Both try a piece so far.
What could have been, we'll never know.
Big Steph did well ealier with the Storm.
That's probably the best Eels juniors we've produced the last 3-4 years but all 3 left home.
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Nah mate, a virtual jovial shoulder bump between friends. That's all 👍
No no I know BE. Was saying jab tongue in cheek ahaha.
They'll probably find their way back home after Moses is retired. Let's be real Moses was in his prime when those two were here. Same with Dyl he too was in prime form.
I don't blame them, they all left under Brad Arthur's era, and BA was f*cking pathetic at developing juniors and playing them, he'd prefer to buy has-beens. They all made good decisions.
Ryles is different, I think we'll see a good crop come in under him, we just have to be a little patient.
Unfortunately, BA was coaching with vested interest with Jake and Matt career in his mind.
Correct when it came to the halves and hooker, but we had shit forwards and backs for years under BA. Occasionally he had some success with Lane, Papali, and a couple of others, but the only juniors he blooded with any real success was Dylan Brown and Will Penisini.
We went through a run of 4 years back to back to back to a GF 19-22.
The fact we can only get those to is indictment on your FG coach it's an indictment on the development system the club ran.
That's been the problem with this club no culture or identity they call us the sleeping giant that ties in perfectly with the last mentioned.
You mean the club don't you.
How were your supposed to build a winning football program when behind the scenes in your front office is under administration and it's an out out civil war power struggle going on.
I mean BA is guilty of a number of things but developing juniors and having an environment amenable for junior success and transference to FG is on the club.I very much doubt many coaches survive in that atmosphere the club was under back then.
I do think BA done really well when he joined the Club under the situation we were in, and I think there were plenty of good qualities about him, but he absolutely had his faults and the lack of junior development and trust was definitely one of them. I can't put the Recruitment and Retention Strategy all on him, as I just don't know how much of it was him bringing in the has-beens, and how much it was the Club stifling his ability to recruit talent.
Talagi has been great in the Penrith system, but to be 100% honest I doubt we would have developed him as well if he stayed.
Our team defense is already shocking and Talagi would've been an easy target for the opposition.
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