Jake T.

[CRPSI eagle]

Some young bull, maybe a Superleague forward, plenty out there

Anyone young but Jake

 

[eaglebuzz]

Only our owner that has said we are in a premiership window. Everyone else knows, under Penn, the window is jammed shut..... still.... since 2014.

We were a real chance in 2021 but for the fact that our forward pack were a bunch of powderpuffs

 

[EaglesDontTweet]

Only our owner that has said we are in a premiership window. Everyone else knows, under Penn, the window is jammed shut..... still.... since 2014.

Might not mean premiership window but I recall a few NRL pundits picked Manly to be a Top 4 side this year (like yourself I wasn't so confident). I went back to check my memory and found the following story amongst all the betting search results...interesting read I thought.

Fourth – Manly Sea Eagles
As per much of the last half-decade, Manly’s season swings on the health of Tom Trbojevic. Arguably the most damaging player in the game when fully fit, the star Manly custodian has missed at least half of the season in four of the last six years. The coach, Anthony Seibold, floated shifting him to the centres but fortunately for Manly such silliness went nowhere. Trbojevic headlines arguably the most potent backline in the NRL, particularly with the emergence of the young star Lehi Hopoate. It is the pack that is more concerning but the signings of Jazz Tevaga and Sio Siua Taukeiaho added some much-needed gumption. Manly beat both Melbourne and Penrith last year so have the upside to go a long way in 2025.

Link: NRL 2025 predicted ladder part two: it's Melbourne Storm’s premiership to lose | Nick Tedeschi

 

[BirdMan4ever]

There is a reason Jake was dropped from origin.
He brings very little. As a mentor it hasn't worked. The club should pay a professional mentor to get them up for the season, not Jake.
This leaves us with what he brings, no meters , penalties , missed tackles. So why is he in there, oh he bleeds manly. Well there are so many that bleed manly but can't play.

Thanks Jake, time to plan for the future without your beloved sea Eagles.

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

Only our owner that has said we are in a premiership window. Everyone else knows, under Penn, the window is jammed shut..... still.... since 2014.

Hard decisions need to be made, and somebody needs to make them. But as @Frogz says, Penn has had his head stuck in the sand (or elsewhere) since his Uncle Zorba dragged him into the club. The Penns got lucky when they bought into the team, and it seems like they took it for granted that success would keep coming. It hasn't.

As @themanwithnoname says, we have to stop pretending we're still a premiership force and acknowledge that we need to blow it all up and start again. Maybe losing our "marquee" halfback will help trigger that realisation. Or maybe we're in for another decade of more of the same.

 

[Nike]

Realistically what can we do with Jake? Anything less than a playing contract would be somewhat offensive if he wants to play on.

He's not a modern lock, doesn't make enough meters to play prop and doesn't have the impact to come off the bench - I really just don't see anywhere he can add value to the team.

He's still on about a million for next year so it'll be interesting to see what happens, hopefully it doesn't end in tears. The Trbojevic's care about Manly and would put the club first, but I don't see Jake walking away from that kind of money.