LIVE GAME Round 1 Discussion *Spoilers*

[Todd Packer]

Is Fitzgibbon the only rookie coach that has had success?

Barrett & Ciraldo failed. Are there more?

Going back a hundred years Phil the liar Gould killed it.
Premiership in his first year 88 and then with Penrith in 91
Gould was also the real coach of Souths in 86 while playing for them when they won the minor premiership.

 

[Todd Packer]

It feels like Lomax won't be playing for us next week.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

It feels like Lomax won't be playing for us next week.

Should we start taking him out of our predicted line ups?

 

[GNR4LIFE]

They could really use Simpkin

 

[Demps]

Good game by the dragons
Liddle looked great.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

A bit late, but whose idea was it to pull the offer to AFB? That guy is a monster.

 

[davey_farrell]

Wish we'd have signed Shane Flanagan when he was available 2 years ago

yea i agree, tough hard coach

 

[Demps]

yea i agree, tough hard coach

Got the dragons looking fit

We're way off that mark
Might be a long season

 

[Odessa]

Just shows again how hard to predict nrl before season starts. Dragons looking good. Big pack, big backs and Ben Hunt in the halves.

Dragons will do great till round 16/18 Flanno will burn them out he is a top tier coach first one since Bennett for them

But next year will push hard for top 6 the players will grow a thick skin by then and will understand his character better his is absolutely relentless as a person and a coach

 

[Tucker]

Wish we'd have signed Shane Flanagan when he was available 2 years ago

Can remember the sanctimonious posters on here saying they’d rip up their memberships etc….he was exactly the coach we needed.

 

[Odessa]

It's another reason why his son will play very good under him is because his son needs to be constantly push harder

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Got the dragons looking fit

We're way off that mark
Might be a long season

Think positive

New coach, new halves. Happy days.

 

[Demps]

Think positive

New coach, new halves. Happy days.

Coach is our best player

 

[Odessa]

Ciraldo's talking about how pleased he is that the Bulldogs won the final 20 minutes.
That's loser talk.
There's another coach that talked like that.

Potter had them playing so much better

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Coach is our best player

Not a good sign when the coach is the main playmaker in the drills.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Potter had them playing so much better

Ciraldo is absolute trash. It’s hilarious to see. For all of Flanagan’s faults and how ordinary the Dragons roster is, he got them up for tonight. Then you have this poster boy who cruised as an assistant at the Panthers and got a five year contract out of it, with a much superior roster, is doing jack shit. Going to be another long year for them.

 

[Demps]

Ciraldo is absolute trash. It’s hilarious to see. For all of Flanagan’s faults and how ordinary the Dragons roster is, he got them up for tonight. Then you have this poster boy who cruised as an assistant at the Panthers and got a five year contract out of it, with a much superior roster, is doing jack shit. Going to be another long year for them.

Sexton > Hutchinson

Playing reserve grade
Taaf looks ordinary too

Got some classy backs though.
I can't see too many wins coming their way tho.

 

[Odessa]

Ciraldo is absolute trash. It’s hilarious to see. For all of Flanagan’s faults and how ordinary the Dragons roster is, he got them up for tonight. Then you have this poster boy who cruised as an assistant at the Panthers and got a five year contract out of it, with a much superior roster, is doing jack shit. Going to be another long year for them.

I said on here last year that the Penrith origin player that I was speaking with was so happy for Webster at the Warriors having success said Ciraldo got credit for all of Webster's hard work

 

[davey_farrell]

Got the dragons looking fit

We're way off that mark
Might be a long season

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

taafe should be the 14 for dogs