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We will get a good look at them, but I’m not making any selection calls or observations until I see them in real time on the go. I’ll say start of round 5 should see the end of bewilderment and then we can “cosy up” to the seasons venting, blunt glibness and deranged missives. Proportionally...

So said a few players as well I might add. But it seemed to me Tim didn’t ask them for the world either. The large number of self inflicted errors we made in those early rounds last year, they haunted us for the balance of the season. The handful of poor games- they were the catalyst for the...

Simple game plans with this lot until the dust settles. We do have some attacking prowess in slices. We need more support and options for Api. I gew really tired of watching missed opportunities and watching Api having to die with the ball. Then the next few plays wed fumble about. The...

@Tucker has pretty high standards. I’ve only ever known him to be comfortable and satisfied with 2 maybe 3 games in the last 5 seasons. So only 2 or 3% of these games. He won’t even accept a win if it’s jagged, deranged or unsteady. That he has to sit through say 2 seasons worth to find a...

Politically, I think Richo would be best served by dampening expectations early this year whilst we have the honey moon period pending JL. Then if we fail miserably, he can fall back on it ( he could say “I told you Rome wasn’t built in a day”) and if we do well, we have exceeded expectations...

I’m happy to sing his praises, because the record shows we could barely sink to any lower depths than the two spoonages. This happened under Pascoes watch. The worst outcome we could get under Richo and our junta board is another spoon which is equal to Pascoe and Lees banana republic. But...

I used to know Jon Wilson back in the day before he went to catalans and he is a fantastic fellow. Really loved fans and was grateful for the privilege of playing NRL. Lived in the eels catchment, Mark Tookey was his best man. ESL may be the second tier comp, but the amount of cash floating...

Botham has a knighthood now and has been a relentless campaigner for charitable causes. Uses all his fame to help others. A superstar in my book. I hope you let him win the argument! Thanks everyone for sharing these encounters. How a celeb treats the fellow person says a lot about them, but...

I’ve met Jason Taylor and different footy people. Jason is a very nice guy and I found him to be considered and surprising intelligent. Neville Glover, absolute legend. He was a cop for awhile. He told me that during the height of the footy show etc, some of the celebrity legends weren’t nice...

I’m from the Adam O’Brien school, Rome wasn’t built in a day. You can still play good footy and lose but eventually the good habits, fitness and learnings set in and you start winning. We’ve got a few options, Benji won’t work out his best side for 4 or 5 rounds. But he won’t cop schoolie...

Just want players having a go, finding consistency and improving. On that basis, I’m ok if we don’t actually win many games. It’s great to jag the win, but I’d rather earn it. If we can build and not slip, we will surprise ourselves. Especially the kids, very exciting, enigmatic prospects.

He’s an exceptional player.

It’s a certainty, but since I was called to this great club, I don’t know any different. All I’ve known is a slow and steady descent to the spoon, then flatline as we can’t fall and lower and harder. And call me mad, but every trip, stumble and injury and has been worth it. Following another...

A worthy candidate, there’s only ever been one Prince of Centres. He didn’t run through lines, he danced through them. Steve Rogers…

Don Burke was a complete pervert. Faked his qualifications I read somewhere. I met one of his co-workers, she hated him. Garbage person like Tyrone May. I hope a large branch of the species Wests Tigerious falls on his car and he suffocates on his plastic dashboard cactus. Gnome faced not...

Like my love life.

Coffee break and inspiration: https://www.nrl.com/news/2022/04/18/match-highlights-eels-v-wests-tigers/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=onebox I loved this game. The Laurie v Gutho spat was magic.

Thurston was a superior game manager and could win clutch games. Benji was faster and more agile, better hands and feet. Superb goal kicker. Lindner was just everywhere, powerful and creative for his size and disposition. Cameron Smith was fundamentally boring, a card carrying virtueless thug...

Agree. And I think everyone expected CC and Gus to lift their players but it hasn’t been forthcoming. Then I think Gus fired a few warning shots over ccs bow last season. My bet is that cc regrets his decision not to join us. It’s become a graveyard for marquee. Their fans are very upset.

I didn’t say it was Benji lol! Anyway before he had his epiphany that he wanted to be taken seriously again, he was frolicking around half nude on the telly and discussing his intimate relationships with chunks of rubber. At his peak, you are correct, he was an absolutely extraordinary...