Announcement The Long Offseason ahead

[Mark from Brisbane]

Very proud mate, after years of failure and being at the bottom compared to being a top side for left it’s refreshing and promising to see such a new roster bonding together that want to play footy. I have become a huge fan of Cameron Ciraldo and how he projects,no excuses etc. thanks for the kind words brother you have a lot to be proud of with the Eagles too

I think you’re the most respectful opposition forum blogger we’ve had on here, most come on just to troll after we have a loss.

 

[TJ55]

I think you’re the most respectful opposition forum blogger we’ve had on here, most come on just to troll after we have a loss.

Thanks Mark, I actually like it on here it’s a lot calmer than The Kennel,which I do love but always has a lot going on, there’s a good community on here from my time here

You still here!
(starting to sprout little wings, I suspect.)

Yeah mate still hanging around like a bad smell,no wings though🤣🤣

 

[double hoops]

If this is a long off season.

Just remember. We are the oldest team in the comp. We are as old as ****.

Not one player even asked for id at night clubs.

Go Browny

 

[globaleagle]

I think you’re the most respectful opposition forum blogger we’ve had on here, most come on just to troll after we have a loss.

So do some of our 'fans'.

 

[Lyonstomenzies]

Well that wasn't how I hoped it would finish particularly after making a bet with my stepkids that I would wear a Roosters "something" one day this week including in meetings if Manly lost, and so now I am trying to convince them that a rooster pin/badge counts, or socks.

But hey we went alright. A few things going differently for us in the season and things might have gone our way.

Lehi Hopoate was a huge find and I think next year needs to be DCE's final stand for the cup before starting to look at the next round of halves. We need to also have a look at our backrow and alignment across the forwards, as backrow was this year our weak point. Make a few little tweaks and I think we will improve next season.

Its a long offseason and for me the Footy is done. I have no interest in watching a Panthers v Storm Grand final > too boring.

So for now, I really don't know.

What it means for the site, is that we are lagging behind a few versions of the engine that runs the site, so the offseason is going to see us do 2 things

1 - evaluate our server (we will probably look at our own barebones server, more expensive, but we are the sort of size now, where we are a noisy neighbour on VDS and I will just try and get the accounting right)
2 - Upgrade our tech stack and make sure everything works, migrate that to production

The second will spawn a bunch of subtasks and I think what we will see is a new design or theme as well since this one was build explicitly for an older version.

Its going to take a while and be quite a time expense for me so Ill get to it ASAP. If anyone wants to help with any of that you are more than welcome to throw your hat in the ring, especially any budding designers out there.

Also if anyone has any actual Temple and Webster codes, I am re-doing my office and need to save a buck 🙂

You could always play for the Storm. I hear they used to hand out two paychecks.

 

[Eagle 1]

Its not really a long off season, it starts in the 2nd week of October and it's virtually starts up again at the start of February with trials and teams finalizing their first 17 and squads. I wont count the Pacific Championship in it in late October. Probably a 15 week off season in truth.

 

[bob dylan]

Very proud mate, after years of failure and being at the bottom compared to being a top side for left it’s refreshing and promising to see such a new roster bonding together that want to play footy. I have become a huge fan of Cameron Ciraldo and how he projects,no excuses etc. thanks for the kind words brother you have a lot to be proud of with the Eagles too

Dogs pretty much the same squad for 2025 - Toupinoua coming from Chooks. He was good back end of 2024.

Eagles like Dogs had a bad ending, for different reasons. We folded in 3 of our last 4 matches, weren't alone though.

Dogs had JAC telling fibs - you will be well served to lose people like him. I know too much about drug takers, and when they lie about it they are usually in deep. Shame he is a talent.

 

[bob dylan]

Its not really a long off season, it starts in the 2nd week of October and it's virtually starts up again at the start of February with trials and teams finalizing their first 17 and squads. I wont count the Pacific Championship in it in late October. Probably a 15 week off season in truth.

It seems long now but you are right its slips on by.

 

[TJ55]

Dogs pretty much the same squad for 2025 - Toupinoua coming from Chooks. He was good back end of 2024.

Eagles like Dogs had a bad ending, for different reasons. We folded in 3 of our last 4 matches, weren't alone though.

Dogs had JAC telling fibs - you will be well served to lose people like him. I know too much about drug takers, and when they lie about it they are usually in deep. Shame he is a talent.

Thanks mate and I agree, that drama with The Fox was very dissapointing as he is a player I’ve always loved and the energy he brings, sometimes I think these footy players are thick as pig ****! Be interesting if Gus picks up anyone else is JAC goes, good chunk of salary cap will be free

 

[Wombat Junior]

My early symptoms are starting to show with my NODD ( NRL offseason depressive disorder)

 

[globaleagle]

My early symptoms are starting to show with my NODD ( NRL offseason depressive disorder)

You can reminisce with your Dad about how you beat him in the tipping comp?!?!?!?!

 

[bob dylan]

Thanks mate and I agree, that drama with The Fox was very dissapointing as he is a player I’ve always loved and the energy he brings, sometimes I think these footy players are thick as pig ****! Be interesting if Gus picks up anyone else is JAC goes, good chunk of salary cap will be free

I think its a whole different scenario if his first discussion with Gus was a confession, and apology and a solution.

Mind you I believed his story and the confusion.

We will never know but he just might have been the difference vs Manly. The margin between him and Skelton is significant to say the least.

 

[The Wheel]

Something that will make the off season a bit more palatable for Manly fans is that The Bears lost the NSW Cup grand final today