Rumours and Stuff

[King-Gutho94]

I think you will find Josh Hodgson has been an Australian citizen for a while. He has no intention of returning to the UK.

Yeah i don't blame him who would want to move back to the miserable UK when you live in this wonderful country.

Jimmy Graham has moved back out to Australia as well fulltime i believe

 

[Poupou Escobar]

f**k off! You didn’t even know his name before this year

Or would've been one of the dozens of merkins criticising the signing

 

[hineyrulz]

I love how you back absolutely any merkin over our club. Mahoney is the one who's chosen to leave. That's the only fact we know for sure. That means he's put himself ahead of the club. Fair enough from his perspective, but are you an Eels fan or a Reed Mahoney fan?

I'm an Eels fan i want the best players to be playing for my club, losing him means we don't have the best players playing for our club. I'd like to know why he won't be with us, it's not very exciting!!!


But you are as pleased as punch he's gone because Mahoney isn't ploddy enough for you. An old washed up Pom gets you stiff as a board.

 

[hineyrulz]

If the problem is coaching why would he go to play for Ternt?

Will Twent even be there in 2023???? I seriously doubt it, i bet he has someone else lined up like Ciraldo.

 

[Gazzamatta]

Ternt? Twent? Trent?
Ffs! Im old and so confused.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

More passive aggression, but but but but but i'm just being direct lol.

Why would anyone to leave such a wonderful environment??? Yeah all about the cash lol. I'm sure it had nothing to do with lowballing the f**k out him and pissing off his management.

That would mean it's about the money.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Eels have stemmed bleeding after an ugly exodus. It could be the circuit-breaker they badly need

Eels have stemmed bleeding after an ugly exodus. It could be the circuit-breaker they badly need

www.foxsports.com.au

This article has quotes from Michael ennis about the signing.

Seems he was a key driver behind this decision

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I think by half time i called him our new Fui, instead we decided lowball him and just offer him a 2 year deal. But don't you dare be negative about it because he's not that god and easily replacable. Him and his management are scumbags. How dare him and Mahoney not take the first offer we give them!!!!

How do you know what we offered? All we know is that it was probably less than the Tigers offer. They are a desperate club so they are more likely to offer overs. It's not like he went to the Roosters or Souths.

 

[hindy111]

how do you know we didn't try? ..... us fans have no idea what's going on behind the scenes .... tigers (and other teams) might have already told his manager they are keen and so they wouldn't commit early to us??? .... who knows?

We had to strike early. By rnd 10. He was on 150k amd 450k for a 2yr extension would of been HUGE for him and I doubt at that point anyone was as blown away by his form as they where by end of season.

 

[hineyrulz]

That would mean it's about the money.

Well the first offer was downright disrespectful. AND THEY SWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPED ON IN FFFFFSSSSSSS f**king!!!

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I'm an Eels fan i want the best players to be playing for my club, losing him means we don't have the best players playing for our club. I'd like to know why he won't be with us, it's not very exciting!!!


But you are as pleased as punch he's gone because Mahoney isn't ploddy enough for you. An old washed up Pom gets you stiff as a board.

Signing Hodgson is a risk given his age, in that he might be unavailable too often to provide value for his price. But if we had paid overs for Mahoney then we wouldn't get value out of him even if he'd played every game. It's 100% risk.

Given the nature of the club he ended up signing for I'm convinced he's on overs there, and to keep him we would've need to pay overs as well.

Any of the players at strong clubs could've gotten more money if they were willing to play for the likes of the Dogs or Tigers, but not all of them are. These are the players you want to keep at your club, not the Reed Mahoneys of the world.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Will Twent even be there in 2023???? I seriously doubt it, i bet he has someone else lined up like Ciraldo.

Oh that guy who's proved so much? Great coach

 

[Avenger]

Eels have stemmed bleeding after an ugly exodus. It could be the circuit-breaker they badly need

Eels have stemmed bleeding after an ugly exodus. It could be the circuit-breaker they badly need

www.foxsports.com.au

This article has quotes from Michael ennis about the signing.

Seems he was a key driver behind this decision

What would he know FFS.

 

[hineyrulz]

Signing Hodgson is a risk given his age, in that he might be unavailable too often to provide value for his price. But if we had paid overs for Mahoney then we wouldn't get value out of him even if he'd played every game. It's 100% risk.

Given the nature of the club he ended up signing for I'm convinced he's on overs there, and to keep him we would've need to pay overs as well.

Any of the players at strong clubs could've gotten more money if they were willing to play for the likes of the Dogs or Tigers, but not all of them are. These are the players you want to keep at your club, not the Reed Mahoneys of the world.

Whats over's for Mahoney???? You really think overs for Mahoney is 650k???


I reckon an offer of around 500-550k and a 3 yr deal might of snared him originally which is nowhere near overs.

 

[hineyrulz]

Oh that guy who's proved so much? Great coach

He's won almost as many finals games as our 9 year coach,

 

[Avenger]

More passive aggression, but but but but but i'm just being direct lol.

Why would anyone to leave such a wonderful environment??? Yeah all about the cash lol. I'm sure it had nothing to do with lowballing the f**k out him and pissing off his management.

Lowballing is about money isn’t it? So what now it’s not BA? It’s not about chasing the collision?

I snookered you, you dumb merkin.

It’s like shooting fish in a barrel with you.

 

[Gronk]

Eels have stemmed bleeding after an ugly exodus. It could be the circuit-breaker they badly need

Eels have stemmed bleeding after an ugly exodus. It could be the circuit-breaker they badly need

www.foxsports.com.au

This article has quotes from Michael ennis about the signing.

Seems he was a key driver behind this decision

Nice. The new hooker will be able to play hooker at the Eels. Instead at Canberra where job is everything.

 

[hineyrulz]

Lowballing is about money isn’t it? So what now it’s not BA? It’s not about chasing the collision?

I snookered you, you dumb merkin.

It’s like shooting fish in a barrel with you.

Snookered lol, you have wanted Bea gone for year's now your tongue is that far up his clacker you could almost reach his nostrils.

Why because we won a few games at the back end of last season after you blurted out all year he goes if we can't improve on 2020. Well we finished lower and again went out in week 2. But you were happy to move those goalposts. FLIP FLOP FLIP FLOP!!!!!


I have no idea why we lost Mahoney, was it money, was it coaching or was it the excellent feed at the Canterbury Leagues club??? No idea but signing up a washed up Pom with shot knees is not the answer.

 

[Avenger]

I still reckon we will sign Curtis Scott.

 

[Avenger]

Snookered lol, you have wanted Bea gone for year's now your tongue is that far up his clacker you could almost reach his nostrils.

Why because we won a few games at the back end of last season after you blurted out all year he goes if we can't improve on 2020. Well we finished lower and again went out in week 2. But you were happy to move those goalposts. FLIP FLOP FLIP FLOP!!!!!


I have no idea why we lost Mahoney, was it money, was it coaching or was it the excellent feed at the Canterbury Leagues club??? No idea but signing up a washed up Pom with shot knees is not the answer.

I wanted BA gone if we could replace him with someone like Bennett or Trent Robinson. I thought Shane Flanagan was a possibility however I spoke to some people in the know and they told me things and I changed my mind about him. Many clubs agree which is why he is now coaching North Macedonia.

I also spoke to a current player at Parra over a coffee and he gave me some insights on BA. He was very complimentary on him as a man and a coach. Sorry to big note but I know some people that know shit more than both of us.

When I was armed with all this information I supported BA’s extension because he was the best option.

Flip flop flip flop flip.