jodragon40
Staff
We were not going to make the top 8 this season anyway. Just looking for the necessary improvements to make us a top 8 team for 27.
Dragons v Storm Round 2
- Thread starter Dragon David
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Dragons Chris
SGI NSW Cup
- Clinton Gutherson 6/10
- Christian Tuipulotu 6/10 did a lot of work
- Moses Suli 4/10 very quiet
- Valentine Holmes 8/10 by far our most dangerous back
- Setu Tu 2/10 far too quiet
- Kyle Flanagan 3/10 As expected
- Daniel Atkinson 8/10 Really good
- Emre Guler 4/10
- Damien Cook 6/10
- Toby Couchman 8/10
- Luciano Leilua 8/10
- Jaydn Su’A 8/10
- Hame Sele 6/10
- Hamish Stewart 8/10
- Josh Kerr 7/10 Was good. Best game I've seen him play for the Dragons.
- Blake Lawrie
- Ryan Couchman 8/10
- Lyhkan King-Togia
- Mathew Feagai 5/10
RedV01
SGI NSW Cup
Another game like that from Tu and it might be time to recall Mr. Tyrell Sloan.
DragonsTragic
SGI Jersey Flegg
I thought it had turned from the time that Luc intercepted in centre field and turned to offload but no one there to take it. He took the tackle and played it to Cook and still no one ready to push up. Just clocked off.
jodragon40
Staff
Well that result was not unexpected. The final score most certainly doesn't reflect how close that game was for 60 minutes, but we all know its an 80 minute game.
The performance by Atkinson was very good the 2 tries he set up with those beautiful passes shows that he has what it takes to be a genuine 7, but he can't do it on his own.
There is nothing wrong with our attacking structures when we execute them well, even the Storm were found out. We most certainly can score tries given the opportunity and field position.
I dont think it was a coincidence that we came a cropper just after Gutherson came off in the 58th minute with the HIA. I noticed that there was confusion and a distinct lack of communication in our defensive line.
After that we just turned over far too much ball in the 2nd half . In the 61st minute one of our most experienced players Cook kicks out on the full from dummy half, in his defence he was fatigued.
This will improve when Liddle comes back but after that kick it quickly went downhill from there.
In that period of time we completed 1 set of 6 whereas we gave the Storm 9 sets. You just can't give a top 4 team that much possession. Once they received that possession the errors continued.
In the end of the day we completed at 75% to Storms 88%, we missed 44 tackles, made 12 errors and couldn't match their speed. You simply cannot have those stats against any team let alone the Storm.
I believe that we will be able to grind out wins this season as long as we increase our completion rate, reduce our errors and missed tackle count from today.
I liked the way our young forwards are progressing, they certainly held their own, with 4 running 100m plus led by Su'a with young Ryan Couchman a close 2nd, Leilua also tried hard, exactly the same number as the Storm forwards.
But the reality is that we need more speed in our spine, we have to have attacking structures on both sides of the park to become a competitive top 8 team.
Next week up against the Eels, who will be confident after their upset win over the premiers, another tough game.
The performance by Atkinson was very good the 2 tries he set up with those beautiful passes shows that he has what it takes to be a genuine 7, but he can't do it on his own.
There is nothing wrong with our attacking structures when we execute them well, even the Storm were found out. We most certainly can score tries given the opportunity and field position.
I dont think it was a coincidence that we came a cropper just after Gutherson came off in the 58th minute with the HIA. I noticed that there was confusion and a distinct lack of communication in our defensive line.
After that we just turned over far too much ball in the 2nd half . In the 61st minute one of our most experienced players Cook kicks out on the full from dummy half, in his defence he was fatigued.
This will improve when Liddle comes back but after that kick it quickly went downhill from there.
In that period of time we completed 1 set of 6 whereas we gave the Storm 9 sets. You just can't give a top 4 team that much possession. Once they received that possession the errors continued.
In the end of the day we completed at 75% to Storms 88%, we missed 44 tackles, made 12 errors and couldn't match their speed. You simply cannot have those stats against any team let alone the Storm.
I believe that we will be able to grind out wins this season as long as we increase our completion rate, reduce our errors and missed tackle count from today.
I liked the way our young forwards are progressing, they certainly held their own, with 4 running 100m plus led by Su'a with young Ryan Couchman a close 2nd, Leilua also tried hard, exactly the same number as the Storm forwards.
But the reality is that we need more speed in our spine, we have to have attacking structures on both sides of the park to become a competitive top 8 team.
Next week up against the Eels, who will be confident after their upset win over the premiers, another tough game.
dragonheart
SGI Jersey Flegg
We just dont have any world beaters. Our forwards are fine enough and will get better with KK
Our attack is pedestrian most of the time, with no guile or difference and certainly no speed. We hardly ever make a break from our own 20 and finish it. Dumb mistakes like the grant dummy half try never helps.
We can not keep relying on the forwards to work their butts off all year, they will get fatigued injured and worn out, like last year.
And to see Kyle die with ball on the 5th tackle, just says he has no attacking prowess.
This will be a tough year again unfortunately.
Our attack is pedestrian most of the time, with no guile or difference and certainly no speed. We hardly ever make a break from our own 20 and finish it. Dumb mistakes like the grant dummy half try never helps.
We can not keep relying on the forwards to work their butts off all year, they will get fatigued injured and worn out, like last year.
And to see Kyle die with ball on the 5th tackle, just says he has no attacking prowess.
This will be a tough year again unfortunately.
Illusion
SGI NSW Cup
Even when Kyle went down injured , he should have been replaced at one stage he was on the wing trying to recover ........ This is going to be coaches downfall ........
George Sancti
SGI Jersey Flegg
I suspect you’ll be proven correct, RVH. If the losses continue, the calls for Flanno to be sacked will grow. The real issue isn’t removing him, it’s finding someone who can do a better job. Our trial and error approach with the previous three coaches didn’t serve us well, and at least Flanno has shown he can deliver a premiership.
Justadragon
SGI NSW Cup
The same old excuses at the PC, how good we were for 60min. What is KK going to do next year if we retain a backline like that. Where are these players that we are supposed to be getting. So the whole team collapses when Gutherson is off, thats why we have experienced players that are supposed to take charge. The way we finished the last 20min was reminiscent of our last 4 games last year. We are mentally weak, and slow.
dragonheart
SGI Jersey Flegg
We were fine for 60 minutes, but once the great 1, 6, 7, and 9 of the Storm start doing their thing we were gone, we can not compete.
Wouldn't we love a spine like that, even half of it.
Let's hope Atkinson and Reed later this year can spark something with Liddle back on board.
Wouldn't we love a spine like that, even half of it.
Let's hope Atkinson and Reed later this year can spark something with Liddle back on board.
jodragon40
Staff
I will add this to my comments after just watching the replay which I do its just a habit. I would not be surprised if both our play makers were playing injured in that 2nd half as a result of two separate tackles in the 1st half.