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Recent content by Delboy

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    Eels in the media

    It’s probably the correct thing to do for those good juniors , but the first step should be ensuring there are competent players around them to enable them to progress.
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    Dummy Half / Utility

    Re Matt Arthur, have watched him for close to 12 years and is the best natural 9 in the juniors across that period. To be fair, he really needs another 12 months of weights and experience playing Cup to get ready for the grind of NRL. He’s not as small as a few players in that position but...
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    Rumours and Stuff

    Interesting, given he is a Parra junior , Mounties and still lives in the area. He was part of the coach journey that Manly organised for 3 years at least from the west 2/3 times per week via Fulton to get their junior reps upgraded. That worked as they won Matts in 2018 and 2021 during that time.
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    Rumours and Stuff

    Well, the club can’t say they are not in the conversation publicly Just went and got coffee at local Maccas in Hiils District, as walked across the car park there were 2 tradies on either side talking loudly. One said - well that was effing shit , the actual reply from his mate was - it’s not...
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    Nine commentary and presentation

    How is Gus allowed to comment on other clubs issues when is a well paid employee of the Dogs. The NRL seem afraid to pull him into line, in one breath he suggests the Roosters ( a previous club of his ) should be allowed salary cap relief and extra funds from the NRL to keep Manu, then next says...
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    Rumours and Stuff

    :)
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    Rumours and Stuff

    Actually, this is a decent discussion on direction and needs. No real nasty personal insults, just differing options floated
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    Rumours and Stuff

    1. They won’t be ready for at least 2 seasons, the club can’t sit and wait given the backs we have playing currently. 2. If we have honest discussion and a pathway set out, which other clubs seem to achieve, then why would juniors be scared. Sanders for instance won’t get a walk up start at the...
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    Rumours and Stuff

    It’s good to understand the different views on how the club operates. Having said that , if someone experienced is in charge of recruitment and the roster, it makes little sense to have so few backs under contract and again not a full complement. Sure, we may be waiting for development players...
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    Rumours and Stuff

    Failure to recruit is recruiting to fail. While that’s a simple analogy, standing still in an ever changing rugby league competition will see things deteriorate quickly. Not sure hy we lose so many juniors coming through , but that needs to addressed immediately. If we don’t have the right...
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    Rumours and Stuff

    Think the recruitment has been substandard, and can’t absolve the coach as tactically nothing has evolved and inside the opposition 10 there seems no plan other than crash balls. Think it’s an honest reflection of where we are, not a full roster for 2 seasons and an absolute dearth of backline...
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    Rumours and Stuff

    Seriously , do you watch the games, once they get outside our so called plodding middles, they destroy our backs who dont have the pace to match any breaks. What the heck did we do in the last 2 off seasons, fail to sign any players with speed to combat the change in the game, actually fail to...
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    Rumours and Stuff

    No disrespect, but we have been picked apart by speed, Opposition score so often from inside their own half on breaks as we dont have the pace to run them down. What did the Dolphins fullback have that stood him apart from our lot, speed off the mark. They simply back up the half breaks , but...
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    Rd7 2024: Non Parra games

    Try $150k and an extra year, he agreed initially to $550k over 3 years and told the club, Gus then called him and said if you sign today we will do $700k for 4 years. Can’t blame him but can blame him as he told the players and club he was staying, but money talks.
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    Rumours and Stuff

    Even the Dogs have more speed in the backline than we have , failure to recruit is so obvious and how within our club does it seem to either be unnoticed or condoned. Someone in that area is not paying attention to how the game is evolving, or do speedsters get paid too much to fit in the value...
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