The what if question.

[manly al]

Still don 't know how Manase 's crook shoulder would have held up even if he was not convicted and could have continued his Manly career
Was looking quite chronic at the time and then his not inconsiderable contract value to take into account and a bit of a restriction then on general cap outlays
Got Froggy playing some worthwhile footy at 9 and no doubt on a modest deal but of course , Manase "s all round ability would have been preferable on the proviso that his shoulder problem would have been alleviated .
Again , still was no guarantee that would have been the case

 

[lsz]

10000% if Des had stayed we would have seen more success.I am not sure when that would have ended (my guess would have been when we lost the influence of the Stewart brother / Choc) but he showed in 2011 he was able to rebuild a team.

 

[Brocky]

Look. 100% I have no beef sayingvthe game has moved past him but im thinking more in the 2012 - 2020 frame. He still had some of it during his second coming at manly.
He certainly had it at the dogs until 2016ish. Just looking at the numbers.

A lot here agree he destroyed our window walking out in 2012 right after a premiership but that side was still good enough to win right up till 2014.

He had it going before the pride fiasco started

 

[NYEagle]

Agree. He named the centre of excellence after himself.

The Penn-itentiary?

NYEagle

 

[manlyfan76]

The Penn-itentiary?

NYEagle

Yes but we are the ones being punished

 

[EOL now nesting on the GC]

Ok. I started with Hasler. But How about this one.

Michael McGuire? I know he knocked us back(he did didnt he?)but what if we got the swearing Tassie devil instead of Seibold 3 years ago? Army camps and spew buckets could have been a good thing for the underperforming seaeagles.

 

[mave]

Ok. I started with Hasler. But How about this one.

Michael McGuire? I know he knocked us back(he did didnt he?)but what if we got the swearing Tassie devil instead of Seibold 3 years ago? Army camps and spew buckets could have been a good thing for the underperforming seaeagles.

Yes, yes he did.

Smart move by himself, with hindsight.

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

Army camps and spew buckets could have been a good thing for the underperforming seaeagles.

Yep. If ever there was a playing group in the NRL that needed the softness whipped out of them, it's this one. From memory, Madge wasn't keen at the time and we ended up with Des 2.0. And now we're going into our fourth year with Supercoach (Who-Doesn't-Really-Want-to-Coach) Seibold.

But as a club we need to start looking forwards instead of backwards. Sure, 2026 is likely to be more of the same, but maybe we'll start to see a little light in the tunnel after that.

 

[HK_Eagle]

Yep. If ever there was a playing group in the NRL that needed the softness whipped out of them, it's this one. From memory, Madge wasn't keen at the time and we ended up with Des 2.0. And now we're going into our fourth year with Supercoach (Who-Doesn't-Really-Want-to-Coach) Seibold.

But as a club we need to start looking forwards instead of backwards. Sure, 2026 is likely to be more of the same, but maybe we'll start to see a little light in the tunnel after that.

Saab needs Madge on his vadge.