The Rumours Thread

[RED73V]

Deano's influence I reckon.
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Of course it is he learnt from the best !!!

 

[since77]

I think Mary is pulling the strings in the background at the Cows. Just read the below quote from Todd Payten in a Foxsports article this morning:

"We have to make them uncomfortable every day until we get to the point where we are comfortable being uncomfortable."

Our Mary is now being quoted by other coaches. The man is a genius and you guys were mocking him. Who is going to start the "Bring Mary back" thread?

I have so often thought Payten was cut out of the McGregor mould. The way he talks, the unfortunate bald similarity, the idiotic way he uses his best players. Hopefully for the Cowboys the people in charge are smarter than ours

 

[Gareth67]

I have so often thought Payten was cut out of the McGregor mould. The way he talks, the unfortunate bald similarity, the idiotic way he uses his best players. Hopefully for the Cowboys the people in charge are smarter than ours

“ I can assure you that I am one of a kind - they broke that mould when I was cast ! Yuk yuk . “

 

[Ghostrider22]

Absolutely.

Lowering ourselves to be submissive to other clubs and players who clearly have shown they don't want a bar of us is not going to turn our team around. Paying big money for Kikau types is just a necessary duty at this point but there's already a question mark over Moses Suli despite the fact that he'd likely improve our team on face value.

Let's hope our club our some external source help us to address the real issues going on that have led us to a decade of misery.

Unless WIN Corp starts to do what they are supposed to do in helping the club nothing will change. As for the current board members if that’s the problem or the playing group as a whole maybe someone here can answer that question that is close to the club and playing group. There is something very wrong at the Dragons.

 

[Mjab]

Who would want to feature in a Dragons promotional shoot? Maybe only Hunt to be playing for the Dragons 12 months later!View attachment 53428

Knowing Saints it will take them a year to fix it up

Maybe the can get the Mcpeanut back to fix it up!!

 

[OneEyedDragon]

Knowing Saints it will take them a year to fix it up

Maybe the can get the Mcpeanut back to fix it up!!

Don't even joke about it!

On another matter, I know the Dragons were looking at Billy Magoulias(?) from Cronulla a few months ago, but the rumour died out. I see he has no contract for next year - he should come cheap. Should the club take another look at him? He's a handy backrower with good ball skills. He might even create some desperately needed second phase play.

 

[RedVDave]

Don't even joke about it!

On another matter, I know the Dragons were looking at Billy Magoulias(?) from Cronulla a few months ago, but the rumour died out. I see he has no contract for next year - he should come cheap. Should the club take another look at him? He's a handy backrower with good ball skills. He might even create some desperately needed second phase play.

The initial rumour was a direct swap for McInnes this year but when he did his ACL that offer was off the table.

I wouldn't want him anyway not highly rated at Cronulla and I tend agree much better options out there.

 

[Old Timer]

Don't even joke about it!

On another matter, I know the Dragons were looking at Billy Magoulias(?) from Cronulla a few months ago, but the rumour died out. I see he has no contract for next year - he should come cheap. Should the club take another look at him? He's a handy backrower with good ball skills. He might even create some desperately needed second phase play.

I am led to believe he is a bit of a "individual" so if there is any truth in that a definite no as we only want players that are truly going to buy in to a team culture.

Also having a look at how our forwards are panning out we already have a few on the edge of 1st grade some who are on the way up, some on the way down, some that have plateau'd so not sure we need another one in BM unless of course he is truly a 1st grader just needing the right coach.

I think that Billy Burns with Su'a is heading in the right direction and with JB off the bench surely another youngster on the rise is the proper way to go unless you can score a Tapine like player from the Raiders.

 

[OneEyedDragon]

I am led to believe he is a bit of a "individual" so if there is any truth in that a definite no as we only want players that are truly going to buy in to a team culture.

Also having a look at how our forwards are panning out we already have a few on the edge of 1st grade some who are on the way up, some on the way down, some that have plateau'd so not sure we need another one in BM unless of course he is truly a 1st grader just needing the right coach.

I think that Billy Burns with Su'a is heading in the right direction and with JB off the bench surely another youngster on the rise is the proper way to go unless you can score a Tapine like player from the Raiders.

Thanks for that @Old Timer and @RedVDave . I know very little about him, and we had been interested. I just wondered why we had gone cold on the idea. I have heard that BM has a couple of Business degrees, so he is not silly, but, as you say, may be too much of an individual. Oh well, the search goes on!

 

[Mjab]

I am led to believe he is a bit of a "individual" so if there is any truth in that a definite no as we only want players that are truly going to buy in to a team culture.

Also having a look at how our forwards are panning out we already have a few on the edge of 1st grade some who are on the way up, some on the way down, some that have plateau'd so not sure we need another one in BM unless of course he is truly a 1st grader just needing the right coach.

I think that Billy Burns with Su'a is heading in the right direction and with JB off the bench surely another youngster on the rise is the proper way to go unless you can score a Tapine like player from the Raiders.

I think Tapine would be a good pick up like u suggest OT
possible unhappy at the Raiders , or at least his wife is !!
I thought he played well for them the other night with a lot of offloads and 2nd phase play creation and I think still young

 

[Como Connection]

I think Tapine would be a good pick up like u suggest OT
possible unhappy at the Raiders , or at least his wife is !!
I thought he played well for them the other night with a lot of offloads and 2nd phase play creation and I think still young

Offloads and second phase play non existent at the Dragons.
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[Bring back John Fifita]

I know of one such incident when a centre come 2nd rower who was with the Tigers for a very long time actually came out of the underground car park and instead of hitting the brake hit the accelerator and launched his car onto the median strip on Victoria Road

No mean effort and all kept reasonably under wraps.

If it was today he would be on the sideline for a very long time indeed.

This scene popped into my head reading that...

 

[blacksafake]

I think Tapine would be a good pick up like u suggest OT
possible unhappy at the Raiders , or at least his wife is !!
I thought he played well for them the other night with a lot of offloads and 2nd phase play creation and I think still young

Don’t particularly like him but ability wise he certainly would add value to our pack so I’m sure I could grow to like him

 

[George Dragon]

On another matter, I know the Dragons were looking at Billy Magoulias(?) from Cronulla a few months ago, but the rumour died out

The initial rumour was a direct swap for McInnes this year but when he did his ACL that offer was off the table.

I've never seen a reserve grader get so much interest over a chip kick.
He must have a good publicity agent.

As far as I know we were never interested in him.
As for swapping 500k player for 100k player that is just ridiculous.

 

[RedVDave]

I've never seen a reserve grader get so much interest over a chip kick.
He must have a good publicity agent.

As far as I know we were never interested in him.
As for swapping 500k player for 100k player that is just ridiculous.

If you read my entire post I made it very clear I do not rate him.

You can choose to believe the rumour or not but that's what I heard from a very reliable source.

 

[TruSaint]

If you read my entire post I made it very clear I do not rate him.

You can choose to believe the rumour or not but that's what I heard from a very reliable source.

I dont think anyone is doubting that you were told this rumour mate.

 

[qld redvee]

Offloads and second phase play non existent at the Dragons.
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Those pages have been torn out of our clubs coaching book .....

 

[Forbes Creek Dragons]

Which forum member called up Triple M this morning The bloke that give the Dragons management a good old roasting was a carbon copy of the discussions I hear in here on a daily basis.

 

[BIG RIG]

NRL 360 reporting we have signed Moses Suli on a 3 year deal

 

[dungay dragon]

NRL 360 reporting we have signed Moses Suli on a 3 year deal

Exciting signing , giving us plenty of thrust out wide..Perfect foil for lomax as well