Rumours and Stuff

[eels_fan]

Though with Tepai likely to be suspended (fingers crossed) I reckon Mannah comes back in this week regardless of his average form in Wenty.

Wasn’t even cited or charged

 

[Noise]

Wasn’t even cited or charged

Really? Dam. f**ken judiciary f**king us again. Hopefully BA drops him.

 

[Eelogical]

Does anyone think it is possible Tim was dropped to mentor Kafusi,Stefano and Stone?

What? Are you suggesting that we dropped Timmy because those players needed mentoring as opposed to his form?

 

[Eelogical]

Really? Dam. f**ken judiciary f**king us again. Hopefully BA drops him.

He might give him a new contract.

 

[Chipmunk]

I was thinking more of:

his: noise a snake makes.

Not the best example you could provide given the original post was also about spelling/grammar

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Who assembled the roster?

Illegal TPAs

 

[Incorrect]

So Twal/Matterson are the better juniors and we kept the worse ones, yet they are part of a side that is below us and who we flogged! Interestingly!!!

I don't see the relevance of where the Tigers are on the ladder when someone is asserting Matterson and Twal are now solid first graders. By that logic you're basically saying Matterson was shit hot last year because he was part of the Roosters premiership win but now he is ordinary because he has crossed town to the Tigers during the off season. Or Cowboys fans trying to convince themselves that losing Ponga was no big deal because the Knights only finished 1 win better than the Cows last year...

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Not the best example you could provide given the original post was also about spelling/grammar

It wasn't meant to be a rational response.

 

[emjaycee]

It wasn't meant to be a rational response.

At least it achieved its desired outcome - unlike most posts on here.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Exactly. And you don't usually get leaders in the bargain basement. You often have to pay overs for the right players. Arthur was on the right track signing Foran (could have worked out beautifully). We need to aim at doing something like that again. If Parramatta thinks that now we are 'officially' a development club, we can now rely on local juniors and a few 'value' buys, they are totally kidding themselves. Same with a coach. After all these years, we need a big-name, high-profile coach. Right now, sticking with the mediocrity that is Brad Arthur, is just a reaction to our previous history of instability with coaches. But in itself, it is not a sensible tactic.

Why would we be aiming to rely on cheap juniors if we weren't trying to create cap space for the players we need?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Matterson is in the frame for origin (18th man). Alvaro and the like are in the frame for Wentworthville

Tim Mannah played Origin. How much does it actually tell us about a player?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Almost as funny as those that are saying we ended up keeping the better young players

The players we kept are no better or worse.

 

[Noise]

The players we kept are no better or worse.

Disagree. Some of those players can't even crack first grade. Hell, they aren't even dominating reserve grade.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Disagree. Some of those players can't even crack first grade. Hell, they aren't even dominating reserve grade.

Solid first graders wouldn't dominate reserve grade. Instead they would be consistently good, which ours have been.

 

[Noise]

Solid first graders wouldn't dominate reserve grade. Instead they would be consistently good, which ours have been.

But I thought:

Takairangi would run for 150 metres and set up a couple of tries in reserve grade. It's no comparison.

 

[Suitman]

Solid first graders wouldn't dominate reserve grade. Instead they would be consistently good, which ours have been.

Have they?

 

[emjaycee]

Here is the mix I reckon you need in your 17:
Superstars = 1 or 2
On-field Leaders = 2
Fringe Leaders/Above Average First Graders = 5
Solid First Graders = 5
Up & Coming Jnrs = 3

I reckon we have:
No Superstars
1 x On-field leader in Browny
5 x Fringe leaders in Moses, Gutho, Paulo, Mennings and Fergo
3 x Up & Coming Juniors in Drown, Salmon and Mahoney
10 x Solid First Graders in Terepo, Tepai, Niukore, Manu, Lane, Gower, Hoffman, Sivo & Evans)

When we have injuries, we need to either call on more juniors such as Stone or total plop such as Will Smith, Gennings, Taka, and whomever I have missed.

 

[T.S Quint]

You people mustn't have much else to worry about, deadset.

So you enjoy being wrong and looking like an idiot.
It’s some helpful advice. Take it on board and stop acting like a f**kwit to those trying to help you.

 

[hineyrulz]

But I thought:

LOL!!

 

[JokerEel]

If the squad below was playing for Parramatta they would be running bottom 8..

1Jahrome Hughes
2 Suliasi Vunivalu
3 Will Chambers
4 Marion Seve
5 Josh Addo-Carr
6 Cameron Munster
7 Brodie Croft
8 Jesse Bromwich
9 Cameron Smith
10 Nelson Asofa-Solomona
11 Felise Kaufusi
12 Kenneath Bromwich
13 Dale Finucane
14 Brandon Smith
15 Joe Stimson
17 Ryan Papenhuyzen
23 Christian Welch