Parramatta Eels Juniors

[T-Boon]

I think all 3 points are right making my point the most right:
1. Our junior development isn’t good.
2. The few good ones go elsewhere too much.
3. The ones that stay do not progress through the ranks at anywhere near what should be acceptable.

40-30.

 

[Gronk]

Carn the Flegg lads.

 

[Gronk]

Yikes !

 

[Gronk]

Twidle !

 

[JokerEel]

Twidle !

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Did we win ffs

 

[Delboy]

The game wa over 30 minutes ago and still no final score update, communications must be with a tin can and string from North Harbour.

 

[hindy111]

The game wa over 30 minutes ago and still no final score update, communications must be with a tin can and string from North Harbour.

The games only go 70mins. You'd imagine we won.
4 games left and most likely need 3 wins to guarante a spot in finals. 2 may do it but relying on other results.
We play the sides coming 3rd ,5th and 6th. Should beat the silktails easily.
Consider we where 0/7 to start the season it has been a promising since then.

 

[the phantom menace]

Did we win ffs

Yes. Here's a match report from the Warriors website.

Jersey Flegg Match Report: Comeback to no avail

A late Parramatta try hands One New Zealand Warriors defeat in Jersey Flegg Cup clash.

www.warriors.kiwi

 

[Gronk]

Everyone who we needed to lose this week, didn’t.



Next week we need the Raiders to beat Manly. The Bulldogs to beat Dragons. Knights to beat Tigers. And we will join those teams on 26. Our F/A is average, so we just need to keep winning.

 

[the phantom menace]

Holy Moses: Why Eels fear powerful agent

Isaac Moses manages exciting rookie Blaize Talagi, whose exit has hurt Parramatta more than they will admit.

www.smh.com.au

It's Weidler (so speculative journalism), but:

No one from the Eels will say exactly what percentage of their players Moses has on his books, but sources with knowledge of the situation have told me it is well more than 50 per cent of the best young talent. Moses’ son plays in the Eels junior system, which gives the manager even more access to that playing group.

About a decade ago, Moses had significant power at the Eels because he managed so many of their players. With Talagi leaving the club at the end of the year, the Eels would probably rather give Moses the cold shoulder, but he has so much power when it comes to Parramatta’s future, and the club can’t afford to ignore him.

I have been told Moses wants all these rising stars to stay in the Eels system through to NRL level to develop because in the past 10 years the Eels are second only to Penrith in terms of premierships and results in the junior ranks.

The problem for the Eels is that traditionally Moses has operated in the south-west section of their juniors, but he is slowly creeping into the north-west as well, giving him greater dominance. It is worth noting that the Eels will open the largest centre of excellence and academy in the NRL in April, a $75 million facility in Kellyville.

The issue is agents are happy for their young players to stay in Parramatta’s development system because it is so good – then they shop them around to other clubs.

With more teams set to be added to the NRL, holding onto rising stars could become more difficult for a club that is trying to re-establish itself in the competition – and end its 38-year premiership drought.

 

[hineyrulz]

Holy Moses: Why Eels fear powerful agent

Isaac Moses manages exciting rookie Blaize Talagi, whose exit has hurt Parramatta more than they will admit.

www.smh.com.au

It's Weidler (so speculative journalism), but:

No one from the Eels will say exactly what percentage of their players Moses has on his books, but sources with knowledge of the situation have told me it is well more than 50 per cent of the best young talent. Moses’ son plays in the Eels junior system, which gives the manager even more access to that playing group.

About a decade ago, Moses had significant power at the Eels because he managed so many of their players. With Talagi leaving the club at the end of the year, the Eels would probably rather give Moses the cold shoulder, but he has so much power when it comes to Parramatta’s future, and the club can’t afford to ignore him.

I have been told Moses wants all these rising stars to stay in the Eels system through to NRL level to develop because in the past 10 years the Eels are second only to Penrith in terms of premierships and results in the junior ranks.

The problem for the Eels is that traditionally Moses has operated in the south-west section of their juniors, but he is slowly creeping into the north-west as well, giving him greater dominance. It is worth noting that the Eels will open the largest centre of excellence and academy in the NRL in April, a $75 million facility in Kellyville.

The issue is agents are happy for their young players to stay in Parramatta’s development system because it is so good – then they shop them around to other clubs.

With more teams set to be added to the NRL, holding onto rising stars could become more difficult for a club that is trying to re-establish itself in the competition – and end its 38-year premiership drought.

And 60's wants us not to deal with Moses, what a rolled gold dope.

 

[Delboy]

Would be a really stupid player manager if he didn’t trawl ghe North West of our juniors. Basically the 3 biggest clubs in the district are Hills, Rouse Hill,and Wenty with Kellyville reemerging in th last 2/3 years.
His children also play in the Hills touch competition so he’s around a lot.
The issue is that Penrith under Cameron and Jim Jones sell the reasons to stay in their system, not sure we have the same pull with the Ponnisi of the west. Will say under De Gois and his offsider the junior reps are building well, it’s when they enter the identification and retention higher up the ladder that we seem to fail.
Maybe with the media taking aim at the pointy end of the club, re options and junior losses and unbalanced NRL roster etc we may see the pressure required to improve.
Having been involved in both the Penrith and Parramatta junior system, fair to say 3/4 years ago, Penrith were paying a lot more attention to their juniors, even though there will still complaints. Believe we have stepped up a bit , so again it seems failing to sell any vision and probably not enough camaraderie with the player managers hasn’t helped.