Eels ranked 14th most valuable roster in comp.

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Bubba j March 30, 2026 at 10:01am

Lol the salary cap is completely broken at this point top players only circulate between the top teams and the rest either pay massive overs and ruin their roster or lose each week to clubs with far superior players, unless we hit gold with some juniors we are going nowhere it seems
Muttman March 30, 2026 at 10:03am

Apparently we're building and just need to be patient. It doesn't matter that other squads are brimming with rep players. The club said they're very happy with our roster as we once again miss out on another recruitment target. Is Hock still available?
- LB > Muttman March 30, 2026 at 11:07am
  
  He is but need to pay his bail as a transfer fee.
LB March 30, 2026 at 11:08am

Well considering that none, I repeat none of our forwards in our top 30 are signed past 2027 and we are ageing, doesn't surprise me.

Our forwards are a weak link and Ryles has shown he knows it needs to be fixed.

All I know is if I was Ryles, I'd be printing that all over the COE and letting the players know how everyone feels about them. See if they get pissed and take it out on Wests
Titan March 30, 2026 at 11:53am

Thats Mark O'Neil's brilliant work. We do have a crap roster that most teams don't fear, it's just we are blinded by bias. We have no centres, 1 winger and 1 halfback. Our forwards are crap and we rely on unearthing talent.

We buy reserve graders and start them - nothing is elite within this team
- Wild_Eels > Titan March 30, 2026 at 12:29pm
  
  So, is it all on Mon? Coach has nothing to do with it?
  - Titan > Wild_Eels March 30, 2026 at 12:39pm
    
    100% its Mon, he has been there and overseen it the last decade. Coach has been there 12 months.
  - LB > Wild_Eels March 30, 2026 at 12:51pm
    
    It is MON's job to set up the roster for the squad to succeed, the job of a GM is to ask the coach what does he need and what type? Coach replies and the GM goes out and tries to get what the coach wants. Now what happens in that process between can be a collective of everybody from Sarantions to MON to Ryles even Beach on the board.
    
    So MON's job is signing players, he is not alone in convincing that player to come to the club.
  - Parraboy > Wild_Eels March 30, 2026 at 1:15pm
    
    it's the board that fkd us up,
    
    our spine should've still been 1Iongi 6brown 7moses 9mahoney.
    Papalii should've been kept. And we should built around them.
    - Muttman > Parraboy March 30, 2026 at 4:10pm
      
      Yep

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