Mid-season Report Card

[SeaEagleRock8]

Well not exactly mid, as not all clubs have had the same number of byes, but Manly has played 12 of our 24 games so it's as good a time as any to start a mid-season progress report.

Off the top of my head...

B... tries hard, good spirit, but lacks concentration at times. Can do better.

 

[Red Baron]

Beat me to it SER8

• Wins: 6
• Losses: 6
• F/A: 46
• Points Scored Per Game (average): 24
• Points Conceded Per Game (average): 21
• Home Record: 4/7
• Away Record: 2/5

Grade: C



Most bipolar team in the competition.



2024 Ladder Position (Round 13): 7th

 

[Woodsie]

You need a poll ... just saying ..

 

[The Who]

I'm refering to the team as The Jekylls...

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

I'm refering to the team as The Jekylls...

You have some hide, Mister.

 

[Phobia]

We are doing about the same as we did last year.

However, we have no Paseka, constant injuries, off-field rubbish, and a bit more inconsistency. We didn't have those negative factors last year, which made me more disappointed that we lost three in a row nearly full strength last year. We have been garbage to a reasonable extent.

This is a B performance, in previous years we would be absolutely down in the dumps, whereas in some areas I feel we have improved on last year, e.g. centre and edge defence. Remember, last year, we had basically the Schuster release, and that was it. We've had a club implosion and we're in the eight. By Manly's standards over the past decade, that's not terrible.

 

[BOZO]

Mid season Report Card (C)
Over achieving is A to B
Meeting Expectations C
Underachieving is D
We have been in and out of the top 8

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

fwiw no mention of Turbo or Paseka injuries, or anything really .. it's all just about DCE, what the! And he hasn't been the standout player, I'd say Lehi and Haumole

SEA EAGLES

Ladder: 7th (6 wins, 6 losses)

Grade: B

Season so far: The Sea Eagles are doing well to sit inside the top eight at the halfway point considering their skipper almost blew up their season after just three rounds. Daly Cherry-Evans declared he wouldn’t be re-signing with Manly, who he has played for since 2011, but that was open to continuing his NRL career at a rival club. Why DCE couldn’t have announced that in October is anybody’s guess. The Sea Eagles won the week of the bombshell but then lost six of their next eight. They returned to winning ways with a thumping 34-6 win over Brisbane last weekend and now they need to string a few together.


Standout player: Cherry-Evans has been okay this season without setting the world on fire. The 36-year-old Queensland halfback’s form dropped off leading up to Origin but he bounced back against the Broncos last week. DCE was the highest-placed Manly player on the Dally M leaderboard before voting went behind closed doors after Round 12.

Where’s it gone wrong: There is no doubt Cherry-Evans’ announcement impacted the team and their results, which was to be expected. When a 300-game, one-club premiership-winning captain tells his teammates he no longer wants to play with them, well that’s always going to impact team harmony.

Mid-season report card: Horror Broncos verdict among three As and one glaring fail

Mid-season report card: Horror Broncos verdict among three As and one glaring fail

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[Disco]

B for me.

Not nearly as bad as the narrative has been from some on here but I can understand the frustration as we have put in some truly awful performances.

On current form we wont be winning the comp that is for sure, however if we can jag a few straight over the next 6 weeks and then can improve our overall form and cosistency towards the back end of the year...plus get Tom firing, well then you just never know.

Basically we just need to work on our mentality.

 

[LeonardCohen]

I can’t be bothered looking it up, but off the top of my head, are we not a better defensive side this year? There’s been a few games where we’ve kept sides around 6-12 points which I don’t remember happening at all last season.

The Eels game was poor defensively and Storm at Brookie was a smash up but I think we’ve made steady improvement in D.

 

[jbb/james]

The team has improved even though results are similar
Until tom got injured we still were playing out the back far too often

A run of away games after origin when **** gets real will be telling

We have opportunity from here. Close enough to build something if we want it

The frog flew under the radar but adds more than his hooking skills. He might be the difference if we galvanise

 

[Tragic Eagle]

We have thrown away 4 competition points against St George and Parra minus Moses with very poor performances. In a tight competion that is inexcusable. We should be on at least 18 competition points equal with the Storm. Good wins against Canberra and Penrith somewhat wasted by these poor efforts. We are rocks and diamonds and when we are bad we are real bad. Consistency is paid great deal of lip service by our coach and captain but haven’t seen any for quite a while. Last time we had back to back wins were rounds 3 & 4. Time to see it and not just hear it. Common Manly.

 

[Phobia]

I can’t be bothered looking it up, but off the top of my head, are we not a better defensive side this year? There’s been a few games where we’ve kept sides around 6-12 points which I don’t remember happening at all last season.

The Eels game was poor defensively and Storm at Brookie was a smash up but I think we’ve made steady improvement in D.

According to the Rugby League project, we have improved from conceding 92.8% of average points in 2024, to 89.9%. Last time we were sub-90% was in 2021, and before that, 2011-2014. Now that we seem to be gaining some sort of consistency (lol) in terms of our team structure, I gather this will likely improve further.

We kept teams to under 10 twice last season; against the Knights and Titans two weeks in a row.

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

fwiw no mention of Turbo or Paseka injuries, or anything really .. it's all just about DCE, what the! And he hasn't been the standout player, I'd say Lehi and Haumole

SEA EAGLES

Ladder: 7th (6 wins, 6 losses)

Grade: B

Season so far: The Sea Eagles are doing well to sit inside the top eight at the halfway point considering their skipper almost blew up their season after just three rounds. Daly Cherry-Evans declared he wouldn’t be re-signing with Manly, who he has played for since 2011, but that was open to continuing his NRL career at a rival club. Why DCE couldn’t have announced that in October is anybody’s guess. The Sea Eagles won the week of the bombshell but then lost six of their next eight. They returned to winning ways with a thumping 34-6 win over Brisbane last weekend and now they need to string a few together.


Standout player: Cherry-Evans has been okay this season without setting the world on fire. The 36-year-old Queensland halfback’s form dropped off leading up to Origin but he bounced back against the Broncos last week. DCE was the highest-placed Manly player on the Dally M leaderboard before voting went behind closed doors after Round 12.

Where’s it gone wrong: There is no doubt Cherry-Evans’ announcement impacted the team and their results, which was to be expected. When a 300-game, one-club premiership-winning captain tells his teammates he no longer wants to play with them, well that’s always going to impact team harmony.

Mid-season report card: Horror Broncos verdict among three As and one glaring fail

Mid-season report card: Horror Broncos verdict among three As and one glaring fail

www.foxsports.com.au

Whoever wrote this certainly has DCE’s number, which translates from journalese into “self-centred ‘carnt’”.

 

[manlyfan76]

C

If the team was better, we would have better results.

 

[Brookie1973]

By round:

Cows: A
NZ: C
Raiders: A
Eels: B
Storm: D
Sharks: C+
Dragons: C-
Panthers: A
bye
Sharks: C
Cows: A
Eels: C-
Broncs: A

Overall: B
(shows promise, could probably excel under a different teacher).

 

[Thewestisbest]

We are doing about the same as we did last year.

However, we have no Paseka, constant injuries, off-field rubbish, and a bit more inconsistency. We didn't have those negative factors last year, which made me more disappointed that we lost three in a row nearly full strength last year. We have been garbage to a reasonable extent.

This is a B performance, in previous years we would be absolutely down in the dumps, whereas in some areas I feel we have improved on last year, e.g. centre and edge defence. Remember, last year, we had basically the Schuster release, and that was it. We've had a club implosion and we're in the eight. By Manly's standards over the past decade, that's not terrible.

Stop with the we have no Paseka rubbish. Every team deals with injury that is why the coach puts a 30 man plus roster together.

Grade thus far C

If we win the next two B

Win three in a row B+

 

[JakeyB789]

Had us at C last week but I'll upgrade to C+ after beating the Broncos and somehow being in 7th place. Just think all of our losses have been really poor whilst you could raise a question mark over all our wins and the true quality of the teams we beat. The Raiders were probably the best team we knocked over but we had a lot of things go our way in that game.

But you can only beat who's in front of you and in a close competition where pretty much every side in struggling for consistency, a couple wins can get you moving up the ladder quickly. With our draw over the next 6 weeks we could be inside or pushing for the top 4, all starts tonight against the Knights who I think are the worst team in the comp. But Parra were running last when we played them so it's hard to get confident in this team against anyone we play.

 

[susan]

B minus for me
Talented backs tissuing over a second rate pack and weak bench
Great to watch when rolling , when pressured we roll over

My issue isn’t this year - making the 8 would be nice and is possible but we would be fodder in semis when whips are cracking
In reality to make top 8 they need to win tonight to get some sort of consistency and confidence - I think they will win tonight ; that second halves re broncos is the mindset required- surely that’s not lost on them .

The issue is there is zero upside with this current pack ( who will be a year older and slower next year ),no young pigs kicking the door down and seemingly no intent to add to it next year.

2027 might see some new blood but I’m yet to be convinced the powers that be will play hardball with Tom and Jake in terms of much smaller contracts and release some talent in the backs to field a top 4 pack.to Its understandable given they are the heart and soul of club but this is a business decision they can’t get wrong.

Added to that I just can’t see too many elite forwards thinking Manly is a great destination.

Bottom line is you won’t win a comp with a forward set up like ours- both in age and body shape.

Highlight - Levi - WOW !

 

[Disco]

Has the ITK on here been that there is a push to sign some young forwards for next year?