After a humiliating 66-0 loss against Newcastle, enraged Bulldogs supporters jeer the squad off the field. Canterbury supremo Phil Gould states, “There are no excuses,” and under-fire coach Cameron Ciraldo acknowledges that the team has a “habit of losing.”
Canterbury coach Cameron Ciraldo is pleading with discouraged supporters to maintain hope even though the Bulldogs have suffered the equal-worst loss in their NRL history.
Following their home crowd’s jeers for the Bulldogs, fans streamed out of Accor Stadium in large numbers as Newcastle defeated Ciraldo’s team 66-0 on Sunday.
The horrifying result was identical to Canterbury’s 66-0 defeat to Manly at Bankwest Stadium two years prior; the only defeat that was greater was an 87-7 loss to Eastern Suburbs in 1935.
After the Knights scored 11 straight points to end a three-game losing streak with a record-setting victory, enraged Bulldogs supporters jeered their own team.
“A really difficult day.” This is not a happy occasion. Both a humiliating and a disappointing moment are present. You don’t want it, Ciraldo remarked.
Yet things are as they are. Teams and clubs experience these periods, and it reveals your true nature, which is what interests me at the moment.
After a disappointing month for the Belmore boys, Ciraldo would also be on the firing line if Bulldogs captain Phil Gould didn’t think so highly of him.
Following their mocking of Ciraldo’s team as they went to the locker room losing 32-0 at the half, large crowds of fans left shortly after the conclusion as it became clear the Bulldogs, who had now let up 193 points in their previous four losses, had no chance of winning.
Could apologized on Twitter for the clumsy performance.
The Bulldogs put on an incredibly subpar performance,” he tweeted. o escaping from
In response to a supporter who questioned the decision to name Ciraldo head coach, he stated on Twitter, “We’ve set him a tough task asking him to come at this time.”
His foresight in realizing how difficult the task would be speaks well of his character.
“He’ll turn the club around.” I have no doubts about that.
Even though the Bulldogs gave up 11 tries, Ciraldo said he wouldn’t be making any major changes to the team that plays South Sydney on Saturday.
“This is a cultural phenomenon that has persisted for many years—a losing habit,” he remarked.
This team wants to succeed. The thrilling thing about winning is that it’s a historical event that the team and supporters anticipate.
But we are creating it from the ground up; you can’t just flip a switch and make it a winning club and winning culture.
We’ll reflect on today one day, whether it was a high point or a low point, or something else entirely.
