Parramatta Eels Holden Cup & Junior Reps Thread Part III

[Delboy]

Western Academy get up 28-22, winning comfortably 28-10,lose a player due to injury. Used all replacements,totters scoretwice in last 4 mins agst 12

Next week , parra v western academy at Cabramatta

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Roosters beaten by a patchwork team of 'seconds'. Goes to show they see no benefit in investing at Harold Matthews level. It's not until SG Ball (under 18s) that they bother spending any money - the Roosters have never won a Harold Matts title, but have won SG Ball three times in the past ten years.

Meanwhile we've won 19 Harold Matthews titles in 46 years (including 3 in the last 10 years) but only won 8 SG Ball titles in the same amount of time (and only once in the past 10 years).

Clearly, as they get older you have to start paying them, plus the smarter clubs start poaching them. So there's little benefit in having the 'strong local juniors' every merkin keeps raving about.

 

[Forty20]

Half time in the SG Ball and Parra lead 18-6. We may have lost Johnny Fonua to a broken jaw though.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Disappointing for the kid

 

[Delboy]

Poi, the Rorters Ball side is down 16-0 agst Western Academy, not such an investment

 

[hineyrulz]

Roosters beaten by a patchwork team of 'seconds'. Goes to show they see no benefit in investing at Harold Matthews level. It's not until SG Ball (under 18s) that they bother spending any money - the Roosters have never won a Harold Matts title, but have won SG Ball three times in the past ten years.

Meanwhile we've won 19 Harold Matthews titles in 46 years (including 3 in the last 10 years) but only won 8 SG Ball titles in the same amount of time (and only once in the past 10 years).

Clearly, as they get older you have to start paying them, plus the smarter clubs start poaching them. So there's little benefit in having the 'strong local juniors' every merkin keeps raving about.

Yeah, lets f**k off that useless academy as well.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Poi, the Rorters Ball side is down 16-0 agst Western Academy, not such an investment

Wow. The NRL's push for future restrictions on the number of contracted rookies might have changed their modus operandi.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Yeah, lets f**k off that useless academy as well.

You're not happy with the young talent in our NRL squad? I've told you before, the 'academy' is not about developing players, it's about retaining them before the market can blow their price out.

But 'academy' sounds better, so it's a smart move.

 

[hineyrulz]

You're not happy with the young talent in our NRL squad? I've told you before, the 'academy' is not about developing players, it's about retaining them before the market can blow their price out.

But 'academy' sounds better, so it's a smart move.

Actually i think it's a good thing and easily the best thing SK did in his time here.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Yeah I reckon we're probably missing Nolan, though at least the junior recruitment/retention structure seems to still be there. The Wiggle that took over from him is unlikely to have changed much of it.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Half time in the SG Ball and Parra lead 18-6. We may have lost Johnny Fonua to a broken jaw though.

Looks like the merkins pipped us in the end.

 

[Forty20]

Sorry fellas, all streams are a no go today. Got shut down within 5min of setting up,

 

[strider]

You do look far too professional with all that equipment mate.

Even with the small rodent sitting ontop of it

 

[Delboy]

Probably a good thing Forty20 was shut down, losing 22-0 at h/t

Coach Burt better have a good half time talk prepared

 

[Delboy]

The Riff 26. Good guys 0, not the best start

 

[Delboy]

Eels score , 6-26

 

[hindy111]

Academy

 

[hindy111]

Our best 3 arent playing thou right in twal french fuimano?

 

[Delboy]

6-32 now

 

[Delboy]

Final score 12-42. Not the best start to a day of. Footy