I am going to the game at Widnes and wonder if anyone can tell me where the Dragons fans (if any) will be in the stadium. Had a look on their website and it's either general north or general south. Been to a few away games and always end up in the thick of the home support. Would be nice to be with any other fans who happen to be going.

I shall be going,but Widnes is the only ground I have not been to in the past so I am not sure about the geography.I shall wear my Dragons scarf so we may meet. My behaviour is not perfect as I think that some of the players,all French I fear, are not and never will be up to what is required. Some of the u19 team ,which beat Wigan recently,may well be the real deal,but French players have succeeded the idiotic flower of French chivalry in past battles,eg. Marignano, who charge mindlessly,cannot adjust to reality and have little grasp of the need or means of sound defence.Yes I am talking about Pelissier ,Duport and Escare.

Having watched the u19 team simply throw away the game at Huddersfield ,which should have been won easily I shall reserve judgement. The general truth is that when the game is tight we mess up.

So it comes down to this .Unless Wigan beat St Helens we may squander a huge advantage and lose our place in the play offs. So I will be making the 7 hour there and back trip . How has this happened? Injuries have been vital ,but so have a large number of unforced errors.Will we get the injured back on sunday?Will the team get a grip? So much tension to endure. In the end despite the massive improvement between match 2 and match 18 it's the same as always. May add that unlike various people on the French site I do not blame either Monsieur President or the Coaching staff.

French site now thinks only Broughton will be back and that Richards Taylor and Mason will be out. Have we just been unlucky or is there a problem with the medical staff and-or malingerers? If St.Helens win on Friday that will be the end of the road ,I think.Team is now looking something like Escare- Broughton ?? Duport- oh no- and Yaha- Gigot Albert -Casty Pelissier Bousquet -Garcia-I hope- Horo Baitieri. Plus Maria Navarrette Da Costa and god knows who.Another defeat looks certain.
It is a good job we lost the Cup match.

The bad run needs to end and end now.

Lose this and I think we will amble on to the end of the season.

Win it and I hope we can build something for the next phase of the campaign.

French site on next year. Duport is close to signing a 2 year deal-I trust you will accept my modified rapture.
Inu will sign a new deal. Bousquet and Broughton will sign for an extra year to 2018.Mason will leave. Pelissier and the club have not started negotiations. Bosc and Mounis will be involved with the u19 team--I hope they will also be kept fit as utility players. There are rumours,which I cannot believe,that Leeds want Escare.Nothing about new players eg B.Stewart.I presume Elima will leave.

Latest re fitness. Broughton o.k. Tests today for Carney Stewart Taylor and Bosc. Aiton o.k. but has been out for 16 weeks and needs to get match fit.All the other invalids plus Richards and Mason are definitely out. I suspect that if St. Helens lose tonight our squad may suddenly change.

freeteams.com/EnglishDragons/new ... ory=157287 Lambert Belmas !!!!!!!!!!!!

freeteams.com/EnglishDragons/new ... ory=157287 Lambert Belmas !!!!!!!!!!!!

A promising prop in my opinion,but not up to superleague standard.The team looks a lot better. I hope that Garcia plays in the forwards.

I was hoping for a Romano debut to stop Garcia playing in the centres. Belmas is a surprising call-up, wasn't expecting him for about 2-3 years but good luck to him.

That went about as we'd expected...