Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Bulldogs rally around Moore

Updated June 5, 2011 20:34:00

Canterbury chief executive Todd Greenberg has rushed to the defence of embattled coach Kevin Moore, saying the Bulldogs' poor form cannot be pinned on one man.

Moore is under extreme pressure after the 38-4 mauling by Manly on Saturday, and the Bulldogs will slip to eighth spot after Monday night's Newcastle-Wests Tigers clash.

The Bulldogs were expected to feature among the competition's leading teams this year, after major off-season buys Frank Pritchard, Greg Eastwood, Trent Hodkinson and Kris Keating, but have yet to defeat any top six team, placing further question marks on Moore's future.

But Greenberg says it is unfair to put everything on one of the club's favourite sons.

"There's no sugar coating last night's performance. It was a poor one and no-one's set higher expectations for the Bulldogs than ourselves, and I don't like to see headlines where one single person at the club's pulled out," Greenberg told ABC Grandstand.

"We're all in this together at the Bulldogs and everyone's equally accountable, that's from myself all the way through.

"The best way to get out of a tough period that we're probably in at the moment is to work hard and stick together and that's what we'll do.

"The key part about that is that we're all accountable for our wins and losses at the Bulldogs, not just one person."

But Greenberg did concede that so far 2011 had not lived up to expectations.

"We're 6 and 6 at this point. We're at the bottom of the eight and, by our own admission and our own standards, probably not where we want to be," he said.

- AAP

Tags: sport, rugby-league, nrl, bankstown-2200

First posted June 5, 2011 20:28:00


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