A bidding war has broken out between the Knights and Cowboys for the services of Sandon Smith. Knights have offered a 4 year deal and Cowboys a 3 year 1.3 million dollar deal. Most of us wanted the club to join in on this (me included) but Ryles has backed Joash and once again seems to be on the money with his assessment. Guess we'll just have to start trusting his judgement on these things 😂
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I said it from mid year that everyone was losing their minds about not getting Sandon Smith and im thinking "Ummmm he is playing NSW Cup, Hugo Savala is over him and ZDC is at 14 over him, then Ioelu was too".
Newcastle and NQ want him to play Hooker. I would not 100% say Ryles has settled on Papali'i, if a 5/8 he wants is available he will go for them but giving Papali'i minutes at 5/8 for now is great incase we need to play there.
Off topic, RCG could be on the move with Titans wanting to free up cap. St. Helens is the likely destination. But i thought we were stupid to get rid of our reigning player of the year?
With what Joash has shown I'm ok heading into next season with him at 6, as long as they use money to strengthen other parts of the squad. If they just do nothing at all and don't use the cap space that's a failure
Ryles saw that both RCG and Gutho only had maybe 1-2 years left in them and showed them the door. Tough business call but had to be done. Great in their time at Parra but have to keep moving
I said that from start that it was right call for both Gutho and RCG and seems to be proven right for Ryles.
He made big calls fully knowing down the track if it failed he goes out on his own terms not dictated to by someone else's.JR so far around those decisions has proven to be correct.
RCG is past his best. Runs soft these days and backs into the opposition defence. Ryles knows exactly why he got rid of him.
Whilst our pack had been good enough , the likes of rcg etc were overrated and got many plaudits that wasn't deserved ... during our peak people forget the nothing sets from our end and how many times Moses kicked us out of trouble ... hence why we got blown off the park in the grand final as couldn't handle the intensity
Ive said it before and i guess ill say it again not a Eels matter
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Turns out that Jackson Koina who we signed has been an eels fan his whole life. His family are eels supporters too. Hope the Aussie school boy turns out great
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