Not saying you're wrong but how do you know how much we have paid for the players that are coming next year and how do you know that the players we need were not made an offer and they rejected it?
It appears that you are quick to blame the management and coaching staff for missing out on certain players but you really don't know the true story do you? You are making a guess at what goes on because you don't see a change that you want occurring.
Are you aware for example that we have Lee Crooks' final year included in the 2nd tier cap so as to free up a top 25 spot for this year? Or did our current management make a mistake and they should have left Crooks in the Top 25 and not signed a replacement in Fa'aoso or Wicks?
There is definitely a long way to go until we get where we all want the eels to be but as fans we really don't get to see all the machinations that occur behind the scene - we just see the result which NO ONE is saying are where we want them to be after 10 rounds of season 2015.
Listen I may not be as close to the club as some but that is probably an advantage when assessing performances without bullshit static clouding my judgement.
So who gives a toss about one little isolated incident on a second tier manoeuvre any decent accountant could wrangle? As for the Fa'aoso signing, dumb move.
As for making a guess and assumptions, I think looking at RESULTS, I am close to spot on. We will most probably be last again on the ladder after this round. What more evidence do you or anyone else need to acknowledge that the club stinks from the head down?
As for how much players are paid, well everyone here kept saying that Sandow was being paid nowhere near $550k a season, yet Hindy on Matty's show just last night said point blank that if Sandow wants a new contract with the Eels for next season then he will have to settle for a lot less the the $550k he was on. So we may wish to deny reported figures and obviously some would be off, but to just dismiss all high figures because it doesn't sit right because its Parra or someone whispered in your ear, is just plain stupid. Especially when you consider that Seward and Sharp have both spoken about our salary cap problems publically.
As for being rejected by players, sure it happens, but if we are still being rejected by the majority of players that we are after, then we are still in major trouble. But I don't think we pursued any of the players other then maybe DCE early on, that I mentioned in my opening post.
Again the whole point is results. Look at Sticky again with Joey Leilua, we all crucified him here, but he makes our recruitment look geniused.
What were the players we needed that we missed out on?
Read my opening post.
You make it all sound so simple Ram. I should been more astute it seems and married a Brazilian Super Model.
Tough luck dude.
