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Happy MEel

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It looks like the Club has finally got its digital act together. Dick has already been moved to the top 30 on the website. Just need his profile now.

We just seem to be a more professional club, from the back office to the football department. Not a ball has been passed this season but I have so much more faith in the Eels than I have for a long time.

 

Pazza

Coach
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It looks like the Club has finally got its digital act together. Dick has already been moved to the top 30 on the website. Just need his profile now.

We just seem to be a more professional club, from the back office to the football department. Not a ball has been passed this season but I have so much more faith in the Eels than I have for a long time.


Looked good in defense for that first trial
 

hineyrulz

Post Whore
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It looks like the Club has finally got its digital act together. Dick has already been moved to the top 30 on the website. Just need his profile now.

We just seem to be a more professional club, from the back office to the football department. Not a ball has been passed this season but I have so much more faith in the Eels than I have for a long time.

It's like we have an adult in charge now, amazing.
 

Poupou Escobar

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There are probably no clicks in Storm player contract negotiations. I mean, who cares if any player stays or goes? The only reason it would matter is if you’re a fan of the club getting the player.
So a manager playing a media game isn’t going to get far because of the care factor and because they are a strong club. We will always be news so there is an incentive for managers to play things out in the media.
Exactly. Sustained success means their fans don’t panic about these things. Look at the player options. We’ve been using these to fit merkins under the cap since at least 2021 but nobody, including the media, gave a shit until we had a 7 win season. Now suddenly player options are big news.
 

T-Boon

Coach
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which position do people consider to be strongest across the NRL these days?
It has been fullback for the last decade in my opinion.
 

Poupou Escobar

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Here’s a thought

When all these Orr and MON inspired shenanigans are finalised, would be a good idea for the club to actually provide an explanation of what advantages to the club these options were, and why they were agreed to. We are a fan based sporting club so why not .
The club can never come out and state that their goal in negotiations is to pay the players as little as possible. Everyone knows it (or they should) but making public statements to that effect would be another media shitstorm, and could harm their relationship with players and managers.
 

Zoso

Juniors
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408
Given this happened so quickly and not bothering to test his value, you'd have to think we're paying in the vicinity of $1.5m a year for at least some of those seasons.

Maybe $7m over 5 years?
Maybe both parties just wanted something reasonable. Maybe Mitch told his manager not to make him into a circus act, coz he realises that’s the way good captains and club leaders should act.
 

Poupou Escobar

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yes but those explanations are mostly from a moron who has no real knowledge of the situation and is just hypothesising from out of his arse to try and troll people!
Everyone is hypothesising, including the ones pushing the narrative that the club was ‘bent over’ etc, etc, while blaming the managers rather than the players who employ them.
 

Zoso

Juniors
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408
Yeah thats why I turned on Gutho and was happy to see him punted. I judge a player by their agent.
Some young, dumb/naive players without a sensible support network could be forgiven. But others, like Gutho, should be judged by how they allow things to play out.
 

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