Storm chairman Matt Tripp took aim at Parramatta for what he saw as deliberately taking the dispute public, accusing the club of running to the media to control the narrative around the Zac Lomax saga. Tripp suggested the Eels chose headlines over resolution, portraying Lomax and Melbourne as acting in bad faith while ignoring the broader context — including the fact Parramatta would have gained adequate compensation for a player who had already vacated the club.
Tripp said Melbourne attempted to handle the matter quietly and professionally, offering compensation to avoid escalation, only for Parramatta to harden its stance and air the issue publicly. In his view, the decision to brief the media and frame the Storm as "villains" was unnecessary and misleading, turning a solvable contractual dispute into a drawn-out public fight that Parramatta itself helped inflame.
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That sucks PT.
In other news, get out and support the poor hard done by Billionaires...They're here to help us, so lets help them. Get to the "March For Billionaires" this sat in LA,
I Shit You Not
I think Melbourne are just surprised here because Lomax only had one contract with us and it was legitimate. It's not how they usually operate...
Gold, Meelk, GOLD!!!
I'd continue the public awareness verbal-judo strategy pointing out Melbourne refused to release the Fox on compassionate grounds unless a fair player swap happened — for years until the Fox's contract expired.
HOE, not only do the Storm operate with multiple contracts for the same player, but also different ethics depending upon what suits them
Sarannos knows how to fight apparently Straight & sideways...I feell bad for doubting him. Staunch
Whenever you are in a fight give your opponent more of what they hate when they want it the least..... they hate us leaking and grandstanding because they don't have anything to leak that makes us look bad and everytime we grandstand the crowd cheers us on... So they have a cry like Sooky la-la's. and complain that we threw the sand in their vagina. It is hard when
Supreme court, sunlight, grit and moxy. Punchiup & drag 'em down. Our narrative is solid and engaging. There's is Eels are unreasonable and mean to us.
Keep giving it to them ....No Lube,
This bloke should be a politican with his BS spin. Parrmatta signed Pezet before they released Lomax, Pezet first signed a 3 year contract with the Broncos staring in 2027 than signed 1 year with the eels for this season, nothing to do with Lomax. Parra signed Brian Kelly after Lomax was released. Stay strong Parra, take Lomax to court.
Of course they wanted the matter handled quietly and professionally. To the storm, this means, let us dictate what is going to happen and you losers just sit there and let us have our way.
They're shocked that the Eels have not only stood up to them, but actually stitched them up in such a professional manner that they're resorting to a weak, public outcry, gaslighting us by stating we're trying to play this out in the media.
Nice try dickhead. We all see the storm for what they are, cheating grubs. I hope we absolutely nail them in court.
Lol low balling offers for an international winger at Parras expense yer sure stick to it Parra don't be pushed around by this mob
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