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Rd6: 735pm Eels v Raiders GAME DAY THREAD in Darwin 12/4/25

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Happy MEel

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We Tried to get The 2 best coaches In the NRL they both said no as they saw they crap they would have to clean out....

Ryles has a big job ahead of him and it all starts in the juniors coming through developing how we want to play.
You don’t bring Juniors through with essentially a bunch of reserve graders. We’ve gained nothing from letting Gutho and RCG go, as well as dropping Matto and even Cartwright. Get some wins on the board and then bring in the odd junior.

he has gone about this the complete wrong way.
 

JokerEel

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Let’s stocktake:

Ryles punted RCG and Gutho (2 genuine first graders), re-signed Tualagi for a few years, brought in Kautoga and Iongi and dropped Matto and Cartwright.

You live by the sword, you die but the sword.


Happy with dropping Matto and Carty...
Reg is meh did have one nice run off the bench but middle defence was crap...

Would have liked to have kept Gutho but on a reduced rate and brought Iongi on from the wing Gutho would also have been playing 5/8 next year..

Kelman is the biggest fraud even I had high hopes for him but after the Storm game won't be seen again...

Kuatonga and Lane lucky to be playing first grade we all saw tonight what a second rowers should be like in Hudson Young....BTW we did have that in ICE 😞
 

JokerEel

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You don’t bring Juniors through with essentially a bunch of reserve graders. We’ve gained nothing from letting Gutho and RCG go, as well as dropping Matto and even Cartwright. Get some wins on the board and then bring in the odd junior.

he has gone about this the complete wrong way.


I have to disagree when you are a new coach you need to clean out the old voice.. and Gutho was BAs captain pretty sure he would also like to have cleaned out Barlow... Matto and Carty let's not go there they are poor players now...
Carty was shit in CUP today...

Btw we finished 15th with those players last year
 

Happy MEel

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Happy with dropping Matto and Carty...
Reg is meh did have one nice run off the bench but middle defence was crap...

Would have liked to have kept Gutho but on a reduced rate and brought Iongi on from the wing Gutho would also have been playing 5/8 next year..

Kelman is the biggest fraud even I had high hopes for him but after the Storm game won't be seen again...

Kuatonga and Lane lucky to be playing first grade we all saw tonight what a second rowers should be like in Hudson Young....BTW we did have that in ICE 😞
Matto showed tonight he should have been in first grade. I can’t stand the merkin but he’s a first grader and we have very few of them. If he’s on our books, you play him. Cartwrights a sook but he’s worth trying over Lane or bloody Kautoga. That merkin is a legit NSW Cup player. People were giving him wraps last week, I thought he was dreadful. Don’t get me started on Guymer. He’s a boy playing against men.

far too many shit calls from Ryles.
 

JokerEel

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Matto showed tonight he should have been in first grade. I can’t stand the merkin but he’s a first grader and we have very few of them. If he’s on our books, you play him. Cartwrights a sook but he’s worth trying over Lane or bloody Kautoga. That merkin is a legit NSW Cup player. People were giving him wraps last week, I thought he was dreadful. Don’t get me started on Guymer. He’s a boy playing against men.

far too many shit calls from Ryles.

Matto or Tuivati? Know who I would choose...

Matto had a stupid 6 again call tonight which if my memory serves me lead to a try. Also gave a penalty for a hip drop?

Carty again was shit today in cup...

Kautogo I agree is shit.. We all saw what Hudson Young brings look at the Dogs Jacob Preston brings so much energy and doesn't jog back in defence..

Guymer is young but should be in cup
 

JokerEel

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Panthers have nothing to do with us being the worst team in the comp. Ryles is Kearney mk2. Nothing surer.

Why? What did Kearney change when he came in as coach? Or did he just accept the side the was given? Because Ryles didn't
 
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