Rumours and Stuff

[Zoso]

There have been worse coaches


Like SK and Sticky....

Arthur brought in some character and made us a decent footy side.
But it looks like his time is up. He hasn't adjusted with the game, and we've stagnated. Need fresh eyes and new voices AND definitely a new defensive structure.

We have enough talent to be top 8 right now. Bring someone in and give them a chance to reframe the club - there are a few names out there worth pursuing.

If Ricky was here, how many of our players names would he have up on a screen telling them their time is up? Quite a few, I’d suggest.

 

[Gazzamatta]

Unfortunately the way they are playing i can't see us winning another game for a long time. I hope I wake up tomorrow and find out he's been sacked..or it's done tomorrow. It's untenable with him as coach. It's now no longer making the 8, it's now avoiding the spoon. The club needs to act unless they want to add the spoon to the beautiful trophy cabinet at parra leagues

Whats more acceptable.

Not moving on BA and winning the spoon?
Or
Moving BA on and winning the spoon?

Tough decisions need to be made now to recruit or release players for next year. We need to give a new coach as much time as possible to move from a BA team to his team. Every week this decision is delayed impacts on 2025 and beyond.

 

[DaveMc]

Lumelume's not in the squad and Harper is an experienced backup. If nobody wanted him that makes him cheap.

If nobody wanted him that makes him cheap *and shit

 

[Gazzamatta]

Hey @hineyrulz . Do ya reckon BA would get a gig on FOX if his position was lost at our Eels?

 

[Soto]

Whats more acceptable.

Not moving on BA and winning the spoon?
Or
Moving BA on and winning the spoon?

Tough decisions need to be made now to recruit or release players for next year. We need to give a new coach as much time as possible to move from a BA team to his team. Every week this decision is delayed impacts on 2025 and beyond.

It's a great question. A new coach will have new ideas, a new voice, a new direction. We can all see where we badly fall over. Our bench rotation stinks, we have no leadership, we have players grossly out of form. We shit the bed after halftime. We are also very unfit. Fit teams do not get easily lapped like that twice in 5 weeks or whatever it is.
We are mentally weak and physically not up for it...this is all coaching...make no mistake. The coach has lost the dressing room..it's time to walk or be sacked

 

[Gazzamatta]

It's a great question. A new coach will have new ideas, a new voice, a new direction. We can all see where we badly fall over. Our bench rotation stinks, we have no leadership, we have players grossly out of form. We shit the bed after halftime. We are also very unfit. Fit teams do not get easily lapped like that twice in 5 weeks or whatever it is.
We are mentally weak and physically not up for it...this is all coaching...make no mistake. The coach has lost the dressing room..it's time to walk or be sacked

OR
Has BA and the players already been told and are performing in kind?
Probably unlikely such a secret could be kept by footy players.

 

[Soto]

OR
Has BA and the players already been told and are performing in kind?
Probably unlikely such a secret could be kept by footy players.

No. They aren't smart enough and does no-ones prospects any good...

 

[Eelementary]

Can’t tackle for shit, therefore not first grade material

Can't tackle, can't catch bombs...

So Captain Space Cadet (you guys know him better as Bradley Arthur) says, "Hey, let's make him our long-term fullback!"

 

[oldmancraigy]

We have a side built for the pre 6 again era.
We need mobile forwards with decent leg speed.

I think we might be surprised what a new voice can do to revitalise our pack.

We have 3 forwards and 2 backs who have played origin, plus a NZ half. Plus our spine is stacked. These guys don't forget how to play footy overnight. They have lost trust in their line, and need direction.

A new coach may well desire to change the make-up of the squad, but I imagine they would also get more out of what we have. Fresh eyes etc.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

What are you talking about?

So they (Penrith) weed out the best recruitment staff out when they are juniors?

You might be onto something.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Or we just can't retain our Juniors..............

Moses and Drown are both Parra juniors, and they are keeping Sanders out of first grade. Penisini is also a Parra junior and he's blocking Talagi for a centre spot next year. Or should we have kept him instead of signing Lomax?

Nah can't be that has to be the dumbest shit your sprout out.

Well you started it.

We are on 3 wins so you must be right

The number of wins means nothing in this conversation. Were you wrong when we were winning 15+ games a year? No wonder you think you've finally got a chance to start crowing. Mate, we could get the spoon and it would have nothing to do with whether we can retain juniors. We just can't promise Sanders and Talagi the number of games they can get at other clubs.

Cheer up mate. We're keeping Boooooods, who plays a position where we actually have a vacancy. It's very exciting.

 

[Chipmunk]

Cheer up mate. We're keeping Boooooods, who plays a position where we actually have a vacancy. It's very exexciting.i

Interesting to see how long we keep Boooooods for once we punt his father.

 

[the phantom menace]

Moses and Drown are both Parra juniors, and they are keeping Sanders out of first grade.

Actually, it's Asi keeping Sanders out of first grade this week. Facts are simple.

Penisini is also a Parra junior and he's blocking Talagi for a centre spot next year. Or should we have kept him instead of signing Lomax?

I think you'll find the other centre spot is open - you know, the one Blaize debuted in in Round 3?

Mate, we could get the spoon and it would have nothing to do with whether we can retain juniors.

But if someone claimed it didn't, then you'd be on here in a flash to claim it did...

 

[Poupou Escobar]

If nobody wanted him that makes him cheap *and shit

I doubt nobody wanted him. He is one of the better backup centres going around.

 

[JokerEel]

Moses and Drown are both Parra juniors, and they are keeping Sanders out of first grade. Penisini is also a Parra junior and he's blocking Talagi for a centre spot next year. Or should we have kept him instead of signing Lomax?

Well you started it.

The number of wins means nothing in this conversation. Were you wrong when we were winning 15+ games a year? No wonder you think you've finally got a chance to start crowing. Mate, we could get the spoon and it would have nothing to do with whether we can retain juniors. We just can't promise Sanders and Talagi the number of games they can get at other clubs.

Cheer up mate. We're keeping Boooooods, who plays a position where we actually have a vacancy. It's very exciting.

So mercenaries are players that the club doesn't resign...

Talagi isn't a centre he is a fullback btw.

Or is he a centre and Lomax a fullback
We do have a wing spot open hmmmm

Doesn't matter the club did the right thing...

Btw been crowing about the dumb shit this club has done for many of years.. They can prove me wrong one day.. won't hold my breath though...

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Interesting to see how long we keep Boooooods for once we punt his father.

You reckon he might follow his brother to Manly?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

So mercenaries are players that the club doesn't resign...

Well we've re-signed some and not others. Aren't you one of the ones complaining that we refuse to pay too much for players because of all the 'accountants' etc. who run the club?

 

[JokerEel]

Well we've re-signed some and not others. Aren't you one of the ones complaining that we refuse to pay too much for players because of all the 'accountants' etc. who run the club?

Some? Who have we kept from our latest batch of juniors

 

[DaveMc]

Some? Who have we kept from our latest batch of juniors

Don’t say it, don’t say it …

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODS

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Some? Who have we kept from our latest batch of juniors

The oldest of them is 20 this year ffs. Apart from Sanders, the best ones are still eligible for SG Ball. You know the club doesn’t announce those retentions.