My condoleances

I like Chris too

Still I think he needs to improve with the tardiness of his updates.

If his updates mustbe late, then when they do arrive they should be blockbusters in some way. Sadly that is rarely the case.

Of late his updates have not only been tardy but quite mediocre in content. Some important discoveries and lines have been discussed on the forum in the past 2 months, and it is quite frustrating that Chris has commented on very few of them, which leads me to conclude that he very rarely visits the forum.

The other thing that has bothered me a bit is that in virtually every update he promises that the next one will be more timely and implies that the content will make up for the lateness, however that is rarely ever the case.

I echo Eddie's query as to who would be a worthy replacement to Chris. This is difficult to say as Chris' undying faith in the Dragon and his engaging and witty writing style is very inspirational for Dragoneers as well as would be Dragoneers. 

To my mind there is still no better expert to run the Dragon site, but if the updates must be very late then they should at least be very meaty as well.

Now i'm off to take two aspirins after making the effort to decipher Eric's latest offerings.   

Toppy

  I would have suggested Eric Moskow as the prospective author for this site,but I cannot understand a word he is saying. His written English is appalling,if not retarded.

Should his chess be as bad we are looking at a 1000 ELO rated player; in other words his comments are worthless; the product of an ego-tripper.

  Thank you to Mr Ward for producing an update-you are only 2 months behind now. Let us have some more please.

Perhaps we should consider the product as well as its timeliness.  Chris Ward is probably the most prolific author on the Dragon.  Rather than taking such draconian measures as firing him, perhaps Chesspublishing could discuss a revised contract with him and the readers.  Readers get a free month extension every time Mr. Ward misses one, and Mr. Ward only gets paid for the months he contributes?     Of course, that would probably encourage Mr. Ward to spew out rubbish quickly rather than his usual high quality work.

By the way, I love this site!  This is one of only a few places where we can get specific questions answered by extremely knowledgeable experts.  And beyond just answering questions, they bring in their own inspiration and open up their work books to the public. 8)  Let's not forget how amazing this site really is.

By the way, eddie is semi retired, (lawyer now) I am coming back strong but sick patient get in the way Tony is in heaven (rip buddy) and sergey thinks the dragon is with tony so chris is a great active dragon player and I have analysed with him he can teach us all sometghing

2 month in late , it's a lot....

Such modesty from the new darling of the Dragonistas ...

  I would like to add my criticism. It is nearly JULY and we have not had the May Update. This is an insult. I insist that Chris Ward be replaced immediately. He is a fine author but has no respect for his subscribers who pay his wages.