Rumours and Stuff

[Johnny88]

Eels Media 12:30pm today, Dylan Brown apparently will speak to reporters.

 

[hindy111]

Pou atm

f**k I hope they're not plastic

 

[Gronk]

Eels Media 12:30pm today, Dylan Brown apparently will speak to reporters.

Something something best for my family. Job to do here.

There you don't need to watch it.

 

[Zoso]

Something something best for my family. Job to do here.

There you don't need to watch it.

Yep and ‘I love Parra for all they have done for me. I’m gonna give everything I’ve got for my teammates and the fans.’

 

[T.S Quint]

haha i'd piss off for 1.3 too. losing greenlaw is far far worse. needs perspective

Greenlaw a massive loss.
BOth my footy teams getting gutted right now.

 

[T.S Quint]

Who would you argue who is the bigger turncoat in the last 15 years.

Reed Mahoney going back to the Bulldogs after they punted him as a kid or Dylan Brown's defection.

Mahoney for sure.
Going to the Dogs alone makes it worse. Dylan is completely understandable. No one is turning down that type of money.

 

[T.S Quint]

I'm pleased that we didn't try to match the offer - he's no Jamie Lyon, or Jarryd Hayne.

But I'm disappointed that he left after the club stood by him.

This is being said by a lot on here, and while it is true the Eels could have sacked him after his stupidity they were never going to.

Keeping him at the club was in the Eels' interests because he is a good player. If he wasn't needed he would have been let go. Just like how the Dogs got rid of JAC.

 

[T.S Quint]

Manager is Isaac Moses. There is not a chance he will stay at the Tigers.

He might...but they will have to pay top dollar for him.
I dare say that Dylan Brown won't have the most expensive contract in the NRL for long.

 

[T.S Quint]

But 2 years is a long time to wait for a player though.

We did it with Hopoate.

That worked out well, didn't it?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Weren't most/all the contracts with PO's signed circa 2022 and it has been the ensuing seasons that have gone to shit? That is, we threw them around like confetti and it has been since they've been active that our slide has begun? Would that not indicate some sort of cause and effect?

No, the POs go back to 2019. Check the squad succession thread. It was only in 2023 when we started struggling that merkins finally gave a shit about the POs. Now they’re suddenly the reason we are shit.

 

[T.S Quint]

I'd happily take Burton if they wanted Galvin.

He’s also a brilliant centre!

Burton is a terrible defender.
That's the last thing we need.

 

[84 Baby]

I could say the fact its only melbourne who this could affect so who cares.

But how on earth do we have a Player Manager being able to host an NRL Show and just throw out there confidential contract terms like this on national TV as it was around a table at the pub..

Isn't it a conflict of interest Anasta using his role to promote his players while on a show that should be partial.

Imagine if Pezet was at Parramatta & this was said.

This joint would be going ballistic.

People whinge about Gus & rightly so but Anasta is in the same boat.

I put a post in the main thread about Gould. It was shunted to some obscure sub thread by an anonymous mod and even then the responses weren’t great. Makes me think that the greater NRL fan population are too dumb or just don’t care about it. And not just fans, I find it incomprehensible that club officials don’t make more noise about it.

 

[hineyrulz]

I honestly don’t give a shit at what Dylan has to say. He’s shown absolutely no loyalty to the club that made him and then stood by him. He at least owed us two more years and if he wasn’t happy and the club was struggling and he wanted to leave I think that would have been fair enough. I hope he fades into obscurity.

 

[T.S Quint]

I honestly don’t give a shit at what Dylan has to say. He’s shown absolutely no loyalty to the club that made him and then stood by him. He at least owed us two more years and if he wasn’t happy and the club was struggling and he wanted to leave I think that would have been fair enough. I hope he fades into obscurity.

That ACL of his hanging on by a thread.

 

[Eelementary]

Those two were playing in the outside backs at Galvin’s age.

And dominating!

 

[Eelementary]

This is being said by a lot on here, and while it is true the Eels could have sacked him after his stupidity they were never going to.

Keeping him at the club was in the Eels' interests because he is a good player. If he wasn't needed he would have been let go. Just like how the Dogs got rid of JAC.

Yes, I agree with that.

But Dylan's latest deeds were fairly serious, and would have caused some pretty significant tarnishing of the club's brand.

Obviously, given what a good player he is, we stood by him - but he also did not get much in the way of punishment from the club, either.

 

[piggysmalls]

I love the loyalty card. Footy is a business. Clubs get rid of players & players leave. All part of the business. Players have a very limited time window to earn ... and it can go away with the snap of an acl. They are generally going to go the highest bidder, as they should. Same as any accountant, lawyer, garbo, hairdresser etc etc would. I know I would happily leave my employer if another company offered me Knights money to do the same job - even if they didn't sack me after a handsy night out at the Royal Sheaf *allegedly

 

[hindy111]

Burton is a terrible defender.
That's the last thing we need.

Terrible? He isn't top shelf but I also don't think he is terrible.
I'd rather Burton to Dylan

 

[hindy111]

Actually didn't the Dogs have the best defense or 2nd best in comp.
Mahoney,Kiaku,Burton are all average defenders but they still managed to have a strong D

 

[hineyrulz]

I love the loyalty card. Footy is a business. Clubs get rid of players & players leave. All part of the business. Players have a very limited time window to earn ... and it can go away with the snap of an acl. They are generally going to go the highest bidder, as they should. Same as any accountant, lawyer, garbo, hairdresser etc etc would. I know I would happily leave my employer if another company offered me Knights money to do the same job - even if they didn't sack me after a handsy night out at the Royal Sheaf *allegedly

Hi Dylan.