than that, but you get what I mean). We had that chance a few years ago but they sold half of it cheaper to Bruce and BBTB has been rubbishing the Board etc for ages because of this. We have become a rabble and a train wreck as a result of this in my opinion and the same as Paul White is saying. There has been poor planning for the future - long term I mean, short term is easy for them because they are short sighted. They have wallowed their snouts in the troughs of caviar and champagne while the club becomes obsolete and a nothing entity.

If this keeps going, what's the use of us clinging on and be members of the club? Why can't they be sensible to change tack and do something positive overall? The team of the century ....pfffftt!

I generally agree but centre of excellence & Pathways are certainly long term initiatives And Webby is pushing hard to improve the planning.

 

[Coffs dragon]

So many rumours floating around that you don’t know what to believe these days.
One of the media Journos on NRL360 only claimed this week, that discussions were taking place concerning Dean Young as future coach. He also mentioned that Nathan Brown was rumoured of a return to the RedV as a sounding board for Dean Young whilst looking after our Pathways system.
Supposedly, Brownie & Peter Doust have a close relationship.
I do believe that Nathan Brown is currently looking after the Eels Pathway system on a short term deal only.

Lots of moving parts at this stage and I’d welcome any rather than put up with the current boring fart of a coach.

 

[Dragon David]

I generally agree but centre of excellence & Pathways are certainly long term initiatives And Webby is pushing hard to improve the planning.

I guess Ryan Webb has sort of touched on what the aims of the future for the club will be in his podcast but I would like to see a workable plan being drawn up to show the way forward encompassing the CofE and Pathways. What the club's coaching targets will be, How they will have our players playing consistently good footy, and more. If Webb is pushing hard to improve planning can he let us know what the progress is on a regular basis?

I thought that the club would be really entrenched in all of this by now.

 

[justadragon]

What a disaster… that’s some ugly comments there ..

this just spells it out as it is, oh what could have been , why hasnt Webb been available to at least clarify what is going on at the club, for god sake now is the time.

 

[Dragon David]

this just spells it out as it is, oh what could have , why hasnt Webb been available to at least clarify what is going on at the club, for god sake now is the time.

Now is the time alright. He needs to spell out what the hell is going on to allay any anxieties and fears that we are going down the tube and to restore calm. With all the negative stuff being thrown at us, he needs to make a stand and give us the honest truth about where we are actually heading.

 

[Mojo]

How is it possible for an NRL club to not have a plan for the future? How could any organisation of any type or size, having gone consistently backwards for at least the past decade, not be urgently focused on turning things around. Surely there’s a document setting out milestones and target dates. This is so frustrating. It’s unbelievable.

 

[carltonsouth79]

Who is Ciraldo going to?

Supposedly Dogs, but I haven’t seen anything official as yet

 

[randomdragon]

apparently woods needs to play 18 games to have his contract renewed. he has only played 13. Thank GOD, don't see him getting renewed.

 

[BBTB]

Well it doesn't look like Paul White wants to buy into our club anymore describing it as a train wreck -

‘Train wreck’: Kings owner denies takeover suggestions, slamming ‘dumpster fire’ Dragons

‘Train wreck’: Kings owner denies takeover suggestions, slamming ‘dumpster fire’ Dragons

www.foxsports.com.au

Who would? They are a complete train wreck.
If something is not done soon about this imbocilic Board, we'll be heading done the gurgler with the rest of the garbage.