Will Cronulla

[fletch]

Sharks NRL coach Peter Sharp has resigned from his position effective immediately.

After accepting his resignation late yesterday, Sharks CEO Steve Noyce expressed his appreciation to Sharp for stepping into the head coaching role this season in what were extremely challenging circumstances.

“While very sad to see him go it was fitting that Peter departs on his own terms, that being on the back of a record-breaking comeback win for the club last Friday night in Brisbane,” Noyce said.

“The club certainly appreciates his efforts in what has been a very difficult season and while he may have expressed a reluctance to take on the role when first handed the reins, once appointed Peter worked exceptionally hard and always acted in the best interests of the players and the club.”

In announcing his resignation, Sharp was of the belief the decision was the correct one for both himself and for the Cronulla club.

“I’ve certainly enjoyed my time at the Sharks and I’ve met a number of wonderful people. I thank the Sharks for the opportunity both as an assistant and as the head coach, even with the challenges we’ve faced this year,” Sharp said. “But I think the decision I’ve made to step down is in the best interests of the club and I believe for me it is in my best interests as well.

“I hope the players can fulfill their potential and finish the season on a positive note.”

The Sharks will appoint and announce a coaching replacement in the coming days.

[novice chook]

Who can blame Sharpe. What with Gallen white anting him and Carney letting him and the club down, the bloke has suffered more than enough after the season the Sharkies have had.

He took it on as a favour to the club and the playing squad, and it's been a thankless task from day one. The players should be ashamed of themselves with the way they've treated the bloke - he deserved better.

And of course their great 'leader'???(pig's backside) Gallen is absent on Origin duty, no doubt gloating about how he's achieved what he set out to do - get rid of Peter Sharpe.

Who'd want to take on the role for the rest of the year, knowing that you were only keeping the seat warm for that smarmy turd 'I know nutting' Flannagan.

NC

NC

[rwbfl]

Now they have the 'first week new coach' effect behind them, where the common trend is that when a new coach comes in mid-season, the team come out firing in that game and play like champions.

No five-eighth, a new coach, their best players in origin, representing a basket case of a club, and priced at 7 times more than their opponents, who are the premiers?

Do we have a reason to be nervous?

[bondi-boy]

If we give away dumb penalties, make mistakes galore, and allow Sharks to waltz down our wings and score tries at will like we did against Manly ... we won't put 4 past the Sharks, let alone 40 or 50.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Who can blame Sharpe. What with Gallen white anting him and Carney letting him and the club down, the bloke has suffered more than enough after the season the Sharkies have had.

He took it on as a favour to the club and the playing squad, and it's been a thankless task from day one. The players should be ashamed of themselves with the way they've treated the bloke - he deserved better.

And of course their great 'leader'???(pig's backside) Gallen is absent on Origin duty, no doubt gloating about how he's achieved what he set out to do - get rid of Peter Sharpe.

Who'd want to take on the role for the rest of the year, knowing that you were only keeping the seat warm for that smarmy turd 'I know nutting' Flannagan.

NC

NC

Fully agree with your sentiments NC about Peter "Sharpie" Sharpe.

He deserved better.

Gallen is a dope.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Go on then Jack, I'll bet you a schooner.

To be paid on GF day.

Lol...your on mate.

I kinda hope you win though.

[Kingsgrove-Loiner]

Lol...your on mate.

I kinda hope you win though.

I'm very confident mate, I don't give schooners away lightly.

I'll be having an industrial sized piece of the action on that 20.5 line.

[Chook Norris]

What an absolute basket-case of a club. Who would honestly want to come in now and coach a club that is essentially ruled (quite horrendously) by the players? You would have to be insane

We can't take them lightly this week. Who knows what could happen

[Guest]

We will paste them.

Chook.

[Guest]

They will be competitive for the toss of the coin.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

I'm very confident mate, I don't give schooners away lightly.

I'll be having an industrial sized piece of the action on that 20.5 line.

That should surely be comfy cash.

[rwbfl]

Hopefully their attitude to the game is similar to what FPN and RTS reckon their is this week amongst the boys....

The Sharks have had plenty of practice at putting aside off-field distractions when it comes to game time over the last two seasons, and the Roosters are expecting nothing different from them when the two clubs clash this Saturday night at Allianz Stadium.

Despite rumours of sacked Dragons coach Steve Price stepping into the void created by Peter Sharp's resignation on Monday, the Sharks at present do not have a head coach leading into the Round 17 fixture, and the club's Under-20s mentor James Shepherd has taken the reins until an interim coach can be confirmed.

The past week, in which star five-eighth Todd Carney was also been shown the door after a lewd image of him went viral, has turned their already dismal season into the stuff of nightmares, though the Sharks have performed admirably under intense scrutiny in the past, shrugging off the ongoing ASADA investigation last year to make finish two games short of the 2013 decider.

Roosters forward Frank-Paul Nu'uausala said that while the players will have been shaken by the dramas enveloping the club, he anticipated a strong showing from the Sharks come Saturday as the playing field offers a welcome break from their off-field woes.

"I expect them to come out and play a tough game as they always do and have in the last couple of games we've played against them," said Nu'uausala.

"They always give us a good go and they always compete and I reckon the Sharks will put it behind them for the 80 minutes and just play their footy."

The Roosters themselves are well-versed when it comes to heavy media scrutiny in regards to player behaviour, with Nu'uausala stood down by the club in 2011 alongside former teammates Nate Myles and Carney after they broke a team imposed booze-ban, an incident that resulted in Carney being released from the final year of his contract with the Tricolours.

"I've been in that situation, I've been at the Roosters for a while and in 2009 and 2011 we had a couple of incidents," said Nu'uasala.

"But it's just pride in your club, teammates and the fans so I reckon they'll play for pride and play for themselves and for Toddy."

Nu'uasala said he had not spoken to Carney since he was sacked by the Sharks on Sunday evening, but admit his own indiscretion had taught him a valuable lesson about the scrutiny players find themselves under living in the public eye.

"You've got to stay clean... Even though we don't like the spotlight, we're role models for the kids out there and role models for the game," said Nu'uasala.

"I just don't want to embarrass my family again like when I did with Toddy and Nate it was just embarrassing.

"It brought bad attention and pressure on the club and my family and I don't want to put them through that again."

Roosters winger Roger Tuivasa-Sheck acknowledged the loss of Carney, as well as Origin representatives Paul Gallen and Luke Lewis, made the Sharks a difficult opponent to prepare for as the premiers look to bounce back from their last-start loss to Manly.

"Our coaches came up to us and said 'we don't know what to expect from the Sharks', so we've just got to back to us and work on our game and make sure that we come up with the right strategy," said Tuivasa-Sheck.

"We had some good wins before that and had the momentum and we thought everything was back on track and moving good.

"But we eased off the pedal and Manly caught us... the efforts from the boys were too casual at times and we just didn't execute right.

"So this week's been all about details, and we just want to get back to that perfect game where we're not taking shortcuts."

[Guest]

be more dangerous now that Carney has been sacked or will they be ripe for the picking? I'm not sure how our team will approach Saturday night's game. I'm hoping the team are preparing for a desperate Sharks team who will be buoyed by their win over Brisbane. If we aren't on our game they could embarrass us. We should win easily but I hope it's not one of those performances like the 1st half of the Knights game.

This is one of the worst first grade sides I've seen in a long time.

The Roosters should have little trouble in scoring 40 points against this rabble.

[Vasco]

Don't know how I feel reading RTS' quote about "being too casual" against Manly.

WTF?!?!

You won't read that quote from a Manly player that's for sure.

[Guest]

100% agree Vasco ...