The NRL Season of 2016
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<p>The two are not mutually exclusive. Incompetent coach + unprofessional players = recipe for disaster.</p>
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<p>They're not, but thankfully Jim Doyle is at least diverting from the "shit results only means a shit coach" mantra of some fans and previous Warriors administrators...</p>
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<p>In recent years I've wondered if even Wayne Bennett/Craig Bellamy could sort some of this lot out.</p> -
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I read this a few days ago about Bellamy's pre season. I reckon he'd "lose the dressing room" pretty quickly at the Warriors if he made them train like that -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="No Quarter" data-cid="582533" data-time="1464154389">
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<p>The two are not mutually exclusive. Incompetent coach + unprofessional players = recipe for disaster.</p>
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<p>common denominator being?</p> -
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Both - when was the last time we had a good coach?<br><br>
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<p>how do you know they havent had a good coach but the deep seated issues at the club havent ruined his career and made him look bad?</p>
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<p>Artent they doing an independant review at present, hopefully this will highlight the issues.</p> -
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<p>FFS, I didn't invent the term - it was used by the anti Bluey brigade to knock him down a peg.</p>
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<p>Cappy is a shit club coach. Why do you want me to get over one but not the other?</p>
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<p>I don't, but you keep bringing Bluey up like he's relevant in some way, or was hard done by. He wasn't, and he's not relevant, except as another example of a failed appointment. Did we get better when he left?</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote">In recent years I've wondered if even Wayne Bennett/Craig Bellamy could sort some of this lot out.
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<p>oi that's my line!</p> -
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I read this a few days ago about Bellamy's pre season. I reckon he'd "lose the dressing room" pretty quickly at the Warriors if he made them train like that</p>
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<p>But but but, it's been the Warriors best preseason ever, they're fitter this year than they've ever been!</p>
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<p>Exactly and every year it becomes plainly obvious that we are one of the least fit teams in the comp</p>
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<p>If it was actually true that each year's Warriors squad had been fitter than the last... the '95 Warriors must have needed the changing room doors to be removed before they could gently waddle out onto Mount Smart.</p> -
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<p>I don't, but you keep bringing Bluey up like he's relevant in some way, or was hard done by. He wasn't, and he's not relevant, except as another example of a failed appointment. Did we get better when he left?</p>
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<p>oi that's my line!</p>
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<p>I bring up Bluey because he's a comparison, and a bloody similar one at that, and if Cappy gets the boot he wont be hard done by either. Cappy's a failed appointment yet people want him kept on just because other coaches have been fired. That's not a good enough reason for me.</p>
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<p><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(247,247,247);">In recent years I've wondered if even Wayne Bennett/Craig Bellamy could sort some of this lot out.</span></p>
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<p>We might all need to chip in a few bucks to make this happen so that we can know definitively one way or another. </p> -
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<p>We might all need to chip in a few bucks to make this happen so that we can know definitively one way or another. </p>
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<p>Worth a go.</p> -
<p>havent they just freed up $500k?</p>
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<p>What a mess , I feel sorry for the die hard league people in NZ , they deserve better , </p>
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<p>I will always support the kiwis , but living in Melb , I follow the Storm at club level, </p>
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<p>Warriors are my second team and always hope they go well for NZs sake , but man , always seems like there is more pain than pleasure , some clubs are cursed </p> -
<p>Remember, there are two cursed clubs right now - Warriors and Parramatta. Norman to face the courts on drugs charges:</p>
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<p>Cappy is gone as coach, that much I know. Doyle didn't hire him so therefore Doyle doesn't have to show him any loyalty. This current crisis does give Doyle plenty of time to find and set his coach up for 2017. It might be Ivan Cleary but Doyle has a few months to prepare. Cappy could quit on his own, and that is in play, but he seems to be determined to be captain of the Titanic.</p>
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<p>Leuluai, Vatuvei, Hoffman, Robson will all find themselves being pushed out the door if the season continues this way. Doyle will want to free up cap-room (like he has with Hurrell) and kicking out a Hoffman or Vatuvei will definitely shake things up in the locker-room.</p>
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<p>Warriors lack leadership across the squad right now. When Cleary was coach, the last time we had a decent coach, he had Steve Price, Ruben Wiki, Michael Luck, and Brent Tate to provide positive leadership in the locker-room. Hoffman, Mannering, Luke and Lillyman don't have that same feel.</p>
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<p>There aren't many players on the free agent market right now who fit a Price/Wiki role, although Greg Eastwood would be a close fit. Should even contemplate the return of Elijah Taylor (at the right price).</p> -
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The lurker reckons its Maguire from Souths. Apparently the players are sick of him cos he works them too hard<br><br>
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<p>I'll put in a plug for Kata doing well this season. He has the right attitude and shows signs he can improve. Hurrell never put the work in even though he had a lot of potential.</p>
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<p>Happy to see Hurrell go and it sounds like Manu is next, hope things work out well for both. Maybe Manu just needs a change of scene to get his mojo back, but I think it's 50/50 at best in terms of Konrad making a genuine go of it in the NRL.</p>
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Hoffman is better than Mannering, and Simon won't be on small coin, rissole him
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And Cleary was half decent, I never rated him as highly as you did Sneak
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<p><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">And Cleary was half decent, I never rated him as highly as you did Sneak </span></p>
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<p>May not be a Wayne Bennett, Des Hasler or Craig Bellamy, but he did alright with the stock he had. At least he taught them how to defend.</p>
