Dolphins coach Kristian Woolf labelled his side’s jarring loss to Manly at home as “a mystery” and suggested changes could be afoot.
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Woolf didn’t have too much to offer about the Dolphins’ 52-16 defeat against a previously winless Manly side who sacked their coach a week ago, but the disappointment in his voice was evident when he faced reporters post-game.
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The Dolphins let in 52 unanswered points before adding some respectability to the scoreline with three tries in the final 13 minutes.
“Look, it is a bit of a mystery but we thought our preparation was good,” Woolf said.
“I certainly didn’t get any feels that bothered me before the game or anything like that.
“You give a good attacking side like that as much footy as we did and they become harder and harder to handle.
“It just wasn’t good enough.
“I am disappointed. I think we’re all disappointed. There’s no doubt about that. We’re going to have a good hard look at where we’re at, and we’re going to make some changes.
When pressed by a journalist what he meant by “changes”, Woolf stopped short of committing to changes to his team.
“We’re going to make changes to what we’re doing. We’re going to improve what we’re doing,” he said.
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The first half would’ve been diabolical viewing for Woolf and all Dolphins fans. The Sea Eagles were awarded the first eight penalties of the game and took full advantage with the home side unable to stop the onslaught as Manly piled on 34 points in the first forty.
Woolf didn’t want to make any excuses though, instead blasting his side’s discipline.
“We just became really ill-disciplined as the game went on,” Woolf said.
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“We were ill-disciplined with the ball. We showed when we get the first line break, we were determined to get rid of it. And we were all disciplined with our defence after that as well.”
The bye comes at a great time for the 2-3 Dolphins who have now dropped their last two games.
They will need the freshen up though as next on the docket is a clash against the unbeaten Panthers up in Darwin.