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    Mestrov outlines future

    Those financials are real cause for concern. Firstly, (from an NRL perspective) you would surely have to question at some point the future viability of having an NRL franchise on the Northern Beaches. Secondly (from a club perspective) I would be questioning the quality of our management...
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    2026 recruitment & retention

    I also hope you are wrong @BOZO about our coach. I gave him a FAIL in 24 for his performance on some very specific grounds. Hopefully he can turn that around in 25. He needs to look no further than the published NRL team statistics. We came 2nd last on "Dummy Half Runs" and 2nd last on...
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    Manly Tigers rift

    I understand why the Tigers would be peed off. As a sign of good will and in the interests of maintaining good relations, I think we should offer back Josh Alioia to the Tigers. I think that would be fair.
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    Lodge, you Monster

    Agreed on Lodge and good call on Leo Thompson. He would be a perfect fit to our middles. Not sure why Knights would let him go??
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    Onitoni Large

    I object to the word "old"!!!
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    The Anthony Seibold Grievances MEGA THREAD

    It was the clubs fault to continue supporting Manase despite what was clear and overwhelming legal evidence of his guilt. We had no recognised hooker throughout this whole legal episode (2-3 years) and we still have no recognised hooker today. I would classify all that as really poor judgment.
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    The Anthony Seibold Grievances MEGA THREAD

    I get the sentiment Ralphie but it's not about accepting mediocrity. Like any other business out there you live or die by the quality of your decision making. If you look back over the last 11 years there have been were some really poor decisions made by our club and our coaches. There are...
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    The Anthony Seibold Grievances MEGA THREAD

    Love your optimism Maxta. Look I don't think we are that far off for a more serious tilt at the 25 premiership. However there definitely need to be some changes. I think for example if we added an RCG to the pack that would be a significant change for mine. The other obvious changes are all...
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    The Anthony Seibold Grievances MEGA THREAD

    I like Seibs. Unfortunately if I was assessing his performance this year, based on the facts alone it would be a Fail. The out wide defence never improved, the middles were seriously poor at times and always seemed to get dominated, some highly questionable selections particularly around hooker...
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    2025

    Good thread Leonard and very timely. There is no doubt in my mind that our single biggest issue is the lack of aggression and mobility of our middle forwards. That's where we continually loose the ruck. This issue is now compounded by the fact that we have just recently extended the contracts of...
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    The scales of Reuben.

    I think we have more chances of fixing the defence issues out wide than fixing the much bigger forward issues in the middle. Particularly given we have only just extended the contracts of a couple of the big slow middles. Interesting decision from our Recruitment. My strong recommendation to...
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    The scales of Reuben.

    Love your optimism SER8. Most of the defensive wobbles on that right side have to do with DCE. Yes Garrick is somewhat soft with his tackling but bigger issue all to do with lack of defensive structure and confidence in that structure. After 27 rounds of same issue and still no fix, I am not...
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    Post-Game Discussion Chooks V Manly [Finals Week 2, 2024]

    How that was not considered dangerous contact with the head is yet another sad indictment of the refereeing standard and inconsistency. Especially when you see the victim almost knocked out and carted off. Yet the NRL says they are all interested in players welfare and head knocks. They deserve...
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    Pre-Game Chooks V Manly [Finals Week 2, 2024]

    Same here. We smashed them in Las Vegas and they only just beat us a a couple of months back. That day Walker mesmerised us and we pretty much lost Alioia in the first tackle and a few other injuries during the game. Today no Walker and I think Josh wont be playing under handicap and due for a...
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    Tolu try

    I am sure the coaching staff are aware. Just disappointing that over 27 rounds we have not seen any variation in attack on that left side. Thinking for example a simple chip through or chip over the top.....4th / 5th tackle. With tolu's speed he would be odds on to get to the ball first. Worst...
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    Tolu try

    Probably the biggest "fail" from our coaching staff this year. That try hopefully would have given Tolu a taste of open spaces and his lethal capabilities out wide. To me he appears to deliberately ruck into opposition defenders rather than trying to run around them. Admittedly he always seems...
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    Lehi Hopoate

    I did not want to comment here as I don't want to put any more pressure on the kid and build up dad's negotiation points. But got to say he is the entire package. Apart from the "must haves" (eg. speed, step, balance, tackling, toughness etc) Lehi has the most critical factors of all which I...
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    Lodge, you Monster

    Could not agree more. Hope we hang onto him. That was an eye catching performance on Friday. Also I have always been a big fan of Jack Hetherington. One of the genuine tough guys of the NRL. If Knights are letting him go he could be an interesting addition to our middle pack. Still very young...
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    Run Koula Run

    Yes I thought Tolu had a great game on Friday and looked to be running more comfortably. I am damned if I can work out his best position. Loves the tough stuff so opens up possibilities through the forwards as a utility. I think this kid could play in almost any position. Time will tell.
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    Lodge, you Monster

    I thought Lodge led the way through the middle against the Dogs. Taniela had a very good game also but he is not a leader. Neither is Aloiai. Lodge is the undisputed leader of the pack. With these 3 guys and Brown and Bulleymore on the bench, we can back up the same performance next week against...

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6 Warriors 24 14 0 10 21 34
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