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JokerEel

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Annnnnnnnd???

I never said he didn’t have talent, but he is lazy and as dumb as a pile of rocks. Those blokes getting weeded out at the Storm quick smart. You only have to hear Cronk speak on how hard they trajn and the players themselves call out laziness and poor attitude. That’s the culture Martina has built.


Maybe Taka would actually put in 100% under the storm we will never know..
 

84 Baby

Referee
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Is creating a great winning culture part of the process in turning players into good ones. What’s he’s done is mind blowing.
I think there’s a degree of exclusivity to it. It’s not that he’s made bad players better which then created the culture. He fostered the culture, off the back of some talented, but more importantly, like minded players which then creates a flatter performance structure for bit part players.
How many of those lesser players have star performances inside their system opposed to outside? The flip side is of course how many shit performances do they have inside opposed to outside
 

IFR33K

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Was it Bellamy who Matt Lodge tried to belt? (just wondering, not really trying to make a point)



It was one of our old players. I think the one that shared the same name as an Australian fast bowler, but for the second time today the name eludes me. I’m friggen getting old. Hopefully these clowns will let me taste premiership glory before my times up.
 

Incorrect

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It was one of our old players. I think the one that shared the same name as an Australian fast bowler, but for the second time today the name eludes me. I’m friggen getting old. Hopefully these clowns will let me taste premiership glory before my times up.
Mitchell Johnson... One third of our All Mitchell front row in the under 20's a few years back.... Mitchell Johnson-Anthony Mitchell-Mitchell Allgood....

Or maybe you're referring to that much lesser known under 20's prop we had, Dennis Lillee....
 

IFR33K

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Mitchell Johnson... One third of our All Mitchell front row in the under 20's a few years back.... Mitchell Johnson-Anthony Mitchell-Mitchell Allgood....

Or maybe you're referring to that much lesser known under 20's prop we had, Dennis Lillee....


U must be a lot younger than me :)
 

Avenger

Immortal
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The best example is Ricky Stuart. Wins a premiership in his first season at the Chooks, then eleven years later he's forgotten how to coach as he takes the spoon at Parra. A few years after that he's challenging for the top four with Canberra.

And how about premiership winner Paul Green? Can he coach or not?
Good point. It just proves that coaches can get stale at one club. Happened to Smithy, my favourite coach of all time.
 

Avenger

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Arthur's biggest weaknesses as a coach are obvious:

1. His defensive tactics are garbage. We have never been a good consistent defensive team with him.
2. His bench rotations. Salmon at 14 and not hardly playing him. Will Smith etc etc.
3. He's bald.
 

Poupou Escobar

Post Whore
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I'm still off you, merkin. You're unstable.

But I agree Arthur's seems to place a lot of trust in poor defensive players. It's almost like he wants to coach a team that concedes at least four tries even when they win.
 

Gronk

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I like you again Pou. I'm taking St Johns Worts. That shit works.

Sample size ! The true test for herbal antidepressants (being better than placebo) is for when we win the spoon. Not when we are coming 6th FFS.
 

Avenger

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I'm still off you, merkin. You're unstable.

But I agree Arthur's seems to place a lot of trust in poor defensive players. It's almost like he wants to coach a team that concedes at least four tries even when they win.
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