Noel Cleal.....

[Freagle]

When I was a real little kid, I had a nightmare that Noel Cleal was chasing me through the woods with an axe or chainsaw!

Woke up terrified!

I must have been about 8 years old.

I have no idea why I dreamt (nightmared?) that as I didn't even follow league back then.

#confession
#probably shall delete

Only just stopped scaring me a few years ago!

Probably the beard...He used to be my garbo when I was a kid. I remember seeing him hanging off the side of a truck one morning when we were driving out to the airport for a few weeks overseas, so nothing but happy childhood memories there!

 

[EagleFromMay1967]

He usually only hunts pigs, but you know what they say ... a moose in the bush is better than a hand in the bird .. or whatever

Define "moose" pls.

 

[CBB]

He won't be with the doggies next season. Reported on SMH

 

[globaleagle]

He usually only hunts pigs, but you know what they say ... a moose in the bush is better than a hand in the bird .. or whatever

Define "moose" pls.

 

[Shoe1]

 

[Mitch]

@RLW_Mole

EXCLUSIVE in The Mole in @LeagueWeek today: Former @NRL_Bulldogs recruitment manager Noel Cleal could be headed to @SeaEagles

 

[The Wheel]

Crusher and Bozo are tight and this certainly would improve out current recruiting approach if we do have one

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Would be a big plus from a club culture standpoint too. Ex-Manly champ, might also make it more likely that Killer stays connected to the camp, in some way.

 

[Eagles2nv]

Well crusher was a good recruiter for us. So his addition back to manly will be welcomed.

He recruited many good player to parra juniors which we used as a feeder club and then recruited well for us. Hopefully his addition will help sign up some quality juniors.

Also you have to wonder if cleal heads back to the northern beaches whether the club has Hasler in their sights and know cleal helps that cause.

 

[tookey]

@RLW_Mole

EXCLUSIVE in The Mole in @LeagueWeek today: Former @NRL_Bulldogs recruitment manager Noel Cleal could be headed to @SeaEagles

Cleal would have to report to scott Fulton for recruitment

 

[tookey]

Tackle Two – Bulldogs eye Pay Day

Canterbury is entering its most radical shake-up since the sacking of favourite son Kevin Moore in mid-2011. As many as half a dozen members of Des Hasler’s football department won’t be invited back to Belmore next season.

Four are already gone: recruitment duo Noel ‘Crusher’ Cleal and James Whitney, mind coach John Novak, and sprint coach Clayton Kearney. There’s talk assistant coach Kelly Egan might not survive either, with powerbrokers keen to welcome back club great Dean Pay onto Hasler’s staff.

Pay has worked as Ricky Stuart’s defensive coach – at Parramatta and Canberra – for the past four seasons. The Bulldogs would have to fork out big money to convince him to leave the Raiders – but that in itself is part of the wider problem. The Bulldogs rely on a hand-out of around $5 million a year from Canterbury Leagues Club to make ends meet.

https://au.sports.yahoo.com/league/...-tackle-with-josh-massoud-and-liam-cox/#page1

 

[Ryan]

Hopefully that will see the return of one of my fave posters in Kiwi Girl

Crusher would be a very amazing and welcome addition. Bring a bit of Manly back to Manly.

 

[The Wheel]

The list of departures is basically the same gang that followed Des over there at the end of 2011

 

[Mals]

Hopefully that will see the return of one of my fave posters in Kiwi Girl

Crusher would be a very amazing and welcome addition. Bring a bit of Manly back to Manly.

Yes hopeful this means we could sack Cartwright. He is listed as our assistant coach / recruitment manager. Get Baz a new assistant.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Be nice to see my old mate back in a Manly polo again but I wouldn't like to see too many of that crew who deserted us in 2011 back with him.

 

[Fluffy]

I have heard many times that Cleal isn't the best talent spotter, usually the minions are the ones who do all the work.

I think he is useful for mentoring the young country boys though.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

I have heard many times that Cleal isn't the best talent spotter, usually the minions are the ones who do all the work.

I think he is useful for mentoring the young country boys though.

Trouble is Noel's pretty lazy, top fella but used to having people do things for him and then taking the glory.

From a culture perspective would be a good influence , but doubt he has much talent finding ability left in him these days.

 

[tookey]

Sounds like des is now running into the same issues that he had at manly in that the club no longer wants him to have total control

Couldn't imagine that he would like that on top of losing his staff.

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

Hasler is being ringbarked.

Oh well, the Canterbury premierships didn't eventuate, did they? Understandable really. Where will he appear next?

 

[Fluffy]

He could go to Newcastle and prove he is a supercoach unlike Bennett proved he is nothing without plenty of extra help