Rumours and Stuff

[hineyrulz]

I wouldn't say he was poor, he held up his end but we had no one else to play on his wing

I think it was a matter of picking your best 13 and getting them on the pitch

And that might be the case with Longi at 1 and Guth at 14. Ryles knows ww need to inject speed into the backline and that means playing Longi at fullback.

 

[hindy111]

that doesn't necessarily translate in the NRL form immediately though, does it ?

I don't think Guth needs to "get any better" he's good enough, he just needs to get fully fit as he plays broken a lot

I think if he's fully fit he is currently the best option and letting Iongi learn his trade at NRL level is weakening our roster and not playing our strongest team, at least early in the season anyway

Short term pain for long term gain. If Iongi isn't the answer because it's true he may not make it then we need to keep looking for 2026 for a fullback. If we wait to long we won't know if Iongi will be the answer long term. Then we are in a hole for 2026.
Gutherson won't be re-signed as a fullback for 2026. Unless we can find him a new role that suits he will be lost to the club.

 

[Black Panther]

I’ve been told the Panthers are still paying it.

No mate, you blokes get all our rejects and pay top dollar.

 

[hindy111]

No mate, you blokes get all our rejects and pay top dollar.

It was a joke.
Enjoy the grand final

 

[Poupou Escobar]

No mate, you blokes get all our rejects and pay top dollar.

You guys subsidise merkins to leave but it’s fine because everyone else is cheap with Keno TPAs

 

[Black Panther]

Blacktown primary school has plenty of little birds.

You would know best I guess.

 

[Black Panther]

You guys subsidise merkins to leave but it’s fine because everyone else is cheap with Keno TPAs

That was old Gus and his 5 year deals to players. Sam McKendry was the only player that saw out his 5 year deal.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Longer deals mean more security for the player, and should mean a per-year discount on a shorter deal. And as we’ve seen, it’s easy to move players on these days.

 

[hindy111]

If we start the year with Ionginand Guth in a utility and it works we have found our future fullback and potential our bench utility and we extend Gutherson around the mid season.

If we did the reverse then we are left with no time to judge if Guth has a future at our club and the potential to find a new fullback for 2026 as most players will want future decided by mid year.

 

[Black Panther]

Longer deals mean more security for the player, and should mean a per-year discount on a shorter deal. And as we’ve seen, it’s easy to move players on these days.

And Coaches too. Remember Gus sacked Ivan for being tired? Signed a dud in Griffin without an interview.

 

[Pazza]

Longer deals mean more security for the player, and should mean a per-year discount on a shorter deal. And as we’ve seen, it’s easy to move players on these days.

Sounds like the DCE contract......

 

[Poupou Escobar]

And Coaches too. Remember Gus sacked Ivan for being tired? Signed a dud in Griffin without an interview.

Griffin was a solid coach.

 

[84 Baby]

If we start the year with Ionginand Guth in a utility and it works we have found our future fullback and potential our bench utility and we extend Gutherson around the mid season.

If we did the reverse then we are left with no time to judge if Guth has a future at our club and the potential to find a new fullback for 2026 as most players will want future decided by mid year.

Definitely. I think generally the club wants to win but there’s a reality that there’s a lot of work to be done and 2025 we’ll mostly be a preseason to 2026 and beyond. That means things like finding Gutho’s replacement are basically a necessity next season regardless if it costs us games.
I think maybe there’s a compromise that they split fullback role during games similar to Mini/RTS or even Sloan/Lomax this year. But the chances of Gutho playing fullback in 2026 aren’t very big

 

[Avenger]

Griffin was a solid coach.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

You don’t coach 100 NRL wins if you’re a dud.

 

[84 Baby]

You don’t coach 100 NRL wins if you’re a dud.

What if you coach 900 losses as well?

 

[Matty Bhoy]

No mate, you blokes get all our rejects and pay top dollar.

Imagine checking the Eels forum on GF day FFS Go and have a cold one and enjoy!

 

[Poupou Escobar]

What if you coach 900 losses as well?

No coach would stay employed that long. It’s a good system.

 

[Black Panther]

Imagine checking the Eels forum on GF day FFS Go and have a cold one and enjoy!

Win, lose or draw enjoy the show.

 

[Black Panther]

Very boring when there isn’t any games on yet.