Rumours and Stuff

[Avenger]

Because it was unders, like all player options.

This is true. Everytime a player doesn’t take his option it’s because he can get a better deal either through renegotiating with the current club (like Talagi) sprinkled with manager bullshit) or go elsewhere.

If you are ever going to do an option it should only be in the club’s favour but an elite player will never accept that. I think a player option only works when the club is flying and the player has some type of loyalty to the club and their team mates. If he is playing shit and the club is battling for the spoon then players like Shaun Lane can continue to sponge and give inspiring captain’s run media conferences.

 

[King-Gutho94]

I respect Mannah, post football. He was brutally dropped and never got a farewell game with BA but I cannot recall him carrying on about it. Just vent in private like a normal person.

I thought Fui got treated worse.

He got dropped from the final Parra stadium home game in 2014 & never played again we then went onto lose our last 2 games to Canberra and Newcastle and missed the finals by 1 game.

I think Mannah probably should have been tapped 2 or 3 years earlier then he was.

 

[Avenger]

This just proves BA is a true Eels fan.

Which means you aren’t. You are a devils advocate forum bot or version 3 of chatgpt.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

If Siebold wasn't the coach (dads mate) would manly have picked him up??? Somehow I think not..

Coaches don’t just get to sign whoever they want. There are more influential people in the club and they all have a say. The fact is Jake Arthur’s performance in reserve grade shows his quality as a backup, plus his performance in Manly’s NRL side justifies his selection. He is a solid backup.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Coz probably not worth much

ffs

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Because it was for less money. He knows he can get more.

This is the point of the PO. To protect the player if he can’t get anything better. It’s only a problem if he does take the option and the club wanted him gone.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

for the last5 or 6 years . could that be the Tigers life members doing ?

The “last 5 or 6 years” have been our most successful since 2005-09.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

no, that's not what he said, he said " moving away from POs",
hence why I put the hypothetical of a classy player reaching the end of his career wanting a PO

He didn’t even say that. That’s the journalist’s interpretation, based on what the fans want to hear.

What Sarantinos said was:

“You always need to be able to manage your roster to maintain your ability to make decisions and not be paralysed,” said Eels chief executive Jim Sarantinos.

“We always need to make sure we have a very strong focus on that. If that means, in the future, limiting the number of player options - particularly the number of player options that come up at the same time - then that’s what we will do.”

I don't think you can ever say a flat out no to any player options because it will depend on so many other possible terms written into the agreement and who the player is

Yeah of course. Sarantinos understands the risks and benefits of player/club/mutual options. They aren’t the reason we suck in 2024.

 

[Twizzle]

Yeah of course. Sarantinos understands the risks and benefits of player/club/mutual options. They aren’t the reason we suck in 2024.

agree, I dont believe they are the reasons we suck, the reason we suck is R&R for mine

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

Plenty of bottoms at our club @SLRBRONCOS

I will DM them and mortal kombat their arses just for you

 

[Gronk]

Facts

 

[Stevie]

Facts

I listened to the first 5 minutes of the tct podcast to hear if there was a meltdown about MA. It was hard to listen to. Can anyone confirm if he was crying? He was definitely choked up struggling to talk.

It’s embarrassing.