"It's tough because last year I played my own footy under Brad," Sandow explained. "Something must have changed his mind about how he should play me, I'm not quite sure. He's the coach and the driver of the team so I've just got to follow his lead. But it's tough to play structured footy when I'm not built like that. It's just up to Brad. I've got to try to fit into his category, how he wants me to play. But like I said, what got me into the NRL is my own style of footy. It's pretty tough either way. It's the NRL, I should be adapting to his style of footy, but everyone doesn't come to see me play structured footy."

Sandow said he will try to fulfil whatever role Arthur outlines for him, but believes his best performances come when he is let off the leash.

"It's tough, I got Parramatta's players' player, last year and I was just playing on the back of the forwards and doing what I do best," he said.

"I don't know, Brad must have changed his coaching. I'm not bagging him, he's a great coach and I've got to adapt to whatever he says, he's the driver of the team. I've got to back him 100 per cent for what works for the team ... I need to speak to Brad about how he wants me to play because Normy [halves partner Corey Norman] is really direct, he's the director of the team. I like to sit out the back and chime in when I want. But I've got to speak to Brad about that.

"If he lets me play how I want to play, we'll win more games.