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A good summation of how it will work with Moses + Pezet and our upcoming halves.
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"I take your points Pops (and HOE) and admit I wrote my initial response in the heat of the moment.
It's because I am tired of beating this dead horse - we are a professional sports team and we need to demand excellence in every facet if we ever hope…"
It's because I am tired of beating this dead horse - we are a professional sports team and we need to demand excellence in every facet if we ever hope…"
"Isn't the opposite true? Brown played 19 of 24 games. 80%.
Fair call out HOE - it wasn't the majority of the season, I was wrong on that wording. It was articulated by Ryles why he was dropped though - that he wanted to plan for the future, heck he…"
Fair call out HOE - it wasn't the majority of the season, I was wrong on that wording. It was articulated by Ryles why he was dropped though - that he wanted to plan for the future, heck he…"
"Another stupid idea! Seriously I think the off season is affecting Ryles decision making. First Pezet and now this turkey 🦃 Bring back BA "
"They can say all they want but in my opinion it's a really dumb idea. Actually stupid idea. I don't see the point in having a player on a 'speed bump' contract! It's not going to benefit Joash Papali or the Eels team as a whole. They get used to…"
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Where is his brother playing ? Manly?
Think they released his brother to, he's prob off to England or something
I thinking the timing for JDB is pretty perfect. The development tunnel for our young forwards is nicely structured.....just thinking about that "mongrel" and NAS at the right price does give some authority and would be good for these young blokes. Ryles assumably knows how to handle him?
And that about covers that.
Hard to disagree with anything here.
Im pissed at our R and R strategy because we don't seem to look outside the borders of NSW and Queensland for talent.
The last time we did we unearthed the best ball runner in the nrl.
We found Brown and Nuikore in NZ as prime examples.
A good friend of mine is the attack coach for the hurricanes told me NZR are shit scared of the nrl poaching there up n coming talent especially at first 15 level and the 18-21 age group because the nrl development deals they can't match.
So I' really can't understand what or why we aren't poaching it.The warriors are open about it they don't care there recruiting high school kids at will they just don't care there even opening an academy in Mackay apparently there looking everywhere for talent.Melbourne are the same Duffy in the past Walbrick NaS it farken infuriates me that our R and R are asleep at the wheel.Dogs have partnerships with clubs in Fiji and Christchurch NZ Riff are openly looking in PNG.Like you mention Cap we are getting beat by teams with just superior talent and they don't give a rats where how who they just overturn every stone like it's another opportunity.
Maybe we are waiting for those same kids to be developed and then poach them Coryn, it has happened to us for years and we are developing our own.....the smart thing is watch these "developers" and go for them at the right time.
You need to understand our junior base has lots of youngsters who we lose because we cannot service them all. I understand and agree with what you are saying and yes strategically if I was Parra I would be appointing a agent in each of these deveopments to watch, wait and pounce. Forget about duplicating the process as we will cannablise ourselves. A good example is Manly who have an agent inside Westfield High who is/was picking cherries all the time. Like wise Easts are picking up players at a level where the hard work has been done already. Think Robert Toea and Penisini's mate who is now playing Union for Australia,
Paying for the right scouts in this scenario is something Parra can do and if they are special enough, offer them the same sort of deeals we have to compete with to retain our best juniors.
Its not rocket science but it does require some smart planning. Getting good scouts is not easy....how many of us can't agree with Pezet being a potential star, come back a few years and its harder again to identify, after they are proven its easy to sit back and say he stood out like "dog balls"
Sitting in an armchair making judgements is so much easier.
Well put captain.
Bravo "The Captain" !.......
Can you print this out and we take your response and dump it strategically at the high peformance centre in Kellyville lol
Great post, Cap.
Cap, I missed the memo where almost 20% is now a 'majority'.
Quote: “Dumb...They completely ignore the FACT that Ryles chose NOT to play Dylan Brown for the MAJORITY of the season."
Isn't the opposite true? Brown played 19 of 24 games. 80%.
Many seem certain a long-term deal was on the table from us. Really? Think first. Pezet has been clear he wants to play seven. He was never signing up for years on end to sit behind Hughes or Moses for four years. His exit clauses prove it. But it was never going to be long-term. Not at the Storm. Not with us.
And as for blocking pathways, come on. One year?
It’s unrealistic to think the likes of Lorenzo, Lincoln (Moses heir), Twidle, or Risati are ready for full-time NRL next season, especially from the get-go and in the spine. The player most affected is Papali’i who might get impatient waiting for a full-time NRL position as the club develops him further after his four games at six, four at one, five off the bench. As for Hawkins, he already slipped down the pecking order to reggies when Ryles picked rookie Papali’i at six ahead of him, long before Pezet entered the conversation.
Isn't the opposite true? Brown played 19 of 24 games. 80%.
Fair call out HOE - it wasn't the majority of the season, I was wrong on that wording. It was articulated by Ryles why he was dropped though - that he wanted to plan for the future, heck he even gave permission for Dylan to go before the June 30th deadline:
Ryles said axing Brown was a "pretty clear" decision. He also revealed he had spoken to Brown about his plans as early as last month to give him the chance to potentially move to Newcastle before the June 30 deadline.
As a club, and as a coach, we decided not to play Dylan Brown to give our youth a chance.
And as for blocking pathways, come on. One year?
Nah, this one I'm not backing away from. Who's to say it's only one year? Promises mean nothing. In this game it is the "right now" or it's not real. Talagi left because he was blocked, a few months more and he wouldn't have been blocked at all. At the back of last year it looked like Papali'i was in the plans and was talking up the club and how much he adored the Eels, now he's out of the picture for a fly-by-nighter who needs some field time to train for the Broncos.
Sanders was "blocked" so left for greener pastures (pun intended) with the Raiders where he was no doubt promised the world, and he's now on the outer.
There is no "trust us, next year it'll be different" in professional sport. If you're not in the frame now, you're not in the frame. 12 months from now is anyone's guess.
So yes, this year we are absolutely blocking the development of someone...and for what? To finish 8th instead of 10th? It's not like Pezet is going to single handedly transform our team, he's not Walsh.
Lastly, on our juniors - we always have "the next best thing" in the ranks. Most of them never translate to first grade. It's just a fact of life. Being an uber talented teen doesn't translate into your body growing up and preparing for the rigours of professional sport as a young adult.
We need a constant flow of amazing juniors, and some of them may come good. And we need to constantly be scouting other talent, other teams, other countries as well. This is what good recruitment and retention looks like.
To be clear, I have zero issues with Ryles and his approach. I also have zero issues with Pezet as a player or what he's done with his choice...it makes sense for him. I have big issues with out recruitment and retention strategies which have produced poor results over many, many years and will continue to be a part of what stops us becoming one of the great and successful modern clubs.
We can find excuses, we can wish this away, we can try to find the silver lining - or we can admit that our R&R needs a big bloody refresh and anything short of an overhaul will mean we keep living this same cycle, regardless of our Coaching staff, training facilities, amazing club, supporter base etc.
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