Recruitment & Retention for 2005

[Misty Bee]

GEez, lighten up on him, fellas. After the crap that Parra Pete and his cronies dished out to anyone who breathed an ill thought re Brian SMith, I think the bashing of Game First is becoming a bit sad.

 

[Unreal V]

Well at least the non debate turned into a debate

 

[eeelectroshooting?]

I think these forums are designed for differences of opinion nothing personal- i am a quite busy guys as all of us are- but please if you want to say and express yourself which this type of place is all about then give your real opinion and stop standing in the middle and saying " i will wait and see if Riddle is worth that much money"

Please give me a break- are you a man or priest?

im a priest and a man
whats your issue with priests anyway?

 

[eeelectroshooting?]

SORRY FOR OFFENDING ANYONE BUT I RATHER ACTIVATE EMOTIONS THAN JUST INTELLIGENT MIDDLE GROUND- I KNOW I CAN BE WRONG BUT I PUT MYSELF THERE BECAUSE THEY ARE MY DEEP FEELINGS

I am not so sure everyone here speaks from the their deep feelings- it has certain people standing too nuetral at times when debate and emotion is needed!

activate emotions eh? whatever that is.

"...than intelligent middle ground-..." are you attacking intelligence, intelligent comments, or people who take middle ground?

if people do not take extreme views on a situation do you honestly believe they are not passionate. what the hell is wrong with neutrality?

 

[Parraren]

GAME FIRST maybe you should take some of my advice champ.

Weren't you the one that came in here and claimed Pritchard was signed sealed and delivered 2 weeks ago? Now all of a sudden your "story" has changed. Surprise, surprise......Pritchard hasn't signed anything :roll:

All i'm saying is, it's usually a good idea to get all the facts straight before going off half cocked making outlandish statements. That way you don't come out looking like a fool. Are you capable of understanding that?

Oh, and one more thing, if you'd bothered to read through the previous posts regarding Riddell you'll find that I was the one that posted he was coming here before anything was announced (others can back me up). So we'll just wait and see if your exclusive 'Pritchard' signing comes true and find out who the real 'man' is ay?

 

[Freak]

I actually heard last night that Pritchard is certain to join the bunnies.
Has anyone else heard that or are we still in te running.

I hope we are as I think he is one of the better young forwards going around.

 

[Stagger eel]

yep! I heard that this morning,

it seems as though they have all but signed Pritchard, El Masri, Anasta pending a release and maybe Whatuera!

 

[bartman]

Well, I'm going to put forward an opinion here... about retentions.

Following this week's announcement, I understand the following 2004 first grade eels players are coming off contract:

Grothe (option?), Hopkins, Kativerata, Kaufusi, Langi, Muspratt, Pearson, Peek, Prince, Stapleton (apparently?), Thorman (option?), Webster

I expect both Pearson and Peek to retire (didn't Peek considered this at end of last season?).

I hope [-o< we re-sign Stapleton and tie up Grothe's option before 30 June, as they've both been good value this year. Langi has done a good job when called upon, so I'd try and clinch him for another year at the same price too.

And I believe Thorman is keen and fairly cheap, so I'd extend him the chance to develop further with us as well. Hopkins hasn't had the happiest of years, but we have seen his commitment and his potential last season. I think he's worth extending an offer to too.

As for the others... they are unlikely to be priorities, especially when there may be younger players who are yet to play first grade (Cordoba, T/B Smith, etc) that the Eels would like to keep. I'm yet to be convinced about Muspratt's value, but have not seen any PL games this year to judge. Same goes for Jeremiah Pai - hasn't seem to have made an impact on our firsts squad.

It's a shame to go through this annual process, but it's a fact of football. And now if we can spend Jamie's contract money, and (maybe) dip into that of a "prominent player" supposedly leaving us, we can chase some guys in addition to Riddell that can add some value to the side in 2005? To be at the top in terms of class, we only need a few more in my opinion - a centre, one forward, and one half-type player

 

[GAME FIRST]

Thats better fellas- SAY WHAT YOU THINK!!

Its all fun isnt it?

 

[The Engineers Room]

Muspratt has been good. Pai haas been unimpressive.

 

[Hollywood Jesus]

you are dead set the biggest idiot to ever come here, GF. Even bigger than Misty, and she takes a lot to beat.

 

[Hurriflatch]

Which idiot are you refering to HJ??

 

[Suitman]

you are dead set the biggest idiot to ever come here, GF. Even bigger than Misty, and she takes a lot to beat.

What?......bigger than parra pete????? ;-) ;-)

Suity