Manly warned over Seibold's big 'problem'

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Manly's pursuit of Anthony Seibold to beryllium the club's caput coach successful the aftermath of Des Hasler's sacking has near Broncos fable Steve Renouf dumbfounded.

As the thought of Seibold becoming Sea Eagles caput manager gains momentum, Renouf has sent a informing to Manly officials amid wide reports the existent England rugby adjunct is astatine the apical of their database to replace Des Hasler.

Speaking to The Daily Mail, Renouf, who was portion of 4 premiership-winning Broncos sides, said Seibold had "sucked in" Manly with his presumption connected the analytical broadside of the game.

And portion that portion of the NRL has evolved successful caller years, the erstwhile Kangaroos centre said Seibold had failed to get his ideas done to the players during his clip astatine Brisbane, wherever helium coached successful 2019 and 2020.

"He's sucked them (Manly) successful with each his psychobabble," Renouf said.

"He did it to america (the Broncos) and present he's done it to them.

"I spoke to aggregate players (at the Broncos) and they told maine they didn't cognize what was going on.

"You could spot it connected the field. They'd beryllium lasting down the enactment aft they'd had a effort scored against them and nary 1 was talking.

"They weren't adjacent looking astatine each other. No-one was taking complaint and saying, 'come on, we've got to bash this' due to the fact that they didn't cognize what they were expected to beryllium doing.

"Anthony had his ideas of however things should beryllium done, and that was it. Trouble was, the players couldn't recognize what helium was talking about."

Seibold's assignment astatine the Sea Eagles is expected to beryllium announced successful the coming days arsenic helium completes his duties nether England manager Eddie Jones.

The determination to sack Hasler successful favour of the erstwhile Broncos mentor has caused uproar among immoderate Manly fans, who judge helium doesn't person Hasler's credentials.

Renouf declared Manly were destined to spell successful the aforesaid absorption arsenic the Broncos unless Seibold changes his approach.

"We footballers are elemental radical playing a elemental game," Renouf said.

"Wayne (Bennett) ever utilized to accidental to me, 'you're reasoning excessively much. Don't think, conscionable play.'

"That was the occupation with Seibold. He had the players reasoning excessively much. It stressed them out. They didn't privation to effort thing successful lawsuit it went badly.

"Good luck to Manly, but I conscionable can't spot however it tin work. They'll cognize successful six months."

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