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False Pretences

Posted by Robert Lloyd on June 1, 2016 at 8:55am

Telegraph hack, Hooper said on NRL Tonight yesterday that the Eels will officially lose their twelve points in about ten days. He also said that we will lose the two points that we won against the Knights! If that is true then Greenberge and the NRL are guilty of false pretences. Greenberge said we could play for points this year if we were within the salary cap. Nathan Peats was moved on to achieve just that. We are within the salary cap but will lose the two points we won against Newcastle and, presumably, any points we win this year! So we are playing for no points. That is what we should have been doing all along. We could have kept Peats and won more games. It was a gross error by the coach to force out Peats. I find all this hard to believe. Perhaps Hooper has got it all wrong?-nothing surprising there. On the face of it, Greenberge and the NRL are guilty of false pretences.

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Y2Eel June 1, 2016 at 8:59am

The NRL are run by nuffies like I said David Smith wouldn't have leaked all this BS when he was the CEO....
Wizardssleeves official receipts June 1, 2016 at 9:06am

Just like we did pre season with the NRLs demands and their threat of the -4 , our club rolled over due to pressure from dopey fans who didn't see through their bullying attempts . We were never going to have a chance at this season way back before a ball was kicked . They held the -4 over our head first to get their way through using the pressure of fans and once they got that bit over the line they hit us with the rest .

If they hit us with the whole lot in one go , the club would've just gave them the finger , stuck to our guns , still be playing for zero result and have our squad in tact and ready for 2017 . Toddy was smart to utilise our fans love for knee jerk changes , played them like a fiddle . Hes pretty much just drip fed us our death all year .
Roger smith June 1, 2016 at 9:18am

The only gross error i can come up with robert is your conception
RIDER June 1, 2016 at 9:29am

True to form another Blog where assumptions are the only facts.

I believe the NRL said we needed to get under the Cap and the 5 had to stand down. Has this happened or has the court case officially meant that they havent stood down?

I havent seen the breach notice and the exact wording so I cant comment further. However the fact that players have left etc means that someone at the club must believe that this is the only way forward.
John Eel June 1, 2016 at 10:09am

My concern over this issue has been and still is that the NRL has played the whole salary cap drama thru the media. In political terms it is known as kite flying or megaphone politics, the aim is to condition the masses, the NRL fans to stop them from challenging their findings. It is a tactic that has worked a treat for the NRL. The Eels have no freinds outside the Eels supporter base. Either media or other fans.

If the Hooper report is true and the leak is spot on the money as all others have been, it just shows that the NRL has no integrity. The Eels were caught out doing the wrong thing but the treatment as a result, of leaking everything to the press is not justified. Even Greenburgs meeting with Foran whilst in rehap was orchestrated and leaked to the press.

If their tactics are designed to take the focus off the salary cap failings they have achieved it.
- Robert Lloyd > John Eel June 1, 2016 at 5:21pm
  
  John Eel: Agree 100%. Especially Greenburge visiting Foran and it appears in the media! . Greenburge manipulates people and uses people. He rang Michael Cronin and Peter Sterling saying he wanted to make Parramatta strong again and I want you to help me !! Fortunately, both turned him down.
  
  What you say here is the basis of the argument being used at the Supreme Court by the legal council of the five directors. He said, among other things,the five were the subject of "A public flogging" "Without fair procedure."
Pauli June 1, 2016 at 11:04am

John Eel, well said.. I for one accept the fact that our club has done wrong, and look forward to a clean start with a new board. However, the treatment and bashing of Parramatta has been relentless and pretty hard to take.
Not sure what next.. But, the current board digging their heels in is making things worse.. I respect they are protecting their reputations, but the broom needs to be used, fresh start.. Brand new people in the Front office with no affiliations to anyone.. Until that happens, I think this kite flying will continue
- John Eel > Pauli June 1, 2016 at 12:17pm
  
  Clean sweep is vital agreed. The danger is that part of the old factions may get back in. That would not solve anything. As many have said here already need to get fresh faces with the business experience and skills to run the Eels as a great football club and stop using it as a retirement home for former players without the necessary smarts.
Roger smith June 1, 2016 at 11:19am

Think we all need to take a lesson of BA and the boys and accept whats going on and get on with it , havent seen a whinge from 1member of coaching staff or players and thier the ones dealing with it at ground level,what is ,is ! Dont like it but just have to accept it and move on ,as for peats he just wasnt in BA,s plan for future and thats understandable ,just being a workaholic dosent cut it ,did everything way to slow and put recievers under a lot of pressure with slow misdirected passes ,BA wont accept average !
slip June 1, 2016 at 11:48am

The NRL is shockingly run!! Sure Parra were over the cap and can only blame themselves, but the only thing that works and is legit with this game is the State of origin. The EPL, NFL and even AFL are streaks ahead of the NRL.