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Travis Meyn speaks to Anthony Seibold in today's Sunday Mail:
In one year, Seibold has lost two thirds of the players he inherited:
Vale: Matt Gillett, Josh McGuire, Sam Thaiday, Todd Murphy, Kodi Nikorima, Tom Opacic, Moses Pangai, Jonus Pearson, James Roberts, Andre Savelio, Gehamat Shibasaki, Korbin Sims, Jayden Su’A, Sam Tagataese, Myles Taueli, Troy Dargan, George Fai, Salesi Funaki.
Says Seibold:
“There was no excuses last season, I certainly didn’t make any excuses. There were some challenges. I took full responsibility for that last game. Failure is a great stepping stone to success. I don’t think any organisation or individual has had success without some humps along the way. It’s been challenging at different times but I love it. I feel comfortable that I know the players a lot better. We’ve made a number of changes. There are 10 or 11 players who were in the squad when I arrived last December who are no longer here. I get out of bed every day ready to do my best for the team and club.”
“We’ve tried to establish a pathway for our emerging players, you saw how many guys made their NRL debuts last year. There were eight players who made their debuts last year and seven of those came through our EPD (elite player development). Our pathways seem to be working. Many of our younger players have re-signed here because we’re trying to create something. It doesn’t happen overnight, it takes a lot of hard work. We’re on a bit of a journey.”
The biggest decision of his tenure was flicking Darius Boyd from captaincy, and handing it over to Kiwi veteran, Alex Glenn. Along with creating a new leadership group of Matt Lodge, Tevita Pangai Jr, Brodie Croft, Pat Carrigan and Payne Haas to complement Darius Boyd and Alex Glenn.
CEO Paul White is confident they will be better prepared this season:
“Anthony is a very well-planned coach and he didn’t have the benefit of planning last pre-season. He’s had that this year. Seibs has had his hand on the full squad and we’ve made good use of our pre-season. We’re pleased with where we are now. A lot of hard work has gone in. I’m really looking forward to the season ahead because it was a bit disjointed last season and we haven’t had that this time. Some of the young guys coming through probably over-achieved last year. They’ve got another pre-season under their belts and the benefit of those games they played last year and tough lessons they learnt.”
McHunt
In one year, Seibold has lost two thirds of the players he inherited:
Vale: Matt Gillett, Josh McGuire, Sam Thaiday, Todd Murphy, Kodi Nikorima, Tom Opacic, Moses Pangai, Jonus Pearson, James Roberts, Andre Savelio, Gehamat Shibasaki, Korbin Sims, Jayden Su’A, Sam Tagataese, Myles Taueli, Troy Dargan, George Fai, Salesi Funaki.
Says Seibold:
“There was no excuses last season, I certainly didn’t make any excuses. There were some challenges. I took full responsibility for that last game. Failure is a great stepping stone to success. I don’t think any organisation or individual has had success without some humps along the way. It’s been challenging at different times but I love it. I feel comfortable that I know the players a lot better. We’ve made a number of changes. There are 10 or 11 players who were in the squad when I arrived last December who are no longer here. I get out of bed every day ready to do my best for the team and club.”
“We’ve tried to establish a pathway for our emerging players, you saw how many guys made their NRL debuts last year. There were eight players who made their debuts last year and seven of those came through our EPD (elite player development). Our pathways seem to be working. Many of our younger players have re-signed here because we’re trying to create something. It doesn’t happen overnight, it takes a lot of hard work. We’re on a bit of a journey.”
The biggest decision of his tenure was flicking Darius Boyd from captaincy, and handing it over to Kiwi veteran, Alex Glenn. Along with creating a new leadership group of Matt Lodge, Tevita Pangai Jr, Brodie Croft, Pat Carrigan and Payne Haas to complement Darius Boyd and Alex Glenn.
CEO Paul White is confident they will be better prepared this season:
“Anthony is a very well-planned coach and he didn’t have the benefit of planning last pre-season. He’s had that this year. Seibs has had his hand on the full squad and we’ve made good use of our pre-season. We’re pleased with where we are now. A lot of hard work has gone in. I’m really looking forward to the season ahead because it was a bit disjointed last season and we haven’t had that this time. Some of the young guys coming through probably over-achieved last year. They’ve got another pre-season under their belts and the benefit of those games they played last year and tough lessons they learnt.”
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