Sack Seibold Immediately

[double hoops]

What a great coach up in the Manly box. How good.

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Something uplifting about seeing Seibold lose it in the coaches box, he was irate! Just needs to rip a door off and there might be hope for him yet.

 

[349]

How long does it takes to change habit/cap/team structure? Siebold now goes into four season in 26 and he should. He has had some time now to change the rooster, move on from past cap decisions and impress his style and coaching staff on what Manly will look like in 26. The rooster is decent for 26 so I see it as a really defining year of his coaching credentials.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Just because it is fun...
The last 3 weeks we have won,we have had as our starting forward pack
Lodge
Simpkin
TKO
Waddell
Burbo
Tevaga
Anyone who thought we could win one game against anybody with that forward pack at the start of the year yet alone 3 in a row....
Paseka, Croker,Aloiai,Ola,Jake injured is pretty significant.
Take Leota,Kenny,Smith,Martin and Yeo out of the Panthers etc ..and see how it goes,etc...
Our depth has allowed us to bow out in fighting style,bag the owner,the CEO,the coach,whatever floats your boat,or gets you through the day.
I am looking forward to next year whether we promote some youth or bring in anyone of note.
Upgrade and promote the likes of Willett,Kioa,Feledy,Lawry,Metcalfe,Large,Walsh,Laiafi,Sykes,Mafoa,Patolo,Dunford,Hart,Paulo,Muagututia etc ..
Bring on 2026.

 

[Phobia]

Just because it is fun...
The last 3 weeks we have won,we have had as our starting forward pack
Lodge
Simpkin
TKO
Waddell
Burbo
Tevaga
Anyone who thought we could win one game against anybody with that forward pack at the start of the year yet alone 3 in a row....
Paseka, Croker,Aloiai,Ola,Jake injured is pretty significant.
Take Leota,Kenny,Smith,Martin and Yeo out of the Panthers etc ..and see how it goes,etc...
Our depth has allowed us to bow out in fighting style,bag the owner,the CEO,the coach,whatever floats your boat,or gets you through the day.
I am looking forward to next year whether we promote some youth or bring in anyone of note.
Upgrade and promote the likes of Willett,Kioa,Feledy,Lawry,Metcalfe,Large,Walsh,Laiafi,Sykes,Mafoa,Patolo,Dunford,Hart,Paulo,Muagututia etc ..
Bring on 2026.

People bag the likes of Lodge, and Jazz, and I can't pretend that I haven't done the same myself at times, but these people are vastly better depth pieces than what we had just two or three years ago. In 2022 and 2023, we had the likes of Kurt De Luis, Morgan Boyle, and Aaron Woods all in the Top 30. If we had an injury crisis of a similar scope back then, that's who we would be playing.

I think Seibold / Mestrov's roster management has been good, particularly given the state of the salary cap. I've said that for various reasons before, most decent young forwards are on hefty salaries even before they kick on, e.g. Trey Mooney on $615k, so for these low value roster spots, people like Brown and Jazz make more sense than the Aitasi James' of the world.

That said, we have lost individuals like Munn, whilst we have extended Brown for maybe a year too long. It isn't always perfect.

The main criticism I level against Seibold, and what worries me about next year, was his inability this year to promote individuals such as Navale, when the NRL squad was clearly lacking mobility. I just hope he doesn't wait as long next year.