Eels game

[Dragon David]

Well as far as I am concerned, we did OK seeing that a lot on here were thinking that without JDB and Suli we would cop a thrashing. Losing 26-20 given the rub of the green not going our way wasn't too bad. One day these will be wins for us. The guys should be given credit having lost F Molo at the beginning and they put in a great effort to be in front albeit not all the way to the final whistle.

My household certainly knew that I was not pleased with several of the decisions made by the ref. Once Parramatta scored that try to make it 20-16, they got their second wind and with the help of the ref, changed the momentum of the game.

I hate the refs.

 

[Rocket Rod]

They played well. But up by 10 they just farked it because they just just aren’t good enough.

It’s a game of footy and therefore everyone has their opinion
I thought they were a bit stiff and deserved a result

 

[R&WTILLIDIE]

It’s a game of footy and therefore everyone has their opinion
I thought they were a bit stiff and deserved a result

yes mate. It's a game of footy and we all have our opinions. My opinion was based after a few beers. I just think we tend to blame the refs rather than look at ourselves

 

[since77]

Didn’t see the game. How did young Couchman go?

 

[sammymills]

Just watched replay. So JDB gets 4 weeks and 10 in the bin for a hip drop yet exact same tackle on us not even a penalty.

you cannot call burns on Cartwright a strip early in the game yet exact same thing is ruled a loose carry no try on us.

Just burns me, super proud of the boys effort today especially considering how many we had out.

 

[RedVDave]

2 weeks in a row we've been beaten by the bunker IMO. Won't fault their effort but it's so frustrating having no help from the refs we got 2 penalties all game the last of which came in the 29th minute of the game, great press conference from Ryan Carr again.

 

[getsmarty]

'You are playing buddy' Ryan Couchman gets his NRL debut news

Witness the moment interim coach Ryan Carr delivered the debut news to Ryan Couchman.

www.dragons.com.au

 

[getsmarty]

Dragons fall short despite Ravalawa quartet

A four-try haul courtesy of winger Mikaele Ravalawa was not enough for the Dragons to finish atop the Parramatta Eels with the hosts hanging on for a narrow 26-20 win at CommBank Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

www.dragons.com.au

 

[getsmarty]

Eels v Dragons - Round 23, 2023 | Dragons

The Parramatta Eels and the St George Illawarra Dragons face off in Round 23 of the Telstra NRL Premiership

www.dragons.com.au

 

[getsmarty]

NRL press conference: Round 23 v Eels | Dragons

Dragons coach Ryan Carr chats to the media after his side's clash with the Eels

www.dragons.com.au

 

[getsmarty]

‘I try not to laugh’: Dragons ‘confused’ by call which ‘changed game’, say they ‘deserved’ to win

‘I try not to laugh’: Dragons confused by call which ‘changed game’, say they ‘deserved’ to win

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[Dragonslayer]

In the vast field of dead grass, some green shoots are starting to appear.

That's my take on our last couple of weeks, especially in today's game.

 

[This Year?]

Usually our momentum shift happens after about the 20 minute mark, but this time it was after about an hour.
I'm normally one of the 1st to bag out this team after a loss, but today I reckon they tried their hearts out (except Hunt who quite frankly can f**k off yesterday). Once the Gutherson strip non call happened it was the straw that broke the camel's back and nothing was going to stop the Eels from winning after that.
What pisses me off more than anything is how dismissive the media are when we obviously get screwed. How is it not one commentator thinks that wasn't a strip? Sometimes I think am I really that one eyed or are they just trolling us?
Anyway, as usual our reaction to a bad call is riddled with errors and/or unlucky types of penalties which fatigues us even more and the broken record gets played again. It feels like we have a hex on us or something.
No wonder Carr has the eyebags of a new father.

 

[RedVee_8]

I was out but heard from Rava’s 3rd try just before halftime on.
MMM call and Jimmy Graham blew up about that strip call, but they were backing down a bit by the end.

 

[Auntie.Gerald]

yep no Sua, Suli, JDB, Molo..........

They were without Sivo, Lane, RCG, Hodgson

fair effort by our lads to get back in the game and take it to 20-10

 

[Draginzaaar]

1. Was definitely a strip. Thank god the missus had left to go shopping or she would have told me to keep it down.
2. Burns actually ran away from Moses. Moses followed him and took a dive.
3. Hunt did knee the ball before it hit the ground. The definition of a kick in the rules is as follows: "means making contact with the ball with any part of the leg (except the heel) from knee to toe inclusive". This was then knocked on by Eels but they got the penalty.

You have to purposely drop the ball onto you leg/foot for it to constitute a kick. He just dropped it. Anyway, why didn't he just kick it before he dropped it?

 

[since77]

No one wants to answer my question about how the debutant Couchman went?

 

[Auntie.Gerald]

mate he went well
looked identical in performance to Toby excuse the pun
smart runs
relentless tackling

considering these two boys are only 19yrs old and only 98kg each you have to guess they will be closer to your 105kg props in the future as fairly lean builds but hard as nails for their age, height, weight

I cant see why they wont be both on our bench for years to come and maybe one of them becoming a lock eventually?

 

[justadragon]

No one wants to answer my question about how the debutant Couchman went?

He has no trouble tackling and is fearless, him and JDB should go well next year.

 

[Auntie.Gerald]

I thought Burns did well and although Russell missed a crucial tackle (perfect pass BTW) Russell had 48 something tackles