Round 17 - St George Illawarra Dragons vs Warriors

[RedVHeartbeat]

Bird is a crap defender. Sack him for Ressies

 

[RedVHeartbeat]

He's not having his best game but I have noticed that both wingers are darting in, if you defend like that you cannot miss the ball carrier

I've been saying that for weeks, no months, yet both remain.

 

[jodragon40]

Goodness gracious me the games rules must have changed that was a no try. They caught Sloan out of position once again

 

[GCRV]

Some really unlucky things for the Dragons so far.

 

[RedVHeartbeat]

FO has extended Rava, so play him in the forwards please, he CAN TACKLE ANYTHING HE WANTS THEN WITHOUT COSTING US TRY AFTER TRY

 

[RedV01]

Had enough of this.

 

[jodragon40]

Seriously Sloan never ever looked like he was going to challenge for that bomb. Good attacker not 1st grade defensively

 

[Eric]

Is Sloan's attacking ability worth his inability to catch bombs and tackle?

 

[RedVHeartbeat]

WTF three of us unable to stop the offload.

Look at the difference in ball play between Johnson and Hunt.

 

[jodragon40]

Jackson Ford not good enough to wear the big red V but good enough to score against us.

 

[jodragon40]

Is Sloan's attacking ability worth his inability to catch bombs and tackle?

No

 

[RedVHeartbeat]

Is Sloan's attacking ability worth his inability to catch bombs and tackle?

He has not spilled a bomb for weeks. His defense is improving. Given his silky attacking skills we need to be patient with his all round game.

 

[Chris M]

JDB and Su'a are the only first grade standard forwards.

 

[jodragon40]

WTF three of us unable to stop the offload.

Look at the difference in ball play between Johnson and Hunt.

Hunt hasn't been in the game just going through the motions. Look at the Warriors when Johnson has the ball even on the last they have players in motion when Hunt gets it nobody is moving. One team playing for their cpt the other not

 

[jodragon40]

He has not spilled a bomb for weeks. His defense is improving. Given his silky attacking skills we need to be patient with his all round game.

He hasn't improved his one on one tackles in 2 seasons and his positional play is awful. Not in my run on team until he puts his body on the line for his teamates

 

[Chris M]

Jackson Ford not good enough to wear the big red V but good enough to score against us.

Jackson Ford vs BMM..... Sums up Hook's recruitment and retention perfectly.

 

[Eric]

Hunt hasn't been in the game just going through the motions. Look at the Warriors when Johnson has the ball even on the last they have players in motion when Hunt gets it nobody is moving. One team playing for their cpt the other not

Sean Johnson is way better than Hunt judging tonight. I'm not sure Hunt is putting in 100%. I think his missed tackle number might prove interesting by the end of the game.

 

[RedVHeartbeat]

Rava has cost us two tries, still too many errors, middle defense letting us down, Bird specially. When Hunt is at half our structure is non existent. Betting Sloan would add structure but this will likely negate his attack, his biggest asset.

 

[Chris M]

Rava has cost us two tries, still too many errors, middle defense letting us down, Bird specially. When Hunt is at half our structure is non existent. Betting Sloan would add structure but this will likely negate his attack, his biggest asset.

Middle defence is simply awful!

 

[RedVHeartbeat]

Middle defence is simply awful!

A lot of this is how often we allow teams to scoot from dummy half, putting us on the back foot. Carr is also our defense coach, up to him to remedy this.