Shane Flanagan set to be removed as St George Illawarra Dragons coach after a disastrous 11-game losing streak
Losing run spans end of 2025 into a winless start to the 2026 season (FOX SPORTS)
Club decision described as effectively unavoidable amid poor results and mounting pressure (News.com.au)
Dragons sitting last on the ladder with the worst attacking output in the competition (News.com.au)
Flanagan only recently signed a contract extension, making the move a sharp reversal (News.com.au)
Senior football figure Ben Haran also expected to depart as part of broader shake-up (News.com.au)
Playing group reportedly unaware of the decision prior to training
Heavy recent losses (Rabbitohs, Manly, Cowboys) accelerated the decision (News.com.au)
Internal issues: roster concerns, loss of key players, and lack of on-field leadership (News.com.au)
Interim coaching options include club figures like Dean Young, with longer-term candidates such as Ben Hornby in the mix (News.com.au)
Club now focused on stabilising performance and beginning a rebuild
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That was a piss take from NRL Cental on X
lol was too haha.
I think their issue is their spine, particularly the halves. Personally i think if you swap the halves in the parra and manly games i think the dragons win both those games.
They don't have a player, when down by 2 with 5 to go or up by 4 with 10 to go to see it out with class. Look at Moses, tough start to the year but his kicking put us in the position to win.
They were also ripped off in vegas. No one will remember that now they have lost since. Its as if that didnt happen... I know it wasnt us and i dont care that much but i still hate it when teams get ripped off badly like that.
Absolutely it's the halves. Flannagan runs too often when he should pass or kick...and vice versa. He's had some success there previously , but needed to change things up this year
The club took a backwards step when they invested in older players looking for short term results.
This decisions has put the club back a few years to where they are now, they would be in a lot better position if they made the right decisions a few years back, all they have done is delay the inevitable.
I believe the thinking was the older players would set standrads and bring about a cultural shift. Standards and culture are great but if the older players are not performing then it's a disaster.
Yes been a disaster mate, Valentine Holmes is on $1million a season, truly staggering.
Gutherson on $800k a season is even way too much, I doubt there was much interest apart from the Dragons when he signed.
I don't mind Cook on $600k, would be a very handy bench hooker at 34yrs of age.
The intentions were fine in getting the likes of Gutho, Cook and Holmes for experience. Issue is how many of them they got. Cook turned into a mistake with Liddle coming out of nowhere to be better but Flanno consistently went with Cook then wanted to extend him. I mean yeah you signed Cook wanting a Hooker and Liddle becoming better just happened so fair. But to double down and try to keep Cook instead of using Liddle as full-time Hooker was dumb.
Gutho was an ok idea but in a team with limited speed on the edges he stood out further.
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