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What the hell was going on there?’: Flanagan slams Roosters for axing him ‘out of nowhere’
Bulldogs recruit Kyle Flanagan has blasted the Roosters’ decision to axe him after just one season at the Bondi club and questioned Trent Robinson in the process.
Flanagan was let go two years before his contract expired despite finishing third on the NRL point-scorer’s list in 2020 and the young half told The Sun Herald he was particularly frustrated with being dropped for Lachlan Lam mid-season at a time he believes he was playing well.
“It definitely [affected] my confidence during the year when I thought I was playing really well and I was the [competition’s] top points scorer, then I didn’t play two games out of nowhere,” Flanagan told The Sun-Herald.
“I look back now going, ‘What the hell was going on there?’
“I was pretty proud with how I responded to that and finished off the season.
“I remember [Robinson] saying to me, ‘You’re not playing poorly, we just want you to improve’.
“It was quite confusing. We were winning through that whole period there. I went back, trained hard, got back in the team and played well. I thought it was all part of the development.
“That was the most frustrating thing. I signed with the Roosters to grow and develop into the role over the next few years. Then to be told a year later that plan isn’t there any more, that was the hardest pill to swallow.”
The Roosters ultimately went out in straight sets in the finals due to a variety of factors, including a heavy injury toll that saw them fall short of their goal of a three-peat.
However Flanagan was made the scapegoat to some degree, despite the fact he was let go for a variety of reasons, including salary cap pressures and the need to sign a number of stars coming off contract, including James Tedesco, Luke Keary and the Morris brothers.
Bulldogs recruit Kyle Flanagan has blasted the Roosters’ decision to axe him after just one season at the Bondi club and questioned Trent Robinson in the process.
Flanagan was let go two years before his contract expired despite finishing third on the NRL point-scorer’s list in 2020 and the young half told The Sun Herald he was particularly frustrated with being dropped for Lachlan Lam mid-season at a time he believes he was playing well.
“It definitely [affected] my confidence during the year when I thought I was playing really well and I was the [competition’s] top points scorer, then I didn’t play two games out of nowhere,” Flanagan told The Sun-Herald.
“I look back now going, ‘What the hell was going on there?’
“I was pretty proud with how I responded to that and finished off the season.
“I remember [Robinson] saying to me, ‘You’re not playing poorly, we just want you to improve’.
“It was quite confusing. We were winning through that whole period there. I went back, trained hard, got back in the team and played well. I thought it was all part of the development.
“That was the most frustrating thing. I signed with the Roosters to grow and develop into the role over the next few years. Then to be told a year later that plan isn’t there any more, that was the hardest pill to swallow.”
The Roosters ultimately went out in straight sets in the finals due to a variety of factors, including a heavy injury toll that saw them fall short of their goal of a three-peat.
However Flanagan was made the scapegoat to some degree, despite the fact he was let go for a variety of reasons, including salary cap pressures and the need to sign a number of stars coming off contract, including James Tedesco, Luke Keary and the Morris brothers.
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