Rumoured and Confirmed Signings and More Crap V

[Tony Bongo]

Kearney
Nolan
Maroubra Eel

That surprises me. Some people on here almost had me convinced that Kearney doesn't know what's going on.;-)
Love your work ME

 

[Jake the snake]

That surprises me. Some people on here almost had me convinced that Kearney doesn't know what's going on.;-)
Love your work ME

:lol:

 

[Gronk]

WTF ?? I thought we had him in the bag ??

The NRL is at risk of losing another high-profile player to a rival code, with the NSW Waratahs in negotiations to sign off-contract Sydney Roosters and New Zealand forward Jared Waerea-Hargreaves.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/u...tahs-sights-20120309-1up77.html#ixzz1oav9FGET
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[Suitman]

Who ever said it was "in the bag"?

Suity

 

[Gronk]

Who ever said it was "in the bag"?

Suity

Can't say. ;-)

 

[Suitman]

Not good enough son.

Suity

 

[hasman]

WTF ?? I thought we had him in the bag ??

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/u...tahs-sights-20120309-1up77.html#ixzz1oav9FGET​

There has also been reported interest in Waerea-Hargreaves elsewhere in the NRL from Parramatta but those discussions were sparked by former Eels chief executive Paul Osborne late last year and since his departure from that club in December the Eels appear to have dropped out of the race.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/u...tahs-sights-20120309-1up77.html#ixzz1ob3jEUUz This is a BS story The Parramatta club were never interested in him.​

 

[Gronk]

There has also been reported interest in Waerea-Hargreaves elsewhere in the NRL from Parramatta but those discussions were sparked by former Eels chief executive Paul Osborne late last year and since his departure from that club in December the Eels appear to have dropped out of the race.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/u...tahs-sights-20120309-1up77.html#ixzz1ob3jEUUz This is a BS story The Parramatta club were never interested in him.​

Thanks Roy.

 

[parra-matters]

Rugby League Week


The Knights have announced the signing of Beau Scott on a four-year deal from 2013. #NRL

 

[eels_fan]

oh no!!!

all our signings are going elsewhere!

the sky is falling! we are in a crisis!

no one wants to play for parra!

 

[Eels Dude]

Beau Scott would have been a good buy, but you can't blame him for wanting to play under Bennett again. Unfortunately we're probably in a position now that we'll have to pay overs to attract decent players. You can only change that by winning.

 

[Jake the snake]

We don't need players like Beau Scott we need 2nd rowers with a little flair

 

[Eels Dude]

We also need 2nd rowers with some mongrel in them unlike our current soft pack. And Beau Scott definitely has a lot of aggression in him.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I'm pretty sure the club already said they won't be looking for any more big names.

For the people who think our squad is massively broken, I say bullshit. The team we have is good enough to compete for the 8. Next year we'll see some quality step up from NYC and again the next year. Plus Will Hopoate will turn up.

We don't need Cameron Smith, Paul Gallen and Sam Thaiday to make us competitive. In fact if we did we'd be well over the salary cap.

 

[Bigfella]

We need quality outside backs massively. Don't have to be big names but co
Much better than our current stock

 

[Delboy]

We were never interested in Beau Scott, it ws all paper talk, certainly talking to a number of players,but not in the market for Scott

 

[Eels Dude]

We don't really need big names no, but we have three experienced second rowers coming off contract at the end of this year and the decision will be made whether to retain them or not, and if it's the latter then they need to replaced by quality first graders. Otherwise we'll go from have one of the weakest backrows in the competition to by far away one of the worst in recent memory. I'm sure SK would be looking at what's available on the open market and the right kind of players we need to fill those positions.

 

[87eelman]

We don't really need big names no, but we have three experienced second rowers coming off contract at the end of this year and the decision will be made whether to retain them or not, and if it's the latter then they need to replaced by quality first graders. Otherwise we'll go from have one of the weakest backrows in the competition to by far away one of the worst in recent memory. I'm sure SK would be looking at what's available on the open market and the right kind of players we need to fill those positions.

x2

 

[87eelman]

We were never interested in Beau Scott, it ws all paper talk, certainly talking to a number of players,but not in the market for Scott

I dont expect you to elaborate but can we expect to see some turnover?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

We don't really need big names no, but we have three experienced second rowers coming off contract at the end of this year

Who? Hindy, Shack and some other merkin?

Neither of them are edge forwards which is what we need. The tight forward is easy to replace - the position is only as important as the quality of player you have to fill the spot; just like centre.

I just realised the third guy you were talking about was Ben Smith. Yes he's an edge forward but he's not markedly better than Lasalo or Horo. I'd say both Horo and Paulo are better than him in attack.

Anyway our young guys will continue to improve, and by next year one or more of them could be better than Ben Smith. That's not saying much, I know, and edge forward will still be a bit of a weakness for us next year. But every team has its weak spots.