Rumours and Stuff

[viole02]

lots of what we do is baffling, i like iongi but why give a guy with 20 fg games a 5 year deal? strange

Baffling wed try to lock down a 22 year old who showed really good signs in his first and second season. Yes he needs to work on his defensive positioning and support play but the kid looks very good and is probably our only player other than moses that might play origin in that time. Better now on a 5 year deal where you get him for cheaper than 2 years and then hes a 900k player and we have no cap or have to shuffle the roster around to sign him long term again. Imagine all the bitching if we didnt sign him long term and he went somwhere else. Wed be in fkn shambles.

 

[Tiger5150]

TDS is seen as our long term hooker. I like Riley but you dont pay 650k for a 20yld unless he a part of your long term plans.

He is getting more than $650. He walked away from an option for $750 to go to the powerhouse that is the eels.
If he is getting $650k now it’s massively backloaded. What could go wrong with that?

 

[viole02]

He is getting more than $650. He walked away from an option for $750 to go to the powerhouse that is the eels.
If he is getting $650k now it’s massively backloaded. What could go wrong with that?

Wouldnt blame him last year for taking the paycut to leave the tigers. Looks silly now though. Did see reports it was 650k closer to the end of his deal but who knows

 

[Tiger5150]

Wouldnt blame him last year for taking the paycut to leave the tigers. Looks silly now though. Did see reports it was 650k closer to the end of his deal but who knows

Stupid decision last year as well. Probably cost him money in short term and maybe long term but more importantly cost him development. Training with Api and still the same bench gig as at parra. Could have left end of next year anyway (but may not have wanted to).

best mates with Galvin which I don’t think is a coincidence

 

[Pazza]

Baffling wed try to lock down a 22 year old who showed really good signs in his first and second season. Yes he needs to work on his defensive positioning and support play but the kid looks very good and is probably our only player other than moses that might play origin in that time. Better now on a 5 year deal where you get him for cheaper than 2 years and then hes a 900k player and we have no cap or have to shuffle the roster around to sign him long term again. Imagine all the bitching if we didnt sign him long term and he went somwhere else. Wed be in fkn shambles.

still, how many 5 year contracts have we handed out in the last decade?

 

[chiefy1]

He is getting more than $650. He walked away from an option for $750 to go to the powerhouse that is the eels.
If he is getting $650k now it’s massively backloaded. What could go wrong with that?

More like front load

 

[Grigor]

He is getting more than $650. He walked away from an option for $750 to go to the powerhouse that is the eels.
If he is getting $650k now it’s massively backloaded. What could go wrong with that?

Why come on the eels forum and sarcastically say the powerhouse the eels are when in your smug way you know we are the opposite at present , imo you are an asshole that enjoys rubbing eels fans up the wrong way , we know where crap and we hate it and we don't need a fwit from another club rubbing salt into our wounds

 

[JokerEel]

He is getting more than $650. He walked away from an option for $750 to go to the powerhouse that is the eels.
If he is getting $650k now it’s massively backloaded. What could go wrong with that?

So he is getting 550k a season.

 

[Eelementary]

Baffling wed try to lock down a 22 year old who showed really good signs in his first and second season. Yes he needs to work on his defensive positioning and support play but the kid looks very good and is probably our only player other than moses that might play origin in that time. Better now on a 5 year deal where you get him for cheaper than 2 years and then hes a 900k player and we have no cap or have to shuffle the roster around to sign him long term again. Imagine all the bitching if we didnt sign him long term and he went somwhere else. Wed be in fkn shambles.

As opposed to the powerhouse we are currently...

 

[Eelementary]

He is getting more than $650. He walked away from an option for $750 to go to the powerhouse that is the eels.
If he is getting $650k now it’s massively backloaded. What could go wrong with that?

I know TDS has limitations, and I don't like how we got him off you guys - but he's been pretty good, tbh.

He's definitely improving.

He has a long way to go, but he is playing food footy - against you guys, he threw a corker of a pass that should have been a try to the Fox, but the Fox dropped it.

 

[Wizardssleeve]

He is getting more than $650. He walked away from an option for $750 to go to the powerhouse that is the eels.
If he is getting $650k now it’s massively backloaded. What could go wrong with that?

As bad as we are on the paddock, he may have just wanted the security of knowing his paycheque would be in the bank each month ?

 

[hindy111]

He is getting more than $650. He walked away from an option for $750 to go to the powerhouse that is the eels.
If he is getting $650k now it’s massively backloaded. What could go wrong with that?

I dont beleive you sorry mate. It is just highly doubtfull a rookie was offered 750k whilst you had apparently a better one on books along with Api.

 

[hindy111]

It may be the very reason they do sign with us.

I am liking your posts. Witty, humour and informative rolled into one package.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

lots of what we do is baffling, i like iongi but why give a guy with 20 fg games a 5 year deal? strange

You reckon he might be worse in five years?

 

[Pazza]

You reckon he might be worse in five years?

no

i just think it really locks us into a player who while talented isnt a lock for me long term. The contract length seems overs for Iongi, id only give a young player that many years if hes a blue chip 10/10 prospect.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Lol They both got the spoon after he was appointed and aren’t you always going on about how the best personnel end up at the best clubs?
Matty Jay is a proven failure wherever he goes.

Fitness coaches are interchangeable. They either have the skills to develop a program or they don't, and these days I'm sure there's apps that will generate your program for you. What determines a team's fitness is its senior players. Conditioning work is painful over long periods of time, and some blokes just have what it takes to push themselves that extra mile. The ones who don't have what it takes can still be motivated by others, but it's not coaches who do this; it's teammates going through the same torture in the moment. Blokes reach quitting point and think that's it. The fitness coach doesn't know how much he's got left in the tank, but his mentally stronger teammates can show him how much more he's got. It's not the quality of the coaching; it's the quality of leadership that matters for team conditioning.

Source: I experienced this in the army. I've done so much conditioning work that I'm not even 50 but riddled with arthritis.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I would trial kelma in the middle. He has line breaking ability and running of Dylan like luca and Doorey might work.

On the middle, his lateral defence deficiency might not be as bad

If it doesn't work, throw him

Mobility requires agility/lateral movement and workrate. I'm sure his lateral movement would be fine but his workrate could hurt us in the middle. But I guess it's worth a try, especially if we get Su'A this year.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

You reckon she's with him for his brains?

Now he's playing for Cessnock, we might find out why she's with him.

 

[Pazza]

Fitness coaches are interchangeable. They either have the skills to develop a program or they don't, and these days I'm sure there's apps that will generate your program for you. What determines a team's fitness is its senior players. Conditioning work is painful over long periods of time, and some blokes just have what it takes to push themselves that extra mile. The ones who don't have what it takes can still be motivated by others, but it's not coaches who do this; it's teammates going through the same torture in the moment. Blokes reach quitting point and think that's it. The fitness coach doesn't know how much he's got left in the tank, but his mentally stronger teammates can show him how much more he's got. It's not the quality of the coaching; it's the quality of leadership that matters for team conditioning.

Source: I experienced this in the army. I've done so much conditioning work that I'm not even 50 but riddled with arthritis.

good knowledgeable people are not interchangeable, they're a competitive advantage

 

[Twizzle]

I experienced this in the army. I've done so much conditioning work that I'm not even 50 but riddled with arthritis.

explains a lot