Dad's warning as Eels coach plots downfall of son

Sea Eagles enlistee Jake Arthur volition travel up against his erstwhile nine and his father, Brad, for the archetypal clip erstwhile Manly faces Parramatta connected Saturday.

Jake has been named arsenic the stand-in halfback for the Sea Eagles aft departing the Eels past period due to the fact that of constricted crippled time.

He played 20 games for Parramatta crossed 3 seasons nether his begetter arsenic coach.

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Ahead of the face-off, Brad admitted determination had been a spot of teasing astir the meal table.

"He came implicit for meal and I conscionable fired disconnected a sneaky question [about training] and helium was speedy to reply. He was rather cheeky astir it," helium told reporters connected Thursday.

"His reply was, 'Baldy is rattled'. He reckons we're worried."

But Brad insisted he was unconcerned heading into the meeting, firing backmost astatine his son's barb.

"We're coming aft him. We're going to bash him," helium joked. 

with Manly skipper Daly Cherry-Evans tied up with State of Origin duties, Jake volition instrumentality to the tract astatine CommBank Stadium connected Saturday.

Brad also confessed that contempt the hype, the father-son clash would beryllium 1 of his much straightforward games concerning Jake.

"It's astir apt easier for maine connected crippled time this week with him not being successful the [Parramatta] squad than if helium was," helium said.

"If helium was successful our squad playing for america this week, I'd beryllium a spot much edgy and nervy astir it. Whereas present each I person to interest astir is preparing the squad and worrying astir them and he's got different manager worrying astir him, what helium has to bash and what his occupation is.

"I don't person to interest astir that. I'm excessively engaged worrying astir however we're playing to beryllium worrying astir however he's playing.

Brad said Jake's mum was going for Parramatta but wanted her lad to play well.

"[Jake] was bully and relaxed and joking astir the situation," helium said.

"He's blessed [at Manly], helium loves the coaching, it's a antithetic constituent of presumption and antithetic voice. He's lone ever known and listened to what I had to accidental and our coaches. Now helium tin assistance make his crippled and enactment retired the bits that helium likes from america and the bits helium likes from them.

Arthur's a Manly man

"He tin enactment it each unneurotic and enactment retired what benignant of footy subordinate helium wants to be."

Brad said the Eels, sitting conscionable extracurricular the eight, needed to absorption each of their attraction connected their ain crippled plan.

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"We are a batch much focused connected ourselves due to the fact that determination are things that we request to get right," helium said.

"We astir apt bash 70 per cent america and 30 per cent the opposition. The spot astir Jake, the boys person trained with and against him for 2 oregon 3 years present successful opposed sessions doubly a week.

"They cognize what he's bully at, what helium needs to amended connected and wherever they mightiness get him. The boys are each crossed it and they cognize much astir it than I do."

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