Post Match Warriors v Dragons - [Round 24, 2025]

[Ever Hopeful]

The Dragons have been good this year, another team like us that has been derailed by injury. Check out the Dolphins too for a sea of red injuries on the fringes of the 8

Flanagan has a shady past, but he does seem to be a coach that can galvanise a team.

 

[Ref]

So we start the year with the majority of the forum hoping we scrape into the 8.
We just got back into the top 4, can’t drop out of the 8 so we should be celebrating.
How can anyone not be.
We keep exceeding expectations.

 

[Canonball]

Pompey’s highly over rated by warriors fans. He’s good from about 10 metres out in the red zone. He is durable tho.

pretty good on yardage carry too, he tends to get an extra 5m often by crabbing through the tackle. What is happening with that side in defence though? It was only after half time when boyd starting coming up in and in that it worked.

 

[Ever Hopeful]

So we start the year with the majority of the forum hoping we scrape into the 8.
We just got back into the top 4, can’t drop out of the 8 so we should be celebrating.
How can anyone not be.
We keep exceeding expectations.

Yes for sure. But the 5 months in between leaves an asterisk.

You want to feel like the club has turned a corner towards sustained success. It felt like we had, the youth is coming through, but we're still some talent short for 2026.

 

[Kestrel84]

Already been said by many on here, but that has to be one of the worst wins I've watched. I took no joy from that. We looked crap from the start, didn't even look remotely better after the Dragons lost two players to head knocks, were directionless all round and seemed to lack anyone that wanted to really run the ball straight.

Yes, we are missing key players through injury and it really sucks - but damn, we either have shockingly bad depth or are just totally incapable of adjusting with the talent we have + not sure Webby has any kind of plan B.

I just did the ladder predictor - if we don't win any of our remaining games, and all the teams ranked 5-9 (that will most fuck the Warriors position) win their games, then we finish 9th. So while potentially unlikely, it is still a mathematical possibility.... You know how us Warriors fans love mathematical possibilities....

 

[1995warriorsfan]

Enjoyed being able to finally sing the team song at Mt Smart.

 

[tajhay]

So we start the year with the majority of the forum hoping we scrape into the 8.
We just got back into the top 4, can’t drop out of the 8 so we should be celebrating.
How can anyone not be.
We keep exceeding expectations.

noone is disappointed at being in the 8.

people have every right to be concerned at the performance today, as that indicated we are just there to make up numbers.

 

[Ever Hopeful]

Damien Cook played much of the game at Prop. The Dragons were damn gutsy.

 

[3rdstriker]

noone is disappointed at being in the 8.

people have every right to be concerned at the performance today, as that indicated we are just there to make up numbers.

We are running on fumes and we are somehow 4th again.

 

[CWC]

pretty good on yardage carry too, he tends to get an extra 5m often by crabbing through the tackle. What is happening with that side in defence though? It was only after half time when boyd starting coming up in and in that it worked.

I fast forwarded the game and saw DWZ and Pompey getting put off by their inside men, it’s a domino

 

[CWC]

Damien Cook played much of the game at Prop. The Dragons were damn gutsy.

Freddy Cook

 

[Tonbridge(aka Swanley)]

Terrible 2 points.

Might cement our spot in the 8.

 

[juju]

Thank fuck for that.

Top 4 - but ironically playing like a bottom 4 team.

Cook and Gutherson should whinge more to the ref. They were relentless in that game.

 

[sup42]

You can't compare losing players mid-game to players unavailable due to injury.

Last week we lost our half back at the start of the game, it doesn't get any worse than that, and the moaners ignored that and ripped in like it was a mere detail.

 

[BlackToko88]

I mean you tske the win, but fk me.

Fish was awful, really thought he would up for it especially with all the pre match stuff.

Webbys bencb usage was poor too (ford too long etc).

Bur we got the two points we badly needed, bring on titans.

 

[Stalefish540]

Berry is back next week right?

For at least 40mins, give or take

 

[Garry Saloon]

So we start the year with the majority of the forum hoping we scrape into the 8.
We just got back into the top 4, can’t drop out of the 8 so we should be celebrating.
How can anyone not be.
We keep exceeding expectations.

This is so true man. Half the fans seem to resent the win because it wasn't pretty.

 

[BlackToko88]

This is so true man. Half the fans seem to resent the win because it wasn't pretty.

Yea too true. I had us fighting for that 6-8.

You can tell we missing mitch, metcalf etc hence I said we take this winzx

Doesnt matter if we won by 6, 13 or 4. You take the win and get confidence.

 

[Beastmode]

noone is disappointed at being in the 8.

people have every right to be concerned at the performance today, as that indicated we are just there to make up numbers.

Come on now. You sure about that?
I see alot of disappointed people in here.
Are people really surprised with the performance?
After the talk all week about our injuries and last man standing ?.
But we win and its not good enough... no pleasing some people... .

AND I HAVE EVERY RIGH TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF SOME FANS ON THIS FORUM STILL UPSET OVER A WIN.

 

[Garry Saloon]

noone is disappointed at being in the 8.

people have every right to be concerned at the performance today, as that indicated we are just there to make up numbers.

Yeah but it's like, what are you doing to yourself? If we were second on the table and got a scrappy win over a fifth placed team some people would be going, oooh that's not top two material, we won't win the gf playing like that. Maybe not! But it's a win and a good season! Let yourself enjoy things from time to time. Perpetual misery guts some people.