Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

TIGERS said:
You're exactly right. I'm one of them, I can't help it. I wish it was different, but I have mixed feelings seeing him be so talented because I know he's absolutely stinging to play for the Eels some day. It was the same with Moses. Still shell-shocked and heartbroken from basically preparing two bespoke generational rep players for other clubs. He just feels like the next amazing talent to use us as his stepping stone.
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Why would he want to play for the Eels when they have already rejected him once and their current r playing roster is not any better than ours ?
It’s best to think logically.
 
supercoach said:
Plenty of people outside the club thought we paid massive overs for Luai and it was the only reason he came to the club, now we are hearing that Dylan Brown wants in excess of a million. Now that’s what I do call overs, on his day he is a good footballer, but his form is up and down and I would never put him in the elite bracket. I bet if he signs for the Chooks for a million plus no one will be calling it overs
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$750 tops.
 
Vicious said:
Why would he want to play for the Eels when they have already rejected him once and their current r playing roster is not any better than ours ?
It’s best to think logically.
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Think logically? You think there’s no emotion attached to a kid who grew up fanatical about a club? See my other post.

Would you cut the tigers for the rest of your life bcoz they made an error while you were young, and say sorry we’ve changed the coach and this one loves you, wants to build your childhood club around you, oh and by the way we’ll give you $1m+, and we’ll fix your old man up for costing him when we had that other Dhead coach.
We need to win and show him plenty of immortals did not play for their childhood club.
 
upthetigers said:
High roller brother. I'd love to smoke a doobie and play poker with ya, you'd take all my money haha. I never got into Omaha you played it?
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I move up to the blue Mtns years ago and they were playing a game called a-hole or c u next Tuesday? I can’t remember the name or how to play it but I loved that game.
Actually that is a problem I have, I forget the rules and need reminding and maybe one hand to get back into it.
 
GNR4LIFE said:
We haven’t even played a game yet. Our coach is under the pump. He has no breathing room for a bad start to the year. If we struggle, he’s gone. We are still very much a wait and see. If we find ourselves out of the bottom 4 and a decent chance at the finals at the hallway point of the year, that’s when I think you can start saying we are on the improve
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I reckon he’s gone regardless
 
GNR4LIFE said:
I was one of the staunchest believers from the get go that Luai would sign, even when everyone was on edge. How many times afterwards did I ever puff my chest out about it? I’m just reading the room. He’s conveyed no interest so far in staying on, his manager is a grub and we’ve been down this road before,

I’m not sure why you conflate thinking he won’t stay with hoping he doesn’t.
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I just don't understand when none of us know what he will do or what the future holds, why people choose to look at things negatively and then try and justify that with other "reasons" that may or may not occur.
OK sure if someone thinks he's going post your thoughts that's what this is for, but to keep at it multiple times for weeks is a bit much imo
Plus I Think he gets way too much attention not just here but RL media in general but that's irrelevant
 
Conbat07 said:
If Galvin is going to leave, not sure why you would go to the Eels, they are a sinking ship. We are on the up, Latu would love to play with Luai.
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Probably because Jason Ryles is able to talk up their training program and work ethic.

Plus you have Mitchell Moses who can give his slant on the saga.

I also believe Galvin was an Eels Junior that we pinched somehow.


But yes, looking at the Eels coaching staff. Ryles has set up Parra to be way too contact/tackle heavy. With Nathan Cayless, Nathan Brown and himself it's too much focus on muscle. Wait, Sam Moa was a prop too... That is entirely nuts, you don't have a halves coach at all bar Wisemantel who mainly played Rugby. ... Parra will be busting teams this year but they will be close to the bottom 4.
 
crazycat said:
Probably because Jason Ryles is able to talk up their training program and work ethic.

Plus you have Mitchell Moses who can give his slant on the saga.

I also believe Galvin was an Eels Junior that we pinched somehow.


But yes, looking at the Eels coaching staff. Ryles has set up Parra to be way too contact/tackle heavy. With Nathan Cayless, Nathan Brown and himself it's too much focus on muscle. Wait, Sam Moa was a prop too... That is entirely nuts, you don't have a halves coach at all bar Wisemantel who mainly played Rugby. ... Parra will be busting teams this year but they will be close to the bottom 4.
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That doesn’t mean anything mate ! The best attacking coach right now was our prop in 05 . The best attacking coach of all time was a prop - Tim Sheens .
In fact , and this is based on arbitrary nonsense and if anyone wants to debunk it - go for it , the most defensive coaches from my experience are usually backs .
 
Lestronge said:
That doesn’t mean anything mate ! The best attacking coach right now was our prop in 05 . The best attacking coach of all time was a prop - Tim Sheens .
In fact , and this is based on arbitrary nonsense and if anyone wants to debunk it - go for it , the most defensive coaches from my experience are usually backs .
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This makes sense to me.... As a back... Out wide.. youd need to be much more in tune and on top of things with your teams defensive structures than forwards in and around the ruck
 
Lestronge said:
That doesn’t mean anything mate ! The best attacking coach right now was our prop in 05 . The best attacking coach of all time was a prop - Tim Sheens .
In fact , and this is based on arbitrary nonsense and if anyone wants to debunk it - go for it , the most defensive coaches from my experience are usually backs .
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Agree. Ivan Cleary is one of best defensive coaches in the game. He Scored points for fun when he played. I have heard plenty of people in the game say Todd Payten has the sharpest mind when it comes to attack (although Todd probably considered himself playing out of position at prop and not at halfback lol) Also some of the fairly ordinary players turn out to be pretty handy coaches. Judging a coaching ability on someone’s playing position isn’t ideal I wouldn’t think.
 
Just on Galvin its pretty easy to join the dots that Lachy is off to Parra. Dylan Brown may leave so that opens up the 6 spot and frees up the type of coin Lachy will probably want. His manager is the uncle of the newly appointed Eels captain. He grew up an Eels fan. We are hearing from Lachy the old “just focusing on footy and let my manager deal with that” rubbish. For me I am not sure if he leaves or if he stays but we can’t have him or his manager hold the club to ransom. We actually do have options if he opts out. One thing I do know is we have one of the smartest operators running the club and he will know pretty quickly what the go is. I do believe that Isaac Moses and Richo have a fairly decent relationship, certainly better than our previous blokes.
 
Galvin isn’t costing us much unless he upgrades & he’s not playing for anybody else until 2027 so I don’t know what all the hand wringing is about before a ball is kicked in 2025

if he says in November he’s leaving he can play NSW Cup in 2026 and watch Latu play next to Luai for a year .

As for the eels , Ryles hasn’t made much of an impression on D Brown if he’s meeting with the Roosters this week .
 
GNR4LIFE said:
It’s very simplistic to think a coach only knows the position he played. Most of them are students of the game.
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Do you consider your self a supporter of this club? Cause from what I gather you hate the club and want it to loose!

I understand a lot of us have blind faith in a benji but isn’t that the point in having a team to support To get behind them no matter what.
 
vlad said:
Galvin isn’t costing us much unless he upgrades & he’s not playing for anybody else until 2027 so I don’t know what all the hand wringing is about before a ball is kicked in 2025

if he says in November he’s leaving he can play NSW Cup in 2026 and watch Latu play next to Luai for a year .

As for the eels , Ryles hasn’t made much of an impression on D Brown if he’s meeting with the Roosters this week .
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It’s going to be very interesting to see what role he plays here in 2026 if he’s signed elsewhere. If he’s going to waste away in reserve grade, the club might as well release him, as the club he’s signed with would definitely seek an early release. I can’t see him playing reserve grade though. I think that’s just an emotional supporter response. I can see the club shifting their focus to Fainu though, assuming Fainu develops the way some are claiming he will.
 
finnzo said:
Do you consider your self a supporter of this club? Cause from what I gather you hate the club and want it to loose!

I understand a lot of us have blind faith in a benji but isn’t that the point in having a team to support To get behind them no matter what.
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How do you interpret me talking about how people think of coaches as me “hating this club”?. That’s a weird take away.
 
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