An \u2018aha moment\u2019 changed everything for NRL icon<\/a><\/p>\nJason Ryles and Dylan Brown.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n
\u201cThey might have only won five games, but they have been in a hell of a lot of them over the second half of the season. He has got that club going in the right direction.\u201d <\/p>\n
Paul Crawley admits he was critical of the call to let Gutherson leave before his contract was up, but the emergence of Isaiah Iongi, who has been the Eels\u2019 best player this season has proven the bold call right. <\/p>\n
\u201cI questioned the Gutho call at the start of the year, but the more you see of Iongi you think long-term he has probably made the right call,\u201d Crawley said. <\/p>\n
“It’s been a complete stuff up!” | 02:41<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat I have liked about Jason Ryles this year is that through a really difficult time he could have easily lost his head and he kept composure and kept calm and I\u2019ve rarely seen him lose his temper. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe decision with Dylan Brown I have heard people knock it and say it has given up on the season, but it is the opposite. It has given them a look at what may be.\u201d <\/p>\n
Dan Ginnane admitted Ryles is being given more leeway as a first-year coach, but that doesn\u2019t mean he isn\u2019t doing what the Eels need him to do. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe is doing exactly what you want for a team in a rebuild,\u201d Ginnane said. <\/p>\n
Roosters regret recalling Townsend? | 02:04<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s not worried about wins and losses. He\u2019s clearing out the players that he knows are not going to be there like Dylan Brown. He is open in saying, the future is now. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe first year coach always gets a honeymoon year, but this is the template of how all clubs in a rebuild should be doing it.\u201d <\/p>\n
Braith Anasta has been most impressed by the style Ryles has the Eels playing and believes it will deliver results once the roster improves and compared the rebuild to Cameron Ciraldo at the Bulldogs. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey are playing a really expansive style even without Moses and they have missed him for a lot of the year, so that\u2019s hurt them,\u201d Anasta said. <\/p>\n
Souths’ “$2 million mistake” | 02:12<\/p>\n
\u201cTheir defence was really poor at the start of the year because he changed all the systems, but that\u2019s improved as the season has gone on.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, Anasta warned the next phase of the rebuild will be just as important and that involves bringing in the right recruits to help the team win consistently. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf you look at Cameron Ciraldo at the Bulldogs they culled a lot of players and they went 10 steps backwards before they started to get to where they are now and I see a comparison there with Ryles,\u201d Anasta said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe big question is Ryles has culled a lot and they have gone a few steps backwards so now it is about who they bring in.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jason Ryles has been defended over his Eels rebuild that has seen the club take multiple steps backwards…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-14395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}