EELS FANS STOP WHINGING

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- - Acme > Bourbon Man October 24, 2025 at 1:43pm
    
    Great point Bourbon Man
  - Evil Elvis > Bourbon Man October 24, 2025 at 6:29pm
    
    Maybe that is the case BM, but why would Braith really give a shit about optics when his client just signed up to be the starting halfback for the current premiers in 2027?
Yehez October 23, 2025 at 7:27pm

I do agree the outrage has been ridiculous but our fans are allowed to have questions.

A bad deal is only when you get a player that makes you worse. At worst this is a neutral deal.
- Eli Stephens > Yehez October 23, 2025 at 7:35pm
  
  For example Lewis Dodd lol.
- Darren Munro > Yehez October 23, 2025 at 11:45pm
  
  How do you know he won't make us worse? We had a good backup half in footy Dean.
The Captain October 23, 2025 at 7:52pm
Dumb arguments that are trying SO hard to find logic behind what is a clearly poor decision.
1. They say Pezet won't block the pathways of existing players. Wrong. He will be taking a years worth of 1st Grade experience away from someone. And that someone could be someone who wants to be here for more than 12 months.
2. They say the reason people are up in arms is because this hasn't been done in 30+ years. Yes, there's also a reason that you don't find dog poo on restaurant menus - because it's a bad idea.
3. We're not a premiership threat, we are in a rebuild. Being better for 12 months is pointless - we need to build towards being continually better year on year for 3+ years. They say "hypothetically if Parra win the comp next year"...yeah, that hypothetical ain't happening. Premierships are built over years, and this is a build year where we're wasting one of our most important spots on someone who will not be here.
4. They completely ignore the fact that Ryles chose not to play Dylan Brown for the majority of the season because he was leaving. He chose to sit out a clearly superior player to give our longer term bets experience. And now he's literally paying for someone to backfill Brown who is also leaving at the end of the season.
5. They then cast doubt over both our juniors AND the Moses/Pezet combo. Both valid points, and both highlighting the absolute stupidity of our R&R staff who have spent the last 8 months since Brown signed at Newcastle stuffing up every opportunity to land an alternative. We have wasted 8 months, and now this Pezet dumb deal gives them latitude to waste ANOTHER 12 months with inaction and failed deals.
6. The absolute dolt then says "stop whinging and embrace it". Ummm, no? "What do you want?" A club that makes smart, professional, strategic and forward thinking recruitment and retention decisions. A club that gets the people they want like the Storm, the Broncos, the Bulldogs, the Panthers...the teams actually winning games with superior rosters.
I'm not going to apologise for not wanting to accept mediocrity. I said since BEFORE BA was sacked that until we change our R&R staff we will not be able to be a competitive club long term. This has further highlighted how correct that assessment was.

We are a member run club and unless us members whinge when our club makes dumb decisions we will continue to have the longest losing / no premiership streak in the game.

I'd like a premiership before I die, so sue me. 🤷‍♂️
- Eli Stephens > The Captain October 23, 2025 at 7:55pm
  
  You don't think we are better then the dogs, raiders, warriors, sharks and other teams who made the 8 if our full 17 is on the park ? I think we will smoke them 😂😂
  - The Captain > Eli Stephens October 23, 2025 at 8:06pm
    
    I don't think we're even remotely close to the Panthers, Broncos & Storm. I think we'd be pretty heavy underdogs against the Sharks, Raiders, Dogs, Warriors and Roosters too.
    
    I don't think we are even close to a premiership with our roster right now. It wouldn't even be in the conversation for 2026, it should be a build year.
    - Eli Stephens > The Captain October 23, 2025 at 8:09pm
      
      Those 3 yes, clear favourites but you never know with injuries or random drops in form. Even the slightest chance the eels have to capitalise on last years strong finish. The dogs went backwards dramatically to end the season. Raiders choked and lost Fogarty, warriors no Metcalf and don't rate them anyway. Sharks lose Ronaldo next season and just getting old. The opportunity is there have to try
      - Poppa > Eli Stephens October 24, 2025 at 8:16am
        
        Well at least your off the "pot" and expressing your own opinions Eli.
        
        I'm proud of you and hope your right. I think we can do better than we did last year, which gets us in the 8, that said this is not a good start.....it reminds me a little of 2018 when we had such a promissing prior year and dopped our bundle......I "desperately" hope we have not damaged the positive aspects of Ryles and his team of coaches have brought to Parra.
        
        PS Careful when talking about "smoking them" Randolph hears that talk and immediately gets a "hardon".