Rumours and Stuff

[Joshuatheeel]

Penisini is going to the judiciary tonight to fight a grade one high tackle charge.

Just pay the $1100 ffs.

no one fights a fkn grade one fine at the judiciary.

Unless if he pleads guilty, it will affect his sentence, if he cops another charge during the year...

Think it's a good idea. If he loses, he only cops a $2500 fine.

 

[Timana]

I don't think Moses is arrogant, he's self-assured and confident which is what he should be as an elite player in the game.

Walker shouldn't even be starting the game, and doesn't play more than 40mins - he isn't a captain option.

Lets be honest, the only players currently in our squad capable of being captains are Moses, Junior, Hopgood and Williams

Junior isn't on the field long enough, Hopgood is gone for the season. That leaves you Moses and Williams. Williams appears to be more of a "follow me" leader rather than vocal leader - probably similar to what we had with Cayless - and that doesn't work when you have a team full of rookies who need constant direction and communication. Whilst Moses gets flustered and probably overdoes it sometimes - he is the best communicator in the club - so he needs to be the captain until we recruit or develop a better option

Have a look at who does the talking when they are in the huddle.

 

[The Predictor]

I know people love to fantasise about the Great Sterlo being the face of our club, but from what I’ve seen over the years is Sterlos only interested in using his links to the club to endorse his own brand. And hey, more power to him, he’s been smart enough not to anchor his brand to the anus of the NRL in any official capacity. Just like the clubs marketing team have had to do all these years , Sterlos leveraged the 80s era to build his brand. Why ruin it like Mortmier did by getting involved with the current turdfest .


Sterlos has ample opportunity to get involved over the years , but he’s far too smart for that. He can make a far better living staying an Eels legend and dissecting them from afar .

 

[Poupou Escobar]

the panthers have collected people involved in the Smith era of the Eels.

its time for us to bring some of these guys back to parra

Ryles talks about parra people all the time, whos a parra person? BS, Matt cameron, Daniel anderson, sterlo, im sure there are plenty more.

Cronin, Hilditch…

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Every player available today was available last week or the week before, so why did we essentially have to hit rock bottom with half the team out injured and a 50 point thrashing for any action to happen?

It’s possible that any patches we make to this year’s roster will impact the decisions we make around signings for next year.

 

[eels_fan]

It’s possible that any patches we make to this year’s roster will impact the decisions we make around signings for next year.

No shit Sherlock

 

[Eelementary]

Depleted Eels scour NRL rivals for immediate signings after roster crisis​

Daily Telegraph article from today

https://archive.md/B3EP3

 

[Poupou Escobar]

No shit Sherlock

Which is why we might have been reluctant to interfere with our ongoing negotiations for 2027 when some will now have to be canceled so we can address our 2026 problems. Some of the cap space we thought we had locked in for next year will now be chewed up by players signed for this year. Apologies for having to spell it out for you.

 

[T-Boon]

Depleted Eels scour NRL rivals for immediate signings after roster crisis​

Daily Telegraph article from today

https://archive.md/B3EP3

MON and Rogers are looking through the latest Big League team lists.

 

[King-Gutho94]

MON and Rogers are looking through the latest Big League team lists.

Its a shame there are not looking through the classifieds to find another job.

 

[eels_fan]

our ongoing negotiations for 2027

Which ones are they? I bet our scouts are so busy at nsw cup games looking for stars

 

[T-Boon]

It’s possible that any patches we make to this year’s roster will impact the decisions we make around signings for next year.

I would say we need to reduce our expectations for next season. I just want us to avoid the spoon this season. That should be our mantra "No more spoons".

 

[Delboy]

Just got a phone call from a good mate, we have 1 player in the post contact metres top 30, Bailey Simmonson which tells us where we are.

we have 1 player in the top 10 tacklers, Jack Williams, possibly makes up for handling errors.

Lots of work to be done on improving the team for sure.

 

[T-Boon]

Just got a phone call from a good mate, we have 1 player in the post contact metres top 30, Bailey Simmonson which tells us where we are.

we have 1 player in the top 10 tacklers, Jack Williams, possibly makes up for handling errors.

Lots of work to be done on improving the team for sure.

I bet we have some representation in the top 5 missed tackles list.

 

[eels_fan]

we have 1 player in the top 10 tacklers, Jack Williams, possibly makes up for handling errors

Imagine how high he’d be on that list if he attempted more instead of letting people run past him

 

[Noise]

Just got a phone call from a good mate, we have 1 player in the post contact metres top 30, Bailey Simmonson which tells us where we are.

we have 1 player in the top 10 tacklers, Jack Williams, possibly makes up for handling errors.

Lots of work to be done on improving the team for sure.

Ryles small ball forwards / bench and small ball backs ain’t working

 

[Delboy]

Ryles small ball forwards / bench and small ball backs ain’t working

Someone signed a lot of them before he was appointed, and not sure he has a real choice on how to play . A monumental stuff up that has taken 5/6 seasons .

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Have a look at who does the talking when they are in the huddle.

There should be multiple leaders in a group that size.

 

[Noise]

Someone signed a lot of them before he was appointed, and not sure he has a real choice on how to play . A monumental stuff up that has taken 5/6 seasons .

Not really. Ryles has signed or re-signed just about all of them except Junior and Matterson.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Which ones are they? I bet our scouts are so busy at nsw cup games looking for stars

There are hundreds of players available, and 18 NRL clubs with rosters to fill. All of them would be involved in multiple negotiations right now. Had you heard anything about the Su'A signing before it was 'announced' on the weekend? I'm sure we didn't phone him that day and say "Hey you wanna play for Parra?" There would have been days/weeks' worth of back-and-forth on that and plenty of others that didn't reach an agreement.