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Corey Oates shares his thoughts on becoming the latest scapegoat:
“To be honest, I didn‘t see it coming and I don’t think I deserved to be dropped. I was heartbroken when the coach dropped me. It bloody hurt. I didn‘t take it lightly and I wasn’t happy, I was pretty pissed off for a couple of days and then I just thought there is no point kicking cans."
“It was a tough pill to swallow. I‘ve had a conversation with the coach and I said I will still be the same person around the team. I will just train and work hard to get my starting spot back.”
“I was a bit surprised that I was the only guy dropped and no-one else, but now I‘m back in the team with ’Lodgey’ out so I guess I get another chance. I feel I‘ve been doing a pretty decent job on the wing. It is what it is. It’s my 150th game and I’m coming off the bench so I will just do what I can and hopefully we can finally get a win against the Warriors.”
Am I a joke to you?
“Seibs asked me last week if I wanted to be a back-rower or a winger and I said to him I want to play wing. Down the track, I might end up in the forwards, but right now I believe I‘m best suited to the wing with my role in this team. Looking at the team now, it would be pretty hard to get the edge back-row spot over David Fifita, Tevita (Pangai Jr) and Alex Glenn, it would be silly of me to think I could knock those blokes out of the team."
“I believe I‘m best suited to the wing, but apparently I’m on the bench as a back-rower this week. If nothing happens to the backs, I’ll be in the forwards. The Titans game was one of those games where the ball wasn‘t coming to me. I was trying to go in there to look for it."
“I feel like my defence has been pretty good and it’s actually been better than other years. I don‘t feel like I have stuffed up in a major way in games, but once a coach makes his decision, they don’t go back on them.”
“People saying we don‘t care don’t understand how hard we try. When you lose five games in a row, everyone hurts, but as a team we need to be better across the board to beat the Warriors.”
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“To be honest, I didn‘t see it coming and I don’t think I deserved to be dropped. I was heartbroken when the coach dropped me. It bloody hurt. I didn‘t take it lightly and I wasn’t happy, I was pretty pissed off for a couple of days and then I just thought there is no point kicking cans."
“It was a tough pill to swallow. I‘ve had a conversation with the coach and I said I will still be the same person around the team. I will just train and work hard to get my starting spot back.”
“I was a bit surprised that I was the only guy dropped and no-one else, but now I‘m back in the team with ’Lodgey’ out so I guess I get another chance. I feel I‘ve been doing a pretty decent job on the wing. It is what it is. It’s my 150th game and I’m coming off the bench so I will just do what I can and hopefully we can finally get a win against the Warriors.”
Am I a joke to you?
“Seibs asked me last week if I wanted to be a back-rower or a winger and I said to him I want to play wing. Down the track, I might end up in the forwards, but right now I believe I‘m best suited to the wing with my role in this team. Looking at the team now, it would be pretty hard to get the edge back-row spot over David Fifita, Tevita (Pangai Jr) and Alex Glenn, it would be silly of me to think I could knock those blokes out of the team."
“I believe I‘m best suited to the wing, but apparently I’m on the bench as a back-rower this week. If nothing happens to the backs, I’ll be in the forwards. The Titans game was one of those games where the ball wasn‘t coming to me. I was trying to go in there to look for it."
“I feel like my defence has been pretty good and it’s actually been better than other years. I don‘t feel like I have stuffed up in a major way in games, but once a coach makes his decision, they don’t go back on them.”
“People saying we don‘t care don’t understand how hard we try. When you lose five games in a row, everyone hurts, but as a team we need to be better across the board to beat the Warriors.”
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