Top 8 almost done.

[Slippery Morris]

If Saints get RCG out of this then it is a better outcome than they would have put in place earlier to replace JDB. Nothing much was out there earlier as a replacement. JDB is quality not a bench player so you ned to replace him with quality. They are clearly waiting to see what quality becomes available. Millward is a great operator hence why we got Vaughn, Graham and Sims in similar circumstances and that was wait for them to become available and get them at bargain prices. RCG looks like he want's out of there.

 

[Miller was a legend]

Winning 8 of our next 13 games (inc tomorrow) would get us to 26 points its not enough imo and I cant see where us winning 8 games comes from. Our 13 games are in order:
Bulldogs
Manly
Cowboys
Storm
Raiders
Panthers
Rabbits
Eels
Titans
Sharks
Roosters
Tigers
Titans

I can only see a max of 5 wins there, which will only get us to 20 points.

It has to be remembered too that teams ahead of us still have 2 points for the bye in hand, these include Cows, Eels, Manly, Raiders and Rabbits, as do teams below us, Panthers, Titans and Bulldogs.

I believe the players can do it. Wether the Coach lets them is whole other issue

 

[BLM01]

The top 8 looks almost done and dusted.
Rooters, souths storm ,knights sharks ,raiders, Broncos and probably manly.
Can't see us getting even close .
Not much fun when your season done only half way through the year.

Bit early for almost done and dusted. Not saying we will make it but a couple will bolt from down below and a couple will topple from above.

 

[Old Kogarah Boy 1]

Yes, Jeff. For me the Mudgee debacle signalled we must treasure any win we manage for the rest of the season and ignore the 8. I no longer bother checking the ladder.

But I'm a Dragons fanatic rather than a Rugby League fan. So I will continue to seek out every bit of Dragons info, hang out for every Tuesday arvo team announcement and put the usual emotion into match day. Rejoice in any victory and sulk after each loss.

Where I am affected by the Dragons lowly position is I lose all interest in other games. Because I am not an NRL fan there is no point watching other teams. What do I care who makes the 8 if the Dragons aren't up there? And my only interest in watching SoO is to see how our boys perform and whether they make it through unscathed.

But the 2nd half of this season has great importance for our future success. So many questions to be answered. Which front rowers do we keep? Can Graham go another season? How about Kerr and Timm or will Blacker be the future? Will Jackson Ford make the transition to NRL? What about our wingers - will two decent wingers emerge from Pereira, Rava, Pearson and Saab? What about Dufty and Field? What position is Zac's best? What's to be done with Aitken? Is McInnes the best option for long term captain?

Sadly it is my opinion that many of these questions will remain unanswered because Mary will cling to the mathematical possibility of making the 8 so each week he will stick to what he regards as his best team. If any CC players get a run it will be like Hutch in 2016 - just a token selection.

Despite what I foresee, my fanaticism for the Dragons will remain undiminished. But I have added something new to my bucket list - to watch the Dragons play under a coach other than Mary.

Very well said, DS2 ............... your comments echo the thoughts of many members here.
As a fellow Dragons tragic, l'm starting to think the unforgivable ( hoping we continue to lose ) .... in hope the coach gets sacked, sooner rather than later.

I'm of the opionion that it will take something major, possibly the spoon, to shift McGregor but so be it.

For the life of me, l just can't see us improving as a whole, until he's gone. I have nothing personal against McGregor but a person of any decency would see that they are not up for the job and resign.

McGregor refuses to do what's best for the club. Anybody ( like he did ) who says they are excited about our possibilities, after losing four or five in a row is deluded.

Facts are, we have a top three or four team, yet will never get near it with him.
End of the story.

 

[possm]

Very well said, DS2 ............... your comments echo the thoughts of many members here.
As a fellow Dragons tragic, l'm starting to think the unforgivable ( hoping we continue to lose ) .... in hope the coach gets sacked, sooner rather than later.

I'm of the opionion that it will take something major, possibly the spoon, to shift McGregor but so be it.

For the life of me, l just can't see us improving as a whole, until he's gone. I have nothing personal against McGregor but a person of any decency would see that they are not up for the job and resign.

McGregor refuses to do what's best for the club. Anybody ( like he did ) who says they are excited about our possibilities, after losing four or five in a row is deluded.

Facts are, we have a top three or four team, yet will never get near it with him.
End of the story.

Mary has the full support of our CEO and Board. We need a clean out and have needed one for a few years now.

 

[jeffdragon]

Bit early for almost done and dusted. Not saying we will make it but a couple will bolt from down below and a couple will topple from above.

Unfortunately seen it all before.
Games like the warriors game even chooks .
If we were any chance we should have won those and we blew it.

 

[Blood Shot Eyes]

NOW is time to prepare our squad for 2020. Forget about winning games, concentrate on preparing to clear out the deadwood and sign quality management and players.

I think we forgot how to win games a long long time ago.....as for clearing out the dead wood lets start with the Coach then move up and down

 

[Blood Shot Eyes]

The top 8 looks almost done and dusted.
Rooters, souths storm ,knights sharks ,raiders, Broncos and probably manly.
Can't see us getting even close .
Not much fun when your season done only half way through the year.

Wouldnt say its done and dusted (not that I think we will be there) Knights, Broncos and Manly are no shoe in just yet imo

 

[Old Kogarah Boy 1]

Wouldnt say its done and dusted (not that I think we will be there) Knights, Broncos and Manly are no shoe in just yet imo

True that, BSE's.
We'll probably make a last minute run for the eight, just scrap into the finals, with burntout players and injuries, get boooted out in the first semi final ................. and mcGregor will blame injuries and bad luck but at least he got us to the finals ( with a smirk on his face ) ......... and the board will agree he did a great job with what he was up against and have an extension ready & waiting for him for next time round.

Everything is so predictable, there's no need to employ a playwright.

 

[SGMax]

Not saying they will, but if we Saints win by 44 tomorrow they take 8th spot.
I will take a any win but our form over the last couple of games is a concern.
Not the same energy as last year.
Results in other games are keeping it within reach.
Lets hope the Dragons can get back on track.

 

[Dennis Papaioannou]

An

True that, BSE's.
We'll probably make a last minute run for the eight, just scrap into the finals, with burntout players and injuries, get boooted out in the first semi final ................. and mcGregor will blame injuries and bad luck but at least he got us to the finals ( with a smirk on his face ) ......... and the board will agree he did a great job with what he was up against and have an extension ready & waiting for him for next time round.

Everything is so predictable, there's no need to employ a playwright.

Any statistical improvement in the second half of the season will be lauded and credited to McGregor's coaching prowess.
The smirk will be there even if we finish 9th, 10th or 11th.
That's better than 13th right?

 

[Hardcore Dragon]

The top 8 looks almost done and dusted.
Rooters, souths storm ,knights sharks ,raiders, Broncos and probably manly.
Can't see us getting even close .
Not much fun when your season done only half way through the year.

We're normally leading the comp at this stage only to finish around 8th.

With our traditional fade out still ahead of us, likely to drop to the wooden spoon.

XXX

 

[Hardcore Dragon]

The smirk will be there even if we finish 9th, 1oth or 11th.
That's better than 13th right?

He's excited.

XXX

 

[Dea]

We win against the Dogs and nothing has really changed because they are a reserve quality team. We lose tomorrow and the Dragons should sack the coach. “Should” and will are not the same thing though.
As for the season... I’ve lost hope for being in the finals but also don’t believe that the current coach will do anything to develop the next batch of players. He hasn’t done it before, no reason to believe he will do it now.

 

[Dea]

We're normally leading the comp at this stage only to finish around 8th.

With our traditional fade out still ahead of us, likely to drop to the wooden spoon.

XXX

If we have the same rate of end of year fade out we might end up 3 below the wooden spoon!

 

[Dragonslayer]

After todays games, and factoring in byes, we are now 15th on the ladder.

Penrirh are equal on 10 points but add 2 for the bye gets them to 12.

The Titans are on 8 points but add in the bye and that gets them to 10, but they have superior for/against.

Doesn't tomorrows game have real impact now?

 

[Wittenberg]

I truly hope not because it is very hard to get them back once they begin to follow another club or game.

We need a scandal that is vigour sly covered by the media or a financial report that shows WIN to be losing badly on their investment.

Maybe a wooden spoon would generate some activity.

The wooden spoon is not totally out of the question. We will know after the Dogs game.

 

[Dragonssupporter]

I see things differently-its never too late and i also never believe the Dragons arent going to win. So lets think positive-were the Dragons and we have the best record bar none. We still have a chance and till the day i die i'll never believe were not the best!! Lets get behind them and storm home. We're the Dragons!!

 

[Old Timer]

4 if not 5 teams who finished below us last year will likely finish above us this year.
2 of which will probably finish top 6 which we are yet to do under this coach.

 

[Wittenberg]

I think we forgot how to win games a long long time ago.....as for clearing out the dead wood lets start with the Coach then move up and down

Unfortunately I think our Club at the moment is incapable of making a brave decision. A clean out of our attitude and culture is needed before anything else and eventually that will lead to a new coach. Only then.
But it can only come from the very top. And our top shows little bravery, just a desire to hold onto the old boys from each of the old clubs. Until we accept that we need to look forward and not back, nothing will change. I see words like ‘tradition’ lying at the heart of our problem.