Round 24 vs Warriors

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Dave03

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Egan is a great in for them, Boyd gets another shot. Tough game. Pumped for it but also super nervous. Hame & Loko from socials look like really good mates, it'll be cool for them to play together off the bench in 1st grade. A little bit of chemistry never hurts...
 
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Justadragon

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jodragon40 said:
Flying under the radar isn't such a bad thing, but as far back to when Jesus played centres for us the media never ever like to admit they were wrong about anything to do with footy especially our club.

There will be a few clubs including the Warriors who have used an eraser to scrub out the 2 points that they pencilled in because they were playing the Dragons.

I can see us finishing on 28 points and if the Panthers lock in a top 4 spot before the last round they traditionally like the Storm rest their stars , we could win 6 in a row to end the season.

Now wouldn't that shut the neigh sayers who were tipping us to fight out for the spoon after our loss to the Cowboys.
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Unfortunately Jo you are dealing with a fan base that has been let down immensely over the last 15 years. I was one of those neigh sayers thinking we would fight it out for the spoon because that certainly was the trajectory we were on. I do believe but over the years it was wishful thinking, I am also a realist who gets disappointed with every loss the Dragons have, winning on Friday that would be wonderful and due credit will be forthcoming, but another disappointing loss for what ever reason will obviously lead to questions being asked again, I will accept any game, win or loss as long as there is commitment and effort, and I will call it as I see it. Good Luck boys, lets make it 3 in a row, go the Dragons !!!
 
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jodragon40

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Dave03 said:
Egan is a great in for them, Boyd gets another shot. Tough game. Pumped for it but also super nervous. Hame & Loko from socials look like really good mates, it'll be cool for them to play together off the bench in 1st grade. A little bit of chemistry never hurts...
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Chemistry between team mates is one of the very keys that need to fit into the we are a family mentality of any successful football team and club
 
jodragon40

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Dragons Chris said:
Warriors 19 year-old back rower Halisima is a very good player. This will be a hard game. Like the previous 2.
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He is good but 1 player doesn't make a team. When given time and space to move he is very good but when not very ordinary and rightfully so.

Last week 6 runs 39m the week before 10 for 93m, week before that 8 for 94m. In round 10 against us 11 for 120m.

He is not a game breaker at his age and drifts in and out of games to my eye, we should respect but not fear him.
 
jodragon40

jodragon40

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Justadragon said:
Unfortunately Jo you are dealing with a fan base that has been let down immensely over the last 15 years. I was one of those neigh sayers thinking we would fight it out for the spoon because that certainly was the trajectory we were on. I do believe but over the years it was wishful thinking, I am also a realist who gets disappointed with every loss the Dragons have, winning on Friday that would be wonderful and due credit will be forthcoming, but another disappointing loss for what ever reason will obviously lead to questions being asked again, I will accept any game, win or loss as long as there is commitment and effort, and I will call it as I see it. Good Luck boys, lets make it 3 in a row, go the Dragons !!!
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I have been a member of that fan base now for 55 yrs, we are a fickle bunch who demand excellence week in week out, year in year out. Something we have been particularly good at since 2010
 
RedVictory

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jodragon40 said:
He is good but 1 player doesn't make a team. When given time and space to move he is very good but when not very ordinary and rightfully so.

Last week 6 runs 39m the week before 10 for 93m, week before that 8 for 94m. In round 10 against us 11 for 120m.

He is not a game breaker at his age and drifts in and out of games to my eye, we should respect but not fear him.
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Don’t know if you’ve just looked at stats but he certainly is a game breaker. Has had a number of huge moments for the Warriors this season.
 
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RedVictory said:
Don’t know if you’ve just looked at stats but he certainly is a game breaker. Has had a number of huge moments for the Warriors this season.
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I have but to me a 'game breaker' is a player who significantly contributes to a team winning on a regular basis.

Hes only 19, his stat's certainly dont indicate to me that he satisfies my definition of a game breaker.

Tackle breaks - 80th/ 2.25 per game
Linebreaks - 127th/ 0.25 per game
Offloads - 175th/0.47 per game
Tries - 29th/ 10 /0.50 per game
Try Assists- 0
Runs - 167th/8.85 per game
Run Metres- 129th/ avg 89m per game

I know I'm an old retired coach but those stats don't excite me or cause me to change any defensive structures to deal with his performance as I would with a game breaker. Just my view
 
Dragons Chris

Dragons Chris

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jodragon40 said:
He is good but 1 player doesn't make a team. When given time and space to move he is very good but when not very ordinary and rightfully so.

Last week 6 runs 39m the week before 10 for 93m, week before that 8 for 94m. In round 10 against us 11 for 120m.

He is not a game breaker at his age and drifts in and out of games to my eye, we should respect but not fear him.
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He probably needs to get in and do more work but like an upgraded Nanai a lot of the time. Breaks tackles and has good hands.
 
Mailroomsgi

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He plays off the bench a lot and doesn’t get as many minutes as warriors fans would like

Let’s not get it twisted, he’s a superb young player and if he was on the open market he’d have 12 clubs chasing him

It’s between him and Robert Toia for ROTY
jodragon40 said:
I have but to me a 'game breaker' is a player who significantly contributes to a team winning on a regular basis.

Hes only 19, his stat's certainly dont indicate to me that he satisfies my definition of a game breaker.

Tackle breaks - 80th/ 2.25 per game
Linebreaks - 127th/ 0.25 per game
Offloads - 175th/0.47 per game
Tries - 29th/ 10 /0.50 per game
Try Assists- 0
Runs - 167th/8.85 per game
Run Metres- 129th/ avg 89m per game

I know I'm an old retired coach but those stats don't excite me or cause me to change any defensive structures to deal with his performance as I would with a game breaker. Just my view
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Mailroomsgi said:
He plays off the bench a lot and doesn’t get as many minutes as warriors fans would like

Let’s not get it twisted, he’s a superb young player and if he was on the open market he’d have 12 clubs chasing him

It’s between him and Robert Toia for ROTY
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Hes good but too early in his career to be calling him game breaker or even superb in my view. Hopefully we wouldn't be one of those 12 teams chasing him.
 
RedV01

RedV01

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Dragons Chris said:
Warriors 19 year-old back rower Halisima is a very good player. This will be a hard game. Like the previous 2.
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jodragon40 said:
I have but to me a 'game breaker' is a player who significantly contributes to a team winning on a regular basis.

Hes only 19, his stat's certainly dont indicate to me that he satisfies my definition of a game breaker.

Tackle breaks - 80th/ 2.25 per game
Linebreaks - 127th/ 0.25 per game
Offloads - 175th/0.47 per game
Tries - 29th/ 10 /0.50 per game
Try Assists- 0
Runs - 167th/8.85 per game
Run Metres- 129th/ avg 89m per game

I know I'm an old retired coach but those stats don't excite me or cause me to change any defensive structures to deal with his performance as I would with a game breaker. Just my view
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I just know his highlights are very big but LKT is putting together a pretty decent highlights reel as well.
 
Mailroomsgi

Mailroomsgi

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jodragon40 said:
LKT is progressing well considering he has not had an experienced 7 showing him the ropes and his role in the team.
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Hasn’t had a forward pack who’s got him in good field position regularly + his whole edge has been shuffled on a weekly basis

People forget he’s just turned 20, imagine how good he could be in 2-3 years time and with Egan running great lines on that left edge + Holmes with the X factor. Once you start putting the potential lineup down for 2026 it looks pretty good
 
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