“I’m shut with David and I do know he’ll have a superb affect on enhancing our defence,” Demetriou advised this masthead on Tuesday morning when requested about Furner’s arrival on the membership.
South Sydney chief government Blake Solly hinted on the modifications in an interview on Sunday morning after the group’s slender loss to Cronulla.
“Cleary a 1-5 begin to the season is rarely adequate for our membership,” Solly stated. “The questions we shall be asking is what can all of us do to enhance and what can all of us do to assist help the gamers, Jason and the soccer employees?”
Morris was beforehand entrusted with overseeing the group’s defensive set-up, however Demetriou has taken over that division in 2024.
The group’s defence has been horrible to begin the yr, leaking 196 factors at a mean of 32.6 factors per sport.
That’s the worst defensive report within the competitors by a great distance. The North Queensland Cowboys have leaked the second most factors within the competitors with 149 in the identical variety of video games.
The Rabbitohs even have the second worst attacking report within the competitors with a mean 15.6 factors scored per sport, solely higher than the hapless Gold Coast Titans (12 factors per sport).
Demetriou was final the top coach on the Canberra Raiders for 5 seasons between 2009 and 2013. He has since held assistant teaching roles at Newcastle, Canterbury, Cowboys, Tigers and South Sydney.
His job is secure for now with Solly admitting the resilience and struggle the membership hoped to see from the gamers was evident towards the Sharks.
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“I believe Nick Pappas stated on Saturday what could be required to get that point and I believe the group confirmed that,” Solly stated.
“It was a courageous efficiency in actually tough circumstances. Clearly there’s all the time room for enchancment however the character and the efficiency stacks up with precisely what Nick stated we would have liked to see on Saturday.”
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