Dundalk fans aren't going to like this, one in particular, and maybe some Rovers fans won't either but I can see a lot of similarities between Perth and year one Bradley. Both coaches (note not managers) thrown in at the deep end in terms of managerial jobs, both saying stuff that when in context isn't actually too bad but when you selectively pick out quotes look really cocky and arrogant, both start with clear ideas about how they want to play but needing to learn the game and player management side of things. So there's a lot of similarities there and I don't think people can really argue that Bradley hasn't improved in his game and player management (latter probably being a strong point just now) and in giving less quotes that could be used against him, it remains to be seen how quickly and well Perth can pick those things up.
I personally prefer that coaches speak like this, much more insightful and entertaining than the cliche bingo you get once managers cop on to the stick they get from the sad *******s who bookmark quotes to bring up months later and analyse every word to see how they can manipulate it to take it out of context so they can use it as a stick to beat the managers with so the managers just become bland media trained robots.
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