Official Josh Dugan

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To think we are a better team next year without Dugan in it is delusional...
blokes body let’s him down but seriously the hate flung at this guy from sharks fan, you should be embarrassed by yourselves.
 
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Almostm ission impossible,

the bloke, when he does play, generally plays ok, but he is always grabbing some part of his body in the play the ball alluding to some form of pain/possible, we are paying him 700k to 750k per season, he'd be wanna be playing out of his skin when he actually does play cause its all too infrequent.
 

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Almostm ission impossible,

the bloke, when he does play, generally plays ok, but he is always grabbing some part of his body in the play the ball alluding to some form of pain/possible, we are paying him 700k to 750k per season, he'd be wanna be playing out of his skin when he actually does play cause its all too infrequent.

Oh FFS "generally plays ok"? - he plays out of his skin. The bolded part does my head in - really?

The issue with this guy is he plays so ****ing hard, harder than most, with no regard for his personal safety. This is the reason he gets injured, not that he's made of glass or whatever.

Flanno needs to figure out how to use him with this in mind.
 
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Oh FFS "generally plays ok"? - he plays out of his skin. The bolded part does my head in - really?

The issue with this guy is he plays so ****ing hard, harder than most, with no regard for his personal safety. This is the reason he gets injured, not that he's made of glass or whatever.

Flanno needs to figure out how to use him with this in mind.

**** oath, blokes a human missile.
 

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Oh FFS "generally plays ok"? - he plays out of his skin. The bolded part does my head in - really?

The issue with this guy is he plays so ****ing hard, harder than most, with no regard for his personal safety. This is the reason he gets injured, not that he's made of glass or whatever.

Flanno needs to figure out how to use him with this in mind.

He's a bloke you need to learn to play a bit smarter and preserve himself. NRL is a marathon. Its all about getting to September in good shape. Agree we gotta use him right cause he's a weapon.
 

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He's a bloke you need to learn to play a bit smarter and preserve himself. NRL is a marathon. Its all about getting to September in good shape. Agree we gotta use him right cause he's a weapon.

I can’t knock a guy who plays as hard as round 1 as he does round 25

**** is a weapon
 

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I can’t knock a guy who plays as hard as round 1 as he does round 25

**** is a weapon

Me either, its tough. Love the mentality but I'd rather 20 strong games than a round 1 blinder that cripples him for 12 weeks. He should be able to play in a structure that utilises his strengths other than being a kamakazi all the time.
 

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I don't see a structure or position on the field where you can avoid the risk of injury to Dugan - his strength is his full throttle 100% approach not so much outright skills. you can't take that away or ask him to take it easy either or you gunna have a shell of a player that second guesses himself.

We just gunna have to deal with it I think - this is the player we have.
 

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Having an outside back that plays 50% of the time is just retarded. If it were a bench utility I would be all for it. You can't have a marquee back that isn't dependable.

So he needs to find a way to not be injured so damn much, even if that means not being as good.
 

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Having an outside back that plays 50% of the time is just retarded. If it were a bench utility I would be all for it. You can't have a marquee back that isn't dependable.

So he needs to find a way to not be injured so damn much, even if that means not being as good.

Agree. I love him when he plays but it's just not often enough.

It isn't going to change though, he's been in the NRL for 11 years now and has always been prone to injury.

We either suck it up or look for an alternative.
 

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Agree. I love him when he plays but it's just not often enough.

It isn't going to change though, he's been in the NRL for 11 years now and has always been prone to injury.

We either suck it up or look for an alternative.

He'd look great in a Knights Jersey .
Whilst moving heaven and earth to get back Ramian and his Girlfriend to the Shire .
 
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