Rd5 2024: 615pm Eels v Raiders GAME DAY THREAD @ GIO Stadium April 7th

[JokerEel]

No denying he's done a good job over the years but now it's time to tap him and move him on...no emotion about it. It's not working now and we won't get to the finals this yr so it's time to part company. It's 11 yrs. Need to stop the rot now before it gets worse

Just like when Nathan Brown got the ass from the Dragons..

 

[Enamoured Eel]

I suspect he doesn't.

But he does? He may not necessarily kick it as high, but he can reach the same sort of levels of depth. But that’s beside the point. The point being that our long kick wasn’t the reason we lost, nor our win condition.

Agreed. Lack of ball control started the rot, then fatigue set in.

Nor was lack of ball control, although it didn’t help and it sure as shit was frustrating.

Try line speed, initial contact, selections, tactical nous, lack of respect for the coaches instruction and philosophy, mental concentration and fortitude.

 

[the phantom menace]

I put it to you that our middle defence is our weakness and we compress more than other sides to cover that.

We're just weak all across the field to be honest.

But yeah, clubs can't all have the same salary cap to spend on the squad I guess...

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Fairy sure you are secretly celebrating..

So many posts are coming to defend the club!

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No I'm attacking shit takes. I'd love to believe we could magically sack someone and become premiership heavyweights, but that is fantasyland. You merkins need to grow up and accept the facts. We sucked for nearly thirty years before Arthur or O'Neill or Sarantinos were anywhere near the club.

 

[the phantom menace]

Fairy sure you are secretly celebrating..

So many posts are coming to defend the club!

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Pou is strangely silent on here when we do win a game...

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Just like when Nathan Brown got the ass from the Dragons..

Or when any Wests coach got the arse from Wests. Or Bulldogs coaches from Canterbury.

 

[the phantom menace]

No I'm attacking shit takes.

In your dreams you are.

You merkins need to grow up and accept the facts.

No "we merkins" don't have to accept what your "opinion" of a fact might be, just to give you something to do to keep you from racking up credit card debts on OnlyFans sites.

 

[Soto]

Just like when Nathan Brown got the ass from the Dragons..

And then didn't Bennett come in and then win it...the clock is ticking with Bennett though..get him in quickly

 

[Hindmarshisgod2]

Or y'know, against Manly two weeks ago.

We were junk against manly and had the ref's on our side that night. We should have never won that.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

But he does? He may not necessarily kick it as high, but he can reach the same sort of levels of depth.

You are talking about the technical skill and missing the requirement for confidence and first grade experience to execute under pressure. Jamie Soward was always a great striker of the ball in the NYC but he wasn't an elite NRL kicker until his mid-20s. Sanders doesn't need to be that good to improve our kicking game at the moment but we don't want him with the ball on the most important tackle of the set if he's shitting himself.

But that’s beside the point. The point being that our long kick wasn’t the reason we lost, nor our win condition.

I think it is.

Nor was lack of ball control, although it didn’t help and it sure as shit was frustrating.

Try line speed, initial contact, selections, tactical nous, lack of respect for the coaches instruction and philosophy, mental concentration and fortitude.

They certainly weren't switched on from the early minutes. When Greig spilled that pass on tackle two it felt like it was going to be a long night.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

And then didn't Bennett come in and then win it...the clock is ticking with Bennett though..get him in quickly

The Knights and Bunnies both also signed Bennett and got no further than Arthur did at Parra.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

We were junk against manly and had the ref's on our side that night. We should have never won that.

The home side deserves the calls.

 

[yy_cheng]

Were they pissed coz noone got invited to meat and veg at Bea's place?

 

[JokerEel]

No I'm attacking shit takes. I'd love to believe we could magically sack someone and become premiership heavyweights, but that is fantasyland. You merkins need to grow up and accept the facts. We sucked for nearly thirty years before Arthur or O'Neill or Sarantinos were anywhere near the club.

We Merkins want to win not continue to just be.

And we suck now with them sooooooo..

If we keep sacking we might finally get a combination that works..

 

[JokerEel]

The Knights and Bunnies both also signed Bennett and got no further than Arthur did at Parra.

Coached Souffs at 69% wins but had a decent side and knew when to leave

Knights were a shit side before he arrived made semis and he buggered off as he knew they were a shit show

 

[Soto]

The Knights and Bunnies both also signed Bennett and got no further than Arthur did at Parra.

We arguably have better squads than what they did... a change is required...give it up

 

[Parra Pride]

What the actual f**k...

Dally Ms are a joke now...


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Dally Ms have been a joke for years, the majority of NRL medial don't actually watch games. It becomes painfully obvious how little clue these people have when you listen to the way they talk about someone like Sivo.

 

[the phantom menace]

We arguably have better squads than what they did... a change is required...give it up

As soon as a change is announced, Pou will do one of his famous flip-flops with somersault and pike, and tell us he always saw it coming etc etc.

Merkin's been talking similar shit since the dark days of his undying support of Mr 23.81% Stephen Kearney.

 

[blue bags]

Or when any Wests coach got the arse from Wests. Or Bulldogs coaches from Canterbury.

Lombardi was never ever told to leave
He stopped coaching for a year
But stayed on as club manager
And it sent him crazy. Cause the players were his players. His team. It broke him.
It shattered him. Cause the team was never the same. The year after that. He left to coach Washington Redskins commanders
Had 2 years there. 2 winning seasons
Then retired. His whole coaching career
Never coach a loseing team

 

[JokerEel]

Or when any Wests coach got the arse from Wests. Or Bulldogs coaches from Canterbury.

And Now Wests have Benji and Dogs have Ciraldo. Both looking up for those clubs