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"He will get a shock. He doesn't even come close to starting anywhere else. He looks 3 seasons away tbh. Makes JA look like A John's . "
"Nobody seemed to think the Gutho and Moses debacles were an issue at the time and were pulling their puds that they signed . Only Wiz the Moses and Gutho hater said it'd come back to bite us in the future. "
"His old man was tossing on about how much the club has done for him a few weeks ago haha . These people are in for a rude shock me thinks. The kids a little bit useless 😂😂. Sounds like dad thinks he has the next SBWs on his hands after one fluke…"
"Your last paragraph assumes that we do have that football experience on the board. From their perspective, memberships are up, merchandise sales are up, crowd numbers are good, sponsors are coming on board and the books look good from a financial…"
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"It's been a looooonnnggggg time" Jarryd Hayne 2014 after Origin series win, haha. Crazy how he said that exact thing all those years later.
One only needs to look at how much Souths, Canberra and Cronulla have to pay for decent players due to their inevitable lack of success to see how self-perpetuating and self-defeating that can be to a club. We were in that cycle in the early 90's where promising juniors like Michael Buettner left simply because they would have never have risen to any great heights at such a struggling club. We do have the Super League war to thank for dragging us out of that mire.
Also, I do believe the signing of Timana Tahu was a tremendous boon for the club as it seemed to focus the minds of not only Hayne but Inu and Mateo as well as they no doubt want to play alongside not only a tremendously likeable and respected footballer but a proven match winner as well!
Furthermore, this development couldn't have come at a more significant time as it appears we might spend the next few seasons without our usual abundance of promising juniors coming through the ranks!
Eels-of-the-90's like crisis averted!
In regards to our juniors, I think the difference is we have a few REAL good ones coming but we don't have this half dozen or so blokes coming through that are potential NRL material. That's not such a bad thing as it means you can more easily focus on a couple of guys.
Next year, Mitchell Johnson, the year after that Pat O'Hanlon, then Jacob Gagan. If you can get one REALLY good one every year come through, I think its going to suit our situation where hopefully we've got a lot of positions covered off for a while.
"Eels-of-the-90's like crisis averted!"
Oh boy, haha. This one really came back to bite you. 2010-2016, 2018 were worse than the 90's. Three wooden spoons.
You are delusional as always. To create a dynasty you actually have to win something. But I am glad that someone managed to close the Eels trophy cabinet yesterday morning. The resulting dust storm when it was opened was funny.
And a premiership this year will be a nice start to the dynasty, I'd say
I think it is a ver very good possibility.