Daniel Anderson : Sat Oct 04, 2014 10:32 pm  

According to Eddie Cunningham on twitter KC does not fancy the coaching job yet and as asked the club to try and convince Daniel Anderson to come back to work along side him. Saints are in talks with DA according to Eddie.

It's his official account aswell, no fake. Good or bad move ?

Re: Daniel Anderson : Sat Oct 04, 2014 10:40 pm  

Good move imo.

We have all the flair and skill in the side we could possibly need, with a rigid defensive structure and fitness regime we could really dominate, and Anderson can give us that. He'd be high on my list of good replacements for Brown. Its always a worry to go back though.

In a lot of respects 2014 is similar to 2005, top of the league, chances written off as we've lost our halfback, and just have that sense of being on the verge...

Re: Daniel Anderson : Sat Oct 04, 2014 10:53 pm  

Magic Superbeetle wrote:

Good move imo.

We have all the flair and skill in the side we could possibly need, with a rigid defensive structure and fitness regime we could really dominate, and Anderson can give us that. He'd be high on my list of good replacements for Brown. Its always a worry to go back though.

In a lot of respects 2014 is similar to 2005, top of the league, chances written off as we've lost our halfback, and just have that sense of being on the verge...

In a lot of respects it's nothing like 2005. No Scully, no Albert, no Lyon, etc.
How many of the current squad would get into that team?
I've left out KC and Longy, as Roby and Walsh are fair replacements

Re: Daniel Anderson : Sat Oct 04, 2014 10:55 pm  

Saint Simon wrote:

In a lot of respects it's nothing like 2005. No Scully, no Albert, no Lyon, etc.
How many of the current squad would get into that team?
I've left out KC and Longy, as Roby and Walsh are fair replacements

Good point, however the whole league as lost its standard.

This Wigan team for example isent anywhere near the squads they had when they had the likes of Dallas, Farrell, Radlinski etc.. yet they hardly won anything. Back then Aussies where getting top dollar and off shore accounts.

Re: Daniel Anderson : Sat Oct 04, 2014 10:58 pm  

LFC Saint wrote:

Good point, however the whole league as lost its standard.

This Wigan team for example isent anywhere near the squads they had when they had the likes of Dallas, Farrell, Radlinski etc.. yet they hardly won anything. Back then Aussies where getting top dollar and off shore accounts.

It's better than their 2005/06 teams lol

Re: Daniel Anderson : Sat Oct 04, 2014 11:03 pm  

Saint Simon wrote:

In a lot of respects it's nothing like 2005. No Scully, no Albert, no Lyon, etc.
How many of the current squad would get into that team?
I've left out KC and Longy, as Roby and Walsh are fair replacements

Not really the point I was drilling at. More where we are in terms of the rest of the league, regardless of relative personnel.

Anderson, Mal, Sheens - it's a nice list to have associated to the position...

Re: Daniel Anderson : Sat Oct 04, 2014 11:45 pm  

Oh yeah, even having the current Austrailian coach linked with our coaching job is pretty good

Re: Daniel Anderson : Sun Oct 05, 2014 7:03 am  

Anderson isn't the coaching genius some remember him as. (Obviously he had a lot of positives)
He was from the Brian Smith stable, which essentially meant that he liked big forwards and a fast play the ball. There wasn't an awful lot past that and there was testimony that he changed a lot to suit the players opinions.

(He would bring a bit of discipline back and he does look cool in shades. )

DA, KC and Sean Long for attacking coach? Maybe that would work.

Re: Daniel Anderson : Sun Oct 05, 2014 7:19 am  

Magic Superbeetle wrote:

Good move imo.

We have all the flair and skill in the side we could possibly need, with a rigid defensive structure and fitness regime we could really dominate, and Anderson can give us that. He'd be high on my list of good replacements for Brown. Its always a worry to go back though.

In a lot of respects 2014 is similar to 2005, top of the league, chances written off as we've lost our halfback, and just have that sense of being on the verge...

This team is nowhere near the team we had when DA was here last. The team DA had last time was blessed with ability and we didn't even pick vinnie Anderson and nick fozzard in the 17 in few finals.

I like DA and happy to have him.....if the is nobody else. I think sometimes going back to old coaches is like a back step and would prefer us to see who else wants it and if the is any good young modern coaches about.

Shame Jason Taylor got the job at wests as he's a good coach.


Like I said, I'm happy to have DA but I'd 100% see who else is out there as well. I'm hearing DA, big Mal and David Faurleigh.

Re: Daniel Anderson : Sun Oct 05, 2014 8:13 am  

Offside Monkey wrote:

Anderson isn't the coaching genius some remember him as. (Obviously he had a lot of positives)
He was from the Brian Smith stable, which essentially meant that he liked big forwards and a fast play the ball. There wasn't an awful lot past that and there was testimony that he changed a lot to suit the players opinions.

(He would bring a bit of discipline back and he does look cool in shades. )

DA, KC and Sean Long for attacking coach? Maybe that would work.

What he did change at Saints though was to convert us into a defensive wall. We were a great attacking unit before DA, but he added a mean defense without taking away the attacking flair