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Glenneel

Glenneel

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Tooooks said:
Once upon a time, Bellamy, Bennett, Robinson didn’t know how to win a premiership either.

I’m not convinced either way on BA yet. If he is intentionally “muting” (for want of a better word) our attack with a view to holding something back for the run to the finals then I think he’s showing a fair bit of nous.

If, on the other hand, he has no idea why our attack is so crap and has no clue how to fix it, well....that’s an issue.

If it’s the latter, then we’re no hope of winning the comp imo. No matter how good our defence is.
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I think he has been concentrating almost exclusively on defence for the past 8-9 weeks and our offence has suffered accordingly. You have to remember it was much better earlier in the year. Last week it appeared he had finally sorted out the 2 Blake's defence. Hopefully from this week there'll be more focus on attack and I'm expecting an improved attacking performance. Final score Parra 26-Souths 2.
 
Glenneel

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TheRam said:
I would have loved for us to have gotten Ivan Cleary. I know many here aren't big fans, but I am. He is a very talented coach. The only reason Gus got rid of him was not because he was tired or couldn't coach for Pete's sake, but Gus was being Gus and wanted more input into the team and Cleary didn't like it. So he got rid of him and appointed a coach that he thought he could manage/handle better. Didn't work out as expected though for good old Gus.
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Once Gus was shown the door... sorry, once Gus decided to leave Penrith I said they'd do much better, which they are. You can't have a personality like Gus and a strong minded coach at the same club, they become oil and water and the whole team suffers. There's a story going around that Ivan Cleary, with his first stint at Penrith, sat down with Gus and said he wanted Korsiau as his hooker (Wallace hooker at time) and a week later learnt that Gus had traded him to Manly. How can you coach a club with that shit happening, its impossible. Gus wanted a yes man as coach and never got it before Penrith's management saw the light and finally got rid of the right man.
 
Glenneel

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hineyrulz said:
The game has passed Bennett by, no way I touch the old fossil. How much coaching does he actually do these days anyway???


I do agree with Delboy I would like to see the club chase a quality attacking assistant coach. Murphy has been here 7 years and let’s face it I reckon the our attack has been pretty average for the majority of that time.
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Maybe Jason Taylor could be employed as attack coach. Shit head coach but probably a good assistant coach. What is he doing these days?
 
Gazzamatta

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Glenneel said:
Once Gus was shown the door... sorry, once Gus decided to leave Penrith I said they'd do much better, which they are. You can't have a personality like Gus and a strong minded coach at the same club, they become oil and water and the whole team suffers. There's a story going around that Ivan Cleary, with his first stint at Penrith, sat down with Gus and said he wanted Korsiau as his hooker (Wallace hooker at time) and a week later learnt that Gus had traded him to Manly. How can you coach a club with that shit happening, its impossible. Gus wanted a yes man as coach and never got it before Penrith's management saw the light and finally got rid of the right man.
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Have a read mate. Looks like The Pennys Management agree.
https://westernweekender.com.au/202...t-set-penrith-on-a-path-to-premiership-glory/
 
Eelementary

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hindy111 said:
It was the greatest grand final I have seen....But I was talking about the year in general. You could not contain them.
Same with the Tigers in 2005. Had to many points in them.

The game has changed now. I think then only some teams operated like robots. Nowdays every single side plays identical. It is more about who executes it better,makes less mistakes and is fitter. But they aim to do the same thing.
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Halfway through the 2005 season, the Tigers were struggling.

I remember Brett Hodsgon being interviewed, and he said they were confident they'd make a run to the Finals, and I laughed.

Similar story in 2003 - the Panthers were ordinary for the first 10 weeks or so, and then Joel Clinton gave his infamous "I'm sick of losing" half time speech, and they caught fire.

I can't recall a Premier in the last 20 years that has been on fire from day one.
 
hindy111

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Eelementary said:
Halfway through the 2005 season, the Tigers were struggling.

I remember Brett Hodsgon being interviewed, and he said they were confident they'd make a run to the Finals, and I laughed.

Similar story in 2003 - the Panthers were ordinary for the first 10 weeks or so, and then Joel Clinton gave his infamous "I'm sick of losing" half time speech, and they caught fire.

I can't recall a Premier in the last 20 years that has been on fire from day one.
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I thought Penrith won minor premiership?
Tigers by memory finished 5th.
 
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