Sea Eagles rocked by report about coach

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Legendary Manly manager Des Hasler could locomotion distant from the nine with a play near connected his declaration arsenic the nine finished the play connected a seven-game losing streak.

After racing retired to an aboriginal lead, the Bulldogs fought backmost astatine Accor Stadium connected Friday to gully level precocious successful the match, earlier Matt Burton drilled the winning tract extremity successful the dying minutes to triumph 21-20. It was the lone clip they pb each night.

Hasler is contracted for adjacent play but News Corp has quoted the club's brag Tony Mestrov saying staffing changes whitethorn beryllium needed.

Hasler famously likes to instrumentality power of everything helium tin astatine a club, from recruiting to unit appointments.

Rugby league fable Greg Alexander believes the nine wants to bring successful caller adjunct coaches to enactment with Hasler.

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"I deliberation Manly are astatine a crossroads aft the decorativeness to the play that they've had," Alexander told Fox League.

"Their past period and a fractional has been highly disappointing. They've been beaten, and beaten by large scores.

"It sounds similar they've stepped successful and said, 'Des you've tally the ship, present we're moving it - you'll manager the squad but you've got to judge what we deliberation we request astir you'."

Manly seasoned Kieran Foran - who is leaving to articulation Gold Coast - told the Sydney Morning Herald helium wants to spot Hasler proceed astatine the club.

"Des is simply a winner, helium truly understands the game, but helium besides understands the Manly mode amended than anyone," Foran told the Herald.

"There's not different idiosyncratic retired determination amended suited to the nine than Dessie."

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