Call that attacking footy? Rabbitohs assistant Jason Demetriou sprays Broncos coach Anthony Seibold:
https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...d/news-story/4716aed8c9cd3e810f4c79d89b446dd3
Oooh this is heating up and really sets the tone for tomorrow night. I love that from JD!
Coaches Media Round 23:
https://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news/2019/08/22/coaches-media-round-23/
Theatre sports - Bennett in his element amid Broncos drama:
https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/08/22/theatre-sports-bennett-in-his-element-amid-broncos-drama/
God, I love that fro Wayne, he played that absolutely brilliantly by being the stronger man and giving the media and the Broncos NOTHING. That is exactly the way I wanted him to play it so I stand and applaud. It shows that we are not effected by the comments ant all and that's just the way it should be. We will not be rattled!!!
Also, a couple of articles from Sporting News,
Damien Cook explains why South Sydney are better this year than last year
Anthony Seibold launched an extraordinary counterattack at South Sydney assistant coach Jason Demetriou today, but Rabbitohs hooker Damien Cook believes the Bunnies are better now than they were last season.
Demetriou lobbed the first bomb ahead of this weekend's crucial Brisbane-Bunnies showdown at Suncorp Stadium, hitting out at Seibold's coaching during the finals last year.
Seibold, who took Souths to third on the competition ladder before being eliminated by the Roosters in the preliminary final, moved to Brisbane in the off-season.
"Last year in 160 minutes of football under Seibold in the finals, his Souths team managed just one try,"
Demetriou told the Courier Mail.
Speaking on Thursday, Seibold hit back at Demetriou's coaching credentials.
"I don't even know who Jason is,"
Seibold said.
"He likes to promote himself.
"He's obviously forgotten a few things and that's probably why he's not a head coach."
Speaking on the
Big Sports Breakfast on Sky Sports on Thursday morning, Cook seemed to back up Demetriou's criticism, saying Souths were too one-dimensional on attack in 2018.
"From last year to this year, we've improved on having a plan b option," he said.
"Last year was so left-side dominant.
"And it was working really well for us, but we came up against some teams especially the Roosters at the end of the year, they knew our game plan and they picked us off and we weren't able to build any momentum.
"This year, we've got certain spots on the field that we get to that we work from, but Wayne (Bennett) wants us to keep playing eyes up footy and JD (Demetriou), the assistant coach, he doesn't like set-up plays, so he always wants to make sure we're taking our opportunities every play."
With the left-side attack performing so well during the regular season, Cook says the right side was neglected.
"Last year we were almost a victim of our own success," he explained.
"Because we were so good left side, when things weren't going right for us, we'd go back to that and we never really fixed what we were doing on the other side.
"We had a right side, but we never really took advantage of it. We had some great players on that side.
"Last year was so left side dominant and when it didn't work we went back to those things, but this year, I feel like we've got trust right along the board.
"I think it's very even on both sides, that's where we've improved on last year."
Phil Gould writes off Bunnies' top-four chances
Phil Gould can't see South Sydney being a threat for the premiership and has questioned whether some of their players aren't fully fit.
The Bunnies have lost their last three matches and face a trip to Brisbane to face former coach Anthony Seibold and his Broncos on Friday night.
Last weekend, Seibold had a veiled swipe at the Rabbitohs, suggesting their
offensive play hadn't changed much since he'd left.
Several Souths stars hit back earlier this week, with Adam Reynolds, Damien Cook and Cody Walker
all disputing the claim.
Though speaking on the
Six Tackles With Gus podcast, Gould said he wouldn't be in a hurry to claim responsibility of the Rabbitohs' stuttering attack.
"If I look at the way that South Sydney are going at the moment, I wouldn't be taking ownership of their attack" Gould said.
"If I was Anthony Seibold, I wouldn't be taking responsibiity for that. They're on struggle street at the moment."
Following the trip to Brisbane, they travel to New Zealand to face the Warriors before a final round meeting with the red-hot Roosters.
Currently sitting fifth on the ladder, equal on points with Manly in fourth and the Eels in sixth, Gould thinks injuries may be behind their lacklustre form.
Bennett's side scored just six points in a loss to the Bulldogs at the weekend and Gould says on the recent evidence, Souths will struggle in the run home.
"I can't see them winning another game to be honest," Gould said.
"They are really struggling, that was bad the other night against the Bulldogs.
"You keep thinking, 'well there's going toibe some sort of a reaction here' but there was nothing.
"I kept waiting for it during the game that they would lift and get this done and they just didn't.
"They've obviously got players playing with injury... physically they just can't produce at the moment. They can't give 100 per cent of themselves."
"I'm writing off their top four chances."