2025 recruitment & retention

[BOZO]

No more Mr Nice Guy, Bozo? If Madge doesn't produce does that mean he's Fudge? It has been a while since the Sea Eagles were true contenders.

The Nice guy perspective ....
Any one can be a yes man or yes mam and be a nice guy
But only the Great ones can be Great guys

If Madge does not produce what does it mean ?
It means we are all only as Great as our last Great Results
Because Great people Keep producing .

It has been a While since Manly were FORMIDABLE and FEARD CONTENDERS
We need to pull our finger out and Make Manly Great again

Time for the highly paid Jake trbojevic to fit in Spudds Premiership Winning Shoes

 

[BOZO]

The 70s will always be the Sea Eagle's decade. What a team we had.

Indeed they were great years because Great Manly People Made Manly Great
We have been great since then
Since then we have been a formidable contender winning premiership every decade
Including the Record Premiership Winning Margin which was made Possible by our Great Investor Max Delmege
Since then under Penn
We have no Premiership wins in our decade of decline
This is no Vendetta with Penn
What does Vendetta mean ?
It means a Feud with some one
I have no Feud with Penn
I just want to Fire him up
so he can make Manly Great Again !
We all hope Our Record Premiership Winning owner Max Delmege is Healthy and Happy in his Family's Eagle Nest

 

[Bearfax]

Indeed they were great years because Great Manly People Made Manly Great
We have been great since them
Since them we have been a formidable contender winning premiership every decade
Including the Record Premiership Winning Margin which was made Possible by our Great Investor Max Delmege
Since then under Penn
We have no Premiership wins in our decade of decline
This is not Vendetta with Penn
What does Vendetta mean ?
It means a Feud with some one
I have no Feud with Penn
I just want to Fire him up
so he can make Manly Great Again !
We all hope Our Record Premiership Winning owner Max Delmege is Healthy and Happy in his Family's Eagle Nest
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Certainly we've had some top sides since the 70s but for me six of that playing group are in my best ever Manly side
Eadie
Irvine
Fulton
Reilly
Randall
Krillich

No other side can match that in my opinion.

 

[BOZO]

Certainly we've had some top sides since the 70s but for me six of that playing group are in my best ever Manly side
Eadie
Irvine
Fulton
Reilly
Randall
Krillich

No other side can match that in my opinion.

You left out the main Source for our Success
You left out the Creator of all the above
You left out Manly Greatest Investment in the History of our Legendary club
You left out our Ruthless Godfather who left no stone unturned
To turn our club around to be the Most Powerful and envied club the League World had ever seen

 

[BOZO]

Who is running our club now ?
AT THE END OF THE DAY
WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO OUR SELVES .
OUR SUCCESS IS A RESULT OF WHAT WE DO .
Wishing all at our Legendary Manly club a very Successful Premiership Winning 2025

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

" emerging props Taniela Paseka and Toafofoa Sipley " they've been around a while now, jeez... hardly emerging,

I guess it's accurate to the extent that neither of them has yet to fully emerge. Both have shown glimpses and can be excellent players on their day, but neither has been a consistent, dominant force at NRL level. We need more from both of them if we're going to compete.

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Who is running our club now ?

The guy in the middle has been calling the shots since assuming majority control in 2014.

The buck stops with him because he controls the board. Feel free to make excuses for him though!

 

[double hoops]

Coaches and CEO have come and gone. But one constant in our decade of mediocrity 2014-2024.

 

[jbb/james]

Coaches and CEO have come and gone. But one constant in our decade of mediocrity 2014-2024.

Actually 2

 

[Bearfax]

You left out the main Source for our Success
You left out the Creator of all the above
You left out Manly Greatest Investment in the History of our Legendary club
You left out our Ruthless Godfather who left no stone unturned
To turn our club around to be the Most Powerful and envied club the League World had ever seen

I was referring t my best ever Manly side. Arthurson wasinstrumental in getting the side together but he wasnt on the field.

My Best ever side which includes one player out of position but I had to include him

Eadie
Irvine
Fulton
Jamie Lyon
Brett Stewart
Cliff Lyons
Toovey or DCE (toss up)
Reilly
Randall
Menzies
Bull
Krillich
Kite

Watmough
Carrol
Roberts
Kennedy

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

The guy in the middle has been calling the shots since assuming majority control in 2014.

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The buck stops with him because he controls the board. Feel free to make excuses for him though!

You mean Scolon Pensk.

Or Elott Munn. Or Menn.

Come on…there is a similar, wrinkle-free, other-worldly, mask-like face happening.

 

[ManlyTragic]

You mean Scolon Pensk.

Or Elott Munn. Or Menn.

Come on…there is a similar, wrinkle-free, other-worldly, mask-like face happening.

…. It must be the off season!

Just sayin’

 

[double hoops]

Actually 2

Very True. The DCE. Even with all his flaws. I refuse to believe Manly would have been a better team in that decade without our Turtle in it.

 

[Ryan]

Coaches and CEO have come and gone. But one constant in our decade of mediocrity 2014-2024.

Yup. Have to re-align our standards, expectations, measures of success way higher.

 

[BOZO]

The guy in the middle has been calling the shots since assuming majority control in 2014.

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The buck stops with him because he controls the board. Feel free to make excuses for him though!

No excuses for any of us feathered friend
We are all accountable for the choices we make that lead to the results we are responsible for

We Need to Make Manly Great Again
If we keep failing to make Manly Great Again
We should step aside and do the honorable thing by our Legendary club
and give another more capable person an opportunity to do so.

 

[jbb/james]

Very True. The DCE. Even with all his flaws. I refuse to believe Manly would have been a better team in that decade without our Turtle in it.

Difficult to quantify for sure. In his era our only good seasons have been when tom or green have run the show. Not considering the dream team he was born into. He has had good hookers, props and pivots and managed a very entertaining meh

Our style is his approach and it isnt methodical or at all successful

While we marvel at Bellamy, what goes un noticed is his ability to manufacture a game managing halfback, he transformed green , with cronk and hughes being high quality managers due to application

For all of bellamys big 4 approach he always has a decent game manager , as do teams playing in the GF . My view is a lifetime contract prevented DCE from being his best and stopped his progression Old vision, he used to take the line on, good player with hunger, but not sure if its all TEAM focussed

Very much the Michael clarke of footy.

In his 8 year contract there were more than a couple of seasons where if he had been playing for a contract, his box seat position would have been diluted a fair bit

 

[BOZO]

I was referring t my best ever Manly side. Arthurson wasinstrumental in getting the side together but he wasnt on the field.

That is a great Best Manly side you have chosen feathered friend
My point was that without our Legendary Godfathers Influential Input
we would not have had that Premiership Winning Out put

 

[double hoops]

Difficult to quantify for sure. In his era our only good seasons have been when tom or green have run the show. Not considering the dream team he was born into. He has had good hookers, props and pivots and managed a very entertaining meh

Our style is his approach and it isnt methodical or at all successful

While we marvel at Bellamy, what goes un noticed is his ability to manufacture a game managing halfback, he transformed green , with cronk and hughes being high quality managers due to application

For all of bellamys big 4 approach he always has a decent game manager , as do teams playing in the GF . My view is a lifetime contract prevented DCE from being his best and stopped his progression Old vision, he used to take the line on, good player with hunger, but not sure if its all TEAM focussed

Very much the Michael clarke of footy.

In his 8 year contract there were more than a couple of seasons where if he had been playing for a contract, his box seat position would have been diluted a fair bit

Id agree with all of that.

I've absolutely been frustrated at times over the years re lack of. End of sets. Composure. Short kicking game. The chicken circles. The all or nothing. Avoiding the organiser role the team needed.

But he is elite.

My biggest disappointment, I think without any questions of a doubt, he could have been our best ever sea eagles 6 or 7.

Club lack of professionalism, coaches coming and going didn't have the security to challenge enough, 8 year contract, as you say would see over night improvement or different style for Qld than at Manly.

Will be symmetry to see hang up the boots with a premiership all the same.

Has never stopped giving it his all.

 

[Mal Cochrane]

I was referring t my best ever Manly side. Arthurson wasinstrumental in getting the side together but he wasnt on the field.

My Best ever side which includes one player out of position but I had to include him

Eadie
Irvine
Fulton
Jamie Lyon
Brett Stewart
Cliff Lyons
Toovey or DCE (toss up)
Reilly
Randall
Menzies
Bull
Krillich
Kite

Watmough
Carrol
Roberts
Kennedy

a fantastic side, and for all DCE's brilliance at times, he doesnt fit for me. I'd have Toovs or even Hasler, you always knew what you were going to get, they had brilliance and when it wasnt their day to shine, they were were still busting a gut and doing little wrong.

And I couldnt imagine some of those hard heads putting up with DCE's game, he would have copped a few behind the ear.

 

[double hoops]

What to make of confirmation today Joey Walsh upgraded to top 30?

It's a little odd, esp when club also says this teen he has a lot of learning to do in the next 12 months transitioning from union, will progress his game in 12-24 months.