Eels Blogs

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  Hugh September 8, 2010 at 12:04am

  That list is not too bad considering other teams and their losses over the past 5 years, prime example bulldogs letting go of thurston, price, sbw, hannant, tonga,
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  Parraeels12 September 8, 2010 at 12:18am

  lol bulldogs..EPIC FAIL @ thurston.
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  Eeldarado September 8, 2010 at 5:27am

  Zeb taia
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  Craig September 8, 2010 at 6:55am

  throw in people like paul Gallen (Parra junior) and Jamie lyon over the last 10 years you could make a very strong Parra side out of players from other clubs. Don't forget we let Tonga go to
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  Dennis September 8, 2010 at 7:29am

  Jamie Lyon is a dog, we didn't let him go, he walked out!!!! Left his team mates in the lurch, when they needed him through a tough transition phase....DOG ACT.. I can't cop the grub!!!!!
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  LegendTHECROWEELS September 8, 2010 at 7:39am

  Todd Lowrie
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  Amie_1 September 8, 2010 at 7:44am

  we should of kept maloney,mateo and gardener...their on fire atm
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  Amie_1 September 8, 2010 at 7:48am

  joe gualovao...i dont know how to spelll
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  Ricky September 8, 2010 at 8:00am

  There's no point in crying over spilt milk to be honest.
  
  The players that we have let go have obviously seen a better opportunity elsewhere, or we just couldn't afford to keep them.
  That's the NRL for you, and we as the fans have to live with the decisions that are made.
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  Active September 8, 2010 at 8:12am

  - I can cop Gardner as we have Hayne. Cannot keep everyone & no point us matching the money Cronulla threw at him.
  - Mateo is a 50/50 call. I will get back to you next year on that one. I am concerned
  - Williams Again cannot keep everyone. I am happy with Burt & Grothe & when we let Williams go I was happy with Inu. Now I am glad Inu is gone. Again no point matching the money Manly threw at Williams.
  - Maloney & Hopkinson. Absolute disarter decisions. This goes to the very heart of our problems & this is the area we need to fix.
  
  You cannot keep everyone. We need to make better decisions.
  We need strategies in place to cover for weeker positions where we see no juniors coming through & we need mentors in place to develop players. I dont see the value in bringing in Webb. We should've brought in a good young prop & have Mannah, Poore & Moi mentor this young prop. Bringing in Webb means no young prop will want to come to Parra with 4 experienced props in front of him. This is the type of startegy & planning capabilities that we are very much missing.
  
  For example - Who is our next generation Centers. If Tahu is off contract end of 2011 & Ready 2012. What is a recruitment plan? Is Johno capable of stepping up. Is the form of Tahu & Readdy worthy of extensions? If yes no need to recruit. However if we have centre concerns we need to see who is on the market For example If Morris from the dogs comes of contract in 2011 & we don't want to renew Tahu's contract & we don't believe Johno is ready for first grade in 2011, then we should go all out to get Morris. This is a strategy. You need to obviously work through the $'s, but this is what should be done for every position.
  
  This is the part that kills me with Parra. We have been Very, Very poor in this area for 20 years.