I can honestly say no other professional team sport in the world has a team that is as consistently dumb and as amateur as the Eels.
Most professional teams who fail continually make major changes quickly. We've been shit for over 10 years and only seem to be getting worst. Same shit every week.
I look at the best teams in the world and just by looking at the faces of the players and coach you know there is something special about them. They have the knowledge, confidence and smarts to make a difference. We don't have a single player like that. And a coach who looks lost.
Since I can remember we've always tried to out enthuse our opponents. That's our major game plan. When that fails we are like a bunch of school kids. Disoriented and dumb.
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Wholeheartedly agree.
Let’s just look at other NRL teams to see how far off the pace this club is.
Every team that’s been successful in the NRL makes tough decisions around their squad, the coach and it’s management. If it’s not working, within a few years they bite the bullet and force change. This is what successful teams do. Not at Parra. We only change when it’s absolutely last resort and then we sign either an unknown unproven coach or an unproven player/Football Manager and expect miracles. It costs money to win titles you ain’t going to win shit penny pinching and looking for a bargain in the front office.
Head hunt the best management in the business, a coach with a winning know how in his DNA, a CEO who is in touch with reality, expects and demands results, not a pretender like Bernie.
Fix these difficiencies and and watch the right kind of players want to come and play for Parra. This is how you grow a successful club - like Gibson always said fix the front office and the results will come.
ATM we only attract semi discards, players looking for an opportunity or players looking for a retirement fund.
Which player with any actual ability would want to come to Parra and play under a coach that has no idea like BA?
None including Dylan Brown. I wouldn't be surprised if we don't see Dylan in a blue and gold jersey again. I think he will ask for a earley release fom his final year on compassionate grounds, go back to NZ, slot into Geens number 6 next year.
And ya cannot blame thr kid, BA and Parramatta have nuthin to offer in the way of his career.That or we will be payin 600k for a kid with 3 NRL games under his belt.
I'd say we are the hardest team to follow in Rugby League. In Australia, we'd be up there with Carlton and St Kilda in the top 3. You could probably also throw in Central Coast from the A-League as well.
Worldwide though, well I know about a dozen football teams here in England who are poorly run and there are also a few yo-yo teams across other leagues I could name. Then there are some American teams in respective sports which are utter shite.
Parra could give any of those teams a run in shitness . How many of those clubs would be considered one of the richest clubs in their respective leagues and have one of the biggest junior pools to pick players from.
You now have kids like Papenhuyzen growing up in the area who dont want a bar of the club because parra are shit
Before the turn of the century, Carlton were the most successful team in the AFL and had never come last once. Fast forward 20 years, they haven't made a grand final since 1999, only made the finals 3-4 times in that period and come last 4-5 times.
St Kilda have finisned last 27 times and have only won 1 premiership in their 150 + year history. The last was in 1966!, so it took them nearly 100 years to win the first one.
When it comes to rugby league though we are the worst run club and the biggest underachievers. With the leagues club, juniors, fan base etc etc, we should be making the finals each year as a bare minimum.
Lol I don't know anything about AFL but your history lesson on st Kilda made me laugh. That sucks
I'm only 29 never seen this team win a premiership and I don't think I will for at least 10 years at this point. Scary thing is even after how poor we were on Thursday listening to the denial in BA from the press conference about what was wrong I'm not even sure we have hit rock bottom. I need to find something else to watch cricket world cup and ashes maybe..
Have pity on me. I'm a Blues, West Ham and Bengals supporter. No joy for years.
We would even give the Cleveland Browns a run for their money.
They are the perpetual flogging horse of the NFL.
I think last season they finished 1-15.
72 years with only 4 premierships that came in a 6 year period....
Not good enough. We are failures.