Brisbane Broncos coach Anthony Seibold is criticized again after his team’s terrible 0:48 loss to the West Tigers on Friday night.
While the tigers were outstanding in the match, the Broncos were again targeted with legends for inferior performance.
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The Broncos have only won one since the competition returned. Victory over the Bulldogs last week was a much needed win, but Brisbane was kicked out of the park.
While the way the Broncos lost was hard to watch for fans and commentators alike, it was hoped that last week’s victory would have helped them turn a corner.
But from the start of the game, the Tigers were far too strong, scoring five attempts in the first half with nine for the match in the overall result.
It is also the first time in eight years that the Tigers have kept a team without scoring.
In his post-game press conference, Seibold said the result was “far from good enough” and he couldn’t defend his performance tonight.
He also said “I don’t feel too great” after being asked if he doubted himself.
When asked directly if he was still the man for the job, Seibold refused to answer, saying it was “pretty raw after such a feat,” especially after helping Corey Oates into an ambulance.
Oates suffered a shocking compound fracture in his thigh bone with shocking images of the injury late in the game.
Part of his defense of the lack of change was the team’s growing injury list as he said 15 players were unavailable this week.
Even the older player Darius Boyd said on channel 9 that players are dropped that “it is his (Seibold) call if he wants to lead the ax he can lead the ax”.
But after the game in the Fox League, Greg Alexander said the past week had been a “stray” as the team had returned to what they had done before.
“He is under enormous pressure, Anthony Seibold,” said Alexander. “At the moment, he allows players who only wear the jersey not to determine their future. Until he makes some difficult decisions, the rotting will continue unless he gets rid of some older players or at least drops them out of the team. “
Mal Meninga said Seibold’s Tigers counterpart Michael Maguire showed him the way after making 15 changes in the past five weeks.
But Alexander wasn’t done yet and admitted that he would drop Darius Boyd and Anthony Milford because “they don’t look like they care enough about the jersey”.
Corey Parker said that everyone at the Broncos feels the pressure.
“In the past seven weeks, Anthony Seibold has adjusted more than the team he works with. There comes a time when you just can’t do this anymore and there are some people on this page who just don’t meet the standard they have to have. This is unacceptable. “
Alexander said the key to success is that the coach and the older players have a close relationship and that something has to change if the Broncos go anywhere.
On Channel 9, Broncos director and club legend Darren Lockyer said he hadn’t regretted giving Seibold a five-year contract, but said the results “didn’t fit well.”
The fans were also ready to send Seibold packs, with social media devastating the coach and his team.
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