5 weeks into the competition and we are down for the count and unlikely now to make the finals. We have nothing to show for the effort thus far....and come to think of it, the effort has been very poor and the delivery even poorer.
As a long time supporter of the eels, I (along with thousands of eels supporters) would like some answers to these questions:
- What message has the board delivered to the playing group about their effort so far - especially after the Manly game?
- Why is it that we have money left in the cap and we still have room in our roster for more players? what/who are you waiting for?
- Why don't we have any juniors coming through the ranks and being groomed for 1st grade, since we have the largest nursery of junior footballers in the league?
- Who is responsible for our recruitment as it has been woeful to say the least. We seem to focus on recycled players, has beens and nobodys? Why are we not able/willing to spend on key and experienced signings?
- Will you refund the money invested by all the members this year on their eels membership - because this is not what the supporters of this club signed up for. What the team has delivered has been nothing short of pathetic? (and yes you are part of that team whether you like it or not).
- What is the vision of this silent board for our club? we seem to hear nothing from these faceless men and women.
Finally, you need to know that eels supporters such as myself want success - we want premierships and we will settle for nothing less. The bad old days are gone, done and dusted and we will not accept an era of wooden spoons and not winning flags. We have one of the biggest supporter base in the league and we are not happy. If you (by that I mean the board, the coaching team and the players) cannot deliver success on the field, then step aside and let someone else do the work.
WE ARE SICK OF SEEING OUR TEAM & CLUB BE THE LAUGHING STOCK OF THE NRL.
ACT NOW!!!!!
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We should all us fan sit out side the club shoot our rights and holding signs saying we are sick of losing we wont stand for it no more we need better younger players
If Ba is the lowest paid coach in the NRL will he is still over paid
That was pretty good haha .
Brissyeel - you ask some really good questions. We have the right to ask these questions and to get answers from the board.
Bernie or Max should send an email to all members explaining exactly what is going on. We are shareholders in this club and we demand answers.
All really good points Brissy Eel. I've been banging on for ages about the need for a football dept review.
Back in the Brian Smith days we had really high level people at all levels of our football department. Andrew Hill is now Bulldogs CEO, Gareth Holmes is now GM of Football Operations at the NRL, Matt Cameron is High Performance Manager at the Panthers. So many coaches who were assistants under Smith went on to become NRL coaches at other clubs such as Taylor and Trent Robinson. The entire organisation just seemed to be at a higher level.
Apart from some training facilities at the Old Sales Yards it seems like the Football Dept is run on a shoe string and BA is CEO, GM, Head Coach, Waterboy, Cleaner and Cook. That's where I'd start. Do we have the right set-up??
Wow , I didn’t realise just how much talent we lost with Smith . We also had Hayden Knowles who was pretty damn good .
Theres no selection commitee, its down to Brad.
Selection committees went extinct courtesy of Jack Gibson. They only exist in rep teams these days.
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