Rumours and Stuff

[Jake the snake]

Just noticed a few of the QLD kids from last night not signed up yet for 26! Or Zero tackle is as slow as Pou !

Don’t worry Mon And Jimbo will be on it. After they re-secure Morgan Harper and Davey

 

[JokerEel]

It will be interesting next weekend seeing the dogs side ..

 

[Avenger]

Or should the Tigers ditch Koroisau and keep this kid, like we should’ve shitcanned all our senior players after 2022?

Irrelevant and argumentative

 

[hineyrulz]

Irrelevant and argumentative

Pou’s posting history in 3 words.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Anyone know if this is a troll post?

I think we all know the answer

 

[Poupou Escobar]

The fact is that Pou revels in mediocrity because it gives him endless joy on here - that's the real game for him.

You revel in mediocrity or you wouldn’t still be an Eels fan ffs

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Pou said we don't have the resources. Chapter and verse.

So where’s your evidence that we did have the same resources as the most successful clubs? I am claiming we are average, and every objective fact supports this.

 

[Avenger]

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I actually know Mark. What would you like me to ask him?

#bignoter

 

[JokerEel]

Who are they dropping for this kid

 

[Poupou Escobar]

How can you already have an excuse prepared when we haven't even missed out yet?

What if we do get him and it's because we paid overs?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

How do we play TDS and Smith is a question I want to know.

We more than likely need a lock/hooker on the bench not a hooker that only plays 10 minutes

There's no guarantee Smith will make it. He is quick and works hard, but there's more to playing 9.

 

[TheCrowe]

heaps of frustration at the moment I feel due to:
1) missing on Galvin - we should not have come out so public in our pursuit of him
2) Moses injuries
Apart from that I feel we have taken many steps forward this year, which might not help with the 2025 ladder position but are likely to after that. The build looks much more sustainable than in the past.
The hard calls made on older players do all seem to have been correct.

Got that right. Becoming a punish. Its just footy.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

If we’re applying @Poupou Escobar metric consistently, then BA might not have been that great after all.

Pou used that same standard to criticise Daniel Anderson plenty of times—missing out on opportunities.

It's true. Anderson's NRL coaching career was very short. It's not a good sign. On the other hand, his win rate was pretty good, especially across 2002-03.

If Brad Arthur only coaches 264 games in the NRL for 137 wins he won't go down as one of the greats. But nobody ever said he was. If he was great he wouldn't have remained at our club for so long.

 

[senior]

Who are they dropping for this kid

Leo Thompson going there as well, opens up opportunities to get hayes or Curran

 

[Eelogical]

A better question is how 19 years worth of results is the fault of anyone currently at the club. Surely it points to structural disadvantages rather than some scapegoat who can be conveniently replaced.

Scapegoat? I blame Tingha Palace.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Just over 5 million in 2020 to 12 million in 2024 on the football department.

Should start to see the green shoots evolve

Great stuff. Funding the NRL side is the PLC's raison d'être.

I don't know how to pronounce that.

 

[Eelogical]

What was wrong with the culture under BA? It got results. It got us further than any merkin since Brian Smith, despite our recruitment/retention challenges.

It bred bacteria, and promotions for bottled water. BA has been punted for a year now and he's still getting top billing here. It's all done and dusted as far as I'm concerned. We should now put all our efforts into shit canning JR.

 

[Delboy]

As Maxwell Smart said , we are missing signing players “ by that much” . Hopefully that’s a thing of the past as so many are now saying on here that’s nothing is the recruitment teams fault.

 

[Grigor]

Sam Stephenson?

if we get him it would be a huge get, his defensive reads are very impressive and he has something like 8 linebreaks in 3 cup games

I heard Coates and his younger brother basil who will be better than Xavier but still at school in Burleigh so may be a year off if it happens

 

[Eelogical]

We going to clap RCG at the 5 min mark in Sundays game?? (5 years at parra)

The Gutho one was a resounding success

Who is making flyers to hand out at the gates?

Spread the word...

I reckon we let RCG go at the right time. The jury is still out on JNR Barndoor.