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  1Eyed Eel June 15, 2010 at 5:10pm

  I just posted a story about three more of our SG Ball side stepping up this week. I think this year we went with a pretty young team and we were hit hard by the loss of Mitchel Johnson at the start of the year.
  
  You generally find that if you have a team with a lot of Under 19 players you struggle, last year we should have done much better but our defence was just woeful. That side should have figured in the finals with all the talent they had.
  
  But in general we haven't had a truly outstanding generation come through for a while now.
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  parraborn! June 15, 2010 at 5:15pm

  There bloody hopeless. Havnt we only won 1 game this year?
• 2m55ehehnnw5k June 15, 2010 at 5:24pm

  They are embarrassing considering our junior reputation
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  HKF June 15, 2010 at 5:59pm

  Really high turnover of players with a few walking out during the season. I dont expect the coach to keep his job next season.
  Plus take into account that quite a few are on next to nothing compared to what other clubs are paying.
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  iamnot June 15, 2010 at 6:15pm

  Did we end up going with a part time coach this year? I think I read an article at the end of last season where it stated that we were going that way to cut costs, and that the other clubs would look to see how it goes. If we did, then I think the results would speak volumes for its effectiveness!
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    HKF > iamnot June 15, 2010 at 6:36pm

    The cost cutting was wide spread with a lot fo staff laid off and quite a few of the better NYC players offered contracts lower than the ones they were already on.
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  MAXFORCE ELECTRIFYING EELS 2010 June 15, 2010 at 10:49pm

  its a shame the NRL isnt stepping in , we talk about the grass roots of rugby league , we must not forget the tean age years and toyota cup sides. The Nrl must now race to fix it
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  Active June 16, 2010 at 7:29am

  The whole under 20's comp is a joke. It needs to go back to U23's.
  I would love to see the strategic reasons for the development of this comp to see if all has been achieved. I would be surprised if it is working.
  
  To come out of SG ball & only have a few years to make the quantum leap to first grade is just not enough time. There needs to be more time to develop players to be ready for first grade.
  When all the U20 sides are continually turning over ever few years, you get no cohesion. That’s why the standard is crap. At U23 it would give players a lot more time to develop & the standard would increase 40 to 60%. I know this doesn’t solve the reasons why Parra are terrible, maybe as already posted, crapp coaches due to cost cutting, players being poached, infighting etc. Whatever the reasons it is we need to find them out ,’cause there is no doubt we are underachieving in the whole U20’s comp.
  
  On another note relevant to the U20’s
  We are burning our players out when we expect a 21 year old to play against the very best at a much higher speed, intensity & aggressive level that they have ever played in before. Remember they are 21. They go from playing against kids there own age to playing against the Gallens’s, White’s Thaiday’s, Fui’s etc
  
  In closing, the development of a U23’s comp would also give the fans a much better football experience and may encourage more people to come to the games.
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  Ross Williams June 16, 2010 at 4:03pm

  Toyota cup was the brain wave of Dennis Fitzfuckwit. Bring back reserve grade. U/20's is a joke.Look at the players running aroung in the NSW cup right across all the teams.These players should'nt be playing park footy.