June 25, 2024 • 7 mins
The Warriors are dusting themselves off after the Gold Coast Grand Catastrophe.
They've done their post-match review, which was probably not much fun for anyone, and have named their side for the upcoming match against the Broncos.
Warriors assistant coach Richard Agar spoke to D'Arcy Waldegrave on Sportstalk.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Dancy Waldergrave
from News Talk ZIB.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
We'll join now on a news Talks eb by assistant
coach of the one Warriors, Richard Aga. First at Richard,
how are you mate after what happened on the weekend?
Are you good?
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Oh yeah, yeah, Look, sometimes you got a roll with
the punchers and it were a tough day and certainly
a tough trip back.
Speaker 4 (00:31):
But focus is very much on getting the win this week.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
You know, we we got review turned around really quickly
while we were still in Australia. We wanted to address it,
face up to it, look at how we move forward
from here and get on with you know, playing in
front of our fans at home this week and turning
the performance around. Yeah, usually disappointing, very flat performance, you know,
with no physicality from the word goal. And yeah, we
(00:57):
had a really tough and disappointing day at the office
and a day that you know we were not really
had too many of them in the eighteen months we've
been here, so yeah, disappointing on a lot of fronts.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
Leisure, feeling really deflated and sick to your stomach. But
at the end of the day.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
We've got to pick ourselves up, just ourselves down, get
a smile back on the face, face what's coming our way,
and get ready for the Broncos this week.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
The review on the way back must have been tough.
How many players actually stood up and went, hey, not
good enough? Was it from the coaches to the players
that players facing that? What was the gats of the conversations?
As uncomfortable as they must have been, Richard, Now, not really.
Speaker 4 (01:37):
I wouldn't say I'm comfortable at all.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
I think listen to pitchers, don't lie, and I think
we've got a pretty good group of players who were
has disappointed, frustrated, feeling let down, as I guess anyone
at the weekend. So now there's plenty of ownership, plenty
of accountability, plenty of players. I guess you know that's
not good enough. You am embarrassed by what I did there.
(01:59):
So there were no blame, complain hiding, shining away from it. Yeah,
we sort of faced it head on and left us
in a position that we feel we could move forward
this week.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
The team has come out, there's been nothing punitive around selection.
Obviously you've lost to Sean Johnson, but there's been no punishment,
and when you base this young girl or the sick
and String, it is for one of a bitter phrase.
And what they do when they came in when some
of the rock stars were out and the results they had,
it's hard I think for people to go, why are
(02:30):
you living? These guys having another crack. That's a couple
of times now they've they've let the side down. Do
you see where we're coming from, Richard?
Speaker 3 (02:38):
Yeah, I do, But I think you know, our team
will have a different look to our look last week
in certain positions, and I think looking at you know,
looking at where we're at at the moment, I'm not
too sure which positions you're actually talking about.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
To be fair, there's been no one punished for a
display you haven't like rolled in and obviously have you
got You've got Tomardy Martin's coming for Shawn Johnson's Now
Harris has come up there. That's a that's a major change.
But there's no thought process. He's around sitting some guys
down like a Fanila Blake or Nia Cora and saying, look,
we weren't happier with that. Is that not the way
(03:14):
Webster rolls? I don't think it is, but it must
have been considered.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
I think all things are considered.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
But we also considered the fact that probably for three
or four weeks before and we've played some pretty good
forty two so I know the team for Magic Weekend
and Penrith and the Dolphins, but I still think that,
you know, we're going pretty much with the crooks of
the side that had our best winner of the season
less than two weeks ago at North Queensland. So you know,
(03:40):
I still think we've got plenty of confidence in the
players and a couple of guys you mentioned. You know,
I just don't think Martanierkori were his best player again Melbourne,
and you know.
Speaker 4 (03:51):
We're probably the pick of a bad bunch at the weekend.
So that's what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
I'm sort of which specific areas are you talking about?
And I think there's a couple of players that are
there on the periphery. Tam to a Picky is one
NTE that I think has played really well.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
Has been in all conversations this week.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
But I think, you know, everybody gets another chance, and
I don't particularly see any harm inshuring some faith and
giving the guys opportunity to right some wrongs and put
it right this week.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Ideally, And Richard Agar, assistant coach of the Wise, joins us,
if you've got the Broncos this weekend, they're hardly retiring players.
It's a very good team. If you were to isolate
some of the areas, because ideally you want to pick
up right across the board. I mean, first teen, fifteen,
twenty minutes is okay? Then and then it fell apart.
What are the areas where you are primarily concerned about
(04:43):
that you believe need more work. You've got trust in
the players to not do this again. That's great. I'm
sure they'll respond to that. But from a coaching point
of view, what do you look at as an attitude
and defense? Is it play reading? Is there anything particular?
Speaker 4 (04:58):
Yeah, physicality.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
We felt that we just weren't at the races physically,
And I probably disagree where you get that that the
first fifteen to twenty min and it's you know, I
thought the signs were there from the first couple of sets.
Might if I'm perfectly honest, that we felt that we
lacked that physicality and and I guess attitude to defend
and to want to defend in a you know, in
(05:21):
a in a tough manner, and I think that you know,
that set the tone for us really really early doors,
and I think it's a very difficult one. When you
don't have that physicality, there's plenty of other.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
Cracks that will start to appear in your game.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
You know, your lack of root control and your lack
of investment and intent in those areas will lead to
poor decisions, poor defensive numbers, lack of line speed, and
it's spilled over into you know, a lack of application
around a lot of discipline areas too. So look, I
think it's easy to spend a lot of time talking
(05:57):
about this one. No nobody within the camp is absolutely
trying to brush it under the carpet. You know, we
feel we've faced up to it early doors, and we've
very much about putting right some wrongs this week and
return into probably two weeks ago, we felt we had
our best performance and with for long periods again Melbourne,
we thought we've performed okay as well. So you know,
(06:19):
we're hoping that this is the one off and everybody
gets a shot at redemption this week.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
And we'd like to think so in front of a
pecked home crowd. I'm sure that it's going to lift
the spirits. I just carry use some slight there, Richard,
because they didn't start scoring to what was at the
fifteen fifteen old minute. Then things kidding a bit dodgy
after had the twenty minute.
Speaker 4 (06:38):
So yeah, look we'll try. I'm trying to be honest.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
We'd so, you know, again we felt that are you know,
not putting people on the ground. Meet has come into
way too easy, you know, poor poor aeros from us.
We felt our intent and application were missing from the
get go. So yeah, it's it's a real difficult one
to put your finger.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
On, you know, without offering up excuses.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
But as I say, I think everybody gets to trust
and an opportunity this week to put it right.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
And I think there's a couple of guys absolutely banging
on the door, but to sort of feel like it's.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Almost we're dropping them for punishment or are we sort
of trying to get the best out of you know,
what is a pretty decent team when you look at
it on paper.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
For more from Sports Talk, listen live to news Talks.
It'd be from seven pm weekdays or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio,
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Dancy Waldergrave
from News Talk ZIB.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
We'll join now on a news Talks eb by assistant
coach of the one Warriors, Richard Aga. First at Richard,
how are you mate after what happened on the weekend?
Are you good?
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Oh yeah, yeah, Look, sometimes you got a roll with
the punchers and it were a tough day and certainly
a tough trip back.
Speaker 4 (00:31):
But focus is very much on getting the win this week.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
You know, we we got review turned around really quickly
while we were still in Australia. We wanted to address it,
face up to it, look at how we move forward
from here and get on with you know, playing in
front of our fans at home this week and turning
the performance around. Yeah, usually disappointing, very flat performance, you know,
with no physicality from the word goal. And yeah, we
(00:57):
had a really tough and disappointing day at the office
and a day that you know we were not really
had too many of them in the eighteen months we've
been here, so yeah, disappointing on a lot of fronts.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
Leisure, feeling really deflated and sick to your stomach. But
at the end of the day.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
We've got to pick ourselves up, just ourselves down, get
a smile back on the face, face what's coming our way,
and get ready for the Broncos this week.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
The review on the way back must have been tough.
How many players actually stood up and went, hey, not
good enough? Was it from the coaches to the players
that players facing that? What was the gats of the conversations?
As uncomfortable as they must have been, Richard, Now, not really.
Speaker 4 (01:37):
I wouldn't say I'm comfortable at all.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
I think listen to pitchers, don't lie, and I think
we've got a pretty good group of players who were
has disappointed, frustrated, feeling let down, as I guess anyone
at the weekend. So now there's plenty of ownership, plenty
of accountability, plenty of players. I guess you know that's
not good enough. You am embarrassed by what I did there.
(01:59):
So there were no blame, complain hiding, shining away from it. Yeah,
we sort of faced it head on and left us
in a position that we feel we could move forward
this week.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
The team has come out, there's been nothing punitive around selection.
Obviously you've lost to Sean Johnson, but there's been no punishment,
and when you base this young girl or the sick
and String, it is for one of a bitter phrase.
And what they do when they came in when some
of the rock stars were out and the results they had,
it's hard I think for people to go, why are
(02:30):
you living? These guys having another crack. That's a couple
of times now they've they've let the side down. Do
you see where we're coming from, Richard?
Speaker 3 (02:38):
Yeah, I do, But I think you know, our team
will have a different look to our look last week
in certain positions, and I think looking at you know,
looking at where we're at at the moment, I'm not
too sure which positions you're actually talking about.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
To be fair, there's been no one punished for a
display you haven't like rolled in and obviously have you
got You've got Tomardy Martin's coming for Shawn Johnson's Now
Harris has come up there. That's a that's a major change.
But there's no thought process. He's around sitting some guys
down like a Fanila Blake or Nia Cora and saying, look,
we weren't happier with that. Is that not the way
(03:14):
Webster rolls? I don't think it is, but it must
have been considered.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
I think all things are considered.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
But we also considered the fact that probably for three
or four weeks before and we've played some pretty good
forty two so I know the team for Magic Weekend
and Penrith and the Dolphins, but I still think that,
you know, we're going pretty much with the crooks of
the side that had our best winner of the season
less than two weeks ago at North Queensland. So you know,
(03:40):
I still think we've got plenty of confidence in the
players and a couple of guys you mentioned. You know,
I just don't think Martanierkori were his best player again Melbourne,
and you know.
Speaker 4 (03:51):
We're probably the pick of a bad bunch at the weekend.
So that's what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
I'm sort of which specific areas are you talking about?
And I think there's a couple of players that are
there on the periphery. Tam to a Picky is one
NTE that I think has played really well.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
Has been in all conversations this week.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
But I think, you know, everybody gets another chance, and
I don't particularly see any harm inshuring some faith and
giving the guys opportunity to right some wrongs and put
it right this week.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Ideally, And Richard Agar, assistant coach of the Wise, joins us,
if you've got the Broncos this weekend, they're hardly retiring players.
It's a very good team. If you were to isolate
some of the areas, because ideally you want to pick
up right across the board. I mean, first teen, fifteen,
twenty minutes is okay? Then and then it fell apart.
What are the areas where you are primarily concerned about
(04:43):
that you believe need more work. You've got trust in
the players to not do this again. That's great. I'm
sure they'll respond to that. But from a coaching point
of view, what do you look at as an attitude
and defense? Is it play reading? Is there anything particular?
Speaker 4 (04:58):
Yeah, physicality.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
We felt that we just weren't at the races physically,
And I probably disagree where you get that that the
first fifteen to twenty min and it's you know, I
thought the signs were there from the first couple of sets.
Might if I'm perfectly honest, that we felt that we
lacked that physicality and and I guess attitude to defend
and to want to defend in a you know, in
(05:21):
a in a tough manner, and I think that you know,
that set the tone for us really really early doors,
and I think it's a very difficult one. When you
don't have that physicality, there's plenty of other.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
Cracks that will start to appear in your game.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
You know, your lack of root control and your lack
of investment and intent in those areas will lead to
poor decisions, poor defensive numbers, lack of line speed, and
it's spilled over into you know, a lack of application
around a lot of discipline areas too. So look, I
think it's easy to spend a lot of time talking
(05:57):
about this one. No nobody within the camp is absolutely
trying to brush it under the carpet. You know, we
feel we've faced up to it early doors, and we've
very much about putting right some wrongs this week and
return into probably two weeks ago, we felt we had
our best performance and with for long periods again Melbourne,
we thought we've performed okay as well. So you know,
(06:19):
we're hoping that this is the one off and everybody
gets a shot at redemption this week.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
And we'd like to think so in front of a
pecked home crowd. I'm sure that it's going to lift
the spirits. I just carry use some slight there, Richard,
because they didn't start scoring to what was at the
fifteen fifteen old minute. Then things kidding a bit dodgy
after had the twenty minute.
Speaker 4 (06:38):
So yeah, look we'll try. I'm trying to be honest.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
We'd so, you know, again we felt that are you know,
not putting people on the ground. Meet has come into
way too easy, you know, poor poor aeros from us.
We felt our intent and application were missing from the
get go. So yeah, it's it's a real difficult one
to put your finger.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
On, you know, without offering up excuses.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
But as I say, I think everybody gets to trust
and an opportunity this week to put it right.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
And I think there's a couple of guys absolutely banging
on the door, but to sort of feel like it's.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Almost we're dropping them for punishment or are we sort
of trying to get the best out of you know,
what is a pretty decent team when you look at
it on paper.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
For more from Sports Talk, listen live to news Talks.
It'd be from seven pm weekdays or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio,
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