SeaEagle007
Reserve Grader
God its been hard seeing what we have become. I remember being a feared team , now we look like a shadow of what we used to be. To be honest , when Trent Barrett started I was willing to give him a go. I was still upset that Des left , only for then a Manly Legend in Tooves to be removed which to this day still doesn't make sense to me. In regards to 2018 I will put it down to a year of what ifs. In reality we lost a few games miserably , we also lost many games on our own. We also lost many games by less than 6 points. We had a horrendous injury list, we had scandals, cap dramas, a rookies coach who is more a Friend rather than a mentor. To tell you the truth if we didn't get hit by so many injuries, and the fact the NRL seemed to have an agenda against us , through the media , and making sure we never got an outcome on our salary scandal , I think the squad we had if went well we could of been pushing to be a top 4 contender. This is a year we need to forget and reflect however with a more stern coach. Barrett is too focused on being a mate , rather than dictating what he wants from the guys. Now when the going gets tough , he looking for a way out , so that it doesn't impact his coaching record , that's what I really think. This is where Des, and Tooves excelled, you could see the passion , you could see the hurt, you could see no nonsense. It worked, now all we have is excuses , its too hard... I guess our board doesn't help , but FMD on paper we don't have that bad a squad.. The right coach could have some real good results with this squad.. we need structure and dedication, and learn to play with that Manly heart. How we go about getting that I'm not too sure, I say bring back Tooves, or get in a hard head like Maguire, far out id even take Anthony Griffin over Barrett, look at how the Panthers have slid since his sacking, Kinda reminds me of the slide we have now with a rookie coach.. All in all I don't want to remember 2018 been a year of disappointment. Whoever the new coach will be lets get behind them and lets help get this team back into the 8 next year