Tallyn Da Silva #270

Man if the best hooker your team has produced in 40 years is reed mahoney , with the geo footprint the eels have.....i mean i stand by my comment !
we are the shittest team in the comp , and currently have Simpkins , Liddle , TDS , playing nrl out of our development system . Harry Grant took a huge leap the year he was with us as well... not sure how much that has to do with us though . Chuck in guys like Farah , Isaac DE Gois , Senter , Mescia , Sedaris , Backdoor Benny . thats both foundation clubs in the time we are talking about . like i said i stand by my comment

Is your point that Moses stunts the growth of hookers or is it that Parra can’t produce hookers? You have me lost
 
Would be happy to get Walters (or even Simpson at a pinch) to provide a backup for Api. I was a little disappointed that TDS left but he reminds me a bit of Liddle who took a long time to develop but lacks the craft of a top class dummy half and is a little one dimensional in his game.
Walters is an interesting player , he is a very good defender, I think he could fill our hunt for a lock , has good ball skills can play 80 minutes, and is very tuff
 
Instead of being patient & learning from one of the best 9s in the comp , maybe fast tracking his rise to first grade will actually stunt the longevity of his nrl career .
He was starting to dominate cup and bringing a bit of impact off the bench at NRL level. He's still a year or two off so Benji and Richos timeframe for him was spot on I reckon. Good luck to him anyway
 
I’m Tallyn’s biggest fan but yeah, his twenty minutes wasn’t great yesterday. Ran from dummy half on the last and threw two passes into the turf - copped a big spray. As Moses said after the game, he’ll learn from that.

Anyone who thinks (or should I say, hopes) that the three mistakes yesterday will define his career - yeah nah !

#IMHO 🤔
 
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Is your point that Moses stunts the growth of hookers or is it that Parra can’t produce hookers? You have me lost
It just doesnt seem to a be a position they have had much talent in for as long as Moses has been there. Mahoney being the best of them but still a very steak and veg hooker.

That might be by design of their cap where in the past they load up on other spine positions and the hookers job is to quote mitch moses yesterday "pass the halves the fkn ball". Begs the question is it the best place for TDS to reach his full potential?
 
It just doesnt seem to a be a position they have had much talent in for as long as Moses has been there. Mahoney being the best of them but still a very steak and veg hooker.

That might be by design of their cap where in the past they load up on other spine positions and the hookers job is to quote mitch moses yesterday "pass the halves the fkn ball". Begs the question is it the best place for TDS to reach his full potential?
Geez, I think you’re underselling Reed Mahoney.

He was a gun back in his Parra days - that pass from the ground was like a tracer bullet.

Two mounds of mash and lashings of gravy
on that steak n veg 👍
 
Geez, I think you’re underselling Reed Mahoney.

He was a gun back in his Parra days - that pass from the ground was like a tracer bullet.

Two mounds of mash and lashings of gravy
on that steak n veg 👍
maybe steak and veg at a 5 star restaurant, but still steak and veg.

Give me a cam smith italian/japanese fusion, a spicy mexican Api or some mediterranian farah any day
 
Grass isn't always greener....
Couple things he didn’t know before he went to eels ,
1 Mosses is all about Mosses and he is king , anyone coming to Parra needs to fall in line and do what he says .
2 , new kid on the block with big raps and doesn’t go well , mosses spray shows how it is , TDS will either come good or become a reserve grader at eels , I predict reserve grader , and I was a fan , but out of his comfort zone he is way down on nrl level ,
 
I would say another player who recently left had been in TDS ear and told him how great he is and how shit the coach is and he should move on and become a superstar at a club that has a long and storied history of developing superstar 9's, unlike the Tigers. Probably also raved about how awesome his managers nephew is and how he will embrace him and support him and help him develop. Unfortunately for TDS this was all bullshit and whilst the mate moved on to a club where the GM has a creepy hard on for him and his favourite coach growing up was on the staff to protect and shelter him TDS has no such support. The way I see it Ryles did not bring TDS on till the last 20 mins and his hand was probably forced because Smith was fatigued, at one stage TDS was playing longer minutes than Smith so it looks like he has perhaps fallen out of favour with the coach and players. He probably came on thinking he needs to have a massive game and win his spot back, so over played his hand and shit the bed.
 
Couple things he didn’t know before he went to eels ,
1 Mosses is all about Mosses and he is king , anyone coming to Parra needs to fall in line and do what he says .
2 , new kid on the block with big raps and doesn’t go well , mosses spray shows how it is , TDS will either come good or become a reserve grader at eels , I predict reserve grader , and I was a fan , but out of his comfort zone he is way down on nrl level ,
Sets up for interesting Mario Tartak (TDS) v Isaac Moses (Moses) showdown via their media friends if this continues.
 

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