Mannah gives Sandow his last rites

Parramatta captain Tim Mannah has admitted he's talked to under-fire playmaker Chris Sandow about his publicly-aired grievances over his on-field role under coach Brad Arthur.Sandow upset the NRL club this week when he told a reporter the struggling Eels would win more games if he was freed from Arthur's structured style of football."I think if he (coach Brad Arthur) lets me play how I want to play, we'll win more games," Sandow said at the time."Everyone doesn't pay to come and see me play structured footy."The 26-year-old trained with the team on Friday, but the club has reportedly told the 26-year-old he is free to leave immediately.Mannah met with Sandow on Thursday to discuss the comments but told reporters it was a private conversation."It's important that we know where he's coming from. I had a chat with him yesterday to get his side of the story, (but) private conversations are best to stay in private," he said."There's no point us stirring the pot. If you've got questions, you can ask Brad or Chrissy about that. As a player, we just want to improve."The Eels skipper did say, however, he was disappointed in Sandow calling out his coach outside of the team environment."There are definitely things you don't do in a public forum," Mannah said."But that's between Chris and Brad to work out."If there's an issue there they can sort it out between themselves."As a player, it's really important that we don't buy too much into it and we just focus on what we can do."Teammate David Gower was also put out by Sandow's public frustrations, but argued the team's problems stemmed from their defensive issues rather than in attack."We're scoring good tries and we're scoring points. It's 10-minute lapses in defence that are costing us," Gower said."As far as all that goes, it's going to be between Chris and Brad."We need Chrissy, especially as a half, and Corey (Norman) to execute our game plan for 80 minutes."

"If he doesn't come oh well.
I just want brad arthur sacked!
Enough of his bullshit coaching and poor performing teams for over the last decade!
It will be like winning a premiership for me!"

"Sad part on this story too, he had to choose what hospital to go to, they went to seperate hospitals, he chose baby, then got informed she passed away. Awful
Seeing eels walking so much on a footy field disgusts me. Never see a panthers or storm…"

"Agree Fong I used to let these results get to me it's just a game it's a distraction from life for 80 mims and that's it.
I had the shits put a movie on hung out with my family and forgot all about it.

Yes the club is in the dumps but it always is…"

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SuperEel 22 June 12, 2015 at 3:50pm

Did anyone hear Sterlo give Sandow a serve on Triple M last night? He hit the nail on the head when he said, "I judge a halfback on how good he is when he has a bad game. If you want to be an elite halfback in the NRL your bad game has to be a 7/10. Chris just doesn't get near that and that is his greatest issue. I think Brad's done quite a lot to accommodate Chris. The media is not the way to deal with this. If Chris has these issues he should be talking to Brad about them."

Sterlo was then asked if this was the end of Sandow in blue and gold.

"I think so. Given his current contract situation and what he's just said I don't think he'll be there in 2016."
- Adam > SuperEel 22 June 12, 2015 at 5:35pm
  
  Hasn't Sterlo said before Parra should move Sandow on?
RIDER June 12, 2015 at 3:56pm

Sorry Chris but I dont watch the Eels play to see you do tricks, I watch to see Parra win and if that means structure then so be it.
- coco > RIDER June 12, 2015 at 5:15pm
  
  Exactly- I wouldn't care if we were as boring as Newtown in the late 70's and won games 1-0. It's about winning
- michael picklum > RIDER June 12, 2015 at 5:15pm
  
  Spot on TB.
- Phil Mann > RIDER June 13, 2015 at 10:06am
  
  Nailed it Tbur. When Sandow becomes the coach then he can nominate the tactics and game plans. Until then do as you are told. Hopefully he will take these learnings to his next club.
hindy June 12, 2015 at 4:11pm

Mannah should give himself his last rites
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- Revo3010 June 12, 2015 at 4:37pm
  
  I agree, Mannah needs to hand the captaincy over to Peats now so we have a small glimmer of hope reaching the top 8 but something tells me that he won't be taking this advise.
- HKF June 12, 2015 at 4:42pm
  
  I agree that Mannah should not be the captain but in this instance I believe he ahs handled the situation quite well.
Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown June 12, 2015 at 4:40pm

''Small glimmer of hope'' puleeeeeease Pete, at least its good to see we have another joker on the site, welcome aboard pete.

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