Pre-Game Eels v Manly [Round 3, 2024]

[Eagle 1]

The difference is we were at home , we’re away this time , very very hard to beat them at home with the refs & bunker idiots on their side.

Yeah, it's an imposing place to play at Comm bank. No doubt the ferals will be baying for penalties from the very start, we can use this as motivation or let it get the better of us. I choose the first point.

 

[Waz13]

On paper we should win this 13+ easy!

but you can bank on it 100% that the refs and bunker will have there say in this one, The only way we lose this one will be because of those clowns in pink

Especially given it’s a prime time game. Refs will try keep it close as best they can.

 

[LeonardCohen]

I think Gutho and Lane down our right edge defence will be the difference. If we can contain/limit the damage down that corridor, we have the rest covered. Any quick play the balls in the middle for shifts to that edge will test our defence.

 

[Kalvin]

I think everyone is forgetting one big thing.... they have Harper on their side.... game plan done

 

[Rocky]

I think everyone is forgetting one big thing.... they have Harper on their side.... game plan done

Outside of the Talaki horror show (when he shouldn't have played) was he that bad?

I don't want to defend Lionel's playing ability, as he is only a fringe first grader.

But at the same time outside of that Cronulla game, I didn't think he was terrible defensively.

 

[Uber Eagle 72]

Outside of the Talaki horror show (when he shouldn't have played) was he that bad?

I don't want to defend Lionel's playing ability, as he is only a fringe first grader.

But at the same time outside of that Cronulla game, I didn't think he was terrible defensively.

I remember Olam giving him a hard time from memory …it lost us the game. I guess another point to this being an ex manly player the team will know better than most how to exploit any weaknesses.

 

[The Wheel]

Coach Media: Anthony Seibold

Hear the final word from Coach Anthony Seibold ahead of tomorrow's clash against the Eels

www.seaeagles.com.au

 

[ManlyTragic]

Brooks will be the difference.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Seibold keeps naming Aaron Woods in his team lists , clearly he must now be in the top 30???

 

[Stuey Davis’s Socks]

Manly win odds continue to shorten, down to $1.97.

 

[Phobia]

Interestingly, both of tomorrow's games show a difference between the tipping favourite (in the NRL tipping app) and the betting odds favourites. We are favourites, as is Melbourne, in tipping, but not on Sportsbet at least.

 

[grassy]

Three wins in a row would be a breath of fresh air. To take down the eels after def roosters and Souths would be a huge positive on my outlook for us this year. If we want to make top four then we need to do better than two wins and a loss and so on. Being consistent has been a rarity of late. I’m really hoping for a win. Would love our boys to turn things around so we can become a force once again. That’s one thing I do miss. Go Manly.

 

[silvereagle]

I just find it funny the bias supporters show to their beloved team. Now we have the best starting front row in Australia lol??

I wonder what JFH and Leota would have to say to that, or a number of other rotations who have been successful, actually dominating consistently for a number of years

Yes I am guilty of being a slightly biased and one eyed Sea Eagles supporter. I do think however this is more a reflection of how well our team has started the year and more specifically how well our forwards are going. Particularly the front row and especially with Lodge and Sips as backup. Yes JFH / Leota have been the clear benchmarks last 4 years no doubt but times change and I think our guys will challenge this year and reckon they will succeed. Just my biased opinion.

 

[SeaEagleSI1]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1326526644695081

 

[davohan123]

Three wins in a row would be a breath of fresh air. To take down the eels after def roosters and Souths would be a huge positive on my outlook for us this year. If we want to make top four then we need to do better than two wins and a loss and so on. Being consistent has been a rarity of late. I’m really hoping for a win. Would love our boys to turn things around so we can become a force once again. That’s one thing I do miss. Go Manly.

The next few games will tell me a lot about season. 50/50 game tomorrow it wont be as easy as people think, just look tonight if you are off even by a few % teams will ambush you ie tigers vs sharks.

Then we play the dragons away next week which we would start strong favourites. These 2 games in the past few years we would find ways to stuff it up ie win 2 drop 1.

Let's see of our mentality has changed at all this year.

 

[HK_Eagle]

The next few games will tell me a lot about season. 50/50 game tomorrow it wont be as easy as people think, just look tonight if you are off even by a few % teams will ambush you ie tigers vs sharks.

Then we play the dragons away next week which we would start string favourites. These 2 games in the past few years we would find ways to stuff it up ie win 2 drop 1.

Let's see of our mentality has changed at all this year.

Agree. We just have to strive to be on our game and give our best. Inevitably those horror games will come, but we need to keep fighting complacency.

 

[40 nil]

1-19 remains as originally selected - Talau will not come into the team to replace Vaega

Team Update: Round 3 v Eels

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Coach Anthony Seibold has cut his team to play the Parramatta Eels in Round 3 of the Telstra Premiership.

www.seaeagles.com.au

 

[HK_Eagle]

1-19 remains as originally selected - Talau will not come into the team to replace Vaega

Team Update: Round 3 v Eels

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Coach Anthony Seibold has cut his team to play the Parramatta Eels in Round 3 of the Telstra Premiership.

www.seaeagles.com.au

Oh, thank goodness. I thought we were batting first and had lost an early wicket.

 

[eaglebuzz]

1-19 remains as originally selected - Talau will not come into the team to replace Vaega

Team Update: Round 3 v Eels

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Coach Anthony Seibold has cut his team to play the Parramatta Eels in Round 3 of the Telstra Premiership.

www.seaeagles.com.au

I think he just named Talau in the 21 to keep the Eels guessing.

 

[Eagles4Life]

Seibold keeps naming Aaron Woods in his team lists , clearly he must now be in the top 30???

He's not in the top 30 @Mark from Brisbane We are still sitting at 27 spots allocated out of 30. I can't see any reason he would change Wood's status (supplementary deal) from where it is now.