Moses Suli

I heard a few whispers saying he was sent home from Bulldogs training the other day because he turned up late to training.. I guess a dog really can't change it's spots
 
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I heard a few whispers saying he was sent home from Bulldogs training the other day because he turned up late to training.. I guess a dog really can't change it's spots
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Yes I heard the same thing.
 
From NRL.com:

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs coach Dean Pay hasn’t wasted any time enforcing the new standards expected at the club, recently sending home new recruit Moses Suli after a string of disciplinary breaches during the past fortnight.

NRL.com can reveal the new Bulldogs recruit has received two warnings after being late for multiple training sessions and failing to finish several others as he struggles to adapt to life at his new club.

Pay has shown that shortcuts won’t be tolerated under his regime at the Bulldogs, telling Suli to leave training to reassess his commitment to his career.

It comes after the coach recently dropped fellow recruit Fa’amanu Brown to the reserve grade training squad, drawing a line in the sand in relation to standards and culture expectations at the club.

The Bulldogs are well aware of Suli’s chequered history after he was let go by the Wests Tigers.

The Tigers grew frustrated with Moses’s lack of application and desire to capitalise on his enormous potential, releasing him to join the Bulldogs on a three-year deal.

The writing was on the wall at the Tigers after his attitude towards his rehabilitation from an ankle injury began wavering at the end of last season.

Wests Tigers coach Ivan Cleary had several conversations with Suli to try and get him focused and committed to the club, but it wasn’t forthcoming.

It was hoped a change of scenery would be the catalyst for an improved attitude, however Pay has already had to intervene just two weeks after the 19-year-old’s arrival at Belmore.

He didn’t travel with the team to the Sunshine Coast for this Saturday’s trial against the Canberra Raiders.

Bulldogs officials haven’t given up hope and will persevere with the talented teenager for now, but they’ve made it quite clear what he needs to do if he wants to be part of what the club is building towards in the post Des Hasler era.
 
Well, following his latest tardiness, time for those that have been sticking the hatchet into WT over his release to munch on a good helping of humble pie.
 
Application and dedication are 2 of the 3 most important things in a footballer it is no use having skill if you lack the other parts
 
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I rate Suli's ability highly but I think we've dodged a bullet.
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This is where the NRL should appoint mentoring officers to assist players who potentially have a great career ahead of them but are in danger of going off the rails due to poor discipline and work ethic. Hasler, Junior Pearce and Greg Florimo were three players who come to mind who relied upon discipline and a great work ethic to succeed. Suli could do with mentoring from one of these former players.
 
I hope Suli fails. That is the best way for him to learn a lesson. Go and get a job paying 50k per year.
 
He's no hope of having any sort of football career if he can't apply himself in the first few weeks at a new club. Dean Pay isn't the type to put up with that crap. I can see Woods excelling this year under Pay.
 
JT signed this bloke on big money and Cleary released him as soon as he could. We dodged a bigger bullet than Suli last year.
 
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JT signed this bloke on big money and Cleary released him as soon as he could. We dodged a bigger bullet than Suli last year.
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10 clubs were chasing him last year for whatever that is worth. There were never any questions of his commitment till he got the injury. How Taylor gets blamed for that is laughable.
 
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Application and dedication are 2 of the 3 most important things in a footballer it is no use having skill if you lack the other parts
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Absolutely, but that is not exclusive to league. Application and dedication applies to all natural sports people, and if they have natural ability but zero drive, it all amounts to nothing. (My daughter for example)
 
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I rate Suli's ability highly but I think we've dodged a bullet.

This is where the NRL should appoint mentoring officers to assist players who potentially have a great career ahead of them but are in danger of going off the rails due to poor discipline and work ethic. Hasler, Junior Pearce and Greg Florimo were three players who come to mind who relied upon discipline and a great work ethic to succeed. Suli could do with mentoring from one of these former players.
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How much mentoring does a young player need. Parents friends coach should be enough senior players also have a role. As soon as you treat them like babies they will take advantage
 
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I hope Suli fails. That is the best way for him to learn a lesson. Go and get a job paying 50k per year.
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Doubt he has any skills fitting a job that pays that much.

Boy did we dodge a bullet there….Uum come on Woodsy take him under your wing and weave the harmonious culture magic you displayed at the WT
 
This guy must really have rocks in his head. Gets released for numerous breaches of professionalism, managed to get a second chance at another club and in his first few weeks breaches that club's standards too.

Surely being so close to getting the sack twice in a couple of months he'd realise if he wants to keep earning big $ he needs to go to training, otherwise he can go get a job as a garbo or brickie
 
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I rate Suli's ability highly but I think we've dodged a bullet.

This is where the NRL should appoint mentoring officers to assist players who potentially have a great career ahead of them but are in danger of going off the rails due to poor discipline and work ethic. Hasler, Junior Pearce and Greg Florimo were three players who come to mind who relied upon discipline and a great work ethic to succeed. Suli could do with mentoring from one of these former players.
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this is partly what leadership groups are for
 
I like to see how he would go as a Brickie's labourer, wouldn't last 5 minutes.
Maybe that's what he needs to wake himself up to what he could have as an elite athlete.
Thanks Ivan, you have set the bar high as to the expectations you require at the club to be successful.
 
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