Eels in the media

[IFR33K]

If you put Bateman and Klemmer in that Tigers team, and then take Moses out of Parra and put him in the Tigers, who do you think would be the more competitive and likely to play in September, us or the Tigers?

If you take Moses out of that Parra team, we wouldn't get anywhere near the Top 8.

Even this season, take Moses out all year and we miss the 8.

not sure brown has the composure to guide the team around. He needs a quality 7 and he needs play a second fiddle role. I know he’s younger one of our halves pairing, but losing Moses would be a huge blow.

 

[hineyrulz]

Everybody loves BA/Parra/The Club until they don't and go and sign for shedloads of cash with a rival... Mahoney told one of our esteemed colleagues here he was staying put and the next day it was announced he had signed for the Doggies... Talk is indeed cheap. I believe nothing about love of the club or the coach until their extension is there in black and white.....

None of these players love the club like us fans do, I have to question if half these blokes even hurt enough after a loss. It’s a job at the end of the day and they get payed regardless. Unlike for us fans which it is like life and death.

 

[hineyrulz]

I don't think having Arthur and Cartwright selected on the same bench works very well.

Having Arthur selected on any bench never works well, it’s why he was averaging 5 mins a game off the bench. His old man doesn’t believe in him but it didn’t stop him choosing him and using up a bench spot.

 

[hineyrulz]

Predicted Round 1 Eels Team
1 Gutherson
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2 Dunster
3 Blake
4 Penisini
5 Sivo
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6 Brown
7 Moses
8 Paulo
9 Hodgson
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10 Campbell-Gillard
11 Lane
12 Hopgood
13 Murchie (Matto from round 4)
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14 Arthur
15 Ogden
16 Cartwright
17 Makatoa
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18 Matterson (suspended rounds 1-3)
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60’s just blew a triple roper reading that team list.

 

[Twizzle]

I have to question if half these blokes even hurt enough after a loss.

Seriously ?

 

[hineyrulz]

Seriously ?

Yes, and don’t call me Shirley.

 

[IFR33K]

Having Arthur selected on any bench never works well, it’s why he was averaging 5 mins a game off the bench. His old man doesn’t believe in him but it didn’t stop him choosing him and using up a bench spot.

sometimes I think fans including myself are a little harsh on ja. But I can’t help but feel that the fans are nowhere near as harsh as his dad. Putting him under that pressure for absolutely no reason.

 

[Pazza]

Can hopgood play on an edge or is he just a pure middle?

 

[globalpanther]

Can hopgood play on an edge or is he just a pure middle?

Middle mate. We played him on edge for 1 & a half games in Cup & after watching him there he’s an out & out middle

 

[Avenger]

Didn’t BA say his son will be playing reserves in 2023?

 

[IFR33K]

Didn’t BA say his son will be playing reserves in 2023?

Yes he did. A couple weeks ago I believe

 

[Avenger]

Yes he did. A couple weeks ago I believe

Do you have a link?

 

[Gazzamatta]

Didn’t BA say his son will be playing reserves in 2023?

Providing Moses or Drown dont come back from The WC carrying injury which could possibly have them doubtful for every 2023 round.

 

[Incorrect]

Didn’t BA say his son will be playing reserves in 2023?

Yeah, he meant Matt....

Jake's possie in first grade is his to lose...

 

[Rocket man]

Didn’t BA say his son will be playing reserves in 2023?

Heard the same thing somewhere.

 

[IFR33K]

Do you have a link?

No but I did read it here somewhere.

 

[Jake the snake]

Jakey 14 lol @ 60’s.

That f**ker must be on the Eels payroll

 

[Gary Gutful]

That f**ker must be on the Eels payroll

I reckon you'd love to be on anyone's payroll you loose f**ken unit.

 

[the phantom menace]

Do you have a link?

Fingers crossed Brad sticks to his words.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-2022-ben-hunt-signs-new-deal-with-the-dragons/news-story/ae57f91f761cd4277dc41c9dc12d8d2f

Eels halfback Mitchell Moses is set to spark a transfer window frenzy as he prepares to test his value on the open market.
Parramatta half Mitchell Moses is set to spark a transfer window frenzy as he prepares to head to market on November 1.

Moses, fresh from leading the Eels to the grand final, is expected to test his value after a handful of clubs expressed interest in signing the NSW star.

His decision could yet have ramifications for his deputy Jake Arthur, who is Moses’ understudy at Parramatta. His father, Parramatta coach Brad Arthur, insisted his son didn’t need to leave the club to realise his potential given he is not only stuck behind Moses, but also five-eighth Dylan Brown.

That could change if Moses opts to take the big bucks on offer elsewhere.
“He is still young, he still has plenty of time,” Brad Arthur said.

“He will go back next year and play (NSW) Cup. He is there as back-up to Mitchell and Dylan. His role moving forward — he needs to be playing 80 minutes.

“He will go back and play Cup and enjoy his footy. If he gets an opportunity he will come up and try to do his job. But he is not Dylan and he is not Mitchell — he has to be Jake.

Jake Arthur was the target of heavy criticism at times this season but Brad insists his son will be better for the experience.

“In a couple of years time he will be better for it,” he said.

“Not many young players come into the game and have to go through the pressure he has been under. He is only going to be better for it.

“He knows that coming into the footy world with his surname - people see it as an advantage for him but it is not, it is a disadvantage.”

 

[Gary Gutful]

Unlike for us fans which it is like life and death.

Yeah. Nah.