Sack Seibold Immediately

[XV-1]

Here we go again. Letting it play out in the media is not the way forward. All it does is place an additional layer of pressure on everyone. I can see us completely imploding from here. It's eerily like the Broncos under Seibs; they scrape into the finals and the following year their defence turned to buggery and the entire club fell apart. We'd have been better keeping a lid on things. If the players read into all this media stuff, they'll start believing it and the confidence will only plummet more. Sad.

Yep. DCE implied it was Mestrov leaking BS about him to the media before he decided to tell the world on channel 9.

The same Mestrov leaking internal workings to the media now?

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

From Michael Chambermaid at the SMH:


Trbojevic shift, players dropped: Manly coach has two games to prove he can turn club around

By Michael Chammas

June 16, 2025 — 7.55pm

Anthony Seibold held a series of one-on-one meetings with his Manly players on Monday in a bid to save his coaching career, making one of the biggest calls of his time at the club by shifting Tom Trbojevic to the centres.

Seibold held seven-minute talks with each player as pressure mounts on the under-fire coach to turn the struggling Sea Eagles’ fortunes around.

The coach handed each player a document, outlining his concerns with their performances this year.

Manly sources with knowledge of the situation talking on the condition of anonymity due to confidentiality said Seibold’s approach upset certain sections of his team, who were critical of the coach providing criticism and few solutions.

It will do little to ease a growing narrative coming out of the Manly playing group that Seibold has limitations as a head coach and may have reached his ceiling with the Sea Eagles.

Manly have a bye this week but home games against the Wests Tigers and South Sydney before another bye in round 19 could have major ramifications on his future at the club.

Manly CEO Tony Mestrov said Seibold wasn’t under any pressure, for now, and the club was determined to get back to winning ways.

“At the moment, Marvin is safe at this point,” Mestrov said.

“Seibs understands this as well as I do, it’s all about winning games. Seibs is safe at this point.”

Sources told this masthead that Lachlan Croker and Jason Saab could spend time in NSW Cup this week despite Manly having the bye.

The major talking point out of Seibold’s meetings is the expected shift of Tom Trbojevic from fullback to centre to accommodate the return of Lehi Hopoate, who missed the loss against the Gold Coast Titans after picking up a concussion the previous week.

“As a club we know the last two losses have been unacceptable,” Mestrov said.

“As a club we’re going to turn this around. We have a bye this week and two games at home. There’s no better way to get the season back on track against the Tigers and Souths. We’ve just got to do better. It’s as simple as that. We’re all in this together as a club.”

Mestrov admitted he had met with Seibold but insisted it was nothing out of the ordinary. Seibold’s contract with Manly was recently extended through to the end of 2027 but is believed to include a six-month pay-out.

“We chat after every game,” Mestrov said.

“There’s no crisis meeting or anything like that. We just spoke about how we can turn it around. I felt like I could give advice and he could give me advice. We’ve got a good relationship. As a club we’ve got to turn it around. It was constructive conversation about how we can turn our season around.”

Manly last month begun conversations with the management of Jake and Tom Trbojevic about extending their respective careers on the Northern Beaches before they hit the open market on November 1.

The brothers are contracted until the end of 2026, but Sea Eagles chief executive Tony Mestrov has personally opened talks with their manager to begin working on a deal to keep both as one-club players.

Young gun Hopoate, who recently extended his Manly deal until the end of 2027, is seen as the long-term successor to Tom at fullback having impressed in Tom’s absence due to injury.

A move to five-eighth for Tom was previously touted, but the arrival of Jamal Fogarty next season has placed a question mark over such a shift given the Sea Eagles also have Luke Brooks on their books. The decision to move Trbojevic to centre will only further add to Manly’s conundrum on what he is worth and how long to extend him for.

Manly open negotiations with Trbojevic brothers as Tom ponders England move

Tom is in no rush to decide his future, nor does he want Manly to feel obliged to make him an offer as a mark of respect for what he has done for the club.

Trbojevic does not want to play against Manly and has told those close to him he would be open to a move to the Super League in 2027 if it was in the Sea Eagles’ best interest for him to leave the club.

 

[Brooke]

I am actually glad this has been reported in the media. At least it gives me some hope that something is being done and players and coach are being held accountable.

 

[joeboy]

I hope croker and Saab are perma dropped, they were both already limited but that is turning into being a distinct liability

I like turbo at centres in theory, he needs to back himself or give it away, the trepidation he is playing with is doing himself and the team a great disservice

Brookes can count himself lucky we have no one even adequate to step up as he has been seriously underwhelming this season

In glad we are doing something coz what we were doing wasn’t working

I still don’t think we are much chance to do anything this season. Too many underperforming players (oh captain) too.short in the pigs and not enough wherewithal from head office to player 30 to knuckle down and get dirty.

 

[Super Coach Eagle]

I sense an implosion coming once players are leaking to the media through there managers about coaches chats 1 on 1.

His a dead man walking.

 

[The Who]

At the moment, Marvin is safe at this point,” Mestrov said.
Who is Marvin? And if Seibold, why? Is he Gay?

 

[The Who]

The coach handed each player a document, outlining his concerns with their performances this year.
Apparently it was cut-and-paste from our Forum 'suggestions'.

 

[bob dylan]

Mestrov seems to be big part of the problem.

He is too close to the coach. Besties.

Plus he might just be a liar. Hard to believe I know.

 

[Brookie1973]

At the moment, Marvin is safe at this point,” Mestrov said.
Who is Marvin? And if Seibold, why? Is he Gay?

I think it’s a nickname reference to Marvin the Martian, a cartoon character. Not sure of the background as to why.

 

[robbiea]

I think it’s a nickname reference to Marvin the Martian, a cartoon character. Not sure of the background as to why.

Listen to Marvin’s voice