Eels in the media

[Poupou Escobar]

If the issue was done and dusted we wouldn't be talking about it FFS.

It's not f**ken hard!

 

[Gary Gutful]

He's approaching proper peanut status.

Predicted Round 1 team​

1. Clint Gutherson

2. Maika Sivo ​

3. Will Penisini
4. Waqa Blake
5. Bailey Simonsson
6. Dylan Brown
7. Mitchell Moses
8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard
9. Josh Hodgson
10. Junior Paulo
11. Shaun Lane
12. Bryce Cartwright
13. J'maine Hopgood
14. Jakob Arthur
15. Nathan Brown
16. Jack Murchie
17. Makahesi Makatoa

 

[Noise]

It's never too late to change a shit policy.

For Matterson it is.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Just because we talk about something doesn’t mean it’s not done and dusted FFS.

You're done and dusted!

 

[Poupou Escobar]

For Matterson it is.

The ball was in the NRL's court. Now everyone misses out except Matterson. He keeps his $4k and reduces his risk of injury.

 

[Noise]

The ball was in the NRL's court. Now everyone misses out except Matterson. He keeps his $4k and reduces his risk of injury.

Yea and the NRL considered the matter over the moment Matterson decided to keep his money and sit out.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Yea and the NRL considered the matter over the moment Matterson decided to keep his money and sit out.

If only the NRL actually had soup nazi powers.

 

[the phantom menace]

The ball was in the NRL's court. Now everyone misses out except Matterson. He keeps his $4k and reduces his risk of injury.

Which is why every sane person - and hopefully many of his teammates - called Matterson's original response out for being utterly selfish, and devoid of any commitment to the team/club.

 

[the phantom menace]

If it was finished he wouldn’t have applied to change it.

No point applying to change something once you've had your one and only shot / choice.

Matterson showed himself to be either a dumb f**k, or a selfish f**k - or at worse both.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Well he tried to fix it. The NRL decided they were happy with his first reaction. And he's an NRL player. Of course he's dumb as dogshit.

 

[the phantom menace]

Fix the mistake he made? Good on Matterson for (eventually) trying, but the horse had bolted.

It's like raising kids - if you give them an either-or choice to make, you don't just let them change their mind after it didn't work out the way they might have thought... you let them (and hope they will) learn from it for next time.

 

[Gary Gutful]

If the last 3 pages of this thread have taught me anything its that the issue is done and dusted FFS!

 

[T.S Quint]

It's never too late to change a shit policy.

It’s not like PVL hasn’t changed a rule at some random stage on a whim before.

 

[Gronk]

What’s rightful about it? If it’s his call why shouldn’t he be able to change his mind before the punishment is to occur?

Yeah why should the NRL give a crap ? What is the dangerous precedent that it might have been set by allowing the player to opt for fine over suspension ?

I also don’t get the gloating by some supporters who were seemingly willing the NRL to stick to their guns, to the detriment of their own club.

 

[Gronk]

Nothing burger article.

‘We’re like brothers’: Penisini Parra’s trump card in Suaali’i pursuit

Will Penisini is the player Parramatta want to build their club around - and they hope his friendship with Joseph Suaali’i will convince the Roosters fullback to move west, too.

www.smh.com.au

 

[Noise]

If the last 3 pages of this thread have taught me anything its that the issue is done and dusted FFS!

Do you think it’s not?

 

[Noise]

Yeah why should the NRL give a crap ? What is the dangerous precedent that it might have been set by allowing the player to opt for fine over suspension ?

What? They did allow the player to opt for a fine over suspension. He just chose the suspension.

 

[hineyrulz]

Do you think it’s not?

It’s done and dusted as far as the NRL is concerned, just like Matto’s credibility.

 

[hineyrulz]

Yeah why should the NRL give a crap ? What is the dangerous precedent that it might have been set by allowing the player to opt for fine over suspension ?

I also don’t get the gloating by some supporters who were seemingly willing the NRL to stick to their guns, to the detriment of their own club.

Who’s gloating you dribbler?? Most of us at the time said it was a f**king selfish decision that wasn’t going to be popular with team mates and fans alike. Remember you as usual tried to find yet another excuse for his shit behaviour. Tried to tell us maybe he was injured or playing for someone in the WC lol.

 

[Gronk]

What? They did allow the player to opt for a fine over suspension. He just chose the suspension.

That was a Brett Kenny dip and swerve right there. Why shouldn’t a player have a larger window to make his decision? What dangerous precedent would it set ?

If a player wants to opt for the alternative punishment, who gives a shit ?