Limited-time offer ><\/a><\/p>\n\u201cThey\u2019ve sort of tailed off as the season\u2019s come to an end.<\/p>\n
\u201cThings aren\u2019t going great at the moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t really spoken to anyone there but my feeling is that it\u2019s not great and they\u2019re looking forward to next year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Veteran journalist Phil Rothfield pressed Read further on his comments.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut that\u2019s a feel and that\u2019s a pretty serious line that the players are off the coach,\u201d Rothfield added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you say there\u2019s a bad feeling inside the four walls of the club.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read clarified his comments.<\/p>\n
\u201cI said things aren\u2019t going great. That\u2019s my sense. They\u2019ve lost some games,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Before Rothfield interjected again.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe scoreboard shows that, doesn\u2019t it,\u201d Rothfield said.<\/p>\n
Host Braith Anasta also asked Read for more information.<\/p>\n
\u201cHave you heard anything here? Because I feel there\u2019s some tension in the air,\u201d Anasta said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve heard that some players are unhappy obviously,\u201d Read responded.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why players are leaving, because they\u2019re not happy with how things are going.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anasta chimed in again.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels like you are insinuating that,\u201d Anasta said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, well, I think we\u2019ve all heard it haven\u2019t we,\u201d Read replied.<\/p>\n
The Dragons have only recruited two players for 2026 – the Sharks\u2019 Daniel Atkinson and the Dolphins\u2019 Josh Kerr.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a huge off-season for Flanno,\u201d Read added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey haven\u2019t recruited particularly well.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s got a big off-season ahead of him.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Dragons will host the Panthers in their final game of the 2025 season at WIN Stadium on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
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