Ok, I know Flanno got extended, but do you think if the Dragons are getting crunched by lets say mid season that Flanno could be in trouble regardless of the extension. My thoughts are yes he will be. I suppose there are excuses for the last 2 years but what really happens this year ? I hope we progress but finishing bottom 4 will be a bitter pill to swallow waiting for 27 to magically turn us into a top 8 side.
If he isn't, he should be.
No, you have to look at the big picture the club won't be paying out his contract.
Fair opinion. But sorry in advance for losing it if we are not bad but mediocre and Flanno continues to pick KF.
I think LKTs acceleration is okay but lets say you are right, you know who else lacked acceleration? Johnathon Thurston.
Wow, Thurston had a brilliant football brain
No sir. He might have had a good footy brain but he was so good cause he took the ball in both hands right to the line. Defenders had no idea if he was going to run, kick, pass short, pass long, pass back inside.
I meant the comparison not the playing style. Thurston learnt his trade very well, as he developed, he developed his bag of tricks akin to Benji Marshall.
Sir, do you honestly believe we are going to have success with Mr. Kyle Flanagan in the halves? Unless he gets much better but he is 28.
I don't think Kyle was ok in 2024. He had something like 4 try assists for the entire year. I remember looking at the stat late in the year and saw he had the same number of try assists for the year as the Tigers 18 year-old 5/8 had in a single game.
I wont argue with you as I don't read stats Chris. If those figures are correct it shows that his attacking skills are not great which we saw again in 2025. So no improvement and possibly worse last season. To me it is up to LKT to prove that he is better than KF by killing it in Ressies while KF flounders again in firsts which won't be pleasing for us fans who want to see wins virtually from the first several games.
If Flanno has an indifferent 14 games in 2026 I hope that Tim Watsford seeks reasons why and if Flanno comes up with plausible answers then the likelihood of him being cut short of his contract term is nil. If his answers are not good then he could be put on notice as he would have had 2 and a half seasons of poor results irrespective of excuses like injuries etc. Only my thoughts but in all likelihood Shane will manage to see out his contract and hopefully have it extended on the basis that he is on a long winning roll.
Gotta say it as it is, minus our long time talisman and no KK we have a weaker starting engine room than last yr. Wacco we dump Jack for Kerr who we dumped yrs back. He'd better be a step up from his lazy first outing with us. The one positive is the Couchies, be bigger, more physical and hopefully even more skillful. Toby was a stand out in our pack in '25.
No doubt Kyle is only in the top 30, let alone first grade, because of his dad. He was off contract, playing #14 in the Dogs reserve grade team when Flanno was announced as our coach and the first thing he did was sign Kyle. No other club was interested.
Recruit Kerr and let JDB go. That'll do me. You know they say, 'The night is darkest just before the dawn.' Recruiting Kerr and letting JDB go was the darkest of the long night.
Has anyone, including JDB, give any real reason why they let JDB go and not give him at least another year (maybe JDB wanted 2 years - I can't remember)?
He wanted 2, Parra got him for 1 with a club option for a second. Obviously we could have got the same deal.