Just wondering what other Eels fans are thinking about Mitchell Moses possibly being selected by Coach Daley for Origin 2. I personally don't think he should be selected because of his injuries and also his form this year hasn't been the greatest.
I think it's more important he gets himself 100% fit and spends more time on the field for Parra the Origin. It seems everytime he plays in Origin he either picks up some injury or aggravates current injuries that sidelines him for Parra matches.
What do others on here think?
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If medical team fail him, then pass him for Origin not much we can do. NSW would have their own doctors to test him out. If Moses chooses to play our hands are tied.
Many say "Just tell him he is not playing". We can do that but he has every right to tell us to get lost and play.
Let's be fair, many of us here if we had the chance to make $30k playing for NSW, regardless of our prep we are playing, let's not kid ourselves.
I don't want him playing but i see it as not much we can do.
Maybe representative honours substitute for club limitations. Block one, and the other may topple. Just a thought.
Will he be picked? Yes.
Should he be picked? Yes he is one of the best halves in comp so it makes sesne, with some doubt over the preparation for him missing 3 weeks.
Do i want him picked? No.
Bingo! Spot on LB.
If he's fit he'll be picked and he absolutely deserves to be.
Like every single club we want our best players playing for us week in week out still. I'm thrilled for Moses when he's picked, and sad for our team. 😁
Agreed with LB and Captain. Ideally the team doesn't fall are when our best player is selected for rep games, and ideally not is he injured.
I am reminded of every footy head on the footy talk shows who talk about players that govt their team-mates confidence. I am sure that process is enabled by those players being rep players and having that stature and confidence. Wanting to drag Moses out of that rep environment might simply be "own goal thinking", where we take the only player at the club who has that stature and confidence and we demand he think smaller
100%. Putting my Parra hat on I don't want him picked. Putting my NSW hat on it's an easy pick for me. If he's fit, he's the man for the job
I mean hopefully he comes back against Souths, with the week off mind you, and is more confident.
2026 finals footy is fast becoming a dream. Chances of playing finals appears to be very slim. Why keep one of the best halves in the Country from playing Origin. Mitch wants to play Origin, he is more then capable of being selected. Why would we want to stop him from playing against the best.
I suspect at times that Mitch may be let down by our club, and those that are playing around him may not be up to first grade standards. He deserves better, he deserves to be leading teams to finals footy, so it seems short sighted to stop in any way him playing with the best, when Origin comes around. Isn't Origin standard players the players we want to see more of at the club.
I'd go strange.
Moses at this point in his career should make rep footy his priority its the only chance of winning anything he has a few more years with us and his premiership window is definitely shut.
Pure speculation with no supportive evidence whatsoever:
I wonder if there are some SOO appearance clauses in his contract.
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