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I already knew this because I don't like having my concerns dismissed either. But I also don't expect others to give a shit about all the things that bother me or even agree that my concerns are valid.
Not infallible, but definitely justifiable. There is risk in every recruitment/retention decision, yet you assume the clubs aren't aware of this fact. As the CEO said in his recent interview, every club makes recruitment/retention mistakes. The key is not making too many. Given the risks are realised (or not) after the decision is made, there is no way clubs could predict every outcome. The only way to avoid risk is to not have an NRL club.
We don't have enough information to assess each signing individually, because the key piece of information is how much cap space players are getting. All we can see is the strength of the roster in aggregate. And I'm not assuming the correct decision was made each time, because that's not how risk management works. Ever. Even referring to these decisions in terms of 'correct' or 'wrong' simplifies all the probability away, to make it easier for dopes to get their heads around. And keep consuming rugby league media.
There's an assumption in your position that every club (if you assume we should be able to do it then you must logically believe every other club should be able to as well) should be able to sign all the players they need at any time to fill every gap in the roster with the ideal player at an appropriate price.
Well I'm certain that's what we're trying to do, which is why we're not announcing huge signings and instead being linked with players not in huge demand. Ryles even said we're not in a hurry to recruit players. There's an expectation within the game, and amongst player agents, that Parramatta is a place where you can go and get a big pay day rather than taking a reasonable contract and compete for premierships. If we ever do want to win premierships this expectation needs to change, and it starts by not agreeing to overpay every external signing that might benefit the club. For the fans it means we miss out on the likes of Galvin and probably TDS. It means we might offer a solid first grader like Garner (who would improve our squad, whatever you might think) a two year contract, because he turns 30 this year, but miss out because another club offered three years. Ideally, we would offer Garner one year but then he has no incentive to leave Penrith, because he is already contracted for 2026. Are we better off missing out than matching the three years? He's a better player than Tuilagi, at least in defence. Will Garner still be good enough for first grade at the age of 32? Does that question matter more than whether Garner will improve our team in 2026? Garner just wants to get paid and will almost certainly go wherever he can get an extra year in the NRL before he needs to start driving forklifts or whatever. It's up to the clubs to decide how long a contract they should offer (and for how much) and every club is aware there is risk, which is largely uncertain.
Haven’t you been listening? We are just unlucky and cursed with dopey and unreasonable fans - if those things didn’t exist and there were no other clubs, we would be the best!
Well if they can shitcan Mahoney, they will have enough to pay TDS whatever is required. When they signed Mahoney they were shit and he was at a finals club. They must have offered overs. The real question is how they can force Mahoney out without carrying much of his contract under the cap. That’s where the ‘magic’ occurs. It means they can make all these speculative signings (unproven youngsters on big money) while avoiding much of the risk (being stuck with them on overs). At less dodgy clubs the players usually decide to ‘stick around and help their mates win games’ when the what the club really wants is for them to f**k off and help free up the salary cap.
But we are outperforming most clubs over a reasonable sample of games.
MON is garbage for not doing this for us.
Anyone suggesting Papalii come to the Parramatta Eels after all this time for a season off the bench with wooden spoon contenders needs to put down the bong. Did anyone see the tears as he ran out last week richer he scored his try? You think he’d go an play against the Raiders after all that career? Please.
nah he has been great. He is going to be a big part of this new team as we rebuild.
He’s been terrible
You can’t reason with it mate.
If he is that hell bent I can hardly see the Raiders letting him go anywhere.
Since 2019 only three clubs have won more premierships than we have.
He was just as bad last year and was pretty ordinary the year before. He’s a massive problem and the fact he took up his option rather than us offering an extension, at age 22, in a position we’re light on, suggests the club feels the same.
Good chat
Incorrect, he’s just not that good at recruitment , which is his premier responsibility.
No he was better last year and his best season was 2023, which is when he signed his current contract. So the option he recently activated would’ve been based on his form at age 21, which is more than he could get based on his current form. That’s why he took the option. If the club didn’t want him they would be treating him the same way they are treating other unwanted players.
