Rumours and Stuff

[Joshuatheeel]

Good run clubs should never have to bottom out to rebuild.

Its just an excuse for poor management that the likes of the Tigers, Knights & Dragons have because they are poorly run like us.

Since when have Canberra bottomed out under Ricky. There poorest year under him was 2014 when he got there to start the rebuild.

They have still been competitive during there below par years.

Our poor/down years should be the 2023 where you win around 50% games and you either get in the finals or miss out not the 2018/2024/2025 where you win 6 games in a season and fighting out for the spoon 3 times every decade.

The fact we accept it is a reason why we haven't won anything for 40 years.

So Ricky / Canberra are allowed a poor year (2014 as per your opinion), when changing approaches but Parramatta/Ryles isn't allowed a poor year after change approaches......

As you said 2023 should be our "poor year", fair enough, 2024 was tracking poor, we sacked the coach and moved on...

So the club is doing exactly as you want, but you aren't willing you give Ryles/Eels the same considerations as you give Ricky!

BTW our mob, have only been in place since 2019.....Ricky went 15th, 10th, 2nd, 10th, 10th, then GF. 5 years to get to the GF, our mob went 5th, 4th, 5th, GF, 4 years to get to GF.....

Also all clubs have poor years except Storm.

 

[JokerEel]

In the four years we made the finals, everyone was below those top three sides. The Broncos were a flash in the pan in ‘23 but otherwise the Roosters, Storm and Panthers dominated. I agree our club management isn’t as good as theirs, but neither is any other club’s. If we sack ours we won’t be getting merkins from those three clubs. Are we likely to get anyone better than we have? If you think the answer is yes, you don’t understand how difficult NRL success is. The way you people think we should be able to sign any player we want “If only <insert scapegoat> wasn’t shit, we would have a squad full of Origin players!!!”

I get where you're coming from, but that's a defeatist attitude. Just because the Roosters, Storm, and Panthers have set the bar high doesn’t mean we shouldn’t expect better from our own club. Settling for “we can’t do better” is exactly why we’re stuck in mediocrity.

 

[emjaycee]

Imagine how shit we would be if we weren't the biggest club in Sydney...

Oh hang on, maybe we actually aren't.

 

[JokerEel]

So Ricky / Canberra are allowed a poor year (2014 as per your opinion), when changing approaches but Parramatta/Ryles isn't allowed a poor year after change approaches......

As you said 2023 should be our "poor year", fair enough, 2024 was tracking poor, we sacked the coach and moved on...

So the club is doing exactly as you want, but you aren't willing you give Ryles/Eels the same considerations as you give Ricky!

BTW our mob, have only been in place since 2019.....Ricky went 15th, 10th, 2nd, 10th, 10th, then GF. 5 years to get to the GF, our mob went 5th, 4th, 5th, GF, 4 years to get to GF.....

Also all clubs have poor years except Storm.

Fair point on coaches, but this isn’t about Ryles.. it’s about the recruitment team that’s been in place since 2019.

They’ve had years to build depth, pathways, and succession, and still we fall off a cliff when a few players leave. That’s not bad luck.. that’s poor planning.

 

[hineyrulz]

His family needed him to play for Parra did they?

He must’ve hated the other 15 coaches as well.

Or the other 15 clubs, obviously.

No club wants an Origin player who got caught taking party drugs. That is looked down upon in the NRL.

Keep on glugging!!

you are beyond help.

“No matter what the club did the right thing”

 

[hineyrulz]

Imagine how shit we would be if we weren't the biggest club in Sydney...

Oh hang on, maybe we actually aren't.

Right on cue here comes one of the Pou dags, he shits and like clockwork one of you appear.

 

[emjaycee]

Fair point on coaches, but this isn’t about Ryles.. it’s about the recruitment team that’s been in place since 2019.

They’ve had years to build depth, pathways, and succession, and still we fall off a cliff when a few players leave. That’s not bad luck.. that’s poor planning.

And we have long accepted that our pathways and club culture were ignored until the pathways review and changes were made and the new coach came in about 10 months ago to start rebuilding the club culture from the ground up.

How's our pathways going these days?

 

[JokerEel]

Imagine how shit we would be if we weren't the biggest club in Sydney...

Oh hang on, maybe we actually aren't.

Who is the biggest club in Sydney? How is that defined?

 

[JokerEel]

And we have long accepted that our pathways and club culture were ignored until the pathways review and changes were made and the new coach came in about 10 months ago to start rebuilding the club culture from the ground up.

How's our pathways going these days?

Was MON the head of football prior to this?

 

[TheParraboy]

I think the Christchurch option is the early favourite with the new stadium opening up next year if its logistically possible.

And the plus would be it wont be against the warriors as it will be a double header is my understanding if it does go ahead with the Warriors being the home team for the other game.

Im looking very much forward to the 2026 draw coming out..

 

[emjaycee]

Who is the biggest club in Sydney? How is that defined?

I don't know... but then again I'm not the one claiming we are.

 

[emjaycee]

Was MON the head of football prior to this?

Yep, since 2019.
Did you not know that?

 

[Noise]

How did the club get it so right?

 

[JokerEel]

Yep, since 2019.
Did you not know that?

Then why is our club culture required rebuilding from the ground up in the past 10 months?

Was he not doing his job since 2019?

 

[hineyrulz]

Was MON the head of football prior to this?

He’s only been here 7 years gives poor time, I mean they only have Brad 11 years as well. We can’t rush these things.

 

[emjaycee]

I think a lot of a club's culture is driven from the head coach and how they want things done.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Fair point on coaches, but this isn’t about Ryles.. it’s about the recruitment team that’s been in place since 2019.

They’ve had years to build depth, pathways, and succession, and still we fall off a cliff when a few players leave. That’s not bad luck.. that’s poor planning.

But in reality it's only been one poor year 2024. And look at the squad turn over between 2024 to 25....

I agree pathways was poor and a big factor in us not being able to replace players we lost in 2022. But is that MON and Co's fault?

It all costs money, and it looks like the club has decided to spend up big in that area now (that's not MON area).

 

[senior]

Imagine how shit we would be if we weren't the biggest club in Sydney...

Oh hang on, maybe we actually aren't.

1. Roosters
2. Bulldogs
3. Eels

 

[hineyrulz]

How did the club get it so right?

Dumbest thing I’ve heard all year and I live in QLD ffs!!

Anyone making statements like they have no respectability concerning RL.

 

[emjaycee]

1. Roosters
2. Bulldogs
3. Eels

Insert Panthers somewhere. Bigger Juniors area, larger Leagues Club backing, high-profile media personality, etc.