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  1. Scorpio

    Tallyn Da Silva

    Mixed night. He could be a very good player but I still don't think hooker should be our first priority.
  2. Scorpio

    Tallyn Da Silva

    In my opinion, the only premiership-winning team in the last 15 years that wouldn't have won it if they swapped out their hooker with any other starting hooker in the NRL, is the Storm with Cameron Smith. Several (Souths 2014 and Roosters 2019) managed to win the premiership with a backup...
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    Game Day: Manly V Tigers [Round 17, 2025]

    A few years ago Billy Slater dropped the ball, then kicked the ball after it landed, it was ruled as a kick. It was a really low percentage option, not worth it at this stage.
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    Pre-Game Manly V Tigers [Round 17, 2025]

    The last time Seibold left a club mid-season, they still lost the next 7 games in a row AND secured the wooden spoon in the final round. How confident is anyone that this squad, with the current squad makeup, injury toll, and captain/leader who has publicly telegraphed that he doesn't want to...
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    Vlandys PNG top 8 on demand 2028 special

    It will be interesting to see what is considered "market value" for some players if PNG are willing to pay them $2 million a season...
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    Tallyn Da Silva

    There is nothing wrong with having more competition for spots, but in my opinion, when fully fit I don't think that Croker is the problem. He is on $350k and he does not startle the attack of this team. I really don't think our staff (under two head coaches) are silly enough to play someone at...
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    Tallyn Da Silva

    He may be an improvement... but if he's behind the same forward pack that we have now, then the team is not going to perform much differently, in my opinion.
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    All NRL Games [Round 16, 2025]

    We were reportedly paying him $250k per year from the age of 16. Despite that and the considerable club support for his family, he then left at the end of 2023 for $500k per year at the Tigers before he had played a single NRL game. He has now played 13 NRL games in the following year and a...
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    Tallyn Da Silva

    Simpkin (a junior Origin player) was also behind Api at the Tigers, and was going to solve all of our problems according to Silvertails. And no one here seemed to rate Api as one of the best hookers in the competition when he played here for 4 years. I would rather we prioritise forwards...
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    The Daly Cherrygraph

    For context here are the Roy Bull Medal winners since DCE debuted: 2011 - Brett Stewart 2012 - Matt Ballin 2013 - Anthony Watmough 2014 - Brenton Lawrence 2015, 2018, 2019 - Jake Trbojevic 2016, 2021, 2024 - Tom Trbojevic 2017, 2020, 2023 - Daly Cherry-Evans 2022 - Lachlan Croker
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    State of Origin, 2025.

    Junior Origin representation doesn't hurt, but it isn't a guarantee of a long-term NRL career either. Nor does it guarantee that the player (or their manager on behalf of them) won't just depart to whichever club will offer them more money as soon as they show the slightest amount of promise as...
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    State of Origin, 2025.

    7-0 penalty count definitely helping...
  13. Scorpio

    State of Origin, 2025.

    So far I don't think Dearden is playing any better than DCE did last game... but the entire Queensland team does look sharper without him running sideways looking for someone to get tackled instead of him.
  14. Scorpio

    Sack Seibold Immediately

    If the Panthers and Broncos lose this weekend, then we are back in the Top 8... We were outside the Top 8 at the same point last year. Edit: I forgot that Flanagan wasn't even here last year.
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    Sack Seibold Immediately

    You can play young forwards like Navale that have potential, but if they don't yet have the physicality to play a lot of minutes every week and impose themselves on the opposition, then they tire, they don't set a platform for the rest of the team, and the opposition runs through our defence...
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    Sack Seibold Immediately

    I should have clarified that I was talking about the players allegedly going to the CEO trying to get their coach replaced. Either way, the CEO does not control on-field results. Case in point, one of our ex-CEOs went to the Roosters where they proceeded to win two premierships. On the other...
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    Sack Seibold Immediately

    Assuming it is true... What employee gets to dictate who their boss is? This is Manly's record in the past 10 years. We've had 3 coaches, all or whom either quit or were (or about to be) sacked mid-contract... but these players and the owner have remained constant. Trent Barrett: 73 games, 29...
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    The Positive Thread

    Tom was well below his best, but still ran 255 metres with the ball on the weekend. Friday was a bad loss, but we also blew 3 or 4 try scoring opportunities, any of which could have turned the match. Hopoate will be back next match. This team needs a new on-field identity and that cannot...
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    We are Laughing stock of the NRL

    The most senior player (and the last Broncos premiership winner) remaining that season was Darius Boyd, who for whatever reason didn't get dropped even though he was an absolute scarecrow in defense. I think some clubs end up with a scenario where the status and influence of some player/s is...
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    New coach Poll

    You are talking about a club whose owner stated in 2022 that we have a premiership-winning roster, and that we need a coaching department to match that. I don't think any coach has the luxury of sacrificing current results and justifying it by saying that we might win a premiership in 3-5...
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24 19 5 148 44
24 17 7 212 40
24 16 8 120 38
24 15 9 172 36
24 15 9 109 36
24 14 10 21 34
24 13 10 107 33
24 13 11 132 32
24 12 12 125 30
24 12 12 21 30
24 10 14 -76 26
24 9 14 -146 25
24 9 15 -135 24
24 9 15 -181 24
24 8 16 -130 22
24 6 18 -199 18
24 6 18 -300 18

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