Knock-on Effect NSW Cup - Eels Team

[Twizzle]

we do have poor quality back ups though, hard to argue against that

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Every team has poor quality backups. That’s why they’re backups. In our case, at least there’s a lot of youth.

 

[hineyrulz]

we do have poor quality back ups though, hard to argue against that

Do you even Pou bro???

 

[Twizzle]

Every team has poor quality backups. That’s why they’re backups.

no, they are backups because they are not of the same quality as those whom they are backing up

some have better quality backups than others,

 

[Poupou Escobar]

True, but every club has shit ones. The Roosters have ZDC and a couple of even lesser nuffies in their top 26 players ffs. Think how shit their players 27-31 must be.

 

[EppingEel]

True, but every club has shit ones. The Roosters have ZDC and a couple of even lesser nuffies in their top 26 players ffs. Think how shit their players 27-31 must be.

the problem is our 19-25 is shit

 

[Stagger eel]

the problem is our 19-25 is shit

...oh god don't even go there.

 

[Pazza]

It's only for very smart people

 

[Poupou Escobar]

...oh god don't even go there.

Oh I’ll go there.

Our 19-25 includes seven of the eight best players from this list (take your pick):

Arthur
Asi
Doorey
Greig
Guymer
Harper
Makatoa
Moretti
Ogden
Russell
Sanders
Tago

There are some very talented youngsters there as well as five blokes with 40+ NRL games. If they had been able to spend most of the year in NSW Cup together the team would be doing very well. Good luck finding many squads with players 19-25 as good as ours.

 

[hindy111]

Every team has poor quality backups. That’s why they’re backups. In our case, at least there’s a lot of youth.

Hmm. Penrith starting the season had -

Alamoti ,D.Laurie, C.Mclean, J.Mclean, Ionghi.
All 5 back ups walk into our best 17.

There worse back up in the 1-5 is Tyrone Peachey.

We have Z..Cini and Lumelume

 

[hindy111]

Oh shit my apologies. I forgot. BA sent a last minute SOS to Morgan Harper after 16 other clubs passed.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Hmm. Penrith starting the season had -

Alamoti ,D.Laurie, C.Mclean, J.Mclean, Ionghi.
All 5 back ups walk into our best 17.

No they don’t. Our best 17 outside backs are:

1. Gutherson
2. Sivo
3. Penisini
4. Simonsson
5. Talagi

They are better than all the Penrith backups.

There worse back up in the 1-5 is Tyrone Peachey.

We have Z..Cini and Lumelume

Those two aren’t in our top 30. Harper and Russell are ahead of them ffs

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Oh shit my apologies. I forgot. BA sent a last minute SOS to Morgan Harper after 16 other clubs passed.

He has played 60+ NRL games. Every club would take him at minimum salary. He was off to the UK to be a starter.

 

[hindy111]

No they don’t. Our best 17 outside backs are:

1. Gutherson
2. Sivo
3. Penisini
4. Simonsson
5. Talagi

They are better than all the Penrith backups.

Those two aren’t in our top 30. Harper and Russell are ahead of them ffs

I'd swap Pensini and Simonson in a heartbeat for C.Mclean.

 

[hindy111]

Talagi is also well behind all of them. He may not be in a year or 2

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I'd swap Pensini and Simonson in a heartbeat for C.Mclean.

McLean will probably be great one day but right now he’s a reserve grader. Yes an 18 year old reserve grader is extremely valuable, but it’s because of how good he’s going to be, not how good he is now. McLean is still not a first grader, which is fine for an 18 year old. But he’s not as good as Simonsson or Penisini.

 

[hindy111]

McLean will probably be great one day but right now he’s a reserve grader. Yes an 18 year old reserve grader is extremely valuable, but it’s because of how good he’s going to be, not how good he is now. McLean is still not a first grader, which is fine for an 18 year old. But he’s not as good as Simonsson or Penisini.

You are over rating Simonson

 

[Poupou Escobar]

You are over rating Simonson

You’re overrating McLean. Simonsson has played nearly 100 NRL games, including two grand finals. He is a first grader. McLean will be better than Simonsson but he isn’t yet.

 

[the phantom menace]

McLean is still not a first grader, which is fine for an 18 year old.

And neither was Talagi. But it doesn't stop you rating him in our best 5 backs...

 

[Poupou Escobar]

And neither was Talagi. But it doesn't stop you rating him in our best 5 backs...

By the end of the season he is both. The Panthers haven’t signed him to play reserve grade. At the start of the year Russell was top 17.