Mug Fan
SGI NSW Cup
Bit hard to pick Kade when he is still a few weeks away from playing an no way you put him straight into FG.
Round 22 v Dolphins at the Gong
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Bit hard to pick Kade when he is still a few weeks away from playing an no way you put him straight into FG.
GCRV
SGI NSW Cup
If only we can score more than 3 tries.
jodragon40
Staff
Surely we have learnt that lesson?
GCRV
SGI NSW Cup
Surely he starts with LKT at 5/8.
Morgan
SGI NSW Cup
Looking for Dylan Egan to bounce back after a very below average game against the Titans. Though same for the centres, it must be especially hard for the backrowers running off those 2 halves.
Justadragon
SGI NSW Cup
Good that he found out at the end of season. FMD !!!
Illusion
SGI NSW Cup
THEY WILL SMASH US ........ Speed to burn can see long range tries happening ......... Hope we beat them , but cant see it happening ........
Justadragon
SGI NSW Cup
Now Morgs Can we please stop calling our two persons in question halves. They are not halves and never will be. I’d refer to them more as crash test dummies.
jodragon40
Staff
Fatigue is catching up to our youngsters
RufusRex
SGI NSW Cup
Yep ... explains also why we are more likely to score first half than second
we can immediately reduce the workload on Couchies to 60 by using Truck for 40
Loko can play 50 with Webster 30
Using Luc more effectively could improve the impact on Egan/Stewart
Plus you still have Liddle for Cook ...
less is more
Eric
Staff
It isn't normal to play middle forwards for as long as the Couchmans have been playing consistently even if they have the ability. IMO can still play them for longer than usual without overworking them. As Deano is doing now. I'd say the aim should be to have them playing for 65 min each.
Eric
Staff
They will probably run away with it late but I expect us to go with them for the first half.
Dragon David
SGI NSW Cup
London to a brick on the Dolphins smashing the Dragons to rub more salt into the wounds of Young's poor head coaching career to date (only one game since his appointment I know). He will be desperate for a win but the signs are noticeable that the players are now struggling and they appear to be under pressure to win a game and with only 6 more regular games to play before the end of our season, the wins can only be in the last 4 games against the Tigers, Bulldogs, Sea Eagles and Eels because the next 2 games against the Dolphins and Sharks will be losses in my opinion. Even the last 4 games could be all losses but we have some chance of winning a couple, only a slight chance at that.
It will be next year that the expectations of greater improvement occurring. That expectation has been embedded in my head for the past 10 + years like it was last year and the year before that and so on. In this regard, I am not expecting too much next year hoping that expectation will reverse the trend.
Go the Dragons against the Dolphins, play hard and minimise errors and score some bloody tries why don't you.
Mug Fan
SGI NSW Cup
Straight out of McGregor handbook, flogg your best players so you get the contract.
How many times did they give him an extension in May when we were top 4 only to miss the finals.
How many times did they give him an extension in May when we were top 4 only to miss the finals.
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RufusRex
SGI NSW Cup
Titans - Toby played 65 and Ryan 68 .. If 65 is the goal then they are close ... i would still drop them back a little
Dave03
SGI NSW Cup
Couchman x 2 - 50ish mins each
LPT - 40ish mins
Save em a bit now. Get mins into halangahu, liddle, use more of our young depth players. I don't mind Stewart & Egan playing less mins too.
LPT - 40ish mins
Save em a bit now. Get mins into halangahu, liddle, use more of our young depth players. I don't mind Stewart & Egan playing less mins too.
TheRev
SGI NSW Cup
Dean did say thats why Hamish played edge.. so he could play more games/minutes without the workload of playing lock.. Egan missed 10 or so rounds also, hes probably OK, LPT started mid-season, so probably Couchies if anyone would be struggling.. thats probably happening because Kerr and Guler have been so dissapointing, thought we would have gotten lots more minutes out of em... def seems time to play some hutcho or webster instead... Nick also if he can put a few games together in cup.
Our injury situation rly isnt too bad this year (its mostly the depth players), esp vs last year where half our pack was gone, multiple ACL's early.. so quite dissapointing to only have 2 wins out of 2026.
Our injury situation rly isnt too bad this year (its mostly the depth players), esp vs last year where half our pack was gone, multiple ACL's early.. so quite dissapointing to only have 2 wins out of 2026.
Justadragon
SGI NSW Cup
If they play every game like they did against the Titans then every game will be a loss Dave. Regardless of what DY thinks we have gone backwards and our last game proved that.
Justadragon
SGI NSW Cup
Disappointing but not unexpected Rev. not with the backs we have. We were touted as wooden spooners and we gladly obliged.
jodragon40
Staff
Well those decisions are the responsibility of our head coach who has yet to come out of his comfort zone and actually make the decisions necessary to ensure that we don't continue to languish at the bottom of the ladder.