Rumours and Stuff

[Obscene Assassin]

His takes on any team aren’t well informed. By the end of each year he’s mentioned half of reserve grade and jersey flegg as being the next best thing. Throw enough darts and eventually you’ll fluke a bullseye

Noticing name's on team sheets, in particular junior origin matches, don't really make you a guru. He should head out to Guildford vs Wenty u/14's and tell us which ones will make it.

 

[Gazzamatta]

I hope he succeeds big time, and comes an NRL player and the hooker we need, but it's not like the eels rate him that highly.

22 years old and the club hasn't offered him a top 30 spots or one of the 6 development contracts. And that's with us only having 2 hookers in the squad.

Additionally there is another 288 nrl spots (top 30 and development) available at the other 8 Sydney NRL clubs, and none have rated him high enough for a spot.

True that. He is getting an opportunity to show his worth this pre season and obviously excelling and impressing. Opportunity that may not have existed Before Boods did a runner has been presented to him. Next year's a new year with new ideas and new decision makers. Nothing would surprise. Fingers crossed for the kid.

 

[Pazza]

His takes on any team aren’t well informed. By the end of each year he’s mentioned half of reserve grade and jersey flegg as being the next best thing. Throw enough darts and eventually you’ll fluke a bullseye

he can fool me on the other sides but when he talks about ours i just scratch my head

 

[Soto]

It must be hard being 24hrs and 7 mins away from the Kellyville training precinct where he thought he would be for the next 25 years...beat it BA

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Yeah Ryles will give him every opportunity to be our 9 I reckon that's probably why he has been killing it. If he doesn't work out we will be on the lookout..

Btw still only 21!

22 very soon

Ryley Smith - Playing Career - RLP

A summary of the career stats for Ryley Smith, a rugby league player who represented Malta.

www.rugbyleagueproject.org

 

[Incorrect]

It must be hard being 24hrs and 7 mins away from the Kellyville training precinct where he thought he would be for the next 25 years...beat it BA

 

[Zoso]

Im not just posting this as a "my guys better than yours" (maybe a bit), but its good to get a reference on what these numbers actually mean relative over squads.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/hes-the-fittest-human-ive-ever-seen-lachlan-galvin-smashes-club-record/news-story/e46f9adc393fb577468740545c6e0660

I like reading TCT training reports but it’d be interesting to hear what they might say after going to training held by other teams, purely for compare/contrast.

 

[JokerEel]

22 very soon

Ryley Smith - Playing Career - RLP

A summary of the career stats for Ryley Smith, a rugby league player who represented Malta.

www.rugbyleagueproject.org

Yep but still 21

 

[Eelementary]

Suns been out in Leeds?

He opted not to wear sunscreen, because it was overcast.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Don’t you know that because the Eels haven’t won a comp in many years proves we are not well resourced but the Warriors who have also never won a comp in many years (ever) are better resourced than us .

Premierships aren't a very good way to determine resourcing. A club can have zero premierships in a statistically significant number of years (let's say 20) while another club with even fewer resources might have done a Bradbury one year and picked up a premiership in the same 20 year period. Wins are more granular than premierships so they are a better indicator. Point differential is even more granular.

As for the Warriors compared to Parra, two coaches have coached both clubs in the past 20 years and both had better records at the Warriors. I refer here to their win rate, not the number of premierships, which was exactly the same in both cases.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

22 very soon

Ryley Smith - Playing Career - RLP

A summary of the career stats for Ryley Smith, a rugby league player who represented Malta.

www.rugbyleagueproject.org

No more Jersey Flegg for him. Meanwhile Matt Arthur's is still eligible for Flegg in 2026.

 

[Legal Eel]

I'll be very surprised if anyone can argue with any of that....

I won’t be surprised.

 

[Pazza]

I just don't get the whole age thing, 21 turning 22 is hardly past it. In fact I think it would be better if the minimum age for first grade was 21.

 

[Noise]

Premierships aren't a very good way to determine resourcing. A club can have zero premierships in a statistically significant number of years (let's say 20) while another club with even fewer resources might have done a Bradbury one year and picked up a premiership in the same 20 year period. Wins are more granular than premierships so they are a better indicator. Point differential is even more granular.

As for the Warriors compared to Parra, two coaches have coached both clubs in the past 20 years and both had better records at the Warriors. I refer here to their win rate, not the number of premierships, which was exactly the same in both cases.

Anderson and Kearney only coached here for 2 years each, 12-15 years ago. You were talking about Arthur so what is the comparison over the past 11 years? Which team is better resourced?