Coach Seibold thoughts so far.... so good

On 360 last night, Dean Ritchie and Anasta both said Blake Green will get the Newie gig. The plot thickens...
Speaking of Ritchie, he is fast becoming my most hated “journalist”. Thinks it’s a good idea to print something insulting about Queensland to get them motivated for SOO every year, and last night was saying the media is too quick to put pressure on losing coaches, when that is exactly what he does for a living on NRL360. If that show can’t manufacture a controversy they have no purpose.
 
And the ASS is getting bigger 🤣🤣
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And won’t the ASC, ASS, ASB just love that , the last two wins has knocked a bit of wind out of their sails but not to worry they are sitting on the sidelines , salivating at the thought of 3-4 whoopings.

I still think there’s a surprise , maybe two , coming.

As to why 🤷🤷🤷🤷🤷🤷🤷🤷🤷🤷🤷

I can't see us beating Melbourne or Canberra, especially not in their back yards. But the Dogs aren't travelling too well right now so maybe we could come out of the next month 2-2. Hopefully we do.

As for Seibold, my only argument is if we boot him, exactly who do we replace him with that would actually do a better job?? There aren't many around like that right now.
 
When Parramatta signed Jason Ryles, their chairman talked pointedly about developing young players as part of the direction they were taking... i.e. he was given a remit to build a young squad.

Whereas at Manly, our club owner and chairman stated publicly in 2022 that we already have a premiership-winning roster, and that we needed a coaching team to match it.

That is a pretty big difference.
Penn has been saying we are in a premiership window for ten years. With the players we have had he is right. However we have got nowhere near it. If Penn didn’t own the club and was a paid GM he would have been fired years ago and ten times over with the garbage we have all witnessed since 2015.
 
Penn has been saying we are in a premiership window for ten years. With the players we have had he is right. However we have got nowhere near it. If Penn didn’t own the club and was a paid GM he would have been fired years ago and ten times over with the garbage we have all witnessed since 2015.

The running of the club has turned to 💩 under the Penn's ownership.

We went through the back ended contract era. Hopefully we're nearing the end of the tie up almost half the salary cap in 3-4 players era ... though I'm not overly confident it will end.
 
According to Hooper on 360 there are groups in the playing group who are not on board with siebold’s coaching philosophy and game plans this year and that is a major issue alongside the fact that Dce has major problems with the senior people in the club hence why he is leaving.

Penn - yet again our club is a mess off the field.
 
According to Hooper on 360 there are groups in the playing group who are not on board with siebold’s coaching philosophy and game plans this year and that is a major issue alongside the fact that Dce has major problems with the senior people in the club hence why he is leaving.

Penn - yet again our club is a mess off the field.
The only ones on board are the Turbos and Waddell because they are running this mess.
 
It’s a tough position for a coach. If he looses the entire senior playing group he is gonski. It has been a messy season with the DCE drama, injuries and now now this.
 
According to Hooper on 360 there are groups in the playing group who are not on board with siebold’s coaching philosophy and game plans this year and that is a major issue alongside the fact that Dce has major problems with the senior people in the club hence why he is leaving.

Penn - yet again our club is a mess off the field.
Listen to Hooper at your own risk. The footy 'journos' these days aren't very impressive and he is definitely not very impressive.
I say 'journos' because an actual journalist reports facts and news. Whereas the fox 'journos' are tv personalities (lol) whose job is to pad out their tiny snippets of news with reams of opinion and guesswork/speculation, along with some invented rumours. In order to keep the clicks and views coming in.
 
Listen to Hooper at your own risk. The footy 'journos' these days aren't very impressive and he is definitely not very impressive.
I say 'journos' because an actual journalist reports facts and news. Whereas the fox 'journos' are tv personalities (lol) whose job is to pad out their tiny snippets of news with reams of opinion and guesswork/speculation, along with some invented rumours. In order to keep the clicks and views coming in.
As far as sports reporting goes these days they all have zero credibility whatsoever.

In the days when RLW was being produced they had to really investigate a story , and much was accurate.

Today it’s ALL about clicks , clicks mean eyes on advertisements , and more eyes means more dollars in the kitty.

Yes advertisers pay based on the eyes they get on there.

So really , just make up **** , speculate all you like , add your opinion, and your mates opinion and don’t every worry about checking anything because truth doesn’t get clicks , only rumour , innuendo and bull****.

As I say ZERO credibility
 
o really , just make up ** , speculate all you like , add your opinion, and your mates opinion and don’t every worry about checking anything because truth doesn’t get clicks , only rumour , innuendo and bull**.

As I say ZERO credibility
Yep. And the more sensational, the more clicks/views.
OMG some players in a team aren't agreeing with each other.
OMG some coach has lost the dressing room.
All this stuff happens of course but as for believing scoops from one of those clowns, reminds me of the kid who cried wolf. After a while you don't believe anything.
 
We'll see how well Seibold is doing with this weekends game plan.
I never really think about game plans ( I would if I were coach of course) but just thinking of this one - what will Storm's plan be? Plan A is control field position and wait for opponent's error's, then apply pressure and score, then rinse and repeat etc. This usually works of course on most opponents.

Biggest danger for Manly will be Grant and Hughes, and the leaping Coates.
Not sure where we attack them - I guess try to use Lehi Koula and Turbo? And DCE's kicks to help get off our line.
 
We'll see how well Seibold is doing with this weekends game plan.
If he keeps it simple we’ll mitigate the obvious scoreline.

For me ( if I was the coach ), this is my pre game speech

Let’s keep it really simple , completing our sets and getting a decent kick in at the end is paramount.

Skipper & Brooksie , your jobs , long kicks into the corners.

Backs , support these long kicks and try and limit their movement up field, frustration will lead to mistakes.

Forwards your job, slow their play the balls down BUT don’t give away penalties , we need to try and hold them in the middle.

IF, we get opportunities at their line , do our best but at least try and get the set restart, don’t panic , build the pressure.

Penalties PLEASE keep these minimal , only give away if it’s a try saver.

Everyone , do your job in defence , no rushing out of the line , slide to cut them off.

If we get behind in possession IT WILL EVEN UP, just do your jobs and work together as a team, don’t hang your heads if we get behind , possesion will change and we’ll get our chances.

Yes they are up the top for a good reason but every side is beatable, now go out there and make the fans proud .

PS: I’m not the coach , or even a pretend coach but this is what I’d say.
 
I never really think about game plans ( I would if I were coach of course) but just thinking of this one - what will Storm's plan be? Plan A is control field position and wait for opponent's error's, then apply pressure and score, then rinse and repeat etc. This usually works of course on most opponents.

Biggest danger for Manly will be Grant and Hughes, and the leaping Coates.
Not sure where we attack them - I guess try to use Lehi Koula and Turbo? And DCE's kicks to help get off our line.
Storm's plan will be to wait for the inevitable barage of whistle clown penalties, set restarts and bunker clown decisions that will go their way.
 

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