Cleary vs Paul Crawley

UNDER-FIRE Wests Tigers coach Ivan Cleary has refused to answer questions regarding his reported offer to coach the Panthers.

In a heated press conference following the Tigers 22-20 win over the Raiders to keep their finals hopes alive, Cleary repeatedly shut down reporters.

“I’m not going to talk about it,” Cleary said in response to a question from Paul Crawley about Phil Gould’s comments.

“I’m sure you can find the misinformation.

“I’m not going to talk about it, I’m sorry mate.

“I get it that you have all run a big story on it, but I said my position yesterday and I’m not going to talk about it.

“If you want to talk about the game, I’m happy to talk about that.”

Cleary was asked if the Panthers talk was a distraction as he prepared his side for the clash with the Raiders.

“No because that’s my job,” Cleary replied.

However Cleary did reserve special praise for his players and their ability to cope with the outside pressures on the club throughout the week.

“You would have to ask the boys, but all I can say is that they have never been anything other than completely focused on their preparation,” Cleary said.

“They were really good throughout the week and I thought it showed against the Raiders.”
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Good on Ivan, handled the week well

YBH. I think he handled the week very poorly.

Everything would have been better if all.the talk was snuffed out Tuesday Am.

Addressing it was just fuel to the fire. No need
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Well it wasn’t,Snuffed out to some people, are you happy now or are we going to keep this rubbish going for the rest of the next of the season,

He’s just got a fairly average team to within 2 points of 4th place. So wouldn’t you be better off
By congratulating him for doing well , in a difficult week , against a team that usually piles up their points in their points for and against
Well done Ivan
 
Got the boys up for the game despite the calamity during the week.

They could have folded today but they came out strong and held out. Good result given the circumstances.

Mbye is really starting to settle in the role.
 
Crawley is a grub - I'd simply ignore every question that old drunkard asks.
 
I don't like Crawley one bit.

He had the right to ask the question though.

Didn't have a problem with Ivan getting his back up either.
 
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I don't like Crawley one bit.

He had the right to ask the question though.

Didn't have a problem with Ivan getting his back up either.
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Well it was on TV so why would you question any of it…
 
It got played on the Matty Johns Show, I didn't think Crawley did too much wrong, just asked "what the misinformation was". Cleary obviously over it, thats all.
 
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Got the boys up for the game despite the calamity during the week.

They could have folded today but they came out strong and held out. Good result given the circumstances.

Mbye is really starting to settle in the role.
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Loved how Mbye led the team song in the shed after the game…gold :sign:
 
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It got played on the Matty Johns Show, I didn't think Crawley did too much wrong, just asked "what the misinformation was". Cleary obviously over it, thats all.
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That was the interaction during the press conference. As I understand it, there was an altercation after the press conference (but I didn’t see it)
 
Ivan Cleary’s calculated silence tarnishes Wests Tigers’ 22-20 win over Raiders
Paul Crawley, The Daily Telegraph
August 12, 2018 7:27pm
Subscriber only

WESTS Tigers got the two points, but their fans have been sold a dummy.

They were put through the ringer all last week over talk surrounding Ivan Cleary’s ­future.

And even now that Cleary has stated he won’t be going, for now at least, for some reason the Tigers coach still doesn’t want to come clean on just how close he was to jumping off the bus and joining his son Nathan at Penrith.

In the aftermath of **Sunday’s get-out-of-jail 22-20 win** over Canberra that kept the Tigers’ slim finals hopes alive, Cleary continued to play **a little schoolyard game** **of “I know something you don’t know**” by not answering some simple questions.

Cleary accused the media of spreading “misinformation” about the situation, despite Penrith supremo Phil Gould having revealed he sacked Anthony Griffin because talks with Cleary and the Panthers had advanced to a point where it would place too much pressure on Griffin to continue.

Even Griffin confirmed he was told the day Gould sacked him that Cleary would be his replacement.

Tigers chair Marina Go and chief executive Justin Pascoe publicly addressed the issue, declaring they would not release Cleary.

But it seems the only person who can give complete clarity to the story is the man whose silence remains deafening. The Daily Telegraph attempted to contract Cleary last Monday night when rumours first emerged, offering him the opportunity to clarify the situation, but he did not return calls or text messages.

In fact, even as the story engulfed the game and ultimately cost Griffin his job, Cleary still refused to address the issue until Saturday when he read from a prepared speech at the Tigers’ captain’s run and still refused to take questions on the subject.

Cleary said after Sunday’s game in Canberra that he was “very proud” of the players and the way they started after jumping to a 16-0 lead in the first quarter following the sin-binning of Joey Leilua, when the Tigers raced in three quick tries.

“I thought we really came to play,” Cleary said.

Asked if that was a surprise given the week, Cleary said: “You’d have to ask the boys.

“All I can say is that I never once saw them anything other than completely focused on their preparation.”

**Russell Packer tried to make out it was a big joke** but, really, Cleary is the one who should be answering the questions given the heartache Tigers fans have been feeling.

But he maintained last night: “I’m not going to talk.”

Asked about the so-called “misinformation” he referred to on Saturday, he said: “I’m sure you can find the misinformation … I’m not going to talk about it.

“I get it has been a big story but I said my position yesterday and I am not going to talk about it.”

The problem for the Tigers is that despite his assurance that it is his “intention” to honour his contract, the rumours won’t go away.

**Some people in very high places** are convinced this story is only on hold until the end of the season.

After leading 16-0 midway through the first half, the Tigers went into the final quarter up 22-20 and it looked like the Raiders were coming to get them. But the Tigers held on for a valuable win that moved them to 24 competition points with remaining games against St George Illawarra this Saturday followed by Manly and South Sydney.

Brisbane are just ahead in eighth spot on 26 competition points with remaining games against South Sydney on Thursday and then the Sydney Roosters and Manly.

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one of the worst match reports I've ever seen by a so called journalist .

get out of jail wins arent ones that a team leads all game .

accuses Ivan of playing schoolyard games of I know something you dont know & goes on to allude of "some people in very high places" . Who are these "some people" paul ? Is that a schoolyard game ?

Packer was right , you are a joke , paul .
 
Even Griffin confirmed he was told the day Gould sacked him that Cleary would be his replacement.

Havent heard this one before.
More journo lies, or ''misinformation"?
Statement has plenty of holes in it tho
 
"the rumours won’t go away" Not with (edited) like him trying their best to fan the dying embers of a media beat up fire.

"Severe butthurt response from Crawler" Yes, Ink, exactly.
 
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