Parramatta Eels Juniors

[JokerEel]

How good are the Penrith pathways going! Looks like the James Packer cash might've finally run out.

Year	Harold Matts ladder position	SG Ball ladder position
2025	16th (so far)	12th (so far)
2024	9th	7th
2023	1st	2nd
2022	3rd	4th
2021	3rd	10th
2020	4th	5th
2019	5th	8th
2018	1st	2nd
2017	11th	3rd
2016	7th	2nd

So what your saying is the league's club is about to go belly up? As all packer did was bail them out when the debt was being called in.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I'm saying having strong pathways is an expensive venture. Will we be able to maintain the fulltime pathways staff forever? I remember a few years ago, after Covid scuttled our pathways funding, Grima mentioned on TCT that it was the first year he could remember where one of the teams (Matts/Ball, I can't remember) was entirely composed of local juniors.

 

[JokerEel]

I'm saying having strong pathways is an expensive venture. Will we be able to maintain the fulltime pathways staff forever? I remember a few years ago, after Covid scuttled our pathways funding, Grima mentioned on TCT that it was the first year he could remember where one of the teams (Matts/Ball, I can't remember) was entirely composed of local juniors.

If we can support it why not..

 

[Pazza]

there's a hole in your tin pot, dear parra dear parra

 

[Gronk]

How good are the Penrith pathways going! Looks like the James Packer cash might've finally run out.

Year	Harold Matts ladder position	SG Ball ladder position
2025	16th (so far)	12th (so far)
2024	9th	7th
2023	1st	2nd
2022	3rd	4th
2021	3rd	10th
2020	4th	5th
2019	5th	8th
2018	1st	2nd
2017	11th	3rd
2016	7th	2nd

Maybe they are ahead of the curve. The gun half that we saw in the trial was pinched from Storm SG Ball. Maybe they have followed the Roosters model of having pretty good sides and picking the eyes out of others ?

Just spitballing here.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

If we can support it why not..

Well that was my point. Can we support it indefinitely? If you have a pool of funds (e.g. a massive loan from a friend of your GM) you can spend more than your income, at least for a time. But eventually it is unsustainable, and you have to lower your spending to match your income.

 

[JokerEel]

Well that was my point. Can we support it indefinitely? If you have a pool of funds (e.g. a massive loan from a friend of your GM) you can spend more than your income, at least for a time. But eventually it is unsustainable, and you have to lower your spending to match your income.

Penrith didn't get a massive loan from a friend to pay for their football department.

Yes if the club can afford it through membership sponsorship ect nothing is stopping them continuing it.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Penrith didn't get a massive loan from a friend to pay for their football department.

ffs

“I don’t think anyone truly understands what the situation was here at Penrith,” said Gould, who had to convince good mate and billionaire James Packer to give the Panthers Group a loan — just days within liquidation of debts amounting to $90 million.

Phil Gould reveals plan to quit role as Penrith Panthers general manager

Phil Gould set to quit Panthers

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[JokerEel]

ffs

“I don’t think anyone truly understands what the situation was here at Penrith,” said Gould, who had to convince good mate and billionaire James Packer to give the Panthers Group a loan — just days within liquidation of debts amounting to $90 million.

Phil Gould reveals plan to quit role as Penrith Panthers general manager

Phil Gould set to quit Panthers

www.foxsports.com.au

To pay for their football department.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

To pay for their football department.

So they had plenty for their football department but couldn't pay their debts? You must be some kind of financial advisor.

 

[JokerEel]

So they had plenty for their football department but couldn't pay their debts? You must be some kind of financial advisor.

Huh they needed a loan to pay of their debts not go towards their football department.

I understand you don't have much insight to how their football club works.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Huh they needed a loan to pay of their debts not go towards their football department.

I understand you don't have much insight to how their football club works.

If they couldn't pay their debts there would have been no football department.

‘We’ll give you the $10m, that’s no problem’: The lunch where Packer saved Panthers

 

[JokerEel]

If they couldn't pay their debts there would have been no football department.

‘We’ll give you the $10m, that’s no problem’: The lunch where Packer saved Panthers

Anyway like I said your haven't any insights to their club and are guessing incorrectly.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Well if you know better, out with it oR sToP tRoLlInG!!!!1