Sup42
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I was thrilled by the result, we needed to fight back.
We've seen this pattern before tho. This is like some spooky *final destination Movie dejavu script.
The Warriors are a confidence side. There are certain conditions that must be met before you see this type of mental performance from them.
1) the opposition have to be someone they like to bully, someone they don't fear, someone who's scalp offers them a lot of glory.
Melbourne and Brisbane are those teams.
The first time we played both those sides this year we saw lots of pats on the back for mental focus even though we lost those admirable games and cappy...like his predecessors promised us we were close.
2) Warriors can't deal with expectation and are poor season starters.....sees the Anzac debacle
3) Warriors continue to implode in a downward spiral and are unhappy with their coach, repeated losses sees coach lose the dressing room.
That is exactly the pattern under Matt Elliot. Unhappy players with change, a coach with a weak pedigree to challenge them.
4) Warriors club holds crisis meetings.
5) The Origin begins, the mental confidence side from Penrose feed off the perception that their opponents are weakened somehow....whether real or imagined....the flat track bullies go on a feeding frenzy. Before the Warrior melt down...this is the same shit the great Cleary coached through.
It wasn't until Ruben was going and Ivan was going that the Warriors found reasons to pull finger out of their arses....now we face Cappy going....another bloke they like....perhaps they will rise to a certain point based on confidence till a structured smothering defensive side with a completely opposite for and against on the NRL ladder shuts them out of a contest that matters.
6) this invariably coincides with the outcome of said players meeting determining that the coaches template is what is stifling them, they need cuddles from said coach who is on the verge of being fired at this point (ergo Bluey takes his team to the hot pools for more fun.....Matt Elliot gets his game plan changed in the tunnel but makes out Like that was the plan in post match analysis.
7) Cappy's last interveiw looked just like that. Cool at least we know what comes next.
8) Cappy realises the Warriors are un coacheable , as in they litteraly are the adult version of the U20's and ninety percent of the NZ grass roots scene. Daniel Anderson is Shrewd league brain, he famously said as much and embraced it. The problem for the Warriors is there are fuck all coaches in the Universe who will embrace an un coacheable athlete, let alone sports team.
If you listen to fans it is the Bastard Aussie coaches miss understanding of the Warrior way that is the problem .
Half those fans follow union (I don't) but I hear about it on nz radio when listening out for my sport....
To me the Warriors are like say the England Union side.
They know best, they are best when allowed to play their type of Union.
Just like the Warriors disdain for Aussie structures , those POM's are too arrogant to see that a dinosaur needs to know how to adapt to the superior most wining style of rugby Union to compete.
Fine, play your Warrior ball, but work hard enough cu**s to know how to play Aussie ball also, so you can employ both ....otherwise stay the excuse making whingers you are with glazed over expressions into the next decade....and I guarantee you this lot will destroy the Origin NRL right up until that ends and all the other teams go up a whole other gear the Warriors do not know in their tunnel talks, their bring back the fun talks, their Warrior ball solutions to a grinding defensive, organized, tactical competition....will get fucken buried by opponents who love playing the soft Warriors on a level playing field.
We've seen this pattern before tho. This is like some spooky *final destination Movie dejavu script.
The Warriors are a confidence side. There are certain conditions that must be met before you see this type of mental performance from them.
1) the opposition have to be someone they like to bully, someone they don't fear, someone who's scalp offers them a lot of glory.
Melbourne and Brisbane are those teams.
The first time we played both those sides this year we saw lots of pats on the back for mental focus even though we lost those admirable games and cappy...like his predecessors promised us we were close.
2) Warriors can't deal with expectation and are poor season starters.....sees the Anzac debacle
3) Warriors continue to implode in a downward spiral and are unhappy with their coach, repeated losses sees coach lose the dressing room.
That is exactly the pattern under Matt Elliot. Unhappy players with change, a coach with a weak pedigree to challenge them.
4) Warriors club holds crisis meetings.
5) The Origin begins, the mental confidence side from Penrose feed off the perception that their opponents are weakened somehow....whether real or imagined....the flat track bullies go on a feeding frenzy. Before the Warrior melt down...this is the same shit the great Cleary coached through.
It wasn't until Ruben was going and Ivan was going that the Warriors found reasons to pull finger out of their arses....now we face Cappy going....another bloke they like....perhaps they will rise to a certain point based on confidence till a structured smothering defensive side with a completely opposite for and against on the NRL ladder shuts them out of a contest that matters.
6) this invariably coincides with the outcome of said players meeting determining that the coaches template is what is stifling them, they need cuddles from said coach who is on the verge of being fired at this point (ergo Bluey takes his team to the hot pools for more fun.....Matt Elliot gets his game plan changed in the tunnel but makes out Like that was the plan in post match analysis.
7) Cappy's last interveiw looked just like that. Cool at least we know what comes next.
8) Cappy realises the Warriors are un coacheable , as in they litteraly are the adult version of the U20's and ninety percent of the NZ grass roots scene. Daniel Anderson is Shrewd league brain, he famously said as much and embraced it. The problem for the Warriors is there are fuck all coaches in the Universe who will embrace an un coacheable athlete, let alone sports team.
If you listen to fans it is the Bastard Aussie coaches miss understanding of the Warrior way that is the problem .
Half those fans follow union (I don't) but I hear about it on nz radio when listening out for my sport....
To me the Warriors are like say the England Union side.
They know best, they are best when allowed to play their type of Union.
Just like the Warriors disdain for Aussie structures , those POM's are too arrogant to see that a dinosaur needs to know how to adapt to the superior most wining style of rugby Union to compete.
Fine, play your Warrior ball, but work hard enough cu**s to know how to play Aussie ball also, so you can employ both ....otherwise stay the excuse making whingers you are with glazed over expressions into the next decade....and I guarantee you this lot will destroy the Origin NRL right up until that ends and all the other teams go up a whole other gear the Warriors do not know in their tunnel talks, their bring back the fun talks, their Warrior ball solutions to a grinding defensive, organized, tactical competition....will get fucken buried by opponents who love playing the soft Warriors on a level playing field.
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