Rumoured and Confirmed Signings - XXV

[Twizzle]

Yeh, thanks mate. That's what I suspected might be the case.

Hoppa is a free agent and is talking to other clubs, we have withdrawn our offer, he wont be with us next season.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Hoppa is a free agent and is talking to other clubs, we have withdrawn our offer, he wont be with us next season.

Yes, but we presently don't know what we might get hit for (cap-wise) if Hoppa's court case continues and he wins.

 

[Twizzle]

yeh, true

all this is unofficial of course but the club are moving on I dont believe there will be any more incoming which ever way Hoppa's case goes

 

[strider]

so if we are waiting on hoppa's case to announce gutherson, does that mean there is a risk of losing him if things don't pan out well for us? (another court case? - lol)

 

[Twizzle]

unofficially, no

just what I've been told, Stagger may have more to add

 

[hindy111]

Schulte is a back-row, centre or winger. I personally think we'll train him up for the wing spot as we have enough back-rowers and with Taka and probably Gutherson we won't need another first grade centre. It'll be a battle for our right wing spot between Schulte, Morgan, Faraimo, Lavaka, and maybe French and Davis.

Is Moss a chance for the wing? He is better then any of the guys you have mentioned. I wouldn't be suprised if he takes Gordons spot and pushes him to the wing.

Also what about Falou? He has to be a chance for the wing?

Has Davis been signed?

 

[hindy111]

And i read a rumour ALioia maybe released? Surely not.

 

[Stagger eel]

And i read a rumour ALioia maybe released? Surely not.

Yep gone to the Tigers

 

[Parramatta1947]

Let him go - he isn't worth the money

 

[lingard]

Arthur took over in 2014. Can you please tell me where we came on the table in 2012 and 2013? I couldn't give a f**k about what you think and your assessments on individual players, just answer me that you ignorant, uneducated, trash talking dope.




PS Is that the reaction you wanted?

No, I think he wanted you to fire up a bit.

 

[lingard]

I am just saying - Ricky had a lot worse squad than BA. Ricky made some good signings in Norman and peats on modest contracts. He also brought Semi into grade. Tot op it off he had a huge injury toll

BA has done well but he had a lot better squad. Players we have mentioned like KE - Tepai -Hoppa- Manu had a huge potential where guys like Ben Smith -Ryan - Lassallo where garbage.

The guys like Semi and Jnr who had played a few games prior to BA where blooded by the former coach. Neither are at their full potential.Both are 1-2 full years away from being near their best.

I am not hating on BA. I think he has done ok. The team Ricky had thou was never going to go as well. I like most the guys BA has signed. I will say thou if Watmough - Beau Scott and Foran all do not fire for the best part of their contracts and we are not in the finals BA has left us in a mess. There is no doubt we will lose talented juniors due to salary cap strain from these signings. The Norman/Peats signings look excellent and a lot less risk then these 3.

As i have stated before i think we will finish top 4 next year. Yes we finished last those year. We also where one win from finishing from the bottom as well. Maybe you need a reality check. I give the excuse thou that this was a disrupted year with no Hayne and the Sandow mess.

As far as uneducated goes - Well my spelling may not be great. But i have skills in other areas - A high chance more skills than yourself - I mean i can also cook a snag on a bbq or does it require extra skills to cook a cevapi?

What about our injury toll this year? And our second tier salary cap problems that prevented Arthur from picking the team he wanted for extended periods?

 

[hindy111]

And KE been told to look elsewhere. I rated Aliaoi from what i seen. I guess when you sign Watmough on 600k you have to shed KE + Aliaoi and still find another 300k.

As far as Tanginoa goes apparently he couldn't even make the cowboys reserve starting team.

Bit of a sour point we let Josh and maybe KE go

 

[lingard]

Maybe I suffer from post traumatic shock syndrome after all these years being an Eels supporter but f**k me we've signed a bit of quality.

We've probably rorted the cap and will get busted before the season starts.

 

[hindy111]

What about our injury toll this year? And our second tier salary cap problems that prevented Arthur from picking the team he wanted for extended periods?

Like who Kelly over Sandow? That really would of changed our season. The guys who he could or wanted too pick where no better then he had to pick.
Morgan or Faraimo or Falou on the wing? No difference in the final result.
Semi and Jnr cost us a few games at start of season beeing out. The rest we had a decent run IMO. A lot of average guys injured and replaced by guys equal

 

[Obscene Assassin]

Yes, but we presently don't know what we might get hit for (cap-wise) if Hoppa's court case continues and he wins.

Even if he does win isn't it then up to the NRL to decide whether that money comes under the salary cap?

 

[hindy111]

Even if he does win isn't it then up to the NRL to decide whether that money comes under the salary cap?

NRL do not want anything to do with the case. It will be settled out of court.

Prediction - Manly sign hoppa's dad to sg ball coach and his brother. Few backhand deals i am sure.Parra sign Gutherson from Manly.....
1 + 1 = Hoppa too manly.....Parra will throw him a few $$$ for stuffing him around. It will not count against cap but the NRL will fix a few floors in contract process for the future.

 

[Obscene Assassin]

Is Moss a chance for the wing? He is better then any of the guys you have mentioned. I wouldn't be suprised if he takes Gordons spot and pushes him to the wing.

Also what about Falou? He has to be a chance for the wing?

Has Davis been signed?

The only reason you think he's better than any of the players I've mentioned is because he's from Penrith. If we signed Adam Docker you would think that he's the best forward at the club.

 

[lingard]

Schulte is a back-row, centre or winger. I personally think we'll train him up for the wing spot as we have enough back-rowers and with Taka and probably Gutherson we won't need another first grade centre. It'll be a battle for our right wing spot between Schulte, Morgan, Faraimo, Lavaka, and maybe French and Davis.

Hmm. This is what I've been waiting for. A fairly weak contingent there. I'm going to try out for that wing spot. In sixty years, what I've lost in speed I've also lost in size and strength - so I'm pretty well balanced.

 

[strider]

unofficially, no

just what I've been told, Stagger may have more to add

well then i can't really understand the delay .... maybe its about how we structure the deal???

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Even if he does win isn't it then up to the NRL to decide whether that money comes under the salary cap?

Yep. But I reckon it would be at least a 50/50 chance that damages for a breach of contract (intended to be an NRL playing contract) would be added to our cap. And frankly, so it should if it turns out that Hoppa's version of what happened is correct. But, we seem to know only about 30% of the relevant facts so....who knows.