I have been told by a friend involved in the Leeds Premiership that it has been suffering from poor usage of the blog page. Because of this, I have taken it upon myself to create a weekly article involving the interviewing of a coach. First up, it’s the high flying Leights Legends.
Coach Name: Leighton Corr
Team Name: Leights Legends
Current Position: 3rd
Q: Leighton, after a competent start to the year, you must be reasonably happy with your squad?
A: I think that’s fair to say, having scored like I have recently I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m a cut above the rest of the blokes. I’m expecting to go through this year undefeated and if I keep up this run of form, I’ll be putting my car up for sale as I get ready to drive around the FJ Cruiser.
Q: What has been the secret to your success during the early rounds of this season?
A: I think at the end of the day it comes down to the culture of the place. Once we hit that first win, success became contagious and started occurring more regularly than a DPolks coaching blunder. To be honest, I think that is also Collingwood’s secret – put all your effort into round 1 and your problems are solved for the year. Picking a Collingwood player as captain is just one of the common coaching traits I share with Mick Malthouse and considering this, I’m a little surprised they chose Buckley to coach next year, overlooking me in the process. I’m open to talk to any prospective AFL clubs (except Richmond, not even I could bring them success).
Q: Do you see any trades coming up in the near future?
A: Well as they say – if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.
Q: Moving our focus to the league, who do you think is favourite to take out the league this year?
A: KingDOM Carey has started brightly, but he has been lucky with a few smokey picks and as we have seen over the last few years is always susceptible to a latter season fade out. Daryl’s Hot Pies are the other unbeaten team, but that is more due to a favourable draw than anything else. I think Leights’ Legends are the goods this year, very strong performances early and though we are surrounded by a fair amount of quality, I’m confident to be leading the league into finals.
Q: And who do you tip to be fighting out the relegation battle come late August?
A: My tip is probably DPolks and Buddha. Not to pick on the new bloke, but regularly you see newly promoted teams enjoy a honeymoon period before hitting the week-in, week-out slog of a season long DT. Last I heard Centrebet was paying $1.02 for DPolks to finish 16th.
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