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I wish for itPaul McGregor feeling the heat as rumours of ‘unrest’ at Dragons return
NRL Premiership
- August 3, 2020 8:16am
- Mark St John@markdfstjohn
- Source: FOX SPORTS
Dragons coach Paul McGregor is again under pressure.Source: AAP
St George Illawarra coach Paul McGregor is again under pressure after a two-game losing streak, with Phil Rothfield reporting rumours of unrest at the club.
After a mid-season revival that saw them win four from six games, the Dragons have now lost their last two and four of their last six and Rothfield believes their finals hopes are over.
“A couple of sides were very disappointing and I’ve put the red felt pen through them for the year and one of them is the Dragons,” Rothfield told The Big Sports Breakfast.
“I think St George are gone and I was hoping the Dragons and the Tigers would be banging hard on the door for the finals, but you look at their form over the weekend and you have got to have serious doubts.”
McGregor survived the axe earlier this season after he lost his first four games and there were suggestions he had lost the dressing room.
Rothfield revealed the murmurs of unrest in the Dragons ranks have returned after the 32-24 Round 12 loss to the Rabbitohs.
“I got a couple of calls over the weekend about unrest at the Dragons,” Rothfield said.
“Paul McGregor cops it whenever the Dragons’ form is down and a club that doesn’t win football games they are never happy places to be around.
“I am just hearing stories of unrest and there and suggestions that Mary (McGregor) is losing the players again.
“They led 16-0 so he hadn’t lost them there for that first 20 minutes, but the way they capitulated and folded was very, very disappointing.
“But these are the stories I am hearing and I don’t like reporting these sort of stories, but the people who are telling me have got good connections to the club.”
McGregor faces an uphill battle to retain his job at the club beyond 2020 and Rothfield believes it will come down to how the players respond in the last two months of the season.
Dragons player look dejected after the Rabbitohs loss.Source: Getty Images
“I think it is a story that we are going to have to keep a very close eye on in the run home to the finals over the next eight weeks because this decision was the biggest talking point earlier in the year and then they knuckled down,” Rothfield said.
“The thing with this side is you play Hunt at hooker and he was going great. You take him out of there and he goes back to halfback and the skipper goes to hooker.
“I just don’t know why there is all this chopping and changing going on.”
It doesn’t get any easier for the Dragons who next face the Roosters on Thursday night before coming up against the Eels in Round 14.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...d/news-story/f989953ce9abf0885f25bcbf9219b8b4
Norman and mary both should be charged with fraud
DRAGONSLAYER - you were right mate
Getty Jason Saab 2019
Getty Brett Morris of the Roosters contests the ball with Jason Saab. (Getty)Paul McGregor feeling the heat as rumours of ‘unrest’ at Dragons return
NRL Premiership
- August 3, 2020 8:16am
- Mark St John@markdfstjohn
- Source: FOX SPORTS
Dragons coach Paul McGregor is again under pressure.Source: AAP
St George Illawarra coach Paul McGregor is again under pressure after a two-game losing streak, with Phil Rothfield reporting rumours of unrest at the club.
After a mid-season revival that saw them win four from six games, the Dragons have now lost their last two and four of their last six and Rothfield believes their finals hopes are over.
“A couple of sides were very disappointing and I’ve put the red felt pen through them for the year and one of them is the Dragons,” Rothfield told The Big Sports Breakfast.
“I think St George are gone and I was hoping the Dragons and the Tigers would be banging hard on the door for the finals, but you look at their form over the weekend and you have got to have serious doubts.”
McGregor survived the axe earlier this season after he lost his first four games and there were suggestions he had lost the dressing room.
Rothfield revealed the murmurs of unrest in the Dragons ranks have returned after the 32-24 Round 12 loss to the Rabbitohs.
“I got a couple of calls over the weekend about unrest at the Dragons,” Rothfield said.
“Paul McGregor cops it whenever the Dragons’ form is down and a club that doesn’t win football games they are never happy places to be around.
“I am just hearing stories of unrest and there and suggestions that Mary (McGregor) is losing the players again.
“They led 16-0 so he hadn’t lost them there for that first 20 minutes, but the way they capitulated and folded was very, very disappointing.
“But these are the stories I am hearing and I don’t like reporting these sort of stories, but the people who are telling me have got good connections to the club.”
McGregor faces an uphill battle to retain his job at the club beyond 2020 and Rothfield believes it will come down to how the players respond in the last two months of the season.
Dragons player look dejected after the Rabbitohs loss.Source: Getty Images
“I think it is a story that we are going to have to keep a very close eye on in the run home to the finals over the next eight weeks because this decision was the biggest talking point earlier in the year and then they knuckled down,” Rothfield said.
“The thing with this side is you play Hunt at hooker and he was going great. You take him out of there and he goes back to halfback and the skipper goes to hooker.
“I just don’t know why there is all this chopping and changing going on.”
It doesn’t get any easier for the Dragons who next face the Roosters on Thursday night before coming up against the Eels in Round 14.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...d/news-story/f989953ce9abf0885f25bcbf9219b8b4[/QUOTE
The players were the ones who led 16-0 and stuffed it .
Mary should of went after they lost to the dogs in r4.
Never trust a man with two first names
DRAGONSLAYER - you were right mate
Another one bites the dust
Dragons set to grant release to teen sensation
NRL up-and-comer Jason Saab is set to be granted a release from his contract at the Dragons, freeing him up to join a new club in 2021.
The 19-year-old has been at loggerheads with the club who have reportedly denied him a release despite repeated requests to leave the Red V on multiple occasions.
The teen talent reportedly has no problem with the club, coach Paul McGregor or his salary but simply wants to play for a Sydney-based team that will spare him a daily 3½-hour round-trip to Wollongong.
The nearly two-metre tall athletic specimen won't have a hard time garnering interest on the NRL market, an according to Nine's chief rugby league reporter Danny Weidler that could come as soon as Tuesday morning.
"I've learned over the past few days that Jason Saab is most likely going to get a release from the Dragons for next year," Weidler told Nine's 100% Footy.
"There is a meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) between his manager and Ian Millward, and that's likely to see Saab allowed to go and look at one of six clubs."
While no formal offer has been made toward the teen, who is technically still on contract until the end of 2022, it is believed his management has fielded inquiry from rival clubs aware of his desire to leave the Illawarra district.
Canterbury, Manly and South Sydney are monitoring the situation, but Wests Tigers are believed to be in the driver's seat to bag the teen.
Dragons coach McGregor had previously said he said he was surprised that Saab wanted out of the club despite being signed until 2022.
"He has a great future in the game and we want it to be at this club," he said.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/sport/mor...ease-to-teen-sensation/ar-BB17vyJm?li=AAHAbBJ
