The Eels are now the 🔥 hot favourites.
Is it now team.list time for 2026
Im sure EA or LB will.come up with something.
Ep1 of The Offseason Poddy- OUT NOW 🚨
Each week I get to sit down with @isaacissa_journalist and we discuss all the news and rumours around the game.
Some massive news for Parra fans on Ep1. Isaac dropped the massive news that his sources anticipate that the Eels are expected to win the race and sign Jonah Pezet.
A huge signing for the Blue and Golds.
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CE, you are making some sense on this thread.....but it is supposedly 1st Novemeber that officially you can negotiate.
I don't think Parra would leak anything or for that matter Storm either......so it leaves Pezets Manager, He himself or relatives or insiders.......
There is also this weird thing that people want to make things up to give them some superficial status on social media, the scoop fits very firmly in the ego of some of our members......The overall strike rate would be less than 10% at my guess.
Personally, I would much prefer to see sound discussions about the logic and that seems to have happened now with Pezet, whereas he has now been announced on this blog . BUT NOT OFFICIALLY
Thanks Pops 😊 Do you think he will end up at Parra? Do you think he would be a good purchase and last question do you think Lomax Will leave?
No idea about Pezet but I do have a feeling that Ryles has had him as a project for quiet a while.
All i can say about Lomax as I certainly hope not. He is an extremely important person for our side, I would hate to lose him.....he is the driver for the whole team. Moses may have the steering wheel but Lomax has the gears.
Totally agree about Lomax. Not too sure about Pezet but I think Ryles is a smart operator
Hi Poppa, are you sure he has to wait till Nov 1? I had the impression that since he has a get out clause stating that if Hughes re-rigns, he is free to look elsewhere, then the minute the Storm made it official that Hughes did re-sign, Pezet was free to negotiate & sign elsewhere from that moment on?
that was my understanding too Hammer.
Thanks for the heads up Hammer, mate you are probably right .
That means that a deal hasn't been done yet....my guess is it is now about money.....but I stress I have no real idea in that repect, other than I hope we pay the 500k x 3 and not higher.
Timing was never a real issue to me, I was more into the logistics of getting him and his value thereon. My views are pretty obvious about not getting him, but like most on here I am happy to accept Ryles judgement as it does appear that he is a project for Ryles.
If he turns out to be a super star, I will be stampeded with reminders for a long time to come. That said I am happy to look a fool if we get the result we all crave. Plenty on here will get as much out of that as they will the superstar aspect LOL.
Most of the views I express have no inside knowledge and I do not pretend otherwise, I just get shitty when the "rawness" of a situation happens like this and then the R&R mob get the blame......my further guess is that if he wants to come to Parra and he is just holding out for money, he probably sees no other attraction in coming.
Raiders is set up for him and whilst they have limited cash, its not a big ask for them to make room.....Ricky Stuart would love his style I imagine. He would get a look at the top 4 and he will have no similar guarantees with us, unless that Ryles relationship is special.
how does raiders fit him in when they struggled to get papali
Pops, you seem to be a popular and entertaining pinata here lol, probably because people don't really know you. You're a good bloke.
Pezet's potential is one thing, future actuality in other systems is another. No-one knows. But a Field-General with a killer kicking game is what Matt Cameron calls "electricity" (e.g. Cleary). LIfe stops without it. You can't even take a sheet without it (pumps fail). And to have potentially two, one rising apprentice and a self-taught master who wished he had a mentor, as a one-two punch would excite plenty of coaches. That's potentially a point of difference few teams have.
I see at least three stumbling blocks to getting Pezet, so I don't rate our chances all that high.
(1) Asking price, higher than value, for his potential and plentiful options which makes it far riskier (2) He wouldn't be seven week-to-week for a few years with us. You'd think that's something the Raiders, Dogs (if they can fit him maybe via a Burton-like offload), Saints (CEO forces Flanno), Knights could offer seven almost immediately. Even the Cows are interested apparantly. (3) Storm-ties. Hughes, Moses, Munster are all 31. But, let's say Munster took up a huge offer and was released on compassionate grounds before 2027, he could be six at the Storm — not us. So, he could go for a loan deal to wait and see what happens. Problematic. His decision is going to give us clues about his mind. We saw what happened to Sanders. The Next Big Thing. He seems to have less currency now than he had with us.
Thanks for your endorsement Hoey.....those Pinata's are terrible when the tribe are mostly blindfolded...LOL....personally all I need is my eyes to be opened and I will give that Pinanta a bloody hiding!
Summary on Pezet is....is he the one?....it seems Ryles thnks so but EVERYONE remember myself included that in RYLES we TRUST.....he also endorsed and chased Talagi, Galvin and TDS......now my optimism is biased towards TDS because we already have him. Talagi is showing all the shortcomings we suspected and Galvin's shoes are on the wrong feet. i.e Ryles is not actually batting a thousand around these youngsters.
Going back to Adnan's comment.....are/were Raiders after Papalli?
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