weststigers
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Happy he's doing it at another club and not ours is all I can say.
Tallyn Da Silva #270
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Players get verbal abuse when they stuff up,especially if they continually take poor options.Yesterday TDS had a dreadful 10 minutes and copped a spray i have not seen for a long time.
I would love to have seen Moses give that spray to Robbie on the field when he was with us and have to drink from a straw for about a month.
I would love to have seen Moses give that spray to Robbie on the field when he was with us and have to drink from a straw for about a month.
After seeing that 10 mins from TDS I cant believe there is someone suggesting that we should have kept him over API 😅😅.. he needs far more than another 12 months development.
Hold on, you aren't suggesting Moses spraying TDS for making a horrible decision is the reason TDS then stuffed up another 2 times, are you?
weststigers
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Enjoy Folks...
Moses’ three epic sprays in quick succession captured after recruit’s ‘worst 5-6 mins in history’
Moses sprays Da Silva THREE times! | 00:34
Daniel Nuttall from Fox Sports
August 11th, 2025 10:04 am
It was a tense finish at CommBank Stadium last night as Eels skipper Mitch Moses was captured going scorched earth at new recruit Tallyn Da Silva three times in the final 10 minutes.
Da Silva, who weeks ago joined the Eels on a four-and-a-half year deal, was in Moses’ firing line repeatedly during crunch time of the 19-18 victory.
On several occasions, Da Silva was slow to pass from dummy half or made the wrong play, which resulted in a handful of Parramatta turnovers.
Da Silva copped Moses’ wrath twice in the 78th minute when Parra led 19-18. The first of those sprays came when a Da Silva pass hit the turf and was almost recovered by the Cowboys, but luckily Eels forward Kelma Tuilagi dived on it.
40 seconds later, another Da Silva pass went awry when he probed out of dummy half instead of passing it to Moses off the ground, gifting possession to the Cowboys.
“It happens on the field. It’s a tense game,” the Eels captain said on Fox League.
Speaking on his SEN radio show on Monday morning, Fox League commentator Andrew Voss was in shock at what unfolded.
Both for how poor Da Silva was and Moses’ subsequent blow up.
“Poor old Tallyn possibly played the worst five or six minutes of a dummy half in the history of the game and I’m not saying that flippantly, I’m saying that honestly,” Voss said.
“I don’t think I’ve seen a dummy half make so many mistakes and errors in judgement in such a short period of time.
“The on field berating from Mitch Moses, now that’s happened before, but it happened three times in five minutes. How do you come back from that?
“Mitchell Moses lost his you know what and I can understand it and I can imagine Parramatta fans losing it.”
Voss’ radio co-host Greg Alexander said he hadn’t seen an on-field spray directed at a teammate like that in some time, but didn’t fault Moses for his actions.
“I can’t remember the last time I’ve saw a player berated like Da Silva was,” Alexander said.
“I don’t think we’ve seen it happen plenty of times recently. That part of the game died out.
“He probably deserved it but it was tough.”
Tallyn Da Silva and Mitch Moses.Source: FOX SPORTS
Rugby league legend and Blues coach Laurie Daley also weighed in on the unique scenes.
Daley, who coached Moses at Origin level this season, believes the good teams are able to handle some on-field criticism, going onto say it’s a good lesson for Da Silva going forward.
“That’s obviously frustration and passion coming out from Moses. As a seven and one of the best in the game, you want the ball in your hands in the big moments and he would’ve made that quite clear to Tallyn,” Daley said on the Big Sports Breakfast.
“He (Da Silva) was picking the ball up and then making the decision. So everything was a bit slow. So while they got away with it yesterday, I think it’s a good learning curve for young number nine, because I think he’s a really good player.
“You know, the fact that in a good football side, you’re able to cop sprays because the best football sides that I’ve been in, out on the field and behind closed doors, when you have your team meetings, everything’s very open and honest.
“And you’ve got to be able to put that aside. If you’ve done something wrong, accept it and use it moving forward as a learning. And I reckon that is his best learning, because he’ll never do that again, Tallyn Da Silva, I’ll guarantee you.
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Moses’ three epic sprays in quick succession captured after recruit’s ‘worst 5-6 mins in history’
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GNR4LIFE
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I once had a supervisor who conducted herself like Hitler. She could scare you shitless. On you like a flash if you made a mistake. Sometimes she’d be behind you, guiding you through a task, and you could almost feel the fire she was breathing on the back of your neck. In those moments, you freeze. And the most simple tasks can become as complicated as learning to speak Chinese backwards. You can’t claim with a straight face that there’s no way the first spray didn’t rattle him. Once you’re rattled, it’s not difficult for your confidence to be shot and your brain goes on smoko.
if that's the case, then it further supports the argument that TDS was not going to be ready to be the starting hooker in 2027... Can't be a starting player and get rattled like that in a game that meant nothing whilst playing for a bottom 4 team.
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen Luai blow up at someone for a play falling apart this year.
In saying that though I recall a crucial point in the Eels v Tigers game where we / Luai had numbers on the left and TDS picked the ball up and stepped right before passing left which went beyond Luai. I guess that was just a snapshot of what we saw this weekend with him at dummy half.
But the key moment that sticks with me is that in the trial v the eels when TDS got subbed after attempting a strip on illongii that he was so in his head that he didn’t celebrate a try that his teammates scored shortly after.
Needs to be a team player, Moses is a boss and certainly not a good example of a team player but he is far better footballer than TDS so to win a game you’d think you’d make sure he gets a good pass.
In saying that though I recall a crucial point in the Eels v Tigers game where we / Luai had numbers on the left and TDS picked the ball up and stepped right before passing left which went beyond Luai. I guess that was just a snapshot of what we saw this weekend with him at dummy half.
But the key moment that sticks with me is that in the trial v the eels when TDS got subbed after attempting a strip on illongii that he was so in his head that he didn’t celebrate a try that his teammates scored shortly after.
Needs to be a team player, Moses is a boss and certainly not a good example of a team player but he is far better footballer than TDS so to win a game you’d think you’d make sure he gets a good pass.
GNR4LIFE
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He’s gone. Who cares. No need to keep beating a dead horse.
tigahhh
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tbf Luai sprayed Jack bird and the media went crazy over it. Context matters the situations were very different
weststigers
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Yes. This happens to incompetent people.
Remind me of the context again, I don’t recall it well enough.
Yeah you can make judgements about someone’s whole career based on 10 minutes of football but I think it normally needs more then that.
Each to their own.
Buttface
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Do you reckon Garfield Gal has check on his best mate’s welfare? Along with a mentoring chat.
Betterdays22
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I think its pretty obvious I am saying that and I am not sure why that would be an outrageous claim.
A kid very early in his NRL career, at a new club in an extremely tense situation. Moses being probably the best half in the comp right now, an origin and australian rep. I can absolutely see how a blasting could of been a distraction for TDS.
How would you go in your workplace if a very senior person blasted you in front of clients, customers, whoever. Reckon it would put you off your game?
innsaneink
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Weve all seen players cop it from their (c) for a cock up....but these were way ott and its why its all over social media.
Theres also that strategy where when a.player errs...his team mates will do the opposite to a spray....no one performs well or better when theyve just been humiliated especially in public.
Weve seen Luai do it but not to the extent we saw yesterday....very poor from moses.
I didnt see him give JAC a gobful.when he didnt catch that last kick...played at it soccer style... and gave the cowboys that final attacking chance
Theres also that strategy where when a.player errs...his team mates will do the opposite to a spray....no one performs well or better when theyve just been humiliated especially in public.
Weve seen Luai do it but not to the extent we saw yesterday....very poor from moses.
I didnt see him give JAC a gobful.when he didnt catch that last kick...played at it soccer style... and gave the cowboys that final attacking chance
ezybro
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As a half you have to hold people accountable but you can’t let emotion get the best of you in these situations.
clontarfkid
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I think Luai does,but with more class and without publicly burning a young bloke who youve heavily invested in
Talented...but Born dick
clontarfkid
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