jodragon40
Staff
We will see I don't rate him as a starting prop would definitely have him on my bench definitely invaluable but as a cpt I will reserve my judgement pending the game
Round 19: St George Illawarra v Canberra
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RedVHeartbeat
SGI NSW Cup
With no Sloan we have lost our most lethal attacking weapon plus have lost a rare chance for the three amigos to rejoin and cause some havoc in their specialist positions..
RedVHeartbeat
SGI NSW Cup
No way on this earth is he better than his brother. No way is he better than most wingers in the comp. With respect, you obviously dont concentrate when watching us play. The guy is a massive liability and how our selectors dont see that is beyond me and most of my fellow posters.
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RedVHeartbeat
SGI NSW Cup
That is a small bench. One negative, plus if our new halves combo fail to add some much needed structure to our offense and without the attacking brilliance of Sloan, I can see us on the end of another hammering.
RedVHeartbeat
SGI NSW Cup
We have been a far more fluent side without Bird, defensively better too. Leave him where he is.
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Morgan
SGI NSW Cup
But gained a much better defence.
Eric
Staff
That's the facePlease give Sloan a revving
jodragon40 makes after he calls Sloan into his office, turns the laptop monitor around to show Sloan the video from the second half where he is too scared to dive on the ball but instead lets in another try. 
Eric
Staff
Lawrie is a fan favourite but...... I'm not sold on him. He reminds me of Jackson Ford. All effort and determination but only talented enough to be a first grader at best. Will never come into calculation for rep teams and NRL career will end early.
Just my views and I hope I'm wrong.
RedVHeartbeat
SGI NSW Cup
The kid needs five kilos to be more confident going into tackle a hulking outside back coming at him at a rate of knots. Having said that, he also needs blokes like Feagai and Rava to stay on their wings and not to make his job as the last line of defense akin to a mouse taking on a cat. At the moment it is such a thankless task for him and the reason he cops so much flack.
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RedVHeartbeat
SGI NSW Cup
Was a Junior Kangaroo. He'd be in calculation for reps now if he was in a stronger team imho.
Morgan
SGI NSW Cup
Averillo made his defence look like a joke. He's hardly bigger than Sloan. Also Damien Cook.
Eric
Staff
About half the junior kangaroos never make it in first grade.
I think he's a good, solid, tough prop who occasionally pumps out 150m + games but he doesn't have a lot of upside. When one has to rely so much on effort and dedication, one's career rarely goes into the 30s in the NRL.
RedV01
SGI NSW Cup
Lawrie and JDB are being carrying the middle forwards. Lawrie would be better with less responsibility, not more. Every team need a no-frills prop who runs hard, makes metres, won't be selected in rep teams, won't be a big money.
jodragon40
Staff
Some bad news Su'a has pulled out of the team replaced by the one and only Billy Burns. Good heavens
Ryan
SGI NSW Cup
Were no chance of winning anyway. Burns won't win you any games but he'll run around tackling all day to ensure you don't get flogged either.
jodragon40
Staff
I hope you are right I already suggested we were going to get beaten by 16 I hope that it doesn't blow out again, but I fear it will their forward pack leaves ours for dead I'm afraid especially their bookends
Morgan
SGI NSW Cup
To lose by 'only' 16 wouldn't be a bad result for the Dragons these days.
Illusion
SGI NSW Cup
Mate no way around it , at this moment we are following a team that is at the bottom of the pile and have been getting worst every year ........ Spoon material ........
Morgan
SGI NSW Cup
True but I'm hopeful things will turn around starting next year.
If Flanno is really trying to convince Hunt to hang around rather than trying to organise a player trade....... I just don't understand it. Even if he was an all-time great, when the team is such a failure with him in it, surely it's time to go in another direction.
Illusion
SGI NSW Cup
No good having him stay and he sooks non stop and doesn't perform ....... And also we miss signing other players ...... I still don't know how this bloke is still captain of the team ...... There is no way I'd be following him on the field or off it ....... Said before the guy and the whole situation is TOXIC .......