Rumour Gus gets his man

[berries1935]

Isn’t this the same story from last week

 

[berries1935]

Imagine if we get Ciraldo and go back to boring structured footy again. The way we're playing at the moment is the most joy I've had watching our team since 2012 Barba on fire year

Totally agree first time in a long time i enjoy watching us play

 

[The DoggFather]

A lot of us called signing him when Gus said he told him to "stay at Panthers"

 

[alchemist]

Why do people say Dymock he was defensive coach at Titans and they couldn’t tackle!!

I never really had a problem with Dymock or Georgallis or Pay as assistants but not for the head coaching role

 

[jordansaba]

im scared bro

 

[The DoggFather]

im scared bro

I have to admit I'm worried too. I can just see Baz 2.0 happen, I hope it doesn't, but once bitten, twice shy.

 

[Dognacious]

It's a rumour until it's announced. Not saying it won't happen but it hasn't happened yet.

 

[Family Guy]

I'm a glass half full guy. I see Payten 2.0 or Fitzgibbon 2.0
Ciraldo is a defensive coach. Even if he fucks up our attack, if he turns us into a top 4 defensive side, we'll still be in the top 8. With Mahoney, Kikua and Burton in the side, I'm not too worried about our attack anymore

 

[Shreksno1]

If true Ciraldo must have the confidence he can do the job and Barrett failing and getting sacked hasnt scared him off.

 

[Brendan7]

Ciraldo was Barrett’s assistant when they coached the Panthers under 20s back in the day. I reckon Ciraldo would have been calling Barrett a lot lately in making this decision to try and find out where it all went wrong for Barrett.

I’ll give him number 1

picking favourites

 

[Brendan7]

Green is a no for me he got no people skills and is shit with communication with players that's coming from 2 players I know well that played under him at cowboys and Roosters 20s

Rather him than Madge who has been abysmal, yeah he won a comp I recon my pet animal could have won a comp with that Souths side- had peak GI and Burgess among about 10 others. Wasn’t hard “hey boys there’s GI pass the ball to him”

 

[jordansaba]

I have to admit I'm worried too. I can just see Baz 2.0 happen, I hope it doesn't, but once bitten, twice shy.

maybe if we all write “ciraldo will succeed” in our diary’s it’ll come true

 

[Eesma]

The Madge meeting doesn't necessarily mean anything. Could just be Gus doing due diligence with applications.

 

[DinkumDog]

The Madge meeting doesn't necessarily mean anything. Could just be Gus doing due diligence with applications.

Or throwing a hospital pass to the media and the meeting was unrelated to the Bulldogs coaching role…

 

[senshidog]

IF they are getting an untested at NRL level coach, then I wonder if they'll have the support of previous NRL coaches as assistants?

Surely the club can't afford to fuck this one up and not have Ciraldo work out.

Maybe thats the idea they are thinking of?

Put two highly experienced ex head coaches alongside Ciraldo to ensure he succeeds.

 

[habs]

Meh @ media treating this like some kind of coup.

 

[dog 4life]

Good old saying, If it's not broken don't fix it! Pots has the boys responding and playing heads up footy, the D is something he's working on and seems to be calm and wise. Why bring in an unproven assistant coach while we just got rid of one, doesn't make sense at all. Give him at least one more year and see how he goes. One thing we can't ignore is that we had a team shot on confidence and it's super difficult to turn that mindset in such a short period of time

 

[doggieaaron]

Apparently sandercock is a big part of our attack so youd think hed be staying on

 

[Weak Gutted Dog]

Imagine if we get Ciraldo and go back to boring structured footy again. The way we're playing at the moment is the most joy I've had watching our team since 2012 Barba on fire year

Yeah this is my fear too.

We can’t play like Penrith. Lately we have been playing our own style.
We need to find our identity.
That’s what Potter has allowed.
And a few positional change have helped. Eg Averillo to fb.

 

[beastwood89]

Ciraldo given deadline


The Panthers don’t want speculation and uncertainty about Cameron Ciraldo’s future to spill into their preparations for the 2023 season, and have given him a November 1 deadline to commit to the club or confirm his departure.


Should Ciraldo decide to stick with Penrith as an assistant next year, he will see the 2023 season through – there won’t be any mid-season switches.


The Bulldogs remain supremely confident they’ve landed Ciraldo, but an individual with close knowledge of the situation told me this week that the deal was “far from done”.