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"What agreement? refresh my mind dogman..was this a gentleman's agreement? when I start reading an A grade baseless school kid post then all bets are off ..your the one with the "Weird" girl like sexual fantasies boy. now stick to footy or take a…"
"💯 Gutho was the same by any means necessary.
See the same in Lomax aswell nothing seems to be quiet good enough."
See the same in Lomax aswell nothing seems to be quiet good enough."
"Injuries catch up eventually I'd suggest his first 5 seasons here Moses was pretty much injury free just got to hope we are on the other side of that ledger."
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Everything you have said I wholeheartedly agree with NOS.
It's sad to see him go, and yes, let's hope something is in the pipeline to soften his departure.
Likewise, HH.
Great posts on this blog - including the one swallow summer haha...
Like you, I'm disappointed by this one.
x 2 nos , par from injuries imo , simmo was about to hit peak form , one could also see his efforts from throwing gym weights to bolster his role and commitments. Just got to hope samrani takes the opportunity with both hands , especially in defence.
X 3, Very well said, NOS.
On face value, this is a head scratcher.
The way Simo played with gutso returning from injury & said "I love the club and everyone in it" committing long-term seems to align with everything Ryles is doing.
I love Ryles' Club-Culture-First ethos — you're either on the bus on not — and am behind him and the club. Also, I understood the ease the door was shown for Gutho, RCG, Sivo, Lane, Cartwright, Matto, Krakatoa. Brown being dropped. And getting rid of all the attitude-and-cap-choas a few of them caused. All of them. Except this one.
The change seems to co-incide with the R20 heavy loss to the Raiders.
Sure, it wasn't Simo's best game, but he didn't cost us the game. He didn't have a R19 Brown stinker. Did Ryles see something when scrawling through ten hours of that video? Did Simmo not meet a challenge Ryles set?
Ryles even played Brown for a significant portion — for months after Brown decided to leave. Right until his short-lived hooker R19 distaster. So what's doing with Simo?
The fact Simo was been dropped over Russell suggests Ryles isn't happy with something. To To be fair, Russell has stepped up, especially defensively.
But now rookie Samrani over Simo? It suggests Ryles really isn't happy with him. Or perhaps he doesn't see him as part of the Eels' future? But then why resign him for three few years and make it out he's a big part of the future?
Guymer missed 12 tackles last week. Junior made 3 critical errors in the Storm's red zone and missed 3 tackles. Russell missed 3/14 tackles (worse than Simo's 2/20 missed tackles in R20). Hopgood also hasn't been at his best. Bar Russell due to injury, they're all playing this week in firsts.
Something has happened behind the scenes. Or worse.
Who knows what. Perhaps, it's his agent playing games? Spitting the dummy. I want to assume it's nothing "personal" or attitude-related... But if he gets released on on some "family" compassionate grounds or something Shaun-Lane-ish-ness, I feel that's likely to be a pretense hiding something else. All things considered.
If Ryles and the club agree to the alleged release, it'd be telling. But let's see how it plays out. It's not over, yet.
Bailey said he is very excited to lock in his future over the next three years at Parramatta.
"I love this Club and everybody involved in it. I feel at home here, so it was an easy decision for me to stay and work towards where I want to be and where the Club deserves to be.
"I'm very grateful to the Club for sticking by me through my injury and I'm keen to give back to them and our fans with my performances over the next three years."
Parramatta Eels General Manager of Football Mark O’Neill said, “Bailey is a big part of our future and we are delighted he has extended his time with the Eels.
“Not only is he a valued member of the team, he has also been one of our most consistent and reliable players since he debuted for the club in 2022. He is approaching 100 NRL games and we look forward to seeing him back on the field when he recovers from his injury next season.”
His resigning last could have been the club, without much input from Ryles. Maybe Ryles is now stamping his authority, and the club has no option but to back him.
Longfin, perhaps. But Ryles has the loudest voice of anyone in the club re R&R & he was still working behind the scenes in August 2024 when Bailey was resigned for 3 years. He would've had a say. I'm almost certain of that.
Bailey was leading the competiton in post contract meters pre injury also right?
You say see if Ryles agrees to the release. They will as Ryles won't want to have to convince anyone being here.
I'm miffed as to why we didn't have a crack at the May brothers.
Both would have at least on field fixed a number of our issues.
As for Simmo , if we went to market for a decent centre I'd struggle to find a spot for him, I'm a big fan of Stanford To'a .
Put some speed or power outside that man and you've got a lethal right edge.
I'd like to see Ryles use Russell and Samrani in the same way , have a shootout to see who can cover backrow and centre the better leading into 26 and they get a bench spot at least for a large part of the year.
Back to Simmo if he's on the reported $500 thousand odd a season and can't fully establish himself in the starting 13 it makes sense you'd let him go and rely on your developing juniors for salary cap reasons.
Simmo is too good for Reggie's but hasn't taken his chances enough in first grade.
Ryles to me looks like he's only moving forward with players whose best and worst games are closer apart then your rocks and diamonds type players or those that have a good game one week and quiet the next few.
He's playing players in first grade who offer him consistency, albeit allowing the younger members off the side leeway with mistakes but is seemingly unforgiving of the older members of the playing group lacking consistency.
Which I'll go out on a limb and assume that's why Simmo, Matto and the like have got the shits.
If that's the case the older players should know better and I agree with Ryles.
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