Rumours and Stuff

[Parrapat]

It can't be reiterated enough: each of RCG, King and Sivo were released from their contracts because they asked to be released

Ryles did the human thing and allowed them to pursue life, career and family elsewhere.

Meanwhile: Eels build a new future where the club is everything we ever hoped it would be.

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[Gazzamatta]

Don’t I know it! Brad Clyde pulled me aside after full time in a game against them in ‘92 and said I could be anything…I was very appreciative but Chris King came over and told me to pull my head out of my arse.

I fondly recall watching Greg Drake play. For the record I'd suggest it would be a fair ask to get his head all the way down to his arse.

 

[Hindmarshisgod2]

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Their system for detecting it is pretty rubbish, I had the like button despite having an ad blocker on for quite a while and ol’ mate Twizzle insisted I didn’t have one on. What browser do you use though? You may have one on without realising.

I'm using the Samsung internet app. I've been using that the entire time I've been on here and never had an issue. I haven't done anything to my settings. All I know is the like button disappeared a couple weeks ago and hasn't come back. I'm not really tech savvy so I can't be bothered trying to work it out. From now on I'll just comment "like" on posts

 

[Poupou Escobar]

About a third of their top 30 currently.

It’s a good strategy. Kids from country NSW are going to be far more comfortable in Canberra than kids from the city.

 

[Noise]

The world is our oyster. We are the most cashed up club with a fantastic junior nursery. We've cleared all our decks and are getting more and more competitive with each week this year.

We might be cashed up but no one of quality seems to want to go near us for 2026. Our junior nursery is over rated. Produced barely any good players in the last 15 years. Mostly just fringe first graders.

 

[Parrapat]

We might be cashed up but no one of quality seems to want to go near us for 2026. Our junior nursery is over rated. Produced barely any good players in the last 15 years. Mostly just fringe first graders.

Ethan Sanders and Blaize Talagi.

Both are in the running for backup halves to 2025 premiership winners

 

[Poupou Escobar]

And incapable of signing any quality for next year.

We signed quality this year. Why would we be unable to sign any for next year?

 

[Parrapat]

We let go the greatest two prospect halves in the last decade in Sanders and Talagi.

It does my head in the forgetfulness and self-attack eels fans have for our club.

Sanders and Talagi should be our back up halves this year. Instead they belong to Panthers and Raiders.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

We let go the greatest two prospect halves in the last decade in Sanders and Talagi.

It does my head in the forgetfulness and self-attack eels fans have for our club.

Sanders and Talagi should be our back up halves this year. Instead they belong to Panthers and Raiders.

Maybe they didn't want to be backup halves?

 

[Parrapat]

Maybe they didn't want to be backup halves?

Sanders is backup at Raiders and Talagi contests 5/8 with Cole.

Maybe we didn't compete?

 

[JokerEel]

Maybe they didn't want to be backup halves?

Correcto when the halves at the time had a 5-6 year contract and a 10 year contract.

They would have found other clubs offering them first grade spots

 

[JokerEel]

Sanders is backup at Raiders and Talagi contests 5/8 with Cole.

Maybe we didn't compete?

Sanders is Raiders half in the NRL next year.

Blaize is miles ahead of Cole at the riff now.

 

[Parrapat]

Correcto when the halves at the time had a 5-6 year contract and a 10 year contract.

They would have found other clubs offering them first grade spots

Fact is

Sanders is Raiders half in the NRL next year.

Blaize is miles ahead of Cole at the riff now.

Right

 

[Parrapat]

Fact is

Right

We produced the two best prospect halves in the comp right now that two of the perennial top 4 teams have formulated into their plans but we eels happily let go

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Sanders is backup at Raiders and Talagi contests 5/8 with Cole.

Maybe we didn't compete?

They were definitely going to be backups if they’d stayed, at least this year. And even next year it was dependent on Drown leaving. At Canberra and Penrith there was a much greater chance of playing first grade, this year and next.

 

[Delboy]

We signed quality this year. Why would we be unable to sign any for next year?

Addo Carr was a casualty of his own making and we were the only club to make an offer
Lomax wanted to leave Saints no matter what
Williams was a benchie looking for a start
Rest were reserve graders

Sure, Lomax was quality, the rest not

we don’t seem to have signed a rep level player in competition with other clubs for years, if any club needed a statement signing it’s the Eels. If you have faith that the recruitment guys will succeed, then you’re one of the very few.

 

[Parrapat]

We'll keep producing the best of NRL on account of we're geographically in the heartland.

One day we won't.

Under Ryles I hope we treasure and nurture our homegrown produce.

 

[Parrapat]

They were definitely going to be backups if they’d stayed, at least this year. And even next year it was dependent on Drown leaving. At Canberra and Penrith there was a much greater chance of playing first grade, this year and next.They

Right

 

[Parrapat]

Fact is, we needed to clear the decks of high priced overpaid hacks like (dare I say it) RCG, King and Sivo et al

Let Flannagan and his Dad's Army guarantee their future

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Addo Carr was a casualty of his own making and we were the only club to make an offer
Lomax wanted to leave Saints no matter what
Williams was a benchie looking for a start
Rest were reserve graders

Sure, Lomax was quality, the rest not

we don’t seem to have signed a rep level player in competition with other clubs for years, if any club needed a statement signing it’s the Eels. If you have faith that the recruitment guys will succeed, then you’re one of the very few.

Signing players in high demand is the best way to overpay for merkins.