Eels in the media

[Lemon Squash]

Lane and Matto in th Second row hurts my head...

Matto could be a 13 with Hopgood starting at 10

But it looks more like.

15 Matto
16 Lane

Simmonson at centre also hurts my head I have watched him as a centre and he isn't a centre..

Toni M close to a first grade shot? Not by his terrible defence.

Whoever wrote the article needs to have another go..

I’ve always thought Bailey looked better in the centres than on the Wing tbh

 

[JokerEel]

I’ve always thought Bailey looked better in the centres than on the Wing tbh

It may have been that he had Sivo next to him that put me off..

I am interested what position Lomax plays.

 

[Gary Gutful]

I’ve always thought Bailey looked better in the centres than on the Wing tbh

For Wenty.

 

[Pazza]

Lane and Matto in th Second row hurts my head...

the guys from TCT keep naming Williams as a backrower, thats doing my head in

maybe theyre seeing something at training

 

[Poupou Escobar]

But Ryles inherits a solid, albeit underperforming, roster, at a club with a growing investment in its junior nursery and a $70 million centre of excellence that is due to open its doors in April.

Exactly. The club isn’t at rock bottom and in need of a rebuild as some claim. We have lost some experience but gained some speed, including in the middle. It’s very exciting.

 

[hineyrulz]

the guys from TCT keep naming Williams as a backrower, thats doing my head in

maybe theyre seeing something at training

They also saw something in the Arthur bros.

 

[hineyrulz]

Exactly. The club isn’t at rock bottom and in need of a rebuild as some claim. We have lost some experience but gained some speed, including in the middle. It’s very exciting.

So your bald fraud of a hero didn’t totally run the club and roster into the ground while chasing the collision???

 

[Poupou Escobar]

So your bald fraud of a hero didn’t totally run the club and roster into the ground while chasing the collision???

He was just the coach mate, not the CEO.

 

[hineyrulz]

He was just the coach mate, not the CEO.

What footballing decisions does the CEao make?? The head of football and the coach would make the majority of footballing decisions which is how it should be.

Stop deflecting for your failed idol.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

The ominous shadow of the contract option that allowed local junior Blaize Talagi to opt out of his 2025 deal and join bitter rivals Penrith threatens to continue haunting Parramatta.
Mitchell Moses, Dylan Brown, Will Penisini and Ryan Matterson all have player options in their favour, which could bring premature ends to their current contracts.

Their contracts could end just as early without the player option. f**ken rugby league journos.

The club is working to remove Moses’ options for 2027 and 2028, which will likely cost them a bump up in the halfback’s already seven-figure salary.

It's called a contract extension ffs

Penisini’s player option for 2026 is also worrying

Why? Because he might take it up when we don't want to keep him?

Losing more junior talent following the high-profile departures of Blaize Talagi, Ethan Sanders and Matt Arthur would be a PR nightmare for Parramatta.

It would indeed be a PR nightmare, with zero impact on the NRL team. We can't afford to pay top 17 money to backups (e.g. Sanders), and we can't afford to pay spine money to outside backs (e.g. Talagi).

 

[Poupou Escobar]

How's the DT with their arbitrary dog shit ratings? As if anyone gives a squirt of jungle juice about what these idiots have to say.

Plenty of merkins believe every word they shit out onto their website. Or the daily printout of the website they buy from the newsagent.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

What footballing decisions does the CEao make?? The head of football and the coach would make the majority of footballing decisions which is how it should be.

Stop deflecting for your failed idol.

Exactly, and 'running the club into the ground' would mean poor financial decisions, not football decisions. You can solve football problems with money. Money problems are harder to solve. They either take time, or a big f**king loan from Packer or a cash injection from Laundy.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

the guys from TCT keep naming Williams as a backrower, thats doing my head in

maybe theyre seeing something at training

I will be surprised if he plays out wide. He's had a couple of starts there in his career but not many. If any.

 

[hineyrulz]

Plenty of merkins believe every word they shit out onto their website. Or the daily printout of the website they buy from the newsagent.

They do when it suits certain agenda’s, not that you or the rest of the Huggers would do such a thing………..

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Why would any fan have an agenda to believe the worst about their club?

 

[hineyrulz]

Exactly, and 'running the club into the ground' would mean poor financial decisions, not football decisions. You can solve football problems with money. Money problems are harder to solve. They either take time, or a big f**king loan from Packer or a cash injection from Laundy.

Continually missing the finals would be great for the bottom line.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Continually missing the finals would be great for the bottom line.

"Continually missing the finals" you f**king drama queen. We missed the finals twice. Gee making the finals four years in a row must've been great for the bottom line. Nobody's achieved that since Smith in 2002. After which he also missed the finals two years running.

Don't worry, I also had a f**king sook at the time.

 

[hineyrulz]

"Continually missing the finals" you f**king drama queen. We missed the finals twice. Gee making the finals four years in a row must've been great for the bottom line. Nobody's achieved that since Smith in 2002. After which he also missed the finals two years running.

Don't worry, I also had a f**king sook at the time.

I’m sure we were cert’s to make the finals if your failed hero was kept on.

 

[T.S Quint]

I’m sure we were cert’s to make the finals if your failed hero was kept on.

Are we certs to make the finals with Ryles?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I’m sure we were cert’s to make the finals if your failed hero was kept on.

We probably would've made the finals again. We did in 2019.