Kyle Flanagan & the coach

Dragons Chris

Dragons Chris

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Sorry to say but I saw this headline on Fox Sport and for a moment hoped he'd done a hamstring or something like that.

Kyle Flanagan’s brutal Vegas hit​

Not to be
As part of preparations for this Sunday’s Allegiant Stadium blockbuster against Canterbury, Dragons players finished a field session with a conditioning game that saw the left edge and starting middles square off against the right edge and bench middles.

And the stakes were high -- losers buy coffee.

Which at roughly US$15 a cup here in Las Vegas, is no small thing.

And apart from telling you that the left edge lost, there have also been whispers from inside Dragons camp suggesting said group then drew straws on who was taking the hit for all of it -- and Flanagan lucked out.
 
Frank Facer

Frank Facer

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Ryan said:
I bet they will go soft on him.
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Do you think Flanno has had the cattle over the last 2 years and even this year?
I don't. I thought taking the job of our coach, was coaching suicide and it would take years for any coach to get the cattle to perform well. I didn't have any expectations for us to make the top 5 over the last 2 years and this year.

He might have the cattle by next year?
 
Ryan

Ryan

SGI NSW Cup
Frank Facer said:
Do you think Flanno has had the cattle over the last 2 years and even this year?
I don't. I thought taking the job of our coach, was coaching suicide and it would take years for any coach to get the cattle to perform well. I didn't have any expectations for us to make the top 5 over the last 2 years and this year.

He might have the cattle by next year?
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I think this is his team. If it's not up to scratch, he is to blame more than anyone else.
 
jodragon40

jodragon40

Staff
Frank Facer said:
Do you think Flanno has had the cattle over the last 2 years and even this year?
I don't. I thought taking the job of our coach, was coaching suicide and it would take years for any coach to get the cattle to perform well. I didn't have any expectations for us to make the top 5 over the last 2 years and this year.

He might have the cattle by next year?
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Agree and thats the actual word he mentioned, got to have the cattle
( players)
 
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Dragon David

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jodragon40 said:
Agree and thats the actual word he mentioned, got to have the cattle
( players)
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The thing is though Jo, every team has the cattle. I know what Flanno means when he says you have to have the cattle to win premierships - what he means is of course great cattle of which we only have a few. The better clubs have superior "Angus" quality cattle while we have "Lowline" ones sprinkled with some "Hereford" range.
 
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redv4life

SGI Jersey Flegg
Frank Facer said:
Do you think Flanno has had the cattle over the last 2 years and even this year?
I don't. I thought taking the job of our coach, was coaching suicide and it would take years for any coach to get the cattle to perform well. I didn't have any expectations for us to make the top 5 over the last 2 years and this year.

He might have the cattle by next year?
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It’s his spine mate. Why does he get so many excuses compared to every other coach?
 
GCRV

GCRV

SGI NSW Cup
redv4life said:
It’s his spine mate. Why does he get so many excuses compared to every other coach?
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No excuses this year. First year he had excuses. Last year when the team went backwards, his excuses were less. Now he has no excuses. He is the one sticking with Kyle rather than working with the much more talented LKT or recruiting much more talented halves stuck behind guys like Cleary or Katoa or Walker or Munster and etc.
 
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Dragon David

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Kyle will not deliver for us as either a 5/8th or half back. He isn't a player that can change the course of a game, nor can he manage a game and he lacks speed and true team work. His only advantage is that he puts a lot of effort into his defensive work and maybe he could be considered to play as a lock but I'm thinking more and more as the 14. This is what Tim Watsford mentioned ages ago and he should push hard for this to happen. That would enable players like LKT and Reed to be playing alongside Atkinson. In saying this, so far Atkinson has not shown a great deal of pizzaz and game management and running game which our halves must have for some much awaited success from this club we support.
 
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dragonheart

SGI Jersey Flegg
Frank Facer said:
Do you think Flanno has had the cattle over the last 2 years and even this year?
I don't. I thought taking the job of our coach, was coaching suicide and it would take years for any coach to get the cattle to perform well. I didn't have any expectations for us to make the top 5 over the last 2 years and this year.

He might have the cattle by next year?
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You could say Parra and Raiders were similar but improved through youth and speed and have moved forward very quickly. I guess we have all touched on having a great junior base and being able to retain them. If things don't go well in the first 6 rounds then Reed has to come in to reinvigorate the back line, it is to one dimensional.
 
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