2020 R7 Sat - Eels 25-24* Raiders @ Bankwest

[Sparkles 2001]

The raiders just don’t have the firepower to give the comp a shake, they have a few decent players but most are just making up the numbers

 

[shear_joy9]

Hey Ricky, how do you feel about dumping BJ for Curtis?

 

[Stagger eel]

According to Ricky the raiders had no luck tonight....hahahaha fed that’s f**king gold lol

 

[Poupou Escobar]

lol up by 12 with 4 minutes to go and blame missing your halfback for copping 2 tries

They targeted our disrupted right side defence. Moses has been solid this year which is why we've won six games.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Hey Ricky, how do you feel about dumping BJ for Curtis?

If he hadn't he'd be over the cap. Leilua would cost double what Scott is on.

 

[Valheru]

"We are not the team we were last year and we don't want to be"

Raiders are gone.

Why would you not want to be the team that very nearly knocked off the defending premiers in the GF?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Parra win the June premiership.

Given how quickly Covid shut shit down last time, this could be a real thing.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Can I just ask - and not being cheeky. But why is guthos nickname “king” because he hasn’t really done all that much?

Because he's the least talented player in the NRL but he still wins games.

 

[shear_joy9]

If he hadn't he'd be over the cap. Leilua would cost double what Scott is on.

Curtis is on $500k a year. BJ is rumoured to be on $700k and Canberra chipped in part of his salary for the tigers to take him

 

[TIGER14]

That's what i thought- were do you restart the game?

It doesn't make sense, I'm not sure they should have been allowed to challenge it. Obviously it can't be kept as a 20m restart if they rule he could it in the field of play. Only place that makes sense is to restart from where he caught it. But then where does the defence line up? It's not fair if they get to stand 10m away because if the ref hadn't made the wrong call they would be further down field still chasing the kick.

 

[The_Frog]

Can I just ask - and not being cheeky. But why is guthos nickname “king” because he hasn’t really done all that much?

I thought it was because he looks a bit like Elvis.

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

I thought it was because he looks a bit like Elvis.

Ah yes, I see that

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Be that as it may, Parramatta winning the minor premiership and then going out in straight sets makes me happy in the pants at the thought of it

Has never happened. We nearly always win in week one of the finals unless it's in Melbourne.

 

[nick87]

I don’t know about you but something about losing to the team at the top of the table by 1 point in golden point doesn’t seem too bad to me.

Its probably you, friend
this is not the standard this raiders team set down last year, this is not the level of play we expected from this team

But it is what it is... this is, for now, who we are... which is to say we are not good enough to compete for a title.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Curtis is on $500k a year. BJ is rumoured to be on $700k and Canberra chipped in part of his salary for the tigers to take him

No chance Scott is on that much. And why would Canberra tip in anything to let Leilua chase money elsewhere? What's in it for them?

 

[shear_joy9]

I never thought Bateman would be missed so much

 

[Bandwagon]

The king is the king because of the haircut, not the one he has now, but the one where it looked like a shimmering golden crown.

 

[shear_joy9]

No chance Scott is on that much. And why would Canberra tip in anything to let Leilua chase money elsewhere? What's in it for them?

yep it’s $500k. But I would guess that includes rep bonuses which is a dream.

Ricky wanted BJ out ASAP so took a salary hit this season

 

[Vic Mackey]

No chance Scott is on that much. And why would Canberra tip in anything to let Leilua chase money elsewhere? What's in it for them?

It was widely reported that Raiders were paying $200-$250k of BJs salary for this year. Remember he didn’t sign to Wests until late January, so that’s 3 months salary paid by Canberra already

 

[Knight Dragon]

The Raiders were well & truly ripped off in that affair