Rumours and Stuff

[Poupou Escobar]

The point I was responding to was that the PO doesnt stop the club from signing him to a Contract that wasnt a lowball.....ferkin illiterate.

If there’s external demand for him the lowball is no longer an option for us. Well played Moses you shitbag.

 

[Avenger]

Given how often they fabricate my past comments I'd say they do. At least this Tiger5150 merkin doesn't misrepresent me. That is no doubt coming later when he concedes defeat like the rest of them.

You’re just shitty because plenty here have diagnosed you.

 

[Happy MEel]

I don’t think pea-heartedness is the problem with our squad. They are just not suited to the modern game. Our forwards lack mobility. All our defensive issues stem from there and I really don’t think our attack is a problem.

Holbrook and Maguire would get similar results to Arthur, I’m sure. I don’t get the love for Cheika. It would be like the Tigers hiring Alan Jones, only without all the gay jokes.

While Bennett is obviously a better coach than Arthur’s, I doubt it’s as simple as that. Can we afford him? Can we afford the rest of his demands? Does he even want to be involved in a rebuild? If he’s leaving the Dolphins it must mean he wants to win another premiership. I personally think the window for this squad is closed, including 2025.

The way we’ve rolled over when the going gets tough this season is the very essence of peaheartedness as far as I’m concerned.

I also don’t agree that it’s a given that either Holbrook or Madge would get similar results. I’m also not 100% sold on Cheika but it was in the context of our conversation about perceived risk. I think at this point we’re close to rock bottom so we need some kind of change and so I’m open to a more “risky” option.

 

[Tiger5150]

All right guys....I cant take a hint. My serious posts that make more sense a more accurately address the post that its responding to are sent to the swamp for no reason other than my name isnt Eel5150.

Have fun guys...

 

[Happy MEel]

Most clubs have successful bankers, lawyers and corporate people on their board. Some, but not all, have an ex-footy player as well.

I wonder if these bankers, lawyers and corporate people (or indeed the boards that oversee them) would remain in their positions if they performed how our eels have the last 18 months.

 

[Pazza]

my name isnt Eel5150.

Go away

 

[Matty Bhoy]

What’s a fair offer?? And a talent like him should have been under and lock and key long ago. It should never have gotten to this stage. But but but the PO was real smart apparently.

Well if Fox Sports are to be believed: “The Eels have tabled a three year deal well in excess of $1 million”.

So we’re talking a minimum of 400k + per season. If that’s not a fair offer for a kid with a handful of first grade games under his belt, I’m not sure what is.

I’d like to keep him. But I won’t be jumping off a bridge if he listens to his manager and goes elsewhere either.

 

[emjaycee]

Well if Fox Sports are to be believed: “The Eels have tabled a three year deal well in excess of $1 million”.

So we’re talking a minimum of 400k + per season. If that’s not a fair offer for a kid with a handful of first grade games under his belt, I’m not sure what is.

I’d like to keep him. But I won’t be jumping off a bridge if he listens to his manager and goes elsewhere either.

Is he worth more than that to us? No.
Is he worth more than that to a team prepared to pay overs?

 

[Matty Bhoy]

Is he worth more than that to us? No.
Is he worth more than that to a team prepared to pay overs?

Correct. See what happens, but I wouldn’t be that keen to throw say 600k at him just to keep him.

His last game was great and he’s got potential but I’d like to see more of that first.

 

[emjaycee]

The way we’ve rolled over when the going gets tough this season is the very essence of peaheartedness as far as I’m concerned.

Serious question though, have we rolled over or simply been out enthused, out paced and hence out played?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

The way we’ve rolled over when the going gets tough this season is the very essence of peaheartedness as far as I’m concerned.

I also don’t agree that it’s a given that either Holbrook or Madge would get similar results. I’m also not 100% sold on Cheika but it was in the context of our conversation about perceived risk. I think at this point we’re close to rock bottom so we need some kind of change and so I’m open to a more “risky” option.

Well I agree we're close to the bottom, but I don't see it as a sign that anything has failed. I just think it's a natural part of the premiership window cycle and we'll return to another window in due course, whether we blow the club up or not. These guys got us the last premiership window, they can get us another one. Was the premiership window too narrow or otherwise too shit? I think that's a function of resourcing rather than anything else. Bigger clubs have bigger and more frequent premiership windows. Smaller clubs need lightning to strike.

 

[the phantom menace]

So Reece Walsh must've suffered an injury against the Roosters, or in training this week after playing them - now ruled out of Magic Weekend, out for just one week at this stage.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

All right guys....I cant take a hint. My serious posts that make more sense a more accurately address the post that its responding to are sent to the swamp for no reason other than my name isnt Eel5150.

Have fun guys...

Cheers mate but we've already got enough merkins putting shit on the club. We still have a few spots open in our top thirty but we're saving them for some pro level death riders.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I wonder if these bankers, lawyers and corporate people (or indeed the boards that oversee them) would remain in their positions if they performed how our eels have the last 18 months.

Is 18 months the right time frame for judging board members? They are strategic decision makers. I think 18 months is only long enough for judging players.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Serious question though, have we rolled over or simply been out enthused, out paced and hence out played?

I think we've lacked composure. Our completion rate has been a horror show since 2022 and we are a team that needs to control the ball, more than any other.

 

[Gherkin]

Nobody ever follows Dylbags or looks otherwise threatening around him when he runs so it’s easy for the defence to just gang up on him, if he had an actual strike centre outside him I dare say his effectiveness goes up.

He’d be more effective if we had a decent hooker. Would get better service and we’d threaten teams more around the ruck giving him more room out wide

 

[King-Gutho94]

So Reece Walsh must've suffered an injury against the Roosters, or in training this week after playing them - now ruled out of Magic Weekend, out for just one week at this stage.

Kevvie is just resting his stars for the minnows of the competition in Manly.

 

[hineyrulz]

Well I agree we're close to the bottom, but I don't see it as a sign that anything has failed. I just think it's a natural part of the premiership window cycle and we'll return to another window in due course, whether we blow the club up or not. These guys got us the last premiership window, they can get us another one. Was the premiership window too narrow or otherwise too shit? I think that's a function of resourcing rather than anything else. Bigger clubs have bigger and more frequent premiership windows. Smaller clubs need lightning to strike.

 

[Parra Pride]

He’d be more effective if we had a decent hooker. Would get better service and we’d threaten teams more around the ruck giving him more room out wide

Would definitely help, as long as BA is here that's clearly not happening until his son comes through though, and even then it could just be Jake 2.0.

 

[yy_cheng]

Nobody ever follows Dylbags or looks otherwise threatening around him when he runs so it’s easy for the defence to just gang up on him, if he had an actual strike centre outside him I dare say his effectiveness goes up.

We chase collisions not our own players. It's very obvious they are following instructions. Remeber dunster? Great student