{"id":161578,"date":"2025-06-06T00:32:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T00:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/161578\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T00:32:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T00:32:18","slug":"press-notes-michael-cheika-leicester-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/161578\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Notes: Michael Cheika | Leicester Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A snapshot of what Leicester Tigers Head Coach Michael Cheika had to say when he faced the press ahead of the Gallagher Premiership Play-off against Sale Sharks at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leicestertigers.com\/mattioli-woods\/mattioli-woods-welford-road\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mattioli Woods Welford Road<\/a>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ON\u00a0THE PLAY-OFF OPPONENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u00a0have been in the play-offs the last few years and understand this stage very well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can see that there is a real consistency in their game. They\u2019re well led around the park by a guy a lot of the players know very well here, in George Ford, and they are a\u00a0physical side; they&#8217;ve got the physical coach, physical pack, physical backs as well, and they come at you all game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, I don\u2019t think I\u2019d expect anything less in a Premiership play-off, no matter who you\u2019re playing. If you\u2019re playing any team, we\u2019d be saying they are going to come at you this weekend. And,\u00a0we\u2019ve got to receive that, deal with it, and come back with some of our own &#8230; that\u2019s the power of footy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>ON HIS LEGACY AT THE CLUB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to talk about legacy at all. One year isn\u2019t enough time to leave any sort of legacy whatsoever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I think about in this area is how great the relationship between myself and the players, the staff, the supporters, and the club has been. The level of respect between the club and fans has been great and has been so enjoyable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope the fans think of me as one of them, even if just for one year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ON FINISHING SECOND<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe table now means nothing \u2013 when we start giving ourselves accolades or pats on the back, you leave room for someone else to come in and take what you want to get.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe minute I start thinking like that, we\u2019re cooked. That message is not in my head in any way, shape, or form \u2013 it\u2019s not who I am as a person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI say that with respect, as I know fans and outsiders look at things in different ways &#8230; but I can\u2019t be looking backwards, just forwards, only forwards.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A snapshot of what Leicester Tigers Head Coach Michael Cheika had to say when he faced the press&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-161578","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114633608113414991","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}