Isn't there a team in the QLD Cup (or similar) called the Clydesdales. Maybe they should become our feeder club, going from Clydesdales to Plodders.
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Isn't there a team in the QLD Cup (or similar) called the Clydesdales. Maybe they should become our feeder club, going from Clydesdales to Plodders.
There might be a clue to the club's poor culture when the chairman considers a convicted child sex offender and self-confessed drug addict a good egg who just made a mistake.
Yes, Young should not have touched this case with a barge pole. The Dragons did not need ANY link to Finch's case.
I agree with the other posts, all in all it’s been a good news day but the fact we are signing Tiger rejects doesn’t in-still much confidence. We need players from a winning culture to help out our off-field issues.
Very true justa and I'm sure he will acquit himself well in the Red V.
Can't agree that it's been a good news day
I wasn’t bagging the guy, just pointing out that both Liddle & Musgrove have come from a losing culture.
I actually prefer signings from bottom clubs than top clubs. There is no way in hell a top player comes from the Melbourne or Penrith system and improves at the Dragons. Much more likely to get a good buy from a club with bad management.
I have a feeling that Hunt is on the nose with players also , so the sooner Hook is hooked and there is no love happening between Hook and Hunt the better ......
Maybe true..but he is just sticking up for one his best mates Robert Finch publicly
I wish Hunt had a ‘if Hook goes, then I go’ clause in his contract. We could spend his $1M on Fifita or Haas.
Much appreciated HT, thanks.Matt Cooper fumes at Dragons over awards night sub as George Burgess speaks out
Matt Cooper has blown up over the current state of the Dragons right as a sacked star spoke up to reveal his broken relationship with the coach.
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October 18, 2022 - 7:39AM
The Dragons are facing a serious culture crisis with a sacked star revealing his broken relationship with the coach and a club great declaring the place has “no loyalty and honour anymore”.
It all comes amid suggestions coach Anthony Griffin has lost the dressing room, a rumour that’s gained significant traction in recent weeks with request releases from exciting young prospects Jayden Sullivan and Tyrell Sloan.
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Now, veteran front-rower George Burgess has revealed he was clearly on the outer during his first season at the Dragons.
The 30-year-old was released from the final year of his contract on Monday after he came to a mutual agreement with the Dragons.
The Englishman told The Daily Telegraph it would be a “disappointing” end to his career if it was to be his last season in the game given it was highlighted by a strained relationship with the coach.
George Burgess of the Dragons watches on from the bench during the round four NRL match between the Parramatta Eels and the St George Illawarra Dragons at CommBank Stadium, on April 03, 2022, in Sydney, Australia.
“I just didn’t get along with Hook (coach Griffin) and he made it pretty clear to me, he pretty much wrote me off.
“So I wasn’t too keen to go back to train under him to be honest.
“At the end of the day all you want is a coach to believe in you.
“There is no point me going back there if the coach doesn’t believe in me.”
Burgess refused to delve into the rumours of a split playing group at the Red V, declaring he was “not bagging the club at all”.
His comments emerged just hours after club great Matt Cooper eviscerated the current state of the club in relation to a report that only three current players attended the Dragons’ awards night in the first week of October.
Matt Cooper of the Dragons runs with the ball during the round three NRL match between the St George Dragons and the North Queensland Cowboys at WIN Stadium on March 26, 2010.
Cooper, who starred in 244 games for the Dragons, took to Twitter to share his frustration over yet another damaging story emerging out of his beloved team.
“I can’t believe 3 players went to the #redv awards night!!! Actually I can!” Cooper wrote.
“The club has no loyalty and honour anymore. That all stopped when Wayne Bennett left.”
Cooper’s comments came after St George Illawarra chairman Craig Young fronted up to the disappointing awards night turnout from the players.
Young, also a legend of the club, refused to minimise the story or blow it off as media spin as he told The Daily Telegraph it was “disappointing to say the least”.
“We had eight or nine players who had World Cup commitments and their absence was understandable.
“However the other players should have been there. When I played you couldn’t wait to get there.
“It’s not like you have to pay for anything. It’s free food and drink. There’s no excuse.”
The club chairman agreed the culture at the Dragons needed to be improved ahead of a 2023 season in which coach Anthony Griffin is under intense pressure to hold onto his job.
