they talked about changes on 360 tonight
- they were not happy that he wasn't getting his hands on the ball and they felt he went missing in key moments basically gave 7 to burton as a symbol this is your team Matt and now we want him to own it
- gave Flanagan 6 as they want give him less responsibility and simplify his role
- here’s no ducks and drakes, Kyle will be playing five-eighth (at least this week)
Agree that the NRL360 review is the closest to being accurate in the intentions of CC.
What is pathetic is the pile on from the Flanagan haters.
So it's Flanagans fault that Thompson, Kikau, Brown, TPJ, and now Kiraz and JAC have been injured? That Averillo and King are carrying injuries?, that refs have murdered our chances in games by rubbish penalties, Preston to sin bin for nothing etc etc etc.
The reason we have 4 losses is Kyle Flanagan. The fact Mahoney overplayed his hand because he was vilified by hatred dripping Eels supporters, was again Flanagans fault.
The fact Burton drifts in and out of games? You guessed it.....Flanagans fault.
Here's a question....How good would Cooper Cronk of been as a half if he had a mediocre team around him, or an inexperienced team, or a mistake riddled team or a team struggling to find cohesion due to injuries? You lot would call for his head.
The fact is Flanagan has not played poorly this year. Many things have not gone his or our way. Yes he's made some poor 5th tackle options. Yes he's not a Cleary or Hynes or Reynolds. He's no worse than Souths Illes though in all seriousness....whose had the luxury of having a settled superior roster, with far more experience in Cook, Murray and Walker and Mitchell to assist him.
Sure our future lies with KO. When he's ready he will be promoted. It may come in the next few weeks....only the coaches know.
To me the message is more to Burton. This is your team, you've been made co Captain. Your the guy on the big contract, so go out and own the result each week. Every week. The message to Flanagan is, use your passing game and deception to swing right to left to set up the backs for attacking raids as Burton has seriously struggled to do that.