Round 21: Dragons vs Penrith Panthers - 28 July @ 2PM

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Dave03

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We're coming off a heart stopping win against the Broncos, keeping our finals hopes alive. The club, coaches & players are reminding fans at every opportunity finals footy is the goal this season. They're desperate to taste some September footy & so am I!!!

In our path for finals glory is the mighty Penrith Panthers, it'll be a big game on a hopefully rainy Sunday arvo at WIN. I say rain because Panthers have an issue with wet weather footy & it suits our power game a bit more.

Cleary will return & they'll go to another level with him in the team. We've already beaten them once this season, can we do it again?

Flanno will have the lads fired up, fresh off a bye. Who makes way for Hunt & Lomax? Any other changes

Outs: Bird, Sloan, Eisenhuth
Ins: Lomax, Hunt, RFM

My Team:

1. Lomax
2. CT
3. Suli
4. Feagai
5. Rava
6. Flanno
7. Hunt
8. Molo
9. Liddle
10. Sele
11. Su'a
12. RFM
13. JDB

14. Marschke
15. BMM
16. T. Couchman
17. Leilua

18. R. Couchman

Dragons by 6pts
MOM: Su'a
 
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Dave03 said:
We're coming off a heart stopping win against the Broncos, keeping our finals hopes alive. The club, coaches & players are reminding fans at every opportunity finals footy is the goal this season. They're desperate to taste some September footy & so am I!!!

In our path for finals glory is the mighty Penrith Panthers, it'll be a big game on a hopefully rainy Sunday arvo at WIN. I say rain because Panthers have an issue with wet weather footy & it suits our power game a bit more.

Cleary will return & they'll go to another level with him in the team. We've already beaten them once this season, can we do it again?

Flanno will have the lads fired up, fresh off a bye. Who makes way for Hunt & Lomax? Any other changes

Outs: Bird, Sloan, Eisenhuth
Ins: Lomax, Hunt, RFM

My Team:

1. Lomax
2. CT
3. Suli
4. Feagai
5. Rava
6. Flanno
7. Hunt
8. Molo
9. Liddle
10. Sele
11. Su'a
12. RFM
13. JDB

14. Marschke
15. BMM
16. T. Couchman
17. Leilua

18. R. Couchman

Dragons by 6pts
MOM: Su'a
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Ryan Couchman > BMM

I understand the thinking of Zac at fullback but I think we need at least one fast runner. Even though CT scored 3 tries, I liked Rava's tough carries on Sat. So I'd replace CT with Zac.

Also dropping Lawrie? I'd drop Sele first. Also Bird in for Marschke.
 
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Ryan Couchman > BMM

I understand the thinking of Zac at fullback but I think we need at least one fast runner. Even though CT scored 3 tries, I liked Rava's tough carries on Sat. So I'd replace CT with Zac.

Also dropping Lawrie? I'd drop Sele first. Also Bird in for Marschke.
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Like BMM bench impact, I thought Sele had a great game & Lawrie is injured. Worried about Cleary exposing Sloans defensive positioning & goal line defence.
 
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Dave03 said:
Like BMM bench impact, I thought Sele had a great game & Lawrie is injured. Worried about Cleary exposing Sloans defensive positioning & goal line defence.
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Agree but Ryan Couchman has more impact. BMM might be bigger I think Toby is running for more metres than Molo as well.
 
Ryan

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GCRV said:
Ryan Couchman > BMM

I understand the thinking of Zac at fullback but I think we need at least one fast runner. Even though CT scored 3 tries, I liked Rava's tough carries on Sat. So I'd replace CT with Zac.

Also dropping Lawrie? I'd drop Sele first. Also Bird in for Marschke.
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But Flanno won't pick Ryan so not much use talking about it. Frank Molo ran for only 86m and missed 6 tackles against the Broncos.
 
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Chris M said:
Am I the only person who sees the problem with Kyle Flanno? I'd have Bird at 5/8.
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Hunt needs someone to help him out with organisation & game management, that's not Bird's style of play. Also Kyle provides another kicking option while with Bird it would mean Hunt is only our sole kicker. I don't think Bird is a good fit with Hunt as halves. I think Bird is good depth now & potentially utility off the bench.
 
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Dave03 said:
Hunt needs someone to help him out with organisation & game management, that's not Bird's style of play. Also Kyle provides another kicking option while with Bird it would mean Hunt is only our sole kicker. I don't think Bird is a good fit with Hunt as halves. I think Bird is good depth now & potentially utility off the bench.
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Kyle hardly ever kicks.
 
Chris M

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Bye round is kind of boring but the good news is that the guaranteed 2 points will surely see the Dragons in the top 8.

From now we play:
  1. Penrith (lose)
  2. Melbourne (lose)
  3. Canterbury (win)
  4. Gold Coast (win)
  5. Cronulla (win)
  6. Parramatta (win)
  7. Canberra (win)
 
RedV01

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Chris M said:
Bye round is kind of boring but the good news is that the guaranteed 2 points will surely see the Dragons in the top 8.

From now we play:
  1. Penrith (lose)
  2. Melbourne (lose)
  3. Canterbury (win)
  4. Gold Coast (win)
  5. Cronulla (win)
  6. Parramatta (win)
  7. Canberra (win)
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It's between Penrith, Melbourne and the f*cking Rorters anyway. Rest are making up the numbers.
 
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RedV01 said:
It's between Penrith, Melbourne and the f*cking Rorters anyway. Rest are making up the numbers.
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I don't praise other clubs as a rule but I'll make an exception for Bellamy. They've been without Munster for almost the entire season and cruising to the minor premiership regardless.
 
Ryan

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They will be without Edwards but otherwise at full strength. It'll be interesting to see how Sloan goes vs their back up fullback. Except for the halves, I don't think they really have that much on the Dragons. Probably just a bit better right across the ground and much better in the halves.
 
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Ryan said:
They will be without Edwards but otherwise at full strength. It'll be interesting to see how Sloan goes vs their back up fullback. Except for the halves, I don't think they really have that much on the Dragons. Probably just a bit better right across the ground and much better in the halves.
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Interesting, we have an odd ability to match them better than a lot of teams. I'm hoping for a close match, we should be the fresher team since we're coming off the bye.
 
Chris M

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Team Tips: Ben Hunt will be back on deck after missing Round 19 due to Origin, with Jesse Marschke to drop out of the 17. Raymond Faitala-Mariner is a chance of returning from a back injury and will likely push Luciano Leilua back to the bench and Ben Murdoch-Masila out of the side.
No BMM in the side is better but I'd still prefer the first 4 forwards picked were:
  • JDB
  • Su'A
  • Toby Couchman
  • Ryan Couchman
 
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Chris M said:
Team Tips: Ben Hunt will be back on deck after missing Round 19 due to Origin, with Jesse Marschke to drop out of the 17. Raymond Faitala-Mariner is a chance of returning from a back injury and will likely push Luciano Leilua back to the bench and Ben Murdoch-Masila out of the side.
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Expect more changes than that, they could even be saved till 24hour update.
 
Chris M

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Dragons team: ​

  1. Tyrell Sloan
  2. Zac Lomax
  3. Moses Suli
  4. Max Feagai
  5. Christian Tuipulotu
  6. Kyle Flanagan
  7. Ben Hunt
  8. Francis Molo
  9. Jacob Liddle
  10. Jack de Belin
  11. Raymond Faitala-Mariner
  12. Jaydn Su’A
  13. Tom Eisenhuth
  14. Hame Sele
  15. Luciano Leilua
  16. Toby Couchman
  17. Ben Murdoch-Masila
  18. Mathew Feagai
Blocka dropped
 
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