I just noticed that Cleary played two seasons with Taylor at North Sydney and have noticed Taylor has spoken highly of Ivan since his dismissal and Ivan certainly has not been slating Taylor (unlike how Taylor spoke of Potter). I wonder if they are mates? Anyone know what their relationship is like? If they have a good relationship I can only imagine it being helpful for Cleary to be able to speak to Taylor and get a "handover" of sorts.
When did Taylor slate Potter?
You mean at private fan forums closed to the media?
There was certainly no slating of Potter by Taylor in public.
Very sad that fans want coaches to open and frank and when they do they smashed for it. No wonder the club doesn't run those forums anymore.
Maybe slated is a strong word. But he certainly didn't pull punches in press conferences when he signed. He was very strong worded about where Potter had been going wrong and how he was going to fix it. I recall it leaving a sour taste in my mouth. Not sure what you're referring to about the private forums.
He never mentioned Potter. He talked about our poor defensive structure. This was said in fan forums and reported on it. From memory, and I could be wrong, it was never said in public press conferences.
From memory he noted that under Sheens our defensive structure was too soft down the middle and under Potter it was too weak out wide. Once again, I don't believe he ever named Potter. Clearly he was right. He wasn't saying anything my 5 year old daughter doesn't know. Obviously, he couldn't fix the problems out wide either.
