Rumours and Stuff

[hindy111]

I'd like to see Greig and Rodwell blooded. Confident they'd quite easily cover Kafusi and Makatoas spots and atleadt they will get up tomspeed if we get hit by injuries later in the season.
I get the feeling Rodwell once in the too grade will hold his spot.
Makatoa and Kafusi have done nothing to impress me.

 

[yy_cheng]

I think the OP point wasn’t that Russell was playing wing in 1st grade, but that he was also playing wing in reserves and if he’s seen as a potential long term fullback, he should probably get some game time there

Edit - FFS turn the page you nong

Exactly my point.

Theres waqa, sivo, bailey all fit so why play Russell there. As hindy says, next year haze returns

I really wonder who will play 1 if guth goes down

I get it if guth goes down, Rankin gets promoted and plays 1.then it makes sense

 

[yy_cheng]

I don't know much about Russel. Is he rated that high inside the club? I mean Penisini certainly is and is a regular nrl player.
I think Russel looks OK. But will he dislodge Simmonson or Sivo? Also Dunster will be back in 2023. If Russel is anything special he should overtake all the players. At this point he is a 20yld with some future. How high is just a guess. If he was an elite talent I would imagine he would be a regular very soon. At this point however he is behind Opacic and then Sivo. I expect those two to trade places shortly.

Speaking of Haze any word how his recovery is going?

Exactly, if he showed Inglis, hayne, Suualli potential, he wouldn't be like 5th preferred winger.

So why play him at wing?

 

[hindy111]

Exactly, if he showed Inglis, hayne, Suualli potential, he wouldn't be like 5th preferred winger.

So why play him at wing?

It's possible Russel is just going to be an average NRL player. Who knows. Maybe some people on here would know how the club view him.

 

[The Predictor]

It's possible Russel is just going to be an average NRL player. Who knows. Maybe some people on here would know how the club view him.

Very possible

 

[Avenger]

It's possible Russel is just going to be an average NRL player. Who knows. Maybe some people on here would know how the club view him.

I reckon he will be a fusion between Ryan Morgan and Joel Reddy.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

I reckon he will be a fusion between Ryan Morgan and Joel Reddy.

Good player, massive cock?

 

[hindy111]

I reckon he will be a fusion between Ryan Morgan and Joel Reddy.

Both barely NRL level tbh. I'd be dissapointed if that's all he is. Would be another overhyped junior.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Well I wasn't just thinking about Brown when I wrote my novella, but on Brown, when he first came to prominence he did say something about becoming a millionaire by playing RL, so maybe he puts a lot more weight on money then he does loyalty? Not that he would be alone in that way of thinking. So unless we have a real point of difference as a club, culture and environment that he can't easily replicate or better, he may find it a lot easier to walk, even if the money isn't all that different but better elsewhere. Or at the very least do a Gutho and squeeze the crap out of us to get the very top dollar for him to stay.

As for my overall feeling about the club and why we can't seem to wrap up players before they have the option of going to market? Well I have in other posts written about our lowball offers and snail pace Football Managers tactics that all but guarantees that players will test the market and must give their managers a massive hard on in the process.

This latest post is just another musing that may also play a small or significant part in a players overall feelings about our once mighty club. Who knows I could be way off? But something tells me I mightn't be. Just my wise old owl feeling I suppose. I think dismiss these possibilities is very naïve and narrow minded. There are many reasons why players sign or don't sign. The best clubs just try to minimise all the negative ones so as to leave very few for players to think about that will deter them from signing with them while they maximise the all the positive ones that encourage players to sign with them. Are we one of the latter clubs?

The new Bears of the NRL.

That's a pretty well-considered reply. He may stay or go, but I've seen nothing that suggests he's not invested in the club. He'd pretty stupid to come out and say 'I'm staying with the Eels no matter what'.


What he actually said in the 'millionaire' quote was this:

Setting up his family is also on the playmaker's mind.

"Anything to do with 'million', being a little kid you always say 'I want to be a millionaire'," he laughed, when asked about the thought of possibly becoming one of the game's richest players.

https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/03/22/dylan-brown-hints-at-hitting-the-open-market/

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

It's possible Russel is just going to be an average NRL player. Who knows. Maybe some people on here would know how the club view him.

It's quite possible that that's all he will be, but there is quite a bit of unknown upside. There's about the way he moves that makes him look like a footballer to me. But he's a fair way off at the moment. A year or two to get bigger will help him a lot.

 

[Chipmunk]

It will be interesting how all of them go in new systems that will also be under brand new coaches and if they fit the style of what the new coach wants.

Marata will be interesting how many players have gone to the warriors from a Australian based club and actually improved in the past 10 years. Wouldn't be many.

In Marata's case, as Kerry Packer once said, you only get one Alan Bond come along in a lifetime.

 

[T.S Quint]

Both barely NRL level tbh. I'd be dissapointed if that's all he is. Would be another overhyped junior.

I’ll give you Morgan but you are off your head if you think Reddy was barely NRL level. He was a very good and consistent player for many years. He would have been picked at most clubs in their top 17.

Honestly with some people on here it’s as if the player isn’t a superstar then they are deemed below average.

 

[Sensei Cobra]

I like the look of Russell. He seems to have something about him, not suggesting he’ll be a superstar but think he can establish himself in first grade

 

[hindy111]

I’ll give you Morgan but you are off your head if you think Reddy was barely NRL level. He was a very good and consistent player for many years. He would have been picked at most clubs in their top 17.

Honestly with some people on here it’s as if the player isn’t a superstar then they are deemed below average.

Joel was ok.....

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I expect those two to trade places shortly.

 

[TheRam]

That's a pretty well-considered reply. He may stay or go, but I've seen nothing that suggests he's not invested in the club. He'd pretty stupid to come out and say 'I'm staying with the Eels no matter what'.


What he actually said in the 'millionaire' quote was this:


https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/03/22/dylan-brown-hints-at-hitting-the-open-market/

Fair enough. Bottom line is we don't know, so we will need to wait till we see how he behaves and what he does when he finally makes his decision.

 

[hineyrulz]

Good player, massive cock?

Better than being a massive cock and a shit player.

 

[hineyrulz]

I’ll give you Morgan but you are off your head if you think Reddy was barely NRL level. He was a very good and consistent player for many years. He would have been picked at most clubs in their top 17.

Honestly with some people on here it’s as if the player isn’t a superstar then they are deemed below average.

In our run in 2009 he was being talked up as a rep player.

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

Reddy was a solid player. Not slow, not super quick. Had some footy brains. Good defender who could pit his winger away and also finish a try.

 

[The Predictor]

In our run in 2009 he was being talked up as a rep player.

I thought he was quite decent