Eels Holden Cup Team and junior reps thread, Part II

[eloquentEEL]

With a loss to Titans last week and another here we really will slip down the ladder.

We are down on troops thou and best to develop the guys than worry about under 20's comp

Oh ye of little faith

 

[hindy111]

Yeah i agree-Ive seen Falou and he lacks energy -Ive not seen him do much special.

I guess he does have size thou.Next year our centres will be Morgan and hoppa with semi and Goodal on the wing . Toutai and falou will be back ups.Would be a decent backline if all stay fit. A few injuries and we lack depth thou

 

[Redback71]

This was the defining moment that secured us the win

With a loss to Titans last week and another here we really will slip down the ladder.

We are down on troops thou and best to develop the guys than worry about under 20's comp

Thanks Hindy111

 

[Poupou Escobar]

If we are looking for a replacement for Tonga, Goodall looks to be the man in waiting, he was awesome today and unlike Morgan, he can pass the ball.

Did you see Radradra's try? Morgan can pass the ball. He just doesn't throw speccies.

 

[Twizzle]

Did you see Radradra's try? Morgan can pass the ball. He just doesn't throw speccies.

one swallow does not make a summer

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Actually it does. You said Morgan can't pass. One instance of Morgan passing completely falsifies your statement.

#AllSwansAreWhite

 

[Twizzle]

yeh, OK

 

[parra pete]

Some good kids in the 20s...Fabian Goodsall looks better to me than Loko,,and BOTH wingers Li and Lavaka are handy...no better than handy, bloody good....

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

I see that Karl Popper has raised his head in this thread....interesting.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Popper is the maddest of merkins.

#UntrueIfYouCanFindOneMadder

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Paul Feyerabend.

Madder merkin. Damaging edge forward for the Berkely Berks.

#Iamthebest

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Never heard of him.

#ThereforeHeDoesn'tExist

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Bruce Cockburn.....'If a Tree'.

#Iwintwice

 

[Poupou Escobar]

lol cockburn

 

[Forty20]

Expecting Pritchard and Matterson to be named this week...

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Vidal, Izzard, Anderson and French named for Guildford.

 

[Forty20]

Dyldam Parramatta Eels NYC:

1. Corey Makelim

2. Leva Li

3. Nathan Davis

4. Tyrell Fuimaono

5. Halauafu Lavaka

6. Ryan Matterson (c)

7. Zach Dockar-Clay

8. Alex Twal

9. Kaysa Pritchard

10. Paula Kafusi

11. Josh Aloiai

12. Jordan Muna

13. Jeff Markus

Interchange:

14. Joey Lussick

15. Tepai Tepu-Smith

16. Tui Kamikamica

17. Brandon Raeli

Head Coach: Justin Holbrook

Click

Pritchard and Matterson are indeed back for the NYC team. Lussick drops back to the bench after some strong games starting at hooker in Kaysa's absence. Davis is back in the starting team at left centre and is joined there by Fuimaono with Goodall and Folau promoted to the NSW Cup. Finally, Brandon Raelli makes his way back into the team.

 

[Twizzle]

I thought Izzard was good last weekend.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Interesting comments from Ben Ikin on Sterlo tonight:

I'm hearing that the NRL are considering scrapping the national under 20s competition and replacing it with two state based under 18s and under 20s competitions that will feed into the NSW and QLD Cups, so the elite pathways that currently sit under the NRL are, I'm hearing, going to get a complete overhaul.

Are the NRL going to take junior development out of the hands of the clubs? Unlikely. More likely is they're going to make it cheaper for the clubs to run their 'academy' teams, while boosting the State Cup profiles.

Sounds like a good idea.

 

[Obscene Assassin]

If the NRL were going to take junior development out of the hands of the clubs they'd need to put more emphasis on High Schools taking ownership of developing a player and we'd see something similar to the colleges in the USA. I personally don't like the NFL system where there's a draft to get players into teams.