|
Post by Electric Eel on Nov 1, 2020 16:39:58 GMT 10
1980's should have included Pricey and the crow as well. I dont think any team will ever be that good again. I guess the emperor had to change his thinking after 1986 because he wasnt pocketing enough money for himself. Price and Cronin brought much experience to the Eels by the time Eels were winning premierships while the younger players Sterlo, Kenny, Grothe and Ella brought youth and super talent. What a combination and even players like Steve Edge should be given credit, great captain and leader who already achieved success at the Dragons. Emperor failed after Price and Cronin left, couldn't even make the finals for a decade and then brought a choker coach to the club to suffer painful endings to the season.
|
|
|
Post by crow on Nov 2, 2020 0:57:19 GMT 10
The emperor just didnt care about the football team, it was all about lining his pockets and that would only happen with low budget signings. The Team definitely looked low budget as well. Players that werent even reserve grade standard. Scott Mahon sums up that era in Eels history perfectly.
|
|
|
Post by Electric Eel on Nov 2, 2020 18:05:52 GMT 10
The emperor just didnt care about the football team, it was all about lining his pockets and that would only happen with low budget signings. The Team definitely looked low budget as well. Players that werent even reserve grade standard. Scott Mahon sums up that era in Eels history perfectly. Scott Mahon was Paul Carige before Paul Carige, he could do some freakish things, but always followed up with stupid mistakes. Mahon scored some tries with his famous goose step, but then followed up with a shocker under the high ball. Speak of the devil - Scott Mahon in action.
|
|
|
Post by crow on Nov 3, 2020 4:19:10 GMT 10
Jason Bell, another of the loser signings from that asshole emperor.
|
|
|
Post by Electric Eel on Nov 3, 2020 18:41:51 GMT 10
Jason Bell, another of the loser signings from that asshole emperor. Sounds like a sad career - Parramatta A Parramatta junior, Bell made his first grade debut in 1989. He played 53 games for Parramatta before transferring to North Sydney at the start of the 1993 season. However he only played one first grade game for Norths during the 1993 season.
Souths Bell rejuvenated his career by moving across the harbour to South Sydney. Here he played 58 games in three years for the club, and was regarded as a senior player by the time he was 24. He formed a solid halves combination with Craig Field.
Return to the Eels His strong form at South Sydney gave him the opportunity to return home to Parramatta, and he went on to play another fifty three games for the club. In 1997 he won the club's Jack Boyle Tackling School Award, which is awarded to the club's best tackler each season. In 1998, Bell played 22 games for Parramatta and was a member of the side which nearly made the grand final that year but suffered defeat to Canterbury in the preliminary final. With less than 10 minutes to go on the clock, Parramatta were winning 18-2 but lost the game 32-20 in extra time.
By 1999 however, he was struggling to make first grade and instead captained the Eels reserve grade team to a win in the NSWRL First Division Grand Final.
Final Years He was not re-signed by Parramatta for 2000 and instead he joined the Newtown club in the NSWRL First Division. Newtown had a feeder relationship with the Auckland Warriors, and mid-season injuries to Stacey Jones and John Simon saw him signed by the Warriors. He played eight games to finish off the season for the Warriors.
At the end of the 2000 season the Warriors were sold and the new owners did not opt to re-sign Bell.
Definitely failed as a replacement for Kenny and Sterlo.
|
|
|
Post by crow on Nov 4, 2020 0:53:15 GMT 10
I didnt know he played for the Warriors. Mind you I never followed his career anyway. I remember he did play quite well at the Rabbits but then lousy again at the Eels.
Kenny and Sterlo have never been replaced by anyone to this day, sadly.
|
|
|
Post by Electric Eel on Nov 4, 2020 19:23:34 GMT 10
I didnt know he played for the Warriors. Mind you I never followed his career anyway. I remember he did play quite well at the Rabbits but then lousy again at the Eels. Kenny and Sterlo have never been replaced by anyone to this day, sadly. Jason Bell was the next crop of young players after the glory days, but failed to deliver. Buettner and Taylor were the closest to Kenny and Sterlo. Kenny and Sterlo would have run rings around Joey in the 2001 grand final. Ray Price would have belted Ben Kennedy. Need the old firm back!! They were tough and talented.
|
|
|
Post by crow on Nov 5, 2020 5:56:31 GMT 10
The game isnt tough any longer, those players are a thing of the good old days.
One season of a good halves combination in 30 years, what a joke.
There were a few in the next crop after the glory years that were worse than Jason Bell as well.
|
|
|
Post by Electric Eel on Nov 5, 2020 20:01:12 GMT 10
The game isnt tough any longer, those players are a thing of the good old days. One season of a good halves combination in 30 years, what a joke. There were a few in the next crop after the glory years that were worse than Jason Bell as well. Game was brutal when I first followed - Bowden v Broadhurst. Les Boyd the psychopath involved in that game. Eels have struggled in the halves for a long time. Can't even produce a Cooper Cronk or Matt Orford, those two are not superstar halves, but definitely premiership material. Jason Bell, Glen Liddiard, Scott Mahon, Brian Jackson, Danny Crnkovich, Mick Delroy all didn't live up too expectation, but the expectation was high cause all us Eels fans thought the glory years would continue.
|
|
|
Post by crow on Nov 6, 2020 2:50:21 GMT 10
The brutality of the game was great, shame it is all gone.
I put so much hope in all those names you mentioned and they all fell so far short of what everyone wanted. It was a super hard time to support the Eels. It is funny how only one decade worked great for the Eels and could never produce local talent again.
|
|
|
Post by Electric Eel on Nov 6, 2020 17:20:18 GMT 10
The brutality of the game was great, shame it is all gone. I put so much hope in all those names you mentioned and they all fell so far short of what everyone wanted. It was a super hard time to support the Eels. It is funny how only one decade worked great for the Eels and could never produce local talent again. Early 80's was the best. Beat the Jets, finally winning a premiership. Heaps of thugs back then too, Les Boyd, the Sorenson brothers, Craig Young, the entire Bulldogs team. I still can't believe 1987, terrible start getting belted by Tigers, Magpies and Sea Eagles in the first three games. Lindner was no Ray Price and Cronin was missed. Finished outside the top five by three points. First time Eels and Bulldogs both missed the finals since 1972 and first time either didn't make the grand final since 1978.
|
|
|
Post by crow on Nov 7, 2020 1:51:31 GMT 10
The 80's was fun to watch the game. I am sure a number of those 80's players are still feeling the pains of that time.
Lindner was terrible. I really thought he was going to be a decent replacement for Pricey, but he was worthless. I was glad he went to the Magpies. It really is amazing how much Pricey and Crow meant to the team. They were never good again.
|
|
|
Post by Electric Eel on Nov 7, 2020 15:17:12 GMT 10
The 80's was fun to watch the game. I am sure a number of those 80's players are still feeling the pains of that time. Lindner was terrible. I really thought he was going to be a decent replacement for Pricey, but he was worthless. I was glad he went to the Magpies. It really is amazing how much Pricey and Crow meant to the team. They were never good again. Price and Cronin brought so much experience and leadership to the team. That's the best make-up to a team, veterans mixed in with youth. Price and Cronin couldn't win premierships without Sterlo and Kenny and vice versa. Bob Lindner played Origin for QLD, but I thought his club football wasn't that good. The game changed by the late 80's, Sydney clubs were no longer a force, the Raiders and Broncos were the best teams. And all these years later the Storm are the team to beat. It's like the Eels are a second division team in the English Premier League, that's how it feels.
|
|
|
Post by crow on Nov 8, 2020 4:27:25 GMT 10
Lindner was dwn right pathetic at the Eels, signed for big bucks but never delivered. Did however do a little better at the Magpies. Maybe they should make 2, 8 team competitions, with promotion and relegation, like in England. The Eels may then have a chance at winning a second division title? Who cares, right? In most of the 80's it was all Sydney teams except for Canberra and Illawarra. They were both lousy for a number of years too. Broncos and Cowboys came in 1988.
|
|
|
Post by Electric Eel on Nov 8, 2020 11:04:57 GMT 10
Lindner was dwn right pathetic at the Eels, signed for big bucks but never delivered. Did however do a little better at the Magpies. Maybe they should make 2, 8 team competitions, with promotion and relegation, like in England. The Eels may then have a chance at winning a second division title? Who cares, right? In most of the 80's it was all Sydney teams except for Canberra and Illawarra. They were both lousy for a number of years too. Broncos and Cowboys came in 1988. Bob Lindner played for all the struggling teams, Eels, Giants, Magpies and Steelers. A second division title wouldn't feel like a premiership. The English Premier League only has 4 or 5 good teams and the rest rarely win. Don't see a point if you're supporting a team that will never win in 100 years of football. The only thing I give their competition credit for is giving the trophy to the team that finishes first on the ladder. The team that finishes first was the best team by winning the most games. I prefer just Sydney teams, but I guess the game had to expand to compete with rival codes and to run a successful business.
|
|