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Manly chairman Scott Penn has launched a staunch defence of under pressure captain Daly Cherry-Evans by declaring the club‘s $1.2 million man was going nowhere.
A gutted Penn has gone public with his view of the club’s winless start to the year, describing it as “unacceptable” while adding nobody within management ever saw it coming.
Daly Cherry-Evans and the Sea Eagles players react after a Panthers try.
After leaking 156-points in four games and in the wake of the Sea Eagles embarrassing 46-6 loss to Penrith on Thursday night, Cherry-Evans’ future at the club has been raised by NRL commentator Michael Ennis.
Ennis said on Fox League: “Daly is on $1.2 million, it is a lot of money out of your cap these days. He is a super player, and there would be plenty of clubs who would still be interested in paying good freight – he is only 30 years of age.
“Maybe Manly need to make a call like that to get themselves back competitive in the market to rebuild. Not to question Daly’s ability, just in terms of where Manly are at.
“His form at the start of the season is certainly not what you want from a guy who is their absolute man without Tom Trbojevic there.”
However, Penn has shot down any notion of the Sea Eagles forcing their skipper out of the club – despite their calamitous position of last spot on the NRL ladder.
“No interest whatsoever,” Penn said of replacing Cherry-Evans.
“The fact is, Daly is just down on confidence.
“And no one takes it more personal than Daly. He’s an outstanding player, but he’s like anyone who is down on confidence.
“Now is the time to work out how we build confidence internally.
“We’ve got three high-paid players (Jake Trbojevic, Tom Trbojevic and Cherry-Evans) and that strategy puts pressure on them to perform.
“And when you lose one of them (Tom Trbojevic), it puts even more pressure on.
“This is unusual, I don’t think anyone was expecting this.
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“I can look back and say we (board) were very confident coming into the year, no one was concerned about the roster.
“Yes, we’ve had a number of early injuries, which has disrupted us, but we can’t blame injuries when we’re getting some fundamental things wrong.
“We’re hopeful that when we get those fundamentals right and we get some troops back, things will change dramatically.”
Adding to the Sea Eagles woes ahead of their must-win round five clash with the Warriors next Friday is the threat of further injury concerns and suspension after Morgan Boyle was charged with a crusher tackle by the NRL match review committee.
Boyle, who suffered a shoulder injury on Thursday night, is facing a two-match ban.
Dylan Walker (hamstring) and Moses Suli (knee) both failed to finish the match against Penrith.
Given the Sea Eagles current state of sombre, Penn wanted to point out there “was no animosity or problems internally” within the dressing room.
“No one is pleased with where we’re at – it is unacceptable for everyone involved, including our loyal fans and members,’’ Penn told The Daily Telegraph.
“It’s simple what is causing it – dropping the ball in key moments and we’re getting punished.
“When you’re on the back foot and searching for a win, you probably push things more than you normally would.
“It’s actually relatively obvious what is happening, it’s just got to be fixed.
“No one likes to get beaten the way we have been.
“There isn’t anything fundamentally wrong or any animosity internally, there’s nothing like that.
“But we need to look at doing things differently.’’
A gutted Penn has gone public with his view of the club’s winless start to the year, describing it as “unacceptable” while adding nobody within management ever saw it coming.
Daly Cherry-Evans and the Sea Eagles players react after a Panthers try.
After leaking 156-points in four games and in the wake of the Sea Eagles embarrassing 46-6 loss to Penrith on Thursday night, Cherry-Evans’ future at the club has been raised by NRL commentator Michael Ennis.
Ennis said on Fox League: “Daly is on $1.2 million, it is a lot of money out of your cap these days. He is a super player, and there would be plenty of clubs who would still be interested in paying good freight – he is only 30 years of age.
“Maybe Manly need to make a call like that to get themselves back competitive in the market to rebuild. Not to question Daly’s ability, just in terms of where Manly are at.
“His form at the start of the season is certainly not what you want from a guy who is their absolute man without Tom Trbojevic there.”
However, Penn has shot down any notion of the Sea Eagles forcing their skipper out of the club – despite their calamitous position of last spot on the NRL ladder.
“No interest whatsoever,” Penn said of replacing Cherry-Evans.
“The fact is, Daly is just down on confidence.
“And no one takes it more personal than Daly. He’s an outstanding player, but he’s like anyone who is down on confidence.
“Now is the time to work out how we build confidence internally.
“We’ve got three high-paid players (Jake Trbojevic, Tom Trbojevic and Cherry-Evans) and that strategy puts pressure on them to perform.
“And when you lose one of them (Tom Trbojevic), it puts even more pressure on.
“This is unusual, I don’t think anyone was expecting this.
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“I can look back and say we (board) were very confident coming into the year, no one was concerned about the roster.
“Yes, we’ve had a number of early injuries, which has disrupted us, but we can’t blame injuries when we’re getting some fundamental things wrong.
“We’re hopeful that when we get those fundamentals right and we get some troops back, things will change dramatically.”
Adding to the Sea Eagles woes ahead of their must-win round five clash with the Warriors next Friday is the threat of further injury concerns and suspension after Morgan Boyle was charged with a crusher tackle by the NRL match review committee.
Boyle, who suffered a shoulder injury on Thursday night, is facing a two-match ban.
Dylan Walker (hamstring) and Moses Suli (knee) both failed to finish the match against Penrith.
Given the Sea Eagles current state of sombre, Penn wanted to point out there “was no animosity or problems internally” within the dressing room.
“No one is pleased with where we’re at – it is unacceptable for everyone involved, including our loyal fans and members,’’ Penn told The Daily Telegraph.
“It’s simple what is causing it – dropping the ball in key moments and we’re getting punished.
“When you’re on the back foot and searching for a win, you probably push things more than you normally would.
“It’s actually relatively obvious what is happening, it’s just got to be fixed.
“No one likes to get beaten the way we have been.
“There isn’t anything fundamentally wrong or any animosity internally, there’s nothing like that.
“But we need to look at doing things differently.’’
