Ryles states he is is no rush to make signings! I am sorry, but we have an L plate coach who sees no rush? Really, we are second last on a ladder. We will be lucky to avoid the spoon. Unless something changes we have no change on last season, despite the fact that I do see improvements in the squad, but we are still way off the mark. I am stunned by this statement and we must have so much money available for the right players to improve this squad yet we appear to be doing risky squat! I truly hope there are some things going on in the background but if we keep status quo, we are in a word of pain for years to come. The fact that we still have no decent replacement for Dylan Brown says it all. I am getting beyond frustrated. We lack serious impact forwards and a quality 6 and centre. Are we just sitting and hoping or is the Club going to come up with something? One concerned and frustrated life long eels fan here.
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And there could be more in the next few months BE. Some even better than what you listed.
Hope so, i'd hate to waste our warchest on has beens or maybes.
Bluey.
"I have zero confidence though that our recruitment team can negotiate and close a deal for a player that is wanted by other clubs."
This begs a response in that yes, our recruitment team is average from a charismatic point of view. Also the club's from a reputation /performance perspective.
The next question then arises is our board/commitee financially "savy" or their ability to attract players a result of MON and the CEO, both or individually.
Who would you have negotiating with players and how would you approach them?
Does this mean we buy Peter O'Sullivan, renowned recruiter and picker. Yes he is entrenched at Newcastle and is personally responsible for Dyllan Brown's 1.3m per year for 10.
Alternatively we presumably cannot get Ponissi or Cameron......who can we get? that will make that "sale"?.
Now if it is my business I would have been looking to this for the past 2 years and maybe at this stage no better than we currently are.....I accepted that MON should have finished last year when the new regime came in. Presumably someone else may have thought that way and are still looking at that, waiting for a suitable replacement.
Personally I would have Ryles doing the final picking and making sure he is in every meeting that requires the coaches vision and how "he the player" would be used. I also assume this happens now?
Of course not having met or negotiated with either of those/our encumbents, I am not qualified to judge them.
So to answer your question can you make a suggestion as if it was your business?
PS Make sure you don't recruit anyone that wears a suit, that would not suit the "redneck" mentality that our haters abide by!
You're right OP, I'd rather he is panicking and going mental and begging every player to come here.
If the right player is not available, I'd rather we keep the dough and play some kid.
We were 15th last year. We got a new rookie coach. We signed two top level backs who are showing their value, and are undergoing a stylistic change and a change of philosophy a bit across the club that Ryles brought with him.
Chill, everyone.
Yep, from where I sit we are just sort of waiting and hoping some dominoes fall and we can get some of the left over scraps.
It's frustrating as hell but you can be sure, that the bean counters at Parra will not pay above or market price for any player that becomes available. We are a club that buys bargains and only bargains.
And we won't be winning a damn thing as long as that's the philosophy the club pushes. We aren't about winning comps we are about competing in the NRL. The end.
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We have paid above market plenty of times Heisen, Moses, Brown, Gutherson, Talagi, Galvin. We have lost players not matching overs....[eople say we penny pinched on Reed Mahoney and Papilli but we all agreed when they left, they were offered more than we "should" pay. We now know both of ghose players, including Gutherson were straight out mercenaries.
I think the club's reputation is a bigger reason we don't get what we want, rather than the "penny pinching".
The criticism going back I believe we lost JAC in his first move back (Melb/Dogs) for penny pinching. Utoikamanu left because he thougnt he was not being developed here. Our reputation with Juniors under BA was very poor. Most of the players we let go have not exactly proven us wrong?
I am sure there will be others you can remind me off, but I will stand by the principle until you show me otherwise.
Why would any decent player want to come play for us? No honestly? The surrounding suburbs are trash.
We havent been successful in 40 years..
No one grows up wanting to play for us, we are mediocre on our best day.
We are simply a team that makes up the numbers.
You will be alot happier as a fan if you accept this.
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