Wouldn't count on the coaching for an attacking brand of footy at all.
I like Cleary. Seems very level headed and I think he will coach for an attacking brand of footy.
Get ready for five one out hitups followed by a bomb to the wing without any semblance of fluid backline moves. But yeah I still think Cleary will do a solid job at Penrith with Gould behind him.
Sydney especially in Jun/jul can be just as bad. Without settled 1/2's & quality centres (The ball got spread more when Tate was there). He got you the finals. We should give him more resources (easier to get players to move to sydney then NZ). So I think it can be good what was the arguement with management over?1. Thats not true and 2. we play half our games in Australia. But to be fair also to Cleary it's not like we have had the best halves over the years. That does make me wonder if Grant Rovelli could be your next number 7....
Sydney especially in Jun/jul can be just as bad. Without settled 1/2's & quality centres (The ball got spread more when Tate was there). He got you the finals. We should give him more resources (easier to get players to move to sydney then NZ). So I think it can be good what was the arguement with management over?
No offense mate but your halves are Travis Burns and Luke Walsh aren't they? Thats hardly a step up. Ropati and Tate aren't quality centres? Anyway doesn't matter all that much, I doubt he will be a failure. Although uf he misses the 8 next year then the pressure should be on him big time and not get a free ride like he did over here from management.
Interested to hear Warriors views on him.
I hope given the intent we showed last weekend (which I'm sure was partly Gould), Penrith will play more expansive football under Cleary as well.
The main thing Cleary brings though is his development of juniors.
I probably would have been underwhelmed by the signing, but we have Gould on board to develop our coaching talent so it should be a solid signing.
Cheers for that guys.
Do you think there'd be any creedence to the thought that Cleary might be toning down the Warriors style of play (which has traditionally been very flamboyant and off the cuff) in an attempt to make them more consistent/professional (ala Dragons/Melbourne).
Sounds like mostly positive thoughts for us, especially given we have Gould on board. Just 2/3 quality signings short of a really competitive team.