Post Match Dragons v Warriors - [Round 7, 2024]

[W.W.O.L]

Are we though? I felt we get found out last week, this week seems to confirm it. This is our real test and if we can't bounce back next week, I dont see us making the 8.

Respectfully I disagree. Reasoning is the opposition both teams have had. If you’ve played the game it definitely takes its toll. We’ve had a tougher run

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

I would be looking at some changes though, it's time for Montoya to go back to reggies, Pompey back and sheck on the wing.

Reasonably put. I don’t think RTS is going to much better on the wing than monts. He’s not quite getting the role though, is he…

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Reasonably put. I don’t think RTS is going to much better on the wing than monts. He’s not quite getting the role though, is he…

Yeah I agree! I feel like sheck is a liability at the moment as well. He's not there defensively, but I think he will do a fine job on the wing, he's a bit of a one trick pony at centre.

 

[Ever Hopeful]

In the Fox after game player interviews Sloan let out the the drags game plan was to target Egan and SJ

Maybe sometimes the ball should go off the ruck or scrum to Tmm Rts Monty instead it just seems to be Sj to rhs most of the game

Agree with other posters Pomp’s and Paul Roache should had far more minutes


Good wake up call

But but
We ll be back are we forgetting our many injured players

Good learning exercise especially for Coach

It was interesting hearing Cronk (when ww were 6-0 up and on fire) say that he would be targeting SJ defensively if he was the Dragons. Next play Sua monstered through him. I thought Egan was a bit too cute to start the game. He has been great when he saves that for later in the game when the opposition switches off, but seemed to be trying to make every play a winner early. He'll fix that up for next week, it is minor.

I thought Seibold outcoached Webby last week.

I'm interested to see how the Dragons do this year. I posted a few weeks ago that they looked like they had something extra this year. Flanagan is a pretty good coach despite the shadiness.

 

[Beastmode]

I don’t think we need to overreact but our set plays are starting to look very predictable ….

I had this initially as a banana skin game but thought the boys would lift after JFH news but maybe it just made them believe their own hype further

No need to panic
Every team so far as their reality check

This was it for the Warriors

 

[marv.]

fucking wild how many people want to get rid of this guy and that guy.
he’s fucking useless, the other fella is so shit.

the boys were well and truly outenthused and outplayed tonight. it happens, it was inevitable and i’m glad it happened early in the season.

big WTF moment that turned the momentum was DWZ being held down and pulled over forever for no penalty then a couple tackles later berry being penalized for holding, in a relatively clean tackle.

a few WTF ref moments to be fair but such is life and we know warriors get them, so gotta rise above.
not tonight.

thursday ill be expecting a big one.

 

[mrblonde]

Some of you lot are drama queens.

It was a shit game, it happens.

Yeah, if you think this spells Disaster, the 6-28 game against the Rabbitohs in Auckland from last season would like a chat...

Dragons did look damn good. We were off for whatever reason. Move on and learn.

 

[3rdstriker]

Yeah I agree! I feel like sheck is a liability at the moment as well. He's not there defensively.

Yep, He's just playing like he used to he's all for himself not playing eyes up and looking to create anything for others. Our success last year was we played for each other!

 

[Possum11]

Dragons are not a top8 side so that's the disappointing thing

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

I don’t think we need to overreact but our set plays are starting to look very predictable ….

Walker has been a huge out! We just can't expect to use that bench we had tonight again!

 

[snake77]

Most sides will have one off game all year. The challenge is to limit it to one.

Last year we probably had a few like the Knights in Newcastle. Although the scoreline ended up respectable. We got a bit of a hiding from Souths. The Dolphins in the last round was a mainly due to resting players.

The key thing is how they respond and not losing a lot in a row. Last year we had a stretch of 3 losses in a row.

If we can do that we will keep climbing the ladder.

You learn more from losses. This would be a good chance to realise they haven't been on even when they have been winning. We have let sides back into games. Even the Storm loss, sure we got back into it and could have won but the start was ugly.

 

[Victor_Radley's_Scrotum]

Apologies if it has already been mentioned but SJ appeared to be limping near the end of the match and appeared to have been subbed off by the end (I saw both Egan and Roache on together and couldn't see SJ). Injury concern?

 

[itsouryearwhenever]

RTS was used by us as a battering ram for years when he was at fullback. He was also used in the opponents 20, but let's not act like he wasn't also doing massive work out of our own end.

Yeah looking back you’re right but for some reason it’s not clicking now. It’s been seven rounds now and that left edge ain’t clicking yet. Probably because they ain’t getting that much ball either

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

Yeah I agree! I feel like sheck is a liability at the moment as well. He's not there defensively, but I think he will do a fine job on the wing, he's a bit of a one trick pony at centre.

Our distribution isn’t quick enough to compress opposition defense, so our wings aren’t open enough.

The ‘roaming center’ thing ain’t working, sadly.

 

[The Shah of Iran]

Reasonably put. I don’t think RTS is going to much better on the wing than monts. He’s not quite getting the role though, is he…

The problem with left edge defence is that you're facing pretty much the best attacking players in that team every week. I still think Roger can make a go of it but it will take time. It'll be interesting to see how both player and coach handles it going forward

 

[Aman 2.0]

I’ve had a feeling for while that our one dimension choke em style is full of risk if we have an even slightly off game.

Other teams don’t need pressure to score against us.

 

[MXRecord]

Respectfully I disagree. Reasoning is the opposition both teams have had. If you’ve played the game it definitely takes its toll. We’ve had a tougher run

I hope you're right.

 

[WellingtonOrc]

Pure arrogance from Webby thinking he could get away with a 2man bench against that forward pack. Don;t know what he was thinking naming Pompey.

 

[Makasene]

The Drags have been crap, bomb to Lomax, pass to Sua, Hunt kick or run, that's been their attacking game plan all year

What does it say about us then?

They are above us on the table

 

[snake77]

Apologies if it has already been mentioned but SJ appeared to be limping near the end of the match and appeared to have been subbed off by the end (I saw both Egan and Roache on together and couldn't see SJ). Injury concern?

It wasn't mentioned during the game.

Hopefully it was a case of getting Roache on and Webster was deciding if he'd sub Egan or Johnson and he decided to chose Johnson.