liltiger
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Apparently it's because Mason ran toward the ref and pushed him over. It's not intentional though imo it's just a reactionary thing to avoid a bad bump. I could be wrong.
Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
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Kelce68
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liltiger
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Yeah mate 1 game for pushing Sutton out of the way. 🤷
Happens a few times a year. Dyl Brown this year the most recent I can think of.
if Tallyn jumps ship , i hope he ends up in Canberra
Odessa
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The dragon's let him go Ricky has an eye for talent
The bloke topped the running metres and tackle breaks for NSWcup the last 2 years. Not sure it needed much of an eye.
tigahhh
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apparently for the dragons it did. they had Sloan on the wing when tamale and bostock were in their system. whoops.
Dragons 2ng grade should win there comp this year . {v WARRIORS ) Plenty of good kids in there , they look tight. There juniors look better than owes
He just did his ACL a couple of weeks ago didn’t he?
Tamale came from Rugby and didn't know how to defend. Spent a couple years in Cup as the best winger ball in hand but too raw for first grade. (I'm not advocating Sloan in this sense but he was already extended at this point and rightly so given his junior work as a fullback).
Bostock was a hugely rated kid that I don't think had even played Reggie's yet when Dolphins actively recruited him. Not so much Dragons 'let him go'.
gregjm87 you sound very on the pulse, what are your thoughts on how we improve our roster to allow us to be a top 8 team in 2026 assuming Benji remains as our coach ?
I think to many injuries to the top team. But if they can keep 2 X Couchman, Egan, Stewart, Pasifiki-Tonga together long term they have some bloody good young forwards there.
tigahhh
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they prioritised Buchanan over tamale, always had great flair in attack just needed to fix his defence, Canberra have developed him nicely . Bostock they sat on their hands with, could’ve locked him up if they wanted.
tigahhh
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easily the best young emerging forward pack in the comp
Likewise tigahhh, what recruitment would you like to see to make is a top 8 team in 2026!
TIGERS
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Yea we absolutely are. It's a really unbalanced side. I sometimes wonder how Bula would go as a Centre.
Adam Douehi is a handful for nobody and he really does get bashed up a lot in games.
dont under rate the backs ,its a well oiled machine where bits n pieces work well together in that structure. A flash in a pan could win it , Wests basically play every team above them to take out the cup
A lot to unpack but of the top of my head...
We need to sign at least 2 forwards, probably one edge moving Fainu to the middle and a genuine lock. Every single physical attribute of Samuela I believe would be better utilised as a middle.
I'm not confident at all that May will be the guy at centre either so I'd be looking for another centre who's key attribute is speed.
Now given the options are limited I think you need to be less rigid with positioning. E.g. The quick left centre defends at centre but attacks outside of Skelton to make use of their respective skill sets as ball runners.
Go all in on Latu at 7. He is genuine first receiver and he should be dictating where he gets the ball. Luai is a fantastic Robin but he ain't Batman.
Need to teach our middles how to play off Luai. You know he is going to jink back inside, everytime the ball goes left 2 middles and Bula should be pushing through as an inside runner. Whilst on Bula he should be playing primarily outside Latu on right side shifts and keep alive inside Luai on left side shifts.
Reduce May's minutes. His hit ups are ineffective when getting through so much work.
Start Api on the bench. He is the best hooker in the game picking apart tired middles. Don't make him to that when fatigued himself.
Teach our middles defensive structures around the ruck. Our edges get beaten by more skillful players, but only after I middle breaks down.
Probably some other shit that hasn't immediately sprung to mind.
