Jamal Fogarty criticized Manly's sacking of coach Anthony Seibold as disappointing and premature.
Star recruit Jamal Fogarty has slammed Manly's decision to fire Anthony Seibold as harsh, believing Sea Eagles powerbrokers should have given the coach more time to salvage the club's flailing NRL season.
As chief executive Jason King watched on in Manly's press conference room, Fogarty revealed his disappointment that the man who had convinced him to move from Canberra had been axed only three games into the new season.
The veteran has made a decent start to life at the Sea Eagles despite the team's winless opening month, but said the playing group needed to shoulder blame for Seibold's demise.
"It's pretty disappointing that we let our coach down and now ultimately he's not here anymore," Fogarty said.