Welcome Back Luciano

[Dragsters]

If figures on Zero Tackle are accurate - https://www.zerotackle.com/players/highest-paid-players/ - this will make Leilua the highest paid Dragon, so I guess he becomes the first bloke picked...

No Bunt?

 

[Mojo]

No Bunt?

He said he wanted more stars to be recruited.

 

[possm]

And Fifita? He's dropped? I'd much rather have Fifita in the middle than RFM

OK then:
8. Sele
9. Hunt
10. Molo
11. Su'A
12. Eisenhuth
13. De Belin

14. Liddle
15. Lawrie
16. Fifita
17. Leilua

 

[FlickFlano]

yay dragons

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

He’s a good player. You’ve paid peak, but if he turns up, all good.

At work today, the main concern was about Kyle and whether or not he can progress in attack.

And if he can’t, the question was how long Flanno will persist with him. Round 4 seemed to be the agreed period amongst our 2 ex NRL juniors.

There’s not a lot of faith in him, but that’s expected. People look at recent past,

With JL arriving, I’d be interested to see whether or not we put Bud to market, although he’s going really well. Maybe he will come back too.

We are trying to get the ex rooster lad to adopt SGI as the team of mutual work interest this year. Get his head around the side and all the challenges.

It flanno can turn things around, it will be exhilarating. Turn more than a few so called experts into gibberers!

 

[denis preston]

Bench will be Marschke/fifita/sele and one of RFM/Erisenhuth with the other 18th man

probably the bloke signed for 2 years not 1 …

We are not bringing a 900k player down to sit on the bench - we are not souths

flano and JM may swap later but not yet

There’s that “ 900k “ fallacy quoted again.

 

[Draginzaaar]

OK then:
8. Sele
9. Hunt
10. Molo
11. Su'A
12. Eisenhuth
13. De Belin

14. Liddle
15. Lawrie
16. Fifita
17. Leilua

Hunt will not play hooker. You have to get that into your head.

 

[FlickFlano]

DP - where did I say we were paying him 900k .. he is getting that but it is not all from us ie less than 700k per year from us ..

 

[dragon thomo]

Lawrie will be in the starting side and so he should be. Sele may come off the bench only because of his fitness. If Sele is fit he should also Start. Luciano Sua and De Belin the back row

 

[Victoire]

I'm guessing there'll be news incoming today. Cowboys first

Club statement: Luciano Leilua

The North Queensland Cowboys have released Luciano Leilua from the remainder of his contract, effective immediately.

www.cowboys.com.au

 

[possm]

Hunt will not play hooker. You have to get that into your head.

Hunt may move on if selected at hooker. He might just demand the termination of his contract. The best thing that could happen now to our squad is to rid it of the disruptive and selfish Ben Hunt.

 

[mattchuot]

If anyone is still worried about how much the club is paying for Luciano, Michael Carayannis on SEN Breakfast this morning said we are paying him less than 700k a year. Carayannis is pretty close to the club as far as journos are concerned so I am more inclined to believe his numbers than some of the others floating around at the moment.

 

[Newcomerfan01]

There’s that “ 900k “ fallacy quoted again.

well technically he is a $900K player no matter how much we are actually paying him.

 

[Mojo]

Hunt may move on if selected at hooker. He might just demand the termination of his contract. The best thing that could happen now to our squad is to rid it of the disruptive and selfish Ben Hunt.

I tend to agree but we're thin in the halves and we could also simply release him when it suits us better rather than using the torment method to test his resolve.

 

[Dragon David]

I'm guessing there'll be news incoming today. Cowboys first

Club statement: Luciano Leilua

The North Queensland Cowboys have released Luciano Leilua from the remainder of his contract, effective immediately.

www.cowboys.com.au

If LL was stood down by the Cowboys, would this stand down be applicable by the Dragons as well for the DUI offence?

 

[Victoire]

If LL was stood down by the Cowboys, would this stand down be applicable by the Dragons as well for the DUI offence?

Nope. I feel that dropping that line in there was a slightly unnecessary jab by the Cows, possibly to make the whole immediate release more palatable to any of their fans who may disagree with the decision. Fair enough to them I guess. But that DUI case is over now so it's not relevant to us

 

[RedVee]

I'm guessing there'll be news incoming today. Cowboys first

Club statement: Luciano Leilua

The North Queensland Cowboys have released Luciano Leilua from the remainder of his contract, effective immediately.

www.cowboys.com.au

I hope that means he passed his physical

 

[This Year?]

Always happy to have a Saints junior back in our colours again.
Rip in Pavarotti. Give 'em hell.

 

[denis preston]

If LL was stood down by the Cowboys, would this stand down be applicable by the Dragons as well for the DUI offence?

Has he been training? Behind the 8 ball in fitness isn’t a good start.

 

[Dragon David]

Nope. I feel that dropping that line in there was a slightly unnecessary jab by the Cows, possibly to make the whole immediate release more palatable to any of their fans who may disagree with the decision. Fair enough to them I guess. But that DUI case is over now so it's not relevant to us

That looks fair enough Victoire.