Eels in the media

[Delboy]

Your point

 

[Timana]

Irony is when he was a player he was the complete opposite.

He was the last player i would have thought from that era that would become a decent coach

Actually there was a podcast where his former teammates said when they first played with ryles, Ryles would always ask and challenge the coach why are we doing this etc

They didn't expect that from a dumb second rower

 

[mrbrightside]

Actually there was a podcast where his former teammates said when they first played with ryles, Ryles would always ask and challenge the coach why are we doing this etc

They didn't expect that from a dumb second rower

Not sure if it was the same podcast, but I remember hearing Mitchell Pearce recently talk about his time playing with Ryles. He said that as time went on, Ryles became more vocal during video sessions with the coach — especially when it came to the technical side of things. Looking back, Pearce said it makes a lot of sense now, given how Ryles’ coaching career has played out.

 

[the phantom menace]

Irony is when he was a player he was the complete opposite.

He was the last player i would have thought from that era that would become a decent coach

True - the amount of penalties the guy gave away when playing seemed next level. Glad he's been able to settle the brain over the years, and put it to better use!

 

[Matty Bhoy]

 

[Gronk]

^^ a little boy's body.

 

[JokerEel]

I agree with Scope.

Buy both will be good for 10+ years in the NRL

 

[Eelementary]

He wasn't talking about BA, he was talking about Ryles and Brown.

The ringing endorsement of BA is Moses' growth since we signed him from the Tigers. Why would Moses talk about that when he has a new coach?

I'm not a huge BA fan, but credit where it's due - BA developed him into a Grand Final-level, and Origin-level, halfback.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I agree Talagi has more upside simply because he is two years younger than Iongi. But Iongi will be a great player, and is better than Talagi right now (which is when we need him to be better). I think if Talagi had stayed and was playing fullback this year, we would be so f**king off him.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I'm not a huge BA fan, but credit where it's due - BA developed him into a Grand Final-level, and Origin-level, halfback.

Or at least he didn't get in the way of it. Who knows how much of player development is down to coaching and how much is just from maturity and experience.

In soccer, talented youngsters are sent away (on loan) to worse clubs with presumably worse coaching so they can get some minutes into them. That seems more important to their development than staying at a bigger club with better coaching.

 

[Pazza]

I agree Talagi has more upside simply because he is two years younger than Iongi.

 

[the phantom menace]

Or at least he didn't get in the way of it. Who knows how much of player development is down to coaching and how much is just from maturity and experience.

At least you've stopped blaming the coach...

 

[the phantom menace]

I agree Talagi has more upside simply because he is two years younger than Iongi.

Simplistic analysis, devoid of any actual insight...

 

[Poupou Escobar]

At least you've stopped blaming the coach...

I never blamed the coach.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Simplistic analysis, devoid of any actual insight...

I said it was simple. There isn't enough data about either of them to conduct a more detailed analysis. But it's a fact that Talagi hit his milestones earlier than Iongi.

 

[the phantom menace]

I never blamed the coach.

 

[the phantom menace]

I said it was simple. There isn't enough data about either of them to conduct a more detailed analysis. But it's a fact that Talagi hit his milestones earlier than Iongi.

As I said, your statement was devoid of any analysis... and value.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I shared a relevant fact. It doesn't matter whether you value it. If it was just for you, I would've sent it in a PM.

 

[the phantom menace]

I shared a relevant fact. It doesn't matter whether you value it. If it was just for you, I would've sent it in a PM.

But I don't think anyone on here values the "relevant" fact you shared. Or many of your other pointless argumentative rebuttals of things people weren't even saying on here in the first place...

 

[Poupou Escobar]

But I don't think anyone on here values the "relevant" fact you shared.

You wouldn't know.