Rumours and Stuff

[King-Gutho94]

And then you get signings like Sandow on massive coin that Ray Charles could see would be a bad call from the outset.

Speaking of sandow he has avoided jail for driving without a licence on 3 separate occasions.

Was he Ezra Mam's mentor

 

[Eelementary]

“Grub” and “mongrel” are two of the most overrated descriptors in rugby league. We had Darcy Lussick who filled that role and it didn’t do him any good. We just need good players.

More recently we had Nathan Brown.

 

[Eelementary]

Reminds me a bit of Beau Scott.

I like that Ryles has identified that we need more professionalism at the club.

From what I've seen, Williams certainly fits that criteria.

 

[Eelementary]

Exactly. He was the one that broke the contract because he saw a 3 year deal on the table from a rival rather than sticking out the last year of his contract at the club he was captain for and trying to prove he was worthy of an extension...

I can't blame him for looking after his finances in the twilight of his career, tbh.

Gutho owes us absolutely nothing.

 

[Pazza]

I can't blame him for looking after his finances in the twilight of his career, tbh.

Gutho owes us absolutely nothing.

Young man with a family and a mortgage, I think everyone would do what he did

 

[Avenger]

Young man with a family and a mortgage, I think everyone would do what he did

In a $5m house on the Northern Beaches.

 

[Incorrect]

I can't blame him for looking after his finances in the twilight of his career, tbh.

Gutho owes us absolutely nothing.

Yeah I get that. I was just pointing out that any criticism of Parra for the way Gutho left the club is unwarranted...

 

[Rocket man]

I'll call you out on this. For a depth player he played a hell of a lot of games for us, too much for a depth player that would normally only play when injury and suspension happens to another player.

I think BA said after signing him that he had a different body shape.
Not sure if he meant height.

 

[Glenneel]

Found this on Yahoo News​

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Dylan Brown 'will be staying at Parramatta' as Eels star cops $1.2m truth bomb from NRL great​

The Parramatta Eels are facing a tough dilemma with one of their star playmakers.​

Riley Morgan
·Sports Reporter
Wed 29 January 2025 at 11:22 am AEST·4-min read

NRL greats Scott Sattler and Mat Rogers have reacted to reports Dylan Brown wants a $1.2 million deal if he leaves the Parramatta Eels and suggested the five-eighth isn't worth that price. Brown's agent caused a stir at the beginning of the year having reached out to rival clubs to see the playmaker's worth on the open market.
The five-eighth has up until round 10 of the 2025 NRL season to trigger his player option to stay at the club. Brown is on around $900,000 at the Eels and was expected to stay on for a number of years.
However, his agent managed to stir up media hype around the 24-year-old as negotiations with the Eels started to intensify. Brown has been linked to the Roosters with Trent Robinson short on NRL halves after Luke Keary's exit and Sam Walker's injury.

NRL great Scott Sattler has claimed Dylan Brown (pictured left) isn't worth a $1.2 million deal if he leaves the Parramatta Eels having compared him to new Wests Tigers recruit Jarome Luai (pictured middle). (Getty Images)
Although Brown could very well stay at Parramatta and just be looking to slightly boost his current contract. While new coach Jason Ryles and the board will be thrilled if this comes to fruition, Sattler isn't so sure Brown is worth the money being reported.

"The reports are there are some clubs are interested in him. I would be highly surprised. I think, that would be the management saying that to the media," Sattler said on SEN Radio on Tuesday. Sattler went on to compare Brown's situation to that of new Wests Tigers recruit Jarome Luai.

Dylan Brown (pictured) is reportedly receiving interest for around $1.2 million from rival clubs.

Luai will earn $1.2 million a season in his five-year deal at the Tigers. However, Luai is a four-time premiership winner with the Panthers and brings with him a wealth of experience to the struggling club. And Sattler compared the situation of what Luai had to deal with during Nathan Cleary's injury in 2024, to that of Brown's leadership when Mitchell Moses was out injured for the majority of the season.

Interesting that his salary reported here at around $900k is probably more correct than the $1m reported by most other media outlets.

 

[hineyrulz]

Well I do speaka your language

Well you are king of the Bogan Deadshits your grace.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

So depth signings on 3 year deals is acceptable? It no wonder ba never won a comp, and had one of the worst finals winning records in history.

If he's good enough to be a depth signing at 26 why wouldn't he still be good enough at 29? He even got another NRL contract after leaving our club.

 

[lingard]

Pou and Glenneel going back and forth - must be early morning on here

And people reading and feeling the need to comment. Must be nearly lunchtime.

 

[lingard]

This post is needlessly discriminatory and I apologise -the only prerequisite for an opinion is a heartbeat

Hey, you discriminating against the deceased?

 

[TheCrowe]

Brutal Snub lol

Jason Ryles' brutal new move that pushes Dylan Brown towards Parramatta Eels exit

Dylan Brown can leave the Eels if he signs with a rival before round 10. Read more here.

au.news.yahoo.com

 

[Gronk]

Luai will earn $1.2 million a season in his five-year deal at the Tigers.

Yeah but Dec 2024

A shock clause has been revealed in Jarome Luai's five-year deal at the Wests Tigers.

According to The Sydney Morning Herald, the contract has an option in Luai's favour for the final three years of his announced tenure at the club.

It means Luai could walk away from the Tigers after just two years and would be able to negotiate with rival NRL teams from November next year for the 2027 season.

Shock clause revealed in Luai's $6 million Tigers deal

After inking five-year contract

www.nine.com.au

So how come the NRL don't acknowledge this ?

NRL - Signings Tracker

signings-tracker.nrl.com

 

[Gronk]

Brutal Snub lol

Jason Ryles' brutal new move that pushes Dylan Brown towards Parramatta Eels exit

Dylan Brown can leave the Eels if he signs with a rival before round 10. Read more here.

au.news.yahoo.com

A very misleading article by non other than that shit stirrin merkin from yahoo.

 

[Cloeel]

Found this on Yahoo News​

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Dylan Brown 'will be staying at Parramatta' as Eels star cops $1.2m truth bomb from NRL great​

The Parramatta Eels are facing a tough dilemma with one of their star playmakers.​

Riley Morgan
·Sports Reporter
Wed 29 January 2025 at 11:22 am AEST·4-min read

NRL greats Scott Sattler and Mat Rogers have reacted to reports Dylan Brown wants a $1.2 million deal if he leaves the Parramatta Eels and suggested the five-eighth isn't worth that price. Brown's agent caused a stir at the beginning of the year having reached out to rival clubs to see the playmaker's worth on the open market.
The five-eighth has up until round 10 of the 2025 NRL season to trigger his player option to stay at the club. Brown is on around $900,000 at the Eels and was expected to stay on for a number of years.
However, his agent managed to stir up media hype around the 24-year-old as negotiations with the Eels started to intensify. Brown has been linked to the Roosters with Trent Robinson short on NRL halves after Luke Keary's exit and Sam Walker's injury.

NRL great Scott Sattler has claimed Dylan Brown (pictured left) isn't worth a $1.2 million deal if he leaves the Parramatta Eels having compared him to new Wests Tigers recruit Jarome Luai (pictured middle). (Getty Images)
Although Brown could very well stay at Parramatta and just be looking to slightly boost his current contract. While new coach Jason Ryles and the board will be thrilled if this comes to fruition, Sattler isn't so sure Brown is worth the money being reported.

"The reports are there are some clubs are interested in him. I would be highly surprised. I think, that would be the management saying that to the media," Sattler said on SEN Radio on Tuesday. Sattler went on to compare Brown's situation to that of new Wests Tigers recruit Jarome Luai.

Dylan Brown (pictured) is reportedly receiving interest for around $1.2 million from rival clubs.

Luai will earn $1.2 million a season in his five-year deal at the Tigers. However, Luai is a four-time premiership winner with the Panthers and brings with him a wealth of experience to the struggling club. And Sattler compared the situation of what Luai had to deal with during Nathan Cleary's injury in 2024, to that of Brown's leadership when Mitchell Moses was out injured for the majority of the season.

Interesting that his salary reported here at around $900k is probably more correct than the $1m reported by most other media outlets.

The safe and easy option would have been to include Brown in the leadership group.

The fact Brown has been overlooked speaks volumes not only about Ryles opinion of Brown (at this stage) but also Ryles as a coach and leader.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I'll call you out on this. For a depth player he played a hell of a lot of games for us, too much for a depth player that would normally only play when injury and suspension happens to another player.

You're confusing backups with depth players. They aren't the same. Backups play mostly reserve grade, whereas depth players could play more of either grade in a given year. Kane Evans had a similar squad status to Makahesi Makatoa and Luca Moretti. This is how a depth player's appearances will look:

Merkin	Years	NRL games	Games per year
Evans	3	43	14.3
Makatoa	4	56	14
Moretti	2	22	11

Backups look more like this:

Merkin	Years	NRL games	Games per year
Doorey	2	15	7.5
Greig	4	27	6.8
Ogden	3	14	4.7
Momoisea	1	3	3
Murchie	1	5	5
Rodwell	3	5	1.7

Merkins can also see their squad status change after a couple of years. Cartwright went from a depth player ('21-'22) to a top 17 player ('23-'24), while Stone went from a backup ('18-'19) to a depth player ('20-'22). After 30 you might even see a player's status get a downgrade. Napa left the Roosters as a top 17 player in 2018 and returned as a backup four years later.

 

[Zoso]

In a $5m house on the Northern Beaches.

Struggle St

 

[Zoso]

I can't blame him for looking after his finances in the twilight of his career, tbh.

Gutho owes us absolutely nothing.

More to the point, we didn’t owe him anything, apart from transparency, respect and dignity in our dealings with him, which I think we gave him.
And while I’m thinking about it, I don’t think it was us playing out his contract negotiations in the media.
Ultimately both parties benefited from his time at the club and parted ways after discussions that appear to be have been carried out in good faith.