Eels in the media

[Gary Gutful]

It’s more likely to come in a tub.View attachment 61007

 

[Gary Gutful]

I don't even know what that means...

 

[Gary Gutful]

FFS Travolta!

 

[Happy MEel]

I don't even know what that means...

Either do I…but I enjoyed it.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Eels fans turn on coach Brad Arthur after thrashing against Cowboys

Parramatta fans turned on coach Brad Arthur after the Eels were thrashed 35-4 by North Queensland in Darwin and suffered a second consecutive defeat to fall out of the top four.

www.dailymail.co.uk

A second consecutive defeat? Looks like the article was fact checked by Eels fans as well.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

…or at the very least wakes the merkin up and he leaves drown at 6. Job well done if so.

It would've been good if he could've been just as ineffective as he was against the Cowboys, but closer to the ruck.

 

[hineyrulz]

I was hoping for LU screenshots.

Meh I’ve been in the Telecrap before, it’s not that big of a deal.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Meh I’ve been in the Telecrap before, it’s not that big of a deal.

Front page, back page or confidential.

 

[hineyrulz]

Front page, back page or confidential.

Just a screen shot of one of my dribbling comments in this place, it was me complaining about how bald this club or something. Nothing much has changed.

 

[Happy MEel]

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Classifieds.

 

[emjaycee]

‘Out of line’ Eels nepotism claims blasted after ugly Twitter backlash as coach’s surprise move revealed​

Cowboys run riot over Eels in Darwin | 03:23

Eamonn Tiernan from Fox Sports

May 2nd, 2022 8:55 am

Former NRL players have come out in defence of Eels teenager Jakob Arthur who has been ruthlessly sledged on social media following the club’s loss to the Cowboys.

Jakob is the son of coach Brad Arthur and he’s been picked at five-eighth over the past two weeks to help cover an injury crisis.

The selection has shifted star playmaker Dylan Brown into the centres because Parramatta have so few options in the outside backs.



Jakob Arthur has been attacked by online trolls.Source: FOX SPORTS



Sean Russell, Tom Opacic, Haze Dunster, Maika Sivo, Hayze Perham, Waqa Blake and Marata Niukore are all injured.

There were few complaints when Jakob played in the No. 6 jersey and the Eels cruised to a 39-2 victory against the Knights in Round 7.

But when they were embarrassed by North Queensland in Round 8 over the weekend, the keyboard warriors came for Jakob.

The abuse got so bad that Parramatta’s official twitter page called for it to stop, before the club later deleted that tweet.

“I don’t know about this nepotism stuff. That’s completely out of line,” Laurie Daley said on Big Sports Breakfast.

“Look at the players injured, outside backs, Brown is a better option in the centres with Arthur at five-eighth with what they’ve got.

“It’s not nepotism, it’s who he thinks is going to do the best job.

“If you’ve got a player that's been shifted for necessity, that’s what you do until you get troops back, every day of the week.



Parramatta Eels Press Conference | 03:44

“Brown understand the position they’re in and he needs to help Jakob Arthur and other players in that team. They were just off, the Eels.”

Eels utility Bryce Cartwright has been floated as a makeshift centre to allow Brown back into the halves but Daley shut it down.

“Imagine putting a backrower in the centres and he has a shocker,” Daley said.

“They can’t win.”

Former Maroons prop Martin Lang, who played under his father John Lang at the Panthers between 2002-04, slammed the criticism.

“Jake Arthur is only 19 years of age and is a fine prospect. I’d like to see the CVs of those behind the nepotism accusations,” he said.

“Miserable, jealous individuals who want nothing more than to discredit the coach.”

Veteran rugby league journalist Phil Rothfield echoed the sentiment said Jakob was being unfairly targeted.


Cowboys look 'different' with Drinkwater | 01:48

“It’s very easy when your name is Ivan (Cleary) and you’ve got a son playing like Nathan,” Rothfield said on BSB.

“Brad Arthur didn’t pick his son for the game against Newcastle without taking it up with the leadership group, Clint Gutherson, Mitchell Moses, Junior Paulo. This move had the support of the players.

“I spoke to Andrew Johns and he thinks Jakob is a terrific player. To blame a 19-year-old boy for a massacre in Darwin, when 17 players contributed to the loss, it’s unfair.

“If his name was Joe Blow we wouldn’t even be talking about him. Brad Arthur is struggling to pick 17, he’s got an injury crisis.”

Source: https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...d/news-story/c10ae1468b5b63a04c3724bc799abbd5

 

[Gazzamatta]

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*Black Label Edition

 

[TheRam]

Hopefully the fan unrest results in rash decisions by the club and then we can hang someone else in a couple of years time.

Rash?

He has been here for years. How long do you keep a guy that keeps giving us false hope and wild swing results that never get any better with very limited finals success?

Hardly rash if we changed the coach mate. Besides, isn't he the longest serving coach at one club other then Bellamy and Robinson...and Bellamy and Robinson both have awesome results to justify their continued employment. What has Arthur done other then make us a semifinalist?

 

[hineyrulz]

Rash?

He has been here for years. How long do you keep a guy that keeps giving us false hope and wild swing results that never get any better with very limited finals success?

Hardly rash if we changed the coach mate. Besides, isn't he the longest serving coach at one club other then Bellamy and Robinson...and Bellamy and Robinson both have awesome results to justify their continued employment. What has Arthur done other then make us a semifinalist?

I mean god help the club make a rash decision, it may risk all the success we’ve had all the last 9 years!! I mean a spoon and two whole finals wins. Imagine losing that!!

FMD lolz.

 

[Cloeel]

Rash?

He has been here for years. How long do you keep a guy that keeps giving us false hope and wild swing results that never get any better with very limited finals success?

Hardly rash if we changed the coach mate. Besides, isn't he the longest serving coach at one club other then Bellamy and Robinson...and Bellamy and Robinson both have awesome results to justify their continued employment. What has Arthur done other then make us a semifinalist?

Just because BA has had longevity at the club doesn't mean it can't be a rash decision.

 

[TheRam]

Just because BA has had longevity at the club doesn't mean it can't be a rash decision.

Oh?

So as an example what if we don't make the GF this season and then opted to offer Ciraldo the job from next season and paid out BA from his last year, would that be rash?

 

[hineyrulz]

Just because BA has had longevity at the club doesn't mean it can't be a rash decision.

I’d argue signing Bea for 2 more seasons when he still had a season to run on his contract after failing to improve on our 2020 season as being very rash.

 

[Cloeel]

Oh?

So as an example what if we don't make the GF this season and then opted to offer Ciraldo the job from next season and paid out BA from his last year, would that be rash?

As long as due diligence is done and club figureheads believe it will be an improvement on what we have now.

Why all the Ciraldo love? Whats he going to do that's better than what we have currently?

I no f**k all about Ciraldo btw.

 

[Cloeel]

I’d argue signing Bea for 2 more seasons when he still had a season to run on his contract after failing to improve on our 2020 season as being very rash.

Season 2022 is not finished yet. How do we know if this year will not be an improvement?

 

[Joshuatheeel]