eels set to splash out on the open market.

[Redback71]

according to rugby league week there after utai who has had a falling out with with club and there also after willie talau who wants to return to league in australia and the mail suggests that the eels is his preferred club

 

[mickdo]

talau would be a good pick up

 

[Phillips]

Talau and Utai would be GREAT

but will Talau leave a successful club like St Helens and come to a struggling parra side #-o

 

[The Colonel]

Weren't the rumours about Talau quashed over a week ago?

Seems "The Mole" may be a net surfer!!

 

[Suitman]

Why don't we leave the decision to buying new players for our NEW coach.
He's the one that will have to work with them.

Suity

 

[Twizzle]

Hadley's at it again

 

[bradeel]

didn't we just see that the Utai thing was over after he re-signed with the Bulldogs to a new deal the other day???

 

[Stagger eel]

just on the Utai situation, it was never mentioned he agreed to a new deal with dogs, the artical on nrl.com said that Utai's manager had a positive meeting with Noad.

But 2 things have surfaced since, Thurston has agreed to a new deal with the Dogs! so maybe they meant him! and I keep hearing people people that I know and from Radio stations say they 100% certain he is coming to us.

so who knows!!

 

[bradeel]

fair enough - i stand corrected then.

I for one would be rapt to have him in our backline. He absolutely terrorizes us each time we play the Dogs.

 

[Pazza]

Talau and Utai would be great. Aswell as Cartwright and Orford, that would really turn this club around.

 

[Eels Dude]

just on the Utai situation, it was never mentioned he agreed to a new deal with dogs, the artical on nrl.com said that Utai's manager had a positive meeting with Noad.

But 2 things have surfaced since, Thurston has agreed to a new deal with the Dogs! so maybe they meant him! and I keep hearing people people that I know and from Radio stations say they 100% certain he is coming to us.

so who knows!!

I wouldn't believe anyone who says they are 100% certain, they obviously don't know as much as they say, so it is probably a complete fabrication.

 

[Parraren]

I just hope we go for QUALITY over QUANTITY this time [-o<

This year we recruited 14 :shock: players to the club, most of them average, none of them high profile;

Cannings
Grothe
Muckert
Muspratt
McKinnon
Moi Moi
Kativerata
Stapleton
Pearson
Thorman
Pai
Langi
Kaufusi
+ O'Dwyer in the pre-season

Only Grothe, Stapleton & McKinnon have made an impact on First Grade whilst Cannings has the talent, but has unfortunately been injured. Thorman, Langi & O'Dywer have shown some promise whilst the rest have been a major dissapointment and/or too inconsistent.

We have some cash to spend this year and I bloody well hope we use it wisely this time. We need a major talent injection into our first grade side with the key word being talent. Hindmarsh can't keep carrying this side...

 

[Hurriflatch]

There was another piece in the RLW that said thet Grothe, STapleton, KAtiverta, Muspratt, Widders, McKinnon, Thorman, Hopkins and one or two that I've forgotten are coming off contract

od those Grothe, Stapleton, Widders and Hopkins will be offered deals cto remain the others are still under review. (I'd say McKinnon is close to getting an offer tho)

 

[PJ Marshal]

I hope we re sign Luke O'Dwyer he impressed me with his performances early on before his injury

 

[ParraMatt]

we also got nick bradley qaulilawa

 

[The Colonel]

we also got nick bradley qaulilawa

He went to Manly..... ;-)

 

[Twizzle]

Thank god

 

[The Colonel]

BULLDOGS

Matt Utai is tipped to sign a new three-year deal. Fellow winger Hazem El Masri may wait until after June 30 to decide his future.

:shock:

 

[Stagger eel]

I'm finding this Matt Utai thing quite amusing I mean how would you use us as a bargaining tool! when we are currently in the middle of an anti tampering rule!

People off the street say he signed with us! the media say his agreed to the dogs!

Jesus Christ!! June 30 couldn't come quick enough, I enjoy this rumour and innuendo thing however I wish the little prick can just sign a contract and put us all out of our misery.

 

[mickdo]

I think Utai was given permission to speak to other clubs.