St George Illawarra Dragons coach Shane Flanagan described his facet’s second half efficiency “so dangerous you’ve obtained to attempt to chuckle about it” and threatened to make vital adjustments to the group.
The Dragons began brightly within the first half and led 12-6 at half time however the Bulldogs flipped the script and piled on 38 unanswered factors to win 44-12 at Accor Stadium.
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Flanagan might have used Hame Sele and Jack Hen’s accidents as mitigating circumstances for why his group collapsed, however the Dragons coach refused to pin the blame on these incidents.
“Final time I used to be on this room I gained a comp, how issues have modified,” Flanagan mentioned throughout his post-match press convention.
“So dangerous, you’ve obtained to attempt to chuckle about it. Two halves, so totally different.
“We had been actually good within the first half. I assumed we ran laborious, missed three tackles and competed actually laborious. I assumed if we continued to do what we did within the first half, we’d win the soccer sport.
“Credit score to them, they did precisely what we did to them within the first half.
“Among the numbers out of the sport, you haven’t seen them too typically. We solely had eight units, that they had 26. Possession killed us.
“Then after we did lastly get possession, we turned it over or gave penalties away, so our personal worst enemy.”
The Dragons’ second half capitulation continued a worrying development which has emerged all through the season: when Flanagan’s facet lose, they lose badly.
Within the six video games the Dragons have misplaced this season they’ve shipped a complete of 238 factors, a mean of 39.6 factors per sport.
Flanagan conceded he hasn’t been in a position to put his finger on why his group are capitulating and if he might, he’d “repair it”.
“But it surely’s a tough one,” Flanagan mentioned.
“There’s numerous various things I’m eager about why. Possibly we’re pushing the boundaries and I’m squeezing the lemon on a few them, I’m not fairly positive.
“You may’t do it in a single half and never do it within the different half, so it’s one thing we’ve set to work on.”
Flanagan didn’t rule out the prospect of a big shake-up to his squad for the subsequent sport towards the Penrith Panthers, hinting he might flip to gamers from the Dragons’ NSW Cup facet.
As a result of if he doesn’t attempt one thing new, the premiership-winning coach is aware of he gained’t be in a job for very lengthy.
“Yeah, surely,” Flanagan mentioned.
“We’ll be taking a look at that (NSW Cup group) for positive.
“Should you preserve getting these outcomes and you retain selecting the identical facet, they’ll discover a new coach.”
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