Cleary hints at changes to reverse decline

Photo: Glen Mccurtayne WARRIORS coach Ivan Cleary has implored his team to sticktogether 133; but at the same time said he would probably have totear some of it apart. The third consecutive loss worried Cleary, but the thirdconsecutive year worried him more. It was the third straight seasonthe Warriors had started the competition well, only to appear tobelieve in their own hype. "Maybe we're not as good as we think we are," Cleary said."We've done this for the last three seasons, to be honest. It's atrend I'm not really too happy to follow, but what we've done inthe past 133; we've never imploded on ourselves and that'ssomething that's been really important, so that'll be somethingthat we'll have to manage well this week, starting now, I guess that we don't start turning on each other. But we really need alift from somewhere, from someone, to get that confidenceback." Advertisement: Story continues below And he admitted it may come from outside the current squad. The3812 loss to Canberra yesterday, one described by halfback StaceyJones as "not good enough", may be the catalyst for changes, if thelanguage by Cleary and the body language of the players who wereawfully quiet in their dressing room were anything to go by. "We've just got to stick together and keep working hard andbelieve in ourselves, and that's not easy," Cleary said. "Butthat's part of the trick. It's not Rosetta Stone Outlet fingerpointing or blaminganyone else. Everyone's got to look at themselves and work hard andlift when it really counts. I hope we've hit the bottom because Ifeel like the only way is up. "But we obviously need to have a look at how we're doing thingsand maybe make a couple of changes, because it certainly wasn't working out there today." After a loss of significant magnitude, Jones was significantlyalso lost for words. "I don't know what to say," he said. "It was prettydisappointing. "But that's footy. We've got to stay tight. Ivan's going to makesome tough calls he says he's going to have to look at it andit's understandable that he does. After that performance and last week [against the Cowboys], it's just not good enough." Captain Steven Price bemoaned the fact it was his side's secondstraight defeat by 30plus points since a bye. "It's obviouslyattitude defensively that's letting us down at the moment," hesaid. "We're not far off it, we've just got to all get on the samepage on the same day. There's not too much more time we've got todo it this week. We've got to bounce back immediately." That much is clear, because the Warriors are playing like pretenders rather than contenders. "We were just beatenevery where," Cleary said. "They ran harder, they ran faster they just did everything better. We were just outplayed totally 133;maybe we're just a lot happier playing without pressure. I don't think there'll be any on us any more."

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