South Sydney coach Jason Demetriou agreed Latrell Mitchell was in “beast mode” within the win over Penrith however moved to make clear his public feedback that will have sparked the famous person’s gorgeous run of kind.
Mitchell was monstrous within the Rabbitohs’ come-from-behind 20-18 win on Thursday night time, with league nice Nathan Hindmarsh believing it was a response to Demetriou’s problem made a number of weeks in the past to turn into extra concerned.
“A few weeks ago he got a bit of a rocket didn’t he,” Hindmarsh stated on The Late Show post-match.
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“Not about how he’s playing but more about his involvement and wanting him to be more involved in the game.
“Ever since then, it’s been a couple of weeks since that happened, he’s been 10/10 .. and I think there’s still more in him, I honestly think there’s still more in him.”
Demetriou was requested about publically difficult Mitchell within the post-match convention however made an effort to make clear he was not criticising his kind.
“I didn’t challenge him,” the coach stated.
“Let’s be clear, I spoke to him about getting his hands on the ball a bit earlier. As a fullback or a winger sometimes you need to get in the game a bit earlier otherwise the game can drift away from you a little bit.
“So we had a bit of a chat about that but his involvements outside of that had been good.
“But yeah, when he gets in the game early he sends a message, firstly, to himself but most importantly to his teammates.”
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Demetriou was at pains to emphasize whereas Mitchell would “get lot of accolades”it was a group effort that secured one of many membership’s largest common season wins in latest reminiscence.
“One individual doesn’t beat Penrith, it takes a lot of hard work,” he stated.
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