Galah
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Can’t believe we didn’t sign Maguire, watching tigers now and he is exactly the coach we need.
Alec
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Its not your fault, Seibold
Foordy
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i'm not sure where to put this, so i'll put it here.
Seibs has hired Peter Ryan as defence coach
Seibs has hired Peter Ryan as defence coach
rnabokov
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When?
Foordy
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the courier mail saying it's starting with the match against the Knights
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Allo
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I think they hoped he was going to be captain for a year or two to bridge the gap to a Carrigan captain future, but the injury was too much. This year shows we really needed him still
Though I'm biased and I love the man, so that deal doesn't bother me as much. Compunded with Boyd and Bird, it looks a lot worse
rnabokov
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Cool. I remember his very effective defence and tackling. He was our defence coach ia while back?
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Jason Simmons
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He came in the other year too. I hope this isn’t the same as last time where he came in for a week or two to ‘fix’ things, because it did f*ckall last time. As we hear ad nauseum from the likes of Tallis et all, defence is about attitude. It’s a cliché true and a boring one at that, but it’s true they have to work hard in defence and actually want to defend or they will be terrible at it.
It’s clear when you compare us to say the Roosters, we are far less passionate, far less professional, we look and often act downright dumb, and if all of this isn’t bad enough, we also look as if we have never even trained together most the time.
Hopefully Ryan can fix the defence quickly, but personally I think he needs to stay here all season. Our defence needs to be thoroughly overhauled from the ground up. The players seem to need a LOT of time to learn anything, let alone how important defence is and a couple of training sessions, is all they’ll get if he is only here for a couple of weeks...
rnabokov
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So well put
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It also shows that Seibs is willing to learn and adapt, even if it's to the bleeding obvious. Great move
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Jason Simmons
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What does it say about our current defensive coach though? Assuming we actually have one of course...
007
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Parker, but missing due to COVID restrictions?
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I think leading up to this year since 2015 has been our worst of player choices and decisions. So many bungled big $$$ choices.
I'm also worried to the future that we have too many guys on big money. Packing the scrum is costing us at least 4.0m per year. Bird and Milf taking up their contract options for next year is another 2.0. The only relief we get is Boyd's 700k from retiring this year. We have a serious budget mess to clean up and work through. Less big name players, more hungry players.
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winslow_wong
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Hopefully Ryan gives some extra tackling drills to the likes of Milford and Croft. I don’t think Milford in particular would have ever been shown how to tackle properly. Too much is focussed on his attacking game.
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Bongo
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Yes . Its fine to say we lack experience but all our players with experience are underperforming and we need them off the books. Bird, Macca, Boyd, Kahu, Offa and Milford eating serious cash for little value. Boyd and Kahu go but we need to move Macca and Bird if we can and potentially Milford if need be.
Jason Simmons
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He is their forwards coach as I understand it?
We have Boyd, Kahu and Macca’s money available next year at this stage, assuming no-one else leaves, that will be a fair chunk of change to plug some of our holes.
I’d be on the look out for a genuine NRL starting quality left centre, if I were in recruiting at the club, we haven’t had one for a while...
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007
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Maybe we dont have anyway dedicated currently :/
Those 3 combined i would assume is 1.3-1.4M. 2021 we then get Bird and Milf to re look at as well as Fifi and Glenn possibly retires?
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rnabokov
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What's wrong with Bird at FB? I thought he was terrific there until injured. Much prefer him at the back than at centre. He offers everything Isaako doesn't. Creativity and ball skills, and he is such a dangerous runner of the ball. If we have to play Isaako, why not in the centres with Staggs?
Actually, assuming Staggs matures quickly and improves his defensive reads I reckon he would make a devastating FB.
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NSW stables
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Although he looked good at fullback in the trials, I dont think bird will stay on beyond next year so we may not want to change our spine for just the single year only to have to restart forming combinations again.
As people have said, we need a team with balance. Looking at melbourne for example, they have a core group of players, and then a team built around that group. There are certain players that we have to keep and develop the team around them. Yes the rest of the team may not be world beaters but if they do their job it will be balanced and keep us within the cap
