Rumours and Stuff

[the phantom menace]

See, this is dishonest. It turns a quantitative fact into a simplistic qualitative binary. It's like saying seatbelts don't stop you dying. Risk controls don't have to be 100% effective to do their job. If they reduce the risk they are effective.

f**k me, you must be a ball of fun to talk with at a dinner party or down the pub...

 

[JohnStoppafarty]

See, this is dishonest. It turns a quantitative fact into a simplistic qualitative binary. It's like saying seatbelts don't stop you dying. Risk controls don't have to be 100% effective to do their job. If they reduce the risk they are effective.

Which part are you calling dishonest? the first or second sentence?

 

[Hindmarshisgod2]

f**k me, you must be a ball of fun to talk with at a dinner party or down the pub...

Lol....

I almost passed out from from the nerdiness....

 

[PARRA_FAN]

I did notice Bailey struggled in the first half and couldnt chase down Kennedy but managed to recover pretty well, which is surprisingly to hear he could be out. I wonder if he would still play on if the Eels were higher up on the ladder.

As for Matterson that really surprises me

 

[Matty Bhoy]

Bailey’s next contract isn’t going to be worth as much. Feel sorry for him cos his effort this season has been first class.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Which part are you calling dishonest? the first or second sentence?

The second

 

[Poupou Escobar]

f**k me, you must be a ball of fun to talk with at a dinner party or down the pub...

At the pub I just post dumb gifs. Merkins think they’re hilarious.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Lol....

I almost passed out from from the nerdiness....

I’m sorry this happened to you. Nobody expects to find nerdiness on the internet. I’ll do better.

 

[eels_fan]

I did notice Bailey struggled in the first half and couldnt chase down Kennedy but managed to recover pretty well, which is surprisingly to hear he could be out. I wonder if he would still play on if the Eels were higher up on the ladder.

As for Matterson that really surprises me

according to the magic sponge podcast (NRL physio etc) Bailey partially tore his ACL way back against the Broncos and has continued playing, which they were stunned about - most players take 8-10 weeks off with a partial tear. From their understanding, it’s now fully ruptured and his season is over.

The only plus side to this is, as we did with Welch years ago, all his potential suitors will drop off and we’ll likely be able to get him re-signed decently cheaper than we would have

feel for Bailey though, he’s been terrific and to have been putting in the performances he has with that injury is commendable

 

[Poupou Escobar]

magic sponge podcast

Great name for a podcast

 

[TheCrowe]

according to the magic sponge podcast (NRL physio etc) Bailey partially tore his ACL way back against the Broncos and has continued playing, which they were stunned about - most players take 8-10 weeks off with a partial tear. From their understanding, it’s now fully ruptured and his season is over.

The only plus side to this is, as we did with Welch years ago, all his potential suitors will drop off and we’ll likely be able to get him re-signed decently cheaper than we would have

feel for Bailey though, he’s been terrific and to have been putting in the performances he has with that injury is commendable

So do we use one of our 3 to 4 roster spots to buy a winger or just stick Blaize on the wing or put him at centre and move Russell to wing?

 

[Gronk]

So do we use one of our 3 to 4 roster spots to buy a winger or just stick Blaize on the wing or put him at centre and move Russell to wing?

Blaize and move Russell is better than Lume.

Cini has shown he’s not a winger.

Moh Alamadine should be elevated from Flegg to Cup, rather than using Massey players. Dunno why, but the club seem to cotton wool Ball / Flegg players. Would love to hear the (sarcasm free) philosophy behind it, if anyone knows.

You don’t go n buy a winger before June 30, if he’s going to be in the way taking up a roster spot in 2025. We have been there done that.

 

[Gronk]

Matterson 'mystery' solved as star's future in limbo

He has not played since round 10.

www.nine.com.au

 

[hineyrulz]

From the injury thread... Posted by someone/nobody

"There is a stomach bug going around that makes you shit through the eye of a needle for a week and you can lose 5-7kg's"

Lol. Battlers will keep on battling ...

Matto’s underpants were apparently being held together by sticky tape.

 

[hineyrulz]

At the pub I just post dumb gifs. Merkins think they’re hilarious.

 

[Glenneel]

Eels’ Matterson in limbo with headaches and dizzy spells as Simonsson suffers ACL injury

The Eels back-rower hasn’t played since leaving the field in a loss to the Broncos three weeks ago.

www.smh.com.au

Maybe time club gave him medical retirement and now a back down for probably rest of year. Time to promote younger player, Talagi, or someone different.

 

[Gronk]

From the injury thread... Posted by someone/nobody

"There is a stomach bug going around that makes you shit through the eye of a needle for a week and you can lose 5-7kg's"

Lol. Battlers will keep on battling ...

Now do the merkins who were implying that he’s a weak gutted dog.

 

[Glenneel]

Ah noooooo players don't just wake up and are defensive dynamos ya Merkin..

It also brings me back to the fact that the club never got their defence better over the years had plenty of time to either coach them into being better at defending or get the right guys in.

You will notice how the dogs are priding themselves on their defence even though most of the players are plod.. It's because it's how they have been coached..

Same with Warriors and Webster. He took them from near last to near best last year. Don't think he taught players to defend, but you never know, but put systems in place that helped team as a whole. BA never had a (decent) system and we're plod out wide and have been for years.

 

[emjaycee]

I agree.
Banging 100's of women would be good, though.

It's not that great.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Matto should retire.

If he is worried about playing atm with the headaches he is getting i don't think its going to get any better considering his history with concussion and best to look out for his long term health.

The head knock the NRL physio put out on twitter there this morning where this incident has happened there wasn't too much force in the contact with Blaize Talagi

He will get a concussion medical retirement payout off the cap like Boyd Cordner & Jake Friend got which would be mutually beneficial for everyone as the NRL will approve it straight away. They dont need it dragged through the courts at a later date.

And we will get cap relief with Matto off the books.