Notes From The Nest

Manly were very close to picking off the top of the table Panthers on Sunday night. Going down 16-18 without our halfback and fullback has everyone saying Manly is the "real deal". What do we think?

Sick of the Foran puns yet? We're not.

Another joyous week under the success of Fozball.

As in, we are travelling well? Get it? Like, we've lost all our home games but we're two on the trot for away- okay. I'll see myself out.

Win no.1 is on the board for the 2026 season. Fozball under way. All engines firing. Birds are in flight. Fun is had.

Well, they say a week is a long time in rugby league. This one might just take the cake. (Roosters loss, Seibold sacking, and the era of Fozball begins)

Team list Tuesday is like Deja Vu at this point 😂. But on the up-side, we beat the bye!

What is there to say after a game like that? Apparently, a lot.

SO MUCH to talk about after a (heartbreaking? relieving?) first round. Couple of audio issues at the end there but its still a banging episode, if we do say so ourselves.

The first Teamlist Tuesday of the year has us: - Counting down the minutes to 4pm - Searching 'Manly team list' into google with shaking hands - Opening up the phone as dinner is about to startWhat have our lives come to?

If ever there was a time for NFTN to be in the midst of controversy, this episode might be it. As we give our ladder predictions for the 2026 season, we'll blame any delusional hot takes on the maroon and white running through our veins.

Of course we can yap for an hour about one trials match!

Welcome to season 3 of Notes From The Nest. It's good to be back.

Recorded before the grand final!

One of those great episodes where we go where the wind takes us. It takes us to some great finals games and the second ever Notes From the Nest Notables.

Hope is gone again thanks to the roosters win over the storm! That didn't last too long, did it!

Siri: I found this on the web for 'delusion'. The Notes From The Nest podcast talking about the finals chances for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.

We've declared the end of Manly's September hopes. But on the bright side, we also used the podcast as an hour long counselling session to make ourselves feel better about it. Find out who we'll be cheering for come finals time now that the Sea Eagles are out of the running!

You thought we were gone, didn't you? Nope! We persevere, three days late but determined not to let the losses get to us.

Sorry for the podcast delay! Surprisingly has nothing to do with the loss to the bulldogs and everything to do with Si's disorganisation (oops).

Imagine our glee at the prospect of sitting down for an hour and a half to analyse in detail the epic 18-16 win over the storm in Melbourne. I think we might have enjoyed this win more than Jurbo. Actually, no one enjoyed this win more than Jurbo.

We're more than halfway there. And with a difficult looking draw and no more byes after this round, it's looking like we might need a miracle. But we're happy to live on a prayer.

If you're listening to this one BEFORE origin 3 - legend. But also, what are you doing with your life?

Notes from the nest has given a certain someone one more week to impress us.

Eh, we do our best to keep it light. It's still rugby league after all! Even if we are having to ask ourselves whether its possible we get the wooden spoon...

In difficult times (and Manly losing to the Knights after having a 16-0 halftime lead definitely qualifies), I (Si) often turn to the wisdom of Shakespeare. The Big Willy S once said: "What’s gone, and what’s past help, should be past grief."There's nothing we can do about Manly's on and off form this year. So we're doing our best to leave that grief in the past and greedily eyeing a Blues victory next week to drown out the sorrows. In other words: we're coping hard.

We had an absolute ripper of a Saturday night watching Manly welcome the Broncos to Brookvale oval for the first time in 9 years. Boy we've been inconsistent - but its better to be consistently inconsistent than consistently bad.

It's a tale of two halves in the recording studio this week (and by recording studio I mean our respective lounge rooms). First half of the podcast we try hard to cope with the disappointing loss against the Eels. Second half- well- it's all about the Blues, baby.

We had a good old-fashioned yap this Wednesday. So much so that we had to do a second recording session the next day to cover all the important stuff. Enjoy!

*REUPLOAD*

We review Magic Round (we're sick of magic-related puns from the commentary on Kayo hence no attempt from us) and preview Manly's post-bye return. Plus our obviously correct picks for NSW Blues lineup.

Finally a win to comment on! A goodun too. Plus we share our excitement over the Legendary Leichardt showdown.

Big news drop: Fogarty set to sign a three year deal at Manly this week. + We redo our ladder and reflect on another dire week on the Northern Beaches.

*recorded before the devastating loss to the dragons* Have a happy easter all you rugba league fans!

A liiitle bit of a shorter episode this week, with not a whole heap to say after a loss to the red-hot storm over the weekend. But we're hanging onto positivity for dear life. It could be worse, right?

Saab & Savage, Ricky & Payton, and who else but the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.

You may be thinking we'd use this podcast to talk about the highly relevant and headline-making bombshell news about Manly Sea Eagles captain Daly Cherry Evans. But instead, we talk about a classic philosophical paradox from ancient Greece.

This episode is in honour of Beau Hewitt. Rest In Peace Beau 🤍🕊

Notes from outside the nest: we give our thoughts on the non-Manly games of the round, including the one team we would change on our ladder predictions after round 1. After that, its a very thorough review of pretty much every Manly player's performance in our dominant win over the Cowboys on the weekend. Standards have been set soaringly high... will the boys continue to deliver?

Contents this week: vegas, team list tuesday, our weekly tips + even a little bit of Fantasy talk.

It's no secret Manly is having a backline crisis. Five positions, six players. Who misses out? We discuss this and more in our preseason deep-dive into the beloved team in maroon and white.

The 2025 NRL season is already heating up. Between signing news, sudden injuries, trials matches, the Manly Way doco, and our unfinished ladder predictions from last week, there's simply too much to talk about. But we do manage to also fit in our Dally M + top try and point scorer guesses, plus our favourite meal and drink to have whilst watching the footy.

2025. It's here. And NFTN is back for season 2, ready and better than ever. In todays episode we start our ladder predictions (and only get through six teams because, as you know, we can yap).

Merry early Christmas, ya filthy animals! It's (probably) the last episode of Notes from the Nest for 2024! So without further ado... enjoy this dead mouse at the door ;)

Lots of little tidbits for another off-season edition of Notes From The Nest. We're heading to the Pacific Championship finals, we chat signing news from around the league, and Si comes up with a (new?) idea for an epic themed round.

After a small hiatus, we're back to discuss the NRL grand final of 2024.

It's the end of the road for the sea eagles, but the battle for the premiership moves onwards!

We're still in it!

This week, we host the Inaugural Award Show: The Notes from the Nest Notables!

It's heating up. We've had the *penultimate* week of main season footy, heading into an insanely eventful final week. But best believe we give a good half an hour of chatting time to hyping up Manly's performance on Friday night against the doggies. Sorry bulldogs fans, we still love you. 🦅🐶