Gus' admission over 'difficult task' in Dogs rebuild

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Canterbury Bulldogs wide manager Phil Gould has admitted his relation successful rebuilding the nine is simply a "difficult task" arsenic they hole to play their last 3 games of the season.

The Bulldogs suffered different dense decision on Sunday, going down 42-6 to the Knights.

Currently, they beryllium 15th connected the ladder with 7 wins to their sanction but person the worst points differential successful the competition.

After rebuilding Penrith into the powerhouse nine they are now, Gould is tasked with a akin task astatine Belmore.

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Asked connected Nine's 100% Footy if it was a harder occupation than Penrith, Gould implied determination are challenges.

"I was always assured astatine Penrith, this 1 is, yea I'd accidental it's astir apt the astir hard task I could imagine, close astatine the moment", helium said.

"But having said that, it's a large club, it's a large club, we cognize it well, determination is simply a immense groundswell of enactment retired determination if we tin get it right. And I cognize we will, successful time.

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Earlier successful the show, the Bulldogs supremo discussed however hard the deficiency of prime players disposable to motion has made for the nine presently and successful the future, claiming he's ne'er seen the subordinate marketplace "as hard arsenic what it is astatine the moment".

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Gould enactment that down to a fig of imaginable reasons including COVID hampering inferior improvement football, erstwhile plans astatine the Bulldogs and the inclusion of the Dolphins arsenic good arsenic a imaginable 18th side.

With that considered, helium stated however there's an inability to springiness fans an nonstop timeline of erstwhile occurrence volition occur.

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"Putting a timeframe connected that is intolerable astatine the infinitesimal and arsenic I say, I've ne'er seen the subordinate marketplace the mode it is astatine the infinitesimal and you look astatine the lopsided quality of our contention astatine the moment, we had 8 games connected the play wherever the favourites each won and that had immoderate large scorelines successful it," helium said.

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"The bottommost teams are truly struggling and for team's successful our position, it's hard to get retired of the cellar, fto unsocial beryllium competitory with those apical sides the mode they're going astatine the moment. We're a agelong mode disconnected the pace."

With a caller manager successful Cameron Ciraldo joining the nine astatine the commencement of pre-season, Gould admitted there's been a mixed effect successful the playing radical to the caller grooming system.

"(The coaching staff) trained them similar they should beryllium a bully team, immoderate players person improved, and immoderate players person gone backwards and immoderate haven't handled it all," Gould said.

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