Eels Signings

Yeah, it was a bad signing. Sandow at best was a 55 minute player and terrible in attack. His effort was slack many times as well. Must have been humiliating for Hindmarsh and Burt to end their careers with Sandow at halfback. Two great players ending their careers with a wooden spoon. F**king insulting!!

Luke Burt was a champion player. Great goal kicker too. He's in the top 100 players on this site. Parra need more players like Hindmarsh and Burt, always put in 100%. Instead of Corey Norman and Chris Sandow. Even Hayne was criticized by Parra supporters in the end for not putting in a big effort.

Agree. And what about the other players always relying on Hayne. It was a one man show, and when Hayne didn't bother, that meant no player was steering the ship. Can't believe Parra had such a great talented player and it came to that. Couldn't even build a team around Hayne, because he wasn't a 5/8 or halfback.

Agree. Hayne failed at 5/8. He was basically a player that would shine on his own, rather than linking up with another player, like what we saw with Kenny and Sterlo. And no way was he a leader!! Remember when he was captain and his disrespect towards the referees. You cannot talk to the ref the way he did. He was like a child throwing a tantrum.

Some of his interviews were terrible as well. I remember one interview, he was comparing himself to Jesus and nobody knew what the hell he was talking about.

Wikipedia

"More popular than Jesus" is part of a remark made by John Lennon of the Beatles in a March 1966 interview, in which he argued that the public were more infatuated with his band than with Jesus, and that Christian faith was declining to the extent that it might be outlasted by rock music. His opinions drew no controversy when originally published in the London newspaper The Evening Standard, but drew angry reactions from Christian communities when republished in the United States that July.

Lennon's comments incited protests and threats, particularly throughout the US Bible Belt. Some radio stations stopped playing Beatles songs, their records were publicly burned, press conferences were cancelled, and the Ku Klux Klan picketed concerts. The controversy coincided with the band's 1966 US tour, and Lennon and Beatles manager Brian Epstein attempted to quell the dispute at a series of press conferences. Lennon apologised and explained that he was not comparing himself to Christ.

The controversy overshadowed press coverage of the Beatles' newest album Revolver and exacerbated the band's unhappiness at touring, which they never undertook again. Lennon also refrained from touring in his solo career. In 1980, he was murdered by Mark David Chapman, a born-again Christian who was motivated partly by Lennon's remarks on religion and "more popular than Jesus" quote.

I guess that comment was his downfall, murdered by a born again Christian!! Lucky Mark David Chapman wasn't an Eels fan. Hayne would have 2 rape cases and an attempt on his life.

Hayne has been involved in everything.

Article from 2008

Jarryd Hayne one of three Eels players in drive-by shooting

LEAGUE star Jarryd Hayne was with fellow Eels Junior Paulo and Weller Hauraki when he was caught up in a shooting in a Kings Cross street, it has emerged.

Parramatta ace Hayne was this afternoon at Kings Cross police station undergoing questioning.

He was on a night out which ended in terrifying drama when the group was targeted by a drive-by gunman - one of two shootings in the vicinity overnight.

It is understood they were shot at on Ward Street in Kings Cross as they walked away from the Las Vegas Hotel at 4.20am Monday.

St-George-Illawarra player Mark Gasnier was not with the group, despite earlier reports to the contrary.

A spokesman this afternoon said Gasnier had been out in town but had left for home earlier.

He had been linked to the incident by Parramatta CEO Denis Fitzgerald, who earlier today cited sources within the club as saying Gasnier was present.

That was clarified by a statement released by St George-Illawarra today.

"Arising from reported events overnight in the city, the St George-Illawarra Dragons upon investigation of the facts advise that Mark Gasnier was not involved in any incident," it said.

"Mark Gasnier was in the city along with other NRL players from other clubs but was not in the city or vicinity at the time of any alleged incident.

"The club and Mark Gasnier are very disappointed and concerned about how Mark has been sensationally linked by inaccurate reports."

Hayne and his two pals escaped injury in the incident, which police said was not related to an earlier shooting in Kings Cross last night in which a nightclub owner at the nearby Sapphire Suite was wounded.

Without naming who was involved, police said a Parramatta man was shot at on Ward St at 4.20am (AEDT) by a man standing beside a car.

"A Parramatta man in his 20s informed police that he was walking in the (Kings Cross) area with two friends when he noticed a man standing beside a car," a police spokeswoman told reporters.

"The man then fired a single shot in his direction.

"The three men then ran from the area and contacted police.

"The man who fired the shot then returned to the car and left the scene."

Parramatta rugby league club CEO Denis Fitzgerald said his club was this morning trying to locate Hayne.

"We've obviously heard the reports but have been unable to contact Jarryd Hayne so we are none the wiser in regard to that at this stage," he said.

"We are trying to locate him and others."

Asked if he knew the identity of other players caught up in the incident, Mr Fitzgerald said: "I've heard inside the club that there was an incident and that the other player, but this is not official, is a player from another club - it was Mark Gasnier."

Mr Fitzgerald told Macquarie Radio Parramatta players had earlier been at the cricket but the majority of them had gone home about midnight.

"A few of them decided to go further and go to a nightclub at Kings Cross, and that's a real worry when this incident happened at in the vicinity of 4 o'clock," he said.

Earlier St George-Illawarra CEO Peter Doust said he was not yet in a position to comment on the incident, refusing to say if he had been in contact with Gasnier, before this afternoon's clarification.

The news of Hayne being caught up in a shooting broke after Sapphire Suite nightclub manager Charlie Saleh, was wounded and rushed to hospital when fired upon from a moving car at about 8.40pm.

The 55-year-old manager of the Sapphire Suite, Charlie Saleh, was shot in the leg and collapsed after three shots exploded from a silver Mitsubishi Evo Lancer. The car then sped down Kellett St towards the city.

Today his son - former rugby league player Hassan Saleh - said: "He's fine, he's in hospital for cautionary reasons."

He added there were no rugby league players in the club last night.

"No, they weren't there. The club wasn't open last night at all. So I think they were at a different venue," he told Sky News.

Witness Justin Ireland said "chaos" erupted after the gunfire.

"I heard the shots, very, very loud bangs and then everyone just started running over," Mr Ireland told The Daily Telegraph last night.

"There was like a second between each shot and it was exceedingly loud. Everyone just started shouting and yelling and some started to run away.

"I saw them take one guy out on a stretcher and he didn't have a shirt on but he was alive and conscious."

Police will be calling for witnesses at a press conference about both shootings at midday today.