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Ennis is one of the only people in the media that has called out for Boyd and Macca to be replaced and he has been saying it for ages already, he must be the only one that actually watches our games rather then spewing Phil Gould talking points.
they are all Wayne's wordsCategory: | The Courier Mail
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South Sydney’s Sam Burgess’ dig at former coach Anthony Seibold
Michael Carayannis,
The Daily Telegraph
August 20, 2019 7:00pm
South Sydney skipper Sam Burgess has taken a thinly veiled swipe at former coach Anthony Seibold saying “if he has an agenda somewhere, we’ll just get on with it” ahead of Friday’s grudge match. There is little love lost between the Rabbitohs and the Broncos given the infamous coach swap at the end of last season. Barbs have continued to be traded since Seibold and Wayne Bennett took over Brisbane and South Sydney respectively.
Seibold said "not a lot's changed from last year" regarding the Rabbitohs attack but Burgess laughed off that suggestion while Adam Reynolds declared his side were “predictable” last year.
And it all used to be so friendly … Photo: Brett Costello
“If you want to delve into it and have a little look you make your own mind up if there's been change or not,” Burgess said. “We had a great attacking structure last year. David Furner was our attack coach and he was very good. We've adapted things a bit more. “100 per cent it's changed. You see the way we play. All you have to do is look through the stats and the shapes that we are throwing.”
The Rabbitohs attack was criticised for being too easy to read under Seibold. The Roosters had little trouble shutting down South Sydney’s go to side — the left edge — in last year’s preliminary final.
Burgess has given his former boss’s comments short shrift. Photo: AAP Image/Craig Golding
“I find it a bizarre comment,” Burgess said of Seibold’s remarks. “But it's probably not his only one in the past couple of months, if you know what I mean. “I don't know what he’s playing at there. But whatever. If he has an agenda somewhere, we'll just get on with it.”
Fox Sports Lab statistics show South Sydney scored 46 of their 98 regular season tries last year on the left. They scored just 25 on the right side in 2018. This year they have scored 27 on the left and 22 on the right. Rabbitohs No. 7 Reynolds said there was obvious change in the way they play.
Reynolds is satisfied the Rabbitohs are more balanced this season. Photo: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images
"You only have to watch our games now to figure out what's going on,” Reynolds said. "Look at last year, we were pretty predictable with what we were doing. This year we have lot of variation and different sets. "I wouldn't say we're playing the same way. Our assistant coaches and Wayne have done a great job preparing us and they've changed things up. It's been a breath of fresh air.”
Wayne Bennett would love to get another one over Brisbane. Photo: Brett Costello
South Sydney hammered Brisbane 38-6 when the two team’s met earlier this year. The Rabbitohs were in the midst of a seven-game winning streak but have slumped in recent weeks to drop out of the top four.
The match hardly needed any extra spice but the return of Broncos discarded duo James Roberts and Jaydn Su’a. Burgess has been named at prop despite battling with a quadriceps injury while his brother Tom is out for a knee injury while Braidon Burns (hamstring) is replaced by Kyle Turner at centre.
AFL have had major issues including the Essendon peptide dramas and the massive cocaine use by it's players. No sport is without it's problems. The NRL gets picked on by the media because of it's working class roots and the fact that it is an easy target.
"Broncos discarded duo"? Both left the Broncos of their own volition, neither were discarded. The media will make up any old shite to sell papers. Here's a novel idea how about focusing on real facts like the shit that just went down at the MRC.Category: | The Courier Mail
South Sydney’s Sam Burgess’ dig at former coach Anthony Seibold
Michael Carayannis,
The Daily Telegraph
August 20, 2019 7:00pm
South Sydney skipper Sam Burgess has taken a thinly veiled swipe at former coach Anthony Seibold saying “if he has an agenda somewhere, we’ll just get on with it” ahead of Friday’s grudge match. There is little love lost between the Rabbitohs and the Broncos given the infamous coach swap at the end of last season. Barbs have continued to be traded since Seibold and Wayne Bennett took over Brisbane and South Sydney respectively.
Seibold said "not a lot's changed from last year" regarding the Rabbitohs attack but Burgess laughed off that suggestion while Adam Reynolds declared his side were “predictable” last year.
And it all used to be so friendly … Photo: Brett Costello
“If you want to delve into it and have a little look you make your own mind up if there's been change or not,” Burgess said. “We had a great attacking structure last year. David Furner was our attack coach and he was very good. We've adapted things a bit more. “100 per cent it's changed. You see the way we play. All you have to do is look through the stats and the shapes that we are throwing.”
The Rabbitohs attack was criticised for being too easy to read under Seibold. The Roosters had little trouble shutting down South Sydney’s go to side — the left edge — in last year’s preliminary final.
Burgess has given his former boss’s comments short shrift. Photo: AAP Image/Craig Golding
“I find it a bizarre comment,” Burgess said of Seibold’s remarks. “But it's probably not his only one in the past couple of months, if you know what I mean. “I don't know what he’s playing at there. But whatever. If he has an agenda somewhere, we'll just get on with it.”
Fox Sports Lab statistics show South Sydney scored 46 of their 98 regular season tries last year on the left. They scored just 25 on the right side in 2018. This year they have scored 27 on the left and 22 on the right. Rabbitohs No. 7 Reynolds said there was obvious change in the way they play.
Reynolds is satisfied the Rabbitohs are more balanced this season. Photo: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images
"You only have to watch our games now to figure out what's going on,” Reynolds said. "Look at last year, we were pretty predictable with what we were doing. This year we have lot of variation and different sets. "I wouldn't say we're playing the same way. Our assistant coaches and Wayne have done a great job preparing us and they've changed things up. It's been a breath of fresh air.”
Wayne Bennett would love to get another one over Brisbane. Photo: Brett Costello
South Sydney hammered Brisbane 38-6 when the two team’s met earlier this year. The Rabbitohs were in the midst of a seven-game winning streak but have slumped in recent weeks to drop out of the top four.
The match hardly needed any extra spice but the return of Broncos discarded duo James Roberts and Jaydn Su’a. Burgess has been named at prop despite battling with a quadriceps injury while his brother Tom is out for a knee injury while Braidon Burns (hamstring) is replaced by Kyle Turner at centre.
Are they? They're direct quotes from Burgess and Reynolds.
I still haven't got my head around Seibs and some of the comments he makes publicly. Is he a coach who is feeling the pressure of leading the highest profile RL club in the world or a buffoon with a limited frontal lobe. A bit of both, I suspect.
Who is preaching? I haven't watched an entire game of AFL since my son adorned the Wilston Grange jumper in Under 18s. That was almost ten years ago!! I clearly stated that RL is a much better product. I am just preaching the facts which granted doesn't go down well in a RL crowd.
The war was lost before it started because of the lack of Sydney clubs joining the SL brand. In the end, it was just two rubbish comps very poorly attended by it's supporters.
It's still a shit game lol
