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  1. Ron E. Gibbs

    Post-Game Discussion Raiders V Manly [Round 23, 2025]

    For a minute or two there, when Koula got his second try and we went up by two, I allowed myself a glimmer of hope. Of course, then Jazz gave away a stupid penalty on the fourth or fifth and Strange brushed off just about every Manly player on that side of the field to score and that hope was...
  2. Ron E. Gibbs

    Sack Seibold Immediately

    If I hear him say that the Raiders "are a pretty fair team" in the press conference, my head may well explode. Also not real keen on looking at Cherry's face any longer than I have to, so I'll probably cry myself to sleep again instead.
  3. Ron E. Gibbs

    Game Day: Raiders V Manly [Round 23, 2025]

    We've scored two more points than we've managed in our last two games, so that's something. It's possible we might even score some more! And we haven't had to do too much tackling, which is also good, because we're not very good at it. And we're only four points behind, so the game is not out of...
  4. Ron E. Gibbs

    Game Day: Raiders V Manly [Round 23, 2025]

    Yes, we could get unmercifully flogged by a fit and firing Canberra side tonight. But we could also jag a win. The only thing I hold onto is that you just never know with this team. And we do have a good record against the Raiders. If we're not their Bogey team, we are at least Bogey adjacent -...
  5. Ron E. Gibbs

    Hugo Hart

    Yeah, but there's something fishy about that press release. He says he's enjoyed his time at the club and has "learnt so much from both the players and the coaches". None of that makes any sense at all.
  6. Ron E. Gibbs

    Hugo Hart

    That's good news. Another 15 years of development and he should be ready for the top grade!
  7. Ron E. Gibbs

    Manly Coach 2026 is...

    I counted at least seven on his last chat with the media. I fear there's been a bit of late-night comfort eating at Macca's going on lately.
  8. Ron E. Gibbs

    2026 recruitment & retention

    Exhibit A: Caleb Navale. Just baffles me that he is not even on the reserves bench for tonight's game.
  9. Ron E. Gibbs

    Sack Seibold Immediately

    I said at the start of the season that it looked like Cherry was determined to get Seibold sacked on his way out the door, which at this stage wouldn't really bother me one way or the other. But if Seibold's only legacy at Manly is as the guy who finally brought an end to the DCE era, I will...
  10. Ron E. Gibbs

    All NRL Games [Round 23, 2025]

    Bellamy. I don't know how, but it has to be the Dark Arts of Craig Bellamy. Seriously, if he could come up with a way - through sorcery, animal sacrifice or otherwise - of conspiring with the Melbourne groundkeepers to inflict serious injury on his opponents without injuring his own players, he...
  11. Ron E. Gibbs

    Game Day: Raiders V Manly [Round 23, 2025]

    In fairness, you could say that about every night of the year in Canberra…
  12. Ron E. Gibbs

    2026 recruitment & retention

    Then the joke's on you, susan. Our pack doesn't run so much as it plods, walks and stumbles. After all, it's hard to get up a head of steam when you've got the ball tucked under one arm and a Zimmer frame under the other. "Run around". That's a good one.
  13. Ron E. Gibbs

    Decision makers

    Mission accomplished then. If that mission was to break away by sliding even further down the ladder, thereby avoiding the cluster entirely.
  14. Ron E. Gibbs

    Sack Seibold Immediately

    I also really hated the bit where he said, "We were a 50% season last week", as if that was actually a good thing. I try to give Seibold the benefit of the doubt, I really do. But he always manages to say something that infuriates me.
  15. Ron E. Gibbs

    Sack Seibold Immediately

    As a bonus, it's always reminded me of Mr Floppy, responsible for this classic from the album, "The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Dickhead": I can't look at Scott Penn and not think of this.
  16. Ron E. Gibbs

    Sack Seibold Immediately

    This is true: despite his reluctance to spend money on things he can't name after his family, Penn doesn't mind sacking a coach (remember, "It's a results-driven business"). Why? Because it gives the illusion that he's (a) paying attention, and (b) doing something about our poor results. It's...
  17. Ron E. Gibbs

    2026 recruitment & retention

    You've got the wrong Shibasaki, SER8. Not the Bronco, his younger brother.
  18. Ron E. Gibbs

    Sack Seibold Immediately

    Lose-lose for Seibold, really: his reaction then becomes the headline anyway. Still, I'm surprised he didn't remind the journalist of the required perspective: Gaza, the Ukraine, we're all going to die, etc.
  19. Ron E. Gibbs

    Pre-Game Raiders V Manly [Round 23, 2025]

    Another "free throw at the stumps" incoming?
  20. Ron E. Gibbs

    November Targets

    I think most of our long-serving players are all just used to losing now. They're as surprised when they get a win as we are. And there's no actual leadership in our leadership group. I mean, our captain is abandoning ship in the hope of getting a bit more personal glory at the arse-end of his...

2025 Ladder

Team P W D L PD Pts
1 Raiders 24 19 0 5 148 44
2 Storm 24 17 0 7 212 40
3 Bulldogs 24 16 0 8 120 38
4 Broncos 24 15 0 9 172 36
5 Sharks 24 15 0 9 109 36
6 Warriors 24 14 0 10 21 34
7 Panthers 24 13 1 10 107 33
8 Roosters 24 13 0 11 132 32
9 Dolphins 24 12 0 12 125 30
10 Sea Eagles 24 12 0 12 21 30
11 Eels 24 10 0 14 -76 26
12 Cowboys 24 9 1 14 -146 25
13 Tigers 24 9 0 15 -135 24
14 Rabbitohs 24 9 0 15 -181 24
15 Dragons 24 8 0 16 -130 22
16 Titans 24 6 0 18 -199 18
17 Knights 24 6 0 18 -300 18

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