Round 10 Discussion
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I still think the Dogs are morals but the wooden spoon is giving the Blue Mountains a seductive look at the moment
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Their confidence is just completely shot to shit
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What confidence?
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Great try to Paasi. 10+ Post contact metres through multiple defenders.
Tipped the Riff tonight, God knows why. Thought they'd be galvanised into action but they look shot.
Tipped the Riff tonight, God knows why. Thought they'd be galvanised into action but they look shot.
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No way Gould sacked him, I don't believe it. Griffin was sacked to make way for Cleary, and Gould didn't even want Cleary and was basically forced to resign. Gould wanted Bennett and I would bet any money Penrith would be a top 4 team if they actually went with Gould and signed Bennett instead of telling him lol no, we want Cleary.
Lol @ Penrith. Signing Ivan for 4 million for 5 years just to make sure his son stays at the club. If Ivan can't turn the playing group around Penrith are absolutely fucked and have put all their eggs in a really bad basket.
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Was it actually Goulds call though? Considering what apparently happened regarding Bennett, I'm not so sure
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Blocker Roach made a ridiculous comment tonight.
'Warriors haven't had a running halfback since Stacey Jones.'
The ****? Too many head knocks mate.
'Warriors haven't had a running halfback since Stacey Jones.'
The ****? Too many head knocks mate.
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Considering Cleary and Gould can't stand each other after Cleary's first sacking from there, I very much doubt it was his call.
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Don't rate Griffin at NRL level but you're dead right, he likely would have them competing for 80.
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It was an odd decision for sure. Who made the real decisions out there is questionable for me because I have no idea where the real power lays in the far west. The whole Cleary thing smells like an old school, chook raffle level football club with bumbling amateur management. Of course that's my perception of the decision to put up so much money for the pair. Time might prove me wrong.
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To me it seems fairly obvious
- Griffin was doing alright, good even, IMO
- Penrith wanted Cleary
- Penrith sack Griffin to get Cleary
- Gould is pissed off because as head of football he did not want Cleary and told Bennett he wants him but the board rejected Gould
- Gould leaves a few months after Cleary arrives
It's definitely amateur management. Griffin was a very solid coach for Penrith, the only reason they would have sacked him so quickly and rushed to sign Cleary for 5 years was to keep his son at the club. Another shit club signed a coach arguably just to get a no.7 to sign, Taylor/Garth Brennan. That hasn't worked out so well.
Total amateur knee jerk management. I'd take Gould's opinion over the Penrith CEO on coaching ability any day of the week.
