Bulldogs have pulled out of the race for Metcalf and his asking price is around 1 million dollars. Dragons most likely spot but to get him immediately I wonder if this means they will allow Sua to join us early to free up cap space to get Metcalf immediately. Just seems logical
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He is head of recruitment i believe Mongolian / Pathways. Ando has a great knowledge of the game and wish we had someone like that.
You see with the chairs moving down at Mulgoa Rd (Penrith) I would be sounding out Matt Cameron now....he could be in the background at Parra leading / sorting things as head CEO and with Cleary going he could also be convinced to leave for the right role and $$$
Mitchy, Matt Cameron ain't going anywhere, the CEO at Penrith has a totally different Football structure and a brand new stadium that will keep him busy for the next 10 years. Its a bit like you being a school principal and drafted into Churchie (Top GPS school Brisbane) and then offered a job at Loganhome to look after the street kids from Marsden High..... great football nursery but hey I'm a celebrity....get me outta here!
I understand Pop's but lets be honest, the new stadium at Penriff is hardly anything special and Mulgoa Rd is not overly endearing but that's ok ....and Parra would be somewhat of a homecoming for unfinished business. You need to look at the big picture - Parra want to be the best, then you get the best. Simple.
Big Picture's are my specialty Mitchy, but if the horse has bolted, we have to go back to the sales to buy one that has not overachieved at this stage of its racing career. Alternatively we can buy another used horse that is on an upward path....Cheika maybe an old nag but he has been set for a big race.
PS The unfinished business maybe somewhat of a possibility, but that approach has most likely been explored in other ways and we would never know.
'Parra want to be the best, then you get the best' - Herein lies the concern, Mitchy.
Very well said btw, and 100% agree, but the concern is - are the Eels actually open to such an opportunity, if it arose?
Hypothetically, if Matt Cameron called the club today asking for a position, would he be taken on? Genuinely, I have no faith in the answer to that question.
We don't know for sure, but, from everything we do see & hear, it appears the Eels aren't in the market for positions in recruitment.
Maybe they see everything they need too in our next crop of juniors, and will live or die by that sword, problem is, players, coaches & fans do too.
Time will tell.
Pop's I am of the belief as per the club's that if we want to be the best then we need to invest in the best. Ando is a smart bloke and Cameron too - funny that they both were part of the B Smith era...another smart cookie.
I like what Ryles is doing and injuries have hurt us and we all have NFI what the club does behind the seasons - however we have been weaker in the backs / lack a back up dummy half and also with Jr getting older and DeBellin here for a short time we need something v good in these areas.
Cheika....I am unsure about tbh. I feel we have had MON for a while and the club needs to be on the front foot.
Thanks NOS, Parra has been through some changes since 2014 BA era and co, and the review a few years back too and then JR has been afforded the role and for me he's doing well with what we have, but it seems from the outside we are missing some hard heads IMO in the roster and I hope we can change this going forward. I look at Sains and they have bought some players albeit paying a lot but that is what they need to do.
I also cite Penrith as an example, they are very much a Panther's first mentality. I go back to when Wallace who played for them went to Brisbane and is back in the head role in 2 years; and his other junior playing mate Ben Harden (never had an NRL career due to bad knee injuries when he was 20) is also in the coaching squad. They got Cameron there years back and with Jim Jones they structured the club fairly well albeit with a v talented halfback and shrewd coach.
def worth a try mitch as oniell and rogers are not working recruitment wise something has to change
I was pointing out the fact that when Anderson was Head of Football here, he was implicated in the salary cap scandal and sacked by Donnelly.
Mark doesn't need me to fight his battles for him. Especially when the majority of your criticism levelled at him is concerning recruitment - an area he only oversees but isn't directly involved with on the day-to-day. We have a head of recruitment and it isn't Mark.
Your argument for Richardson in the past is ill-informed and misguided. Richardson is a CEO. He won't be coming to this club to sit under Sarantinos. Further to that, you talk a lot about recruitment yet Richo's own recruits in Galvin and Luai have already departed. In fact he handed out contracts with the very same player options you railed against and which our club have canned.
Here we go, passing the buck again super on Mark o'neill and recruitment. Thats like saying the recruitment personnel under Phil Gould at the dogs are more responsible for the roster than Phil is.
What a massive load of bullshit . Nobody believes you.
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