Rumours and Stuff

[Ck9]

well if this is true the club has really dropped the ball here.

Players of rheeds calibre shouldnt be hitting the open market.

agreed, outside of maybe moses he's the only player on our roster we can't afford to lose.

i'd be genuinely pissed off with the club and consign myself to at least another 5 years without a chance of breaking the dought

 

[Cumberland Eel]

Mik doesn't leave Penrith you rabbit

Sorry mate I was ignorant to the location of his bode

 

[hindy111]

Sorry mate I was ignorant to the location of his bode

He has KFC, A pub, Golf course,TAB, Chinese restaurant. Reckons there is no point. All he needs to keep him happy.

 

[hindy111]

agreed, outside of maybe moses he's the only player on our roster we can't afford to lose.

i'd be genuinely pissed off with the club and consign myself to at least another 5 years without a chance of breaking the dought

Rheed and Papali'i had to be offered long term deals early this season. Rnd 10. But we do not know if they where and they refused.
I hope ai am wrong but a mate who is a bulldogs supporter reckons he has good mail and its a done deal for them.

 

[Pazza]

papalii i can deal with, Brad has a good record with cheap forwards even though Papalii might be the best one he's developed.

Reed is.....arg.....those kinda kids dont come through often

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Rheed was running well prior to his injury.

Any hooker would run well behind our pack. But Mahoney averages far fewer metres than the other top hookers.

 

[The Predictor]

Have you seen much of Hands?

A little, I think he will go well

 

[King-Gutho94]

Should this occur it will mean 3 of BAs go to players all performing their swan song next year. I wonder what effect this will have on Team Eels in 22.

Everytime we lose the players leaving will be accused of checking out already in the media.

Need a strong start to keep everyone motivated with the eyes still on the prize.

A poor start to the year and things could get messy very quickly maybe not 2018 bad but still messy. Media smell blood already imagine a few losses NRL360 will be in overdrive with parra in crisis.

The first 6 weeks is probably our easier part of the draw so need to cash in early

 

[Incorrect]

Everytime we lose the players leaving will be accused of checking out already in the media.

Need a strong start to keep everyone motivated with the eyes still on the prize.

A poor start to the year and things could get messy very quickly maybe not 2018 bad but still messy. Media smell blood already imagine a few losses NRL360 will be in overdrive with parra in crisis.

The first 6 weeks is probably our easier part of the draw so need to cash in early

100%

If things are looking grim after the first 2 months or so, and conversely things are going well for the Warriors and/Or Wigers, you can bet they'll be asking if we'd consider letting Marata and Ice go early and join them part way through season 2022

 

[Poupou Escobar]

On the flip side, how many of those other blokes have a kicking game to take the pressure off their halves if required

This is why you have two halves with a kicking game.

 

[Eelementary]

I love Reed, and it would be a huge loss to lose him - but I don't believe he is irreplaceable.

He is legitimately one of my favourite players, and I'd hate to see him leave, but we could replace him with someone cheaper, and probably not lose too much.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

A fair question. Would Lussick have left if he thought there was a chance Rheed would depart? A lot can happen in a year.

Lussick isn't an NRL standard starting hooker, which is why he's gone back to the Super League.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I want Mahoney. That's what I want.

He's the only one I would be disappointed to lose. But if we lost him I know it would be because he got a stupid offer from a desperate club.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Mate, I'm not usually one to be a speeling or granma natsi but an abode is where you live. Like a house or a unit or a cave or a tent or some shit. I would have let it slide but it's the second time this month that you have used it in this context.
I'm pretty sure the word you are lookin for is bode. Cheers.

I reckon he meant abide.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Rheed runs when the opportunities occur.

*Gutho

 

[Avenger]

Lussick isn't an NRL standard starting hooker, which is why he's gone back to the Super League.

Same reason, Bevan French, Mitchell Pearce are there. Jamie Lyon wasn’t either. Neither is Jackson Hastings.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Lets be honest. How many kickers do you need if both your halves can kick thou?
No point having guys who can do what another guy can do just as good. Same as forward. If a good prop can handle 55mins there is no point having to many on bench. It just takes away there time. Why a utility gets the spot.

For a f**king idiot you have an excellent grasp of rugby league.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

well if this is true the club has really dropped the ball here.

Players of rheeds calibre shouldnt be hitting the open market.

And, assuming that the player has a brain in their head, how do you stop them hitting the open market (other than offering them a stupid amount of money)?

 

[eels_fan]

Reed’s running game improved 10 fold in the first half of the season, but disappeared after his injury. He has easily one of the best kicking games of any 9 in the comp and his distribution has improved. On top of being fantastic defensively, if his running game returns in 22 he’s in the top 3 hookers in the game imo.

we’ve brought in an experienced premiership winning 9 onto the coaching staff - I don’t want him improving Mahoney for the dogs benefit. Ennis is going to improve Rein who is a solid toiler at best, but was brought in purely as coverage.

ennis always waxes lyrical about Mahoney and surely having him is a tick in our column for any option Reed is considering.

 

[Wally21]

Rheed is a done deal mate at Dogs afraid to say. I trust my source. Will be announced tomorrow.

If it is the case, so be it. I think we will miss him but I don’t think he is worth some of the figures being thrown around.
If he is gone, I hope they move him and Papali’i on straight away. Many people will argue and suggest we will get great value, particularly out of Papali’i in 22, but I just don’t want to see blokes who are more interested in the dollar than they are the club in blue and gold. Yes it’s a business, yes they are entitled to chase money to set themselves up etc. etc. etc. but, they can f**k off.
wish Pricey was still around to give them a f**king belting on the way out for being such ungrateful imbeciles.
And the NRL needs to end this signing 12 months out bullshit. It’s a clusterf**k