Tom Wright Gone and Jade Anderson on the outer?

[XV-1]

According to NRL article below he asked for a release and it was granted

https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/09/12/manly-sea-eagles-young-gun-tom-wright-switches-to-act-brumbies/

Uncertainty over the 21-year-old's NRL pathway and best position in rugby league has played a part in his rugby league exit.

This was is why. When garbage like Suli, Parker, M Wright are chosen ahead of him. No wonder he asked for a release.

 

[eaglebuzz]

Wright was a speed bump in defence. You can't carry players who let in as many tries as they create.

 

[tookey]

Wright was a speed bump in defence. You can't carry players who let in as many tries as they create.

We need a whole new team than

 

[robbiea]

^Pretty much !

 

[EOL now nesting on the GC]

The reason we let the kid go was because he was a Speed bump? Bloody hell then Thompson should be shot, Kelly drawn and quartered, parker hung and at least a few others just drowned....
Oh well the three past years has produced absolutely nothing and the next 3 will probably be the same.

 

[brad]

I still think someone is coming half descent , if you let players go and get the same or worse players as replacements its another bad year ahead . I dont think manly can afford to be sitting near the bottom again so surely they have something up there sleeve .

 

[HappilyManly]

Who is the 'Big Name' player that was rumoured to walk out a few months back by ReadingThePlay

 

[SeaEagle21]

Who is the 'Big Name' player that was rumoured to walk out a few months back by ReadingThePlay

The feeling the media gets when one of the hundreds of rumour darts thrown proves to be correct

 

[Kiwi Eagle]

Is Suli and Parker going to rugby as well?

No, they both have more ticker

 

[BrendonStarr]

If we actually had a decent defensive coach, his defensive issues would have been sorted out during this off-season. Give him 5 months with Toovey and he would end up being one of the best defensive centres in the game. Half of our squad cant tackle consistently for 80 mins at the moment.

 

[Under the Sticks]

Wright was a speed bump in defence. You can't carry players who let in as many tries as they create.

And Baz was a connoisseur of defence!

 

[Budgie]

Is it right that we don't have a recruitment bloke or a coaching bloke yet we are making roster decisions? Who is making these decisions?

 

[Under the Sticks]

If we actually had a decent defensive coach, his defensive issues would have been sorted out during this off-season. Give him 5 months with Toovey and he would end up being one of the best defensive centres in the game. Half of our squad cant tackle consistently for 80 mins at the moment.

Bstar are I would put that closer to 75% of the squad. Gees Api did a lot of tackles which we missed big time

 

[Under the Sticks]

The feeling the media gets when one of the hundreds of rumour darts thrown proves to be correct

Another losing Wright

 

[Nice Beaver]

If we actually had a decent defensive coach, his defensive issues would have been sorted out during this off-season. Give him 5 months with Toovey and he would end up being one of the best defensive centres in the game. Half of our squad cant tackle consistently for 80 mins at the moment.

Sorry, I can't agree with that.

The bloke came from rugby so clearly has a preference to not tackling. That's where he has gone back to. League is too hard for some blokes so best of luck to him.

A good defensive coach does not just magically make a player tackle all of a sudden. Blokes like Maloney and Lockyer could not tackle their whole careers.

Defence is attitude. If your heart isn't in putting your body on the line, then it just isn't.

 

[The Who]

Sorry, I can't agree with that.

The bloke came from rugby so clearly has a preference to not tackling. That's where he has gone back to. League is too hard for some blokes so best of luck to him.

A good defensive coach does not just magically make a player tackle all of a sudden. Blokes like Maloney and Lockyer could not tackle their whole careers.

Defence is attitude. If your heart isn't in putting your body on the line, then it just isn't.

So you wouldn't have Maloney or Lockyer in your team?
Defence is important, unquestionably. But if you have a player who scores 10 points and only allows in eight points with shoddy defence then you are on a winner.
Tackling in RL is not what it used to be. It's a rarity to see a one-on-one tackle these days which may explain why so many centres and wingers rush in to help their inside player in defence, and often fail to stop the ball. Forwards these days are disadvantaged tackling low. That's why we see more dancing than tackling.

 

[Woodsie]

And he got smashed by the Broncos a week or two later playing fullback for Penrith one game don’t make you a first grader.

No ... but it can give a pretty good indication of the sort of player and character you are ........

 

[double hoops]

Zorba gone rogue. How do we now interpret Zorba article which started this thread, given we now know Wright is gone and probably has been for some time.

 

[Woodsie]

Will never know how good he could have been with the right coaching and mentoring

The identical coaches and mentoring haven't appeared to have hindered Fainu .....

 

[Woodsie]

Boy there are some numbnuts on here who think coaches have some sort of magical power ......

Tom Wright is not the first and won't be the last union convert to fail to make the grade in the hardest comp of the hardest game in the world ......

He has a wonderful talent with ball in hand, but I have always doubted whether he had the grit to become a complete footballer ....

I think Tom and the club have done the right thing .... and I hope he has a great future in union .... I would love to see him play 7's ..