Also, if we can get jag a win against the Dragons this Saturday then another 2 points with the bye up next, we'll have a host of players coming back from injury and suspension including
Moses, Sam Tuivaiti, Moretti, Bailey Simonsson, Ritchie penasini, Ryley Smith most of them due back after the bye.
A run for the 8 is not out of the question
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There's part of the story being told now with the style of play and the improvements in our defensive structures.
Ryles is making the calls around recruitment . The Iongi move many thought letting Gutherson go wasn't a good decision, but wow the critics are eating their words right now.
Go back to the blog re announcement of Jack Williams signing with us. I think it's fair to say the majority were sceptical at best. Moving ahead to now and people are saying we should replicate him going forward.
Same goes for the comments from the opening month of the competition re Iongi, people have completely changed their tune all in the space of a few months. A bit of foresight is needed, Ryles knows what he is doing.
Well just in a few months our defence has improved out of sight, we slide a lot better in defence and we don't have players running out of the line, our attack has improved a lot, for the players we had on the weekend to score 36 was very impressive, it's a long year but with players coming back from injury we should go up another gear. Ryles is doing a great job, and you can see that in our lower grades, where we are in the top 4 in flegg and cup.
Loved what he said or close to it, when you put on that jersey & have that badge on your chest. You need to step up & play your best for that game. He has them all believing in themselves. He knows he heading in the right direction, people are not talking about the eels & how good they are playing.
I understand that you have guesstimated the amounts but in reality and for this season most of these would be getting more as we are obliged to spend 95% of the cap.
Yes I understand that but with the amount of injuries we have atm, and having Lane, Matterson, Cartwright and Ofehengaue who are either not available or have left, these players still account for a large chunk of our cap.
crrect as Paulo is on 950 k not 850.
Now if Elements of Management, in particular whomever is negotiating and closing contracts of real talented players could be improved.
Perhaps we could move the club to be competitive on the ladder, and give Ryles real talent / skill and pace to be better then other teams.
Ok a lot of people believe whole heartedly that we have improved, that we are ahead of schedule, the green shoots are sprouting so to speak. I wonder at what point do we agree that running bottom of the ladder is a problem. 6months time, start of next season, the season after ie 2 years , 3 years from now.
My thoughts that i just can't shake is we can't sign real in demand talent when other clubs compete, this leaves us to identify future potential , that other clubs don't see in the hope of jagging a number of good players at the same time to win a premiership. This method i feel is just gambling to the extreme.
We may have fast exciting systems, but without the polished skilled players. It Still dosnt get us where we need to be.
Who are these talented players the Eels missed out on. Galvin we went mighty close. We missed out because of his junior coach.
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