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"Good luck Shaun in your retirement "
"What I don't get he seems to have been set on retiring after the Darwin game .. why not retire earlier in the year "
The Eels may be favourites, but history tells a different story. Since 2017, they’ve beaten Souths outside Parramatta just once. Over the last nine meetings, they’ve managed only a single win in 2023.
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"Bloody rubbish signing if true"
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Rest of the playing group probably feels the same way, what a terrible deal that was for the club. Just play out of parramatta from now on thanks 😂
I think it became obvious after the first few years the players hated it. After the novelty of going and playing somewhere new wore off the reality of a very draining, both physically and mentally, slog turned into a negative experience.
We went from having a lot of success their to being flogged every time. Mentally they were no longer turning up.
They also moved it from June/July to April. So from about 40% humidity to 80+% humidity.
That's was to coincide with ANZAC day at times other times made no sense.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/nrl/footy-was-getting-in-the-way-of...
One of the worst decisions ever to play up there for 10 years or whatever it was.
What I don't get he seems to have been set on retiring after the Darwin game .. why not retire earlier in the year