Sufferball: How the Dragons are turning pain into pleasure under Shane Flanagan
What is the point of rugby league? To win, or to not lose? It’s philosophical question as good as any in the game. Since…
I have followed the Dragons for almost 50 years now. I have seen the best and the worst. I support a club steeped in history and tradition.
Sadly, that was absent last night.
What stood out for me was the absolute lack of confidence in attack. The simple errors in ball-handling caused you to shoot yourselves in the foot too often.
Some of you are AWOL, note, AWOL, not MIA. What are you telling yourselves before you go out there? That you need to stick to structures?
I seem to be talking in military terms here, but I feel justified on two grounds – I’m ex-ADF and the game you play is all about taking ground from the enemy and staking your claim – i.e. score points.
If you were in the trenches on the Western Front, and performed as you did against the Cowboys, you’d have all been taken out and shot for cowardice.
St George Illawarra, you are part of a club with history and many proud players have come from this team.
As Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson once famously said, “England expects every man to do his duty.” Well, substitute ‘England’ for ‘Your supporters’ and you have the message.
Let’s see a little more devil-may-care, enterprising attack in your games. You never know, you may gain that much-needed confidence boost and make the eight.
I’ll leave you with the words of wisdom from my dad, who taught me to support this proud club: “‘Ave a bit of a bloody go!”
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