Ivan cleary (The alex ferguson of the NRL )

[penrithfrank]

When you take stock of what he's achieved with this side admittedly it was OVEN READY ... The players we have lost etc it's Terrific management to still be the Team to beat !

 

[Chins get the wins]

f**k Man United

 

[Nealo 12]

f**k Man United

Hey knock that off !

 

[betcats]

Sir Ivan

 

[Murraymob1]

If he keeps going Penrith may get renamed Cleary town

 

[CCJohnC]

I am sure one of the new stands will be named 'Cleary Family Stand' or similar.

 

[maple_69]

Penrith was in no way oven ready when Ivan started his work with Gus in 2012. We were 12th in 2011 and had been there for a while outside of a freak year in 2010.

 

[penrithfrank]

Maple
.I mean they had the tools ..it was just a matter of glueing it all together with good management and player commitment ..

 

[age.s]

Ivan's much less of a merkin than Ferguson.

 

[Panther Mike]

I’m a Liverpool fan. I would rather compare him to Klopp or even Guardiola than Ferguson. Although a team succeeding mostly on home grown players isn’t something that really happens in the EPL anymore.

 

[penrithfrank]

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Lol watch your pockets lads scouser in the house ... class of 92

 

[Panther Mike]

Haha. Only been to Anfield and Liverpool once in my life to be honest. Chose them even at a time when they were quite irrelevant circa 1999.
Man U were the bandwagon team and winning everything under SAF but I’ve never been one to hop on bandwagons.

 

[Captain Apollo]

I'm a Liverpool fan, but for Cleary to be compared to Ferguson, he'd have to be coaching at Penrith for many, many more years at the club than he currently has. Ferguson was Manager at Man Utd from 1986 to 2013. Cleary, by comparison has been the head coach at Penrith (including his first stint and this season) for 9 years to date (i.e. 2012 to 2015 and 2019 to 2024).

 

[penrithfrank]

I live in salford now 2 miles from old Trafford .. what I mean about cleary is to achieve want he's achieved at penrith is Massive and maybe still more to Come .. maybe it was a bit flippant of me to compare to Sir alex .. but Ivan a damp good coach

 

[Kilkenny]

Ivan's much less of a merkin than Ferguson.

What’s your issue with Sir Alex?

 

[penrithfrank]

None lol.

 

[Chins get the wins]

What’s your issue with Sir Alex?

Man U are merkins

 

[Kilkenny]

Man U are merkins

Having that opinion is fine but shouldn’t detract from the achievements of Sir Alex, outstanding manager over a very long period of time.

 

[Chins get the wins]

Having that opinion is fine but shouldn’t detract from the achievements of Sir Alex, outstanding manager over a very long period of time.

merkin of a bloke though

 

[age.s]

What’s your issue with Sir Alex?

ATG manager. Had incredible success with Man U (who are merkins as Chins has noted). My comment was much more about his managerial style being much more intense. I'd liken him much more to a Bellamy, where Ivan is much more laid back.