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• • • KN > Poppa October 23, 2025 at 9:27am

      Well said mate,  totally agree.

      Fuck we look like cucks. 

      Poppa what would be your ideal 5/8 for 2027? Joash/Lorenzo or go to market?

       
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  Joeyboyz October 22, 2025 at 9:48pm

  All this makes me think that if Ryles is doing Anasta a favour, then maybe Anasta will return the favour. Anasta is also Munster's manager...just a thought.
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  Joeyboyz October 22, 2025 at 10:12pm

  

  I just watched the podcast and I think it's a good move. As far as us developing a player and then handing him over to the Broncos, I think that he's already developed and is FG ready. From what Anasta said about him, he sounds like another Gutho topping the fitness etc and his work ethic. If he and Moses click together then I believe everyone on here will soon be singing his praise.
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  BEM October 22, 2025 at 10:40pm

  This is worse than the Foran signing.

  There is zero benefit in this for us and that was confirmed by Pissant Pezet's manager Bwaith Anasta.

  I didn't have a very high opinion of Ryles to begin with and this only solidifies my thinking that he isn't the right coach for Parra.

  Sarintinos and O'Neil should be sacked immediately for this load of crap.
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    LB > BEM October 23, 2025 at 9:50am

    What about worse than Watmough signing? 4 years?
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  Perpetual Motion October 22, 2025 at 10:45pm

  None. Its weak AF.
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  Frank The Tank October 22, 2025 at 11:19pm

  NONE.

  Let's face it, we are only claiming that we are putting our faith in our UNTRIED or tested jnrs, simply because the R&R can't land anyone. We simply have no choice but to back our jnrs.

  Our recruitment team is made up of SHITC#NTS.
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  Mr 'BringBackFitzy' Analyst October 23, 2025 at 4:23am

  None. I've said it before, I don't see the fascination in Pezet amd now this 1yr deal is BS. I also don't like the talk about having fantastic jnrs.....heard that crap all before. If you want a quality player, stump up the cash. On that note where the fark is all the money being spent? 
  Funny how people say Ryles is doing Braith a favour, why can't Braith have done Ryles a favour?
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  Nightmare Off-Season October 23, 2025 at 9:48am

  What Ryles achieved the 2nd half of last season, with a team so far under the cap, was pretty remarkable.

   

  To keep this team committed & fighting every week, especially when results weren’t going their way, proved serious coaching abilities.

   

  It shows what a committed & 100% ‘buying in’ team can do, and how it can compete with elite natural talent. 

   

  The biggest concern with Pezet’s signing, imo, is that we risk losing a lot of that spirit Ryles built within this team last season. That ‘buy in’ that clearly had such a huge impact.

   

  How does a one year signing for a young player who has committed long term elsewhere, not negatively impact a playing group? 

   

  There was a lot of camaraderie, unity, a lot of energy amongst the group last year, those intangibles that help create defensive resolve like against the Warriors, or spirit to beat the eventual Premiers (with the most inexperienced spine in the NRL)…. 

   

  The Eels didn’t win those games on natural talent, and now it feels this signing puts it all at risk.

   

  Ryles backflipped on his mantra for a player who has achieved very little, is by no means a sure thing in first grade, who isn’t a 5/8th, and who will have one foot at the door by mid season, especially if he has any niggling injuries.

   

  If we wanted a one season 5/8th play, Adam Doueihi would’ve been perfect - a year at 5/8th, then into a another position, maybe that was a tough sell for Douiehi, but, Eels didn’t seem interested from the outside. 

   

  If Pezet is not good enough to sign long term blocking paths of emerging talent, then there is no point signing him at all. If he is good enough to sign long term but has rejected that offer for another club, then that is embarrassing & I can't see any elite clubs agreeing to this move.

   

  Ryles has been fantastic, so backing his judgement, but this feels like a move with a lot more risk than any potential gains - hope he proves us wrong. 

   
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  ParramAddict October 23, 2025 at 10:15am

  Sounds like we are just babysitting for Brisbane, which is the hardest part for me, F... Brisbane! and this bullshit about he's going to come and he's coming to win now, it all sounds nice, but un-realistic to think he will just gel straight away, it takes time to build combinations and 1 season isnt enough