It's hard to know when the Warriors abandoned the laissez-faire style but Bellamy says: ''Polynesian football, or whatever people like to call it, certainly died on Saturday night.''
Send my regards to 2005 Roy, where you've sent that column in from. We haven't played 'Polynesian football' at any stage under Cleary.
Nice sour grapes too, 'winning' the penalty count (I don't believe having better discipline is akin to striking lotto numbers) and this mythical 3 metre difference.
Doh, that's exactly what he's saying in the article. ffs before everyone automatically jumps on the Storm-hate bandwagon they should read what the guy is saying! As for the penalty count...he
is talking about the discipline the Warriors showed. It was a great display of that & an area they excelled at in that game - let's hope they hold onto it for the final.
As for the 13/10 metres quoted, perhaps he actually looked at the game & if you re-watched it you might find he has something there, but regardless, the warriors had an awesome game for the whole 80 mins & came out winners, Re the polynessian style of playing - you know as well as I do what he is talking about. Generally, our Pacific cousins' sheer love of playing physical games means at time the heart wins over the head & it has been their 'style' for, well, forever. Nothing at all to be insulted about. Cleary's influence has reined that in somewhat at the Warriors and we are now seeing the results.