Eels v Storm GAME DAY THREAD

[I'm a loser baby...]

I think a big part of it is how he gets low when running the ball. He cops a lot of hips and knees to the head.

Been getting running tips off Hayne.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Just saw the end again. Noticed Guth giving it to Brown? for that kick at the end, even as he's running back to clean up. Love ya, Gutho.

 

[Chipmunk]

I think we can honestly assume only one person interpreted your comments they way you thought they sounded

Well for some reason people keep going on about middle forwards...

 

[hindy111]

Agreed so why single out one player for blame? If anything you should blame our least productive middle forward who would be Matagi or Scott.

Agreed

Scott brings leadership and a bit of grubby play. I like that.

Matagi a few games has stood up when we needed it with some fearsome charges.

Mannah is in decline imo. Look at his stats 2yrs ago. His HIA are taking a toll.

 

[Eelogical]

Scott brings leadership and a bit of grubby play. I like that.

Matagi a few games has stood up when we needed it with some fearsome charges.

Mannah is in decline imo. Look at his stats 2yrs ago. His HIA are taking a toll.

Yeah! Mannah's HIA's are now leading the Dally M stats. He's a shoe in for HIA player of the year.

 

[hineyrulz]

Been getting running tips off Hayne.

Timmy's getting ready for a tilt at the NFL.

It's always been he's dream.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Timmy's getting ready for a tilt at the NFL.

It's always been he's dream.

And if we're very lucky he might chase his dream.

 

[Bazal]

And if we're very lucky he might chase his dream.

Mate the ways he's been playing, I reckon he's already dreaming....

 

[84 Baby]

Yeah! Mannah's HIA's are now leading the Dally M stats. He's a shoe in for HIA player of the year.

I'd love for that to actually be a thing

 

[The EELiminator]

maybe we need to get tim into headgear it's getting to be a worry how he seems to go off for a HIA test every week it can't be good for him

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

maybe we need to get tim into headgear it's getting to be a worry how he seems to go off for a HIA test every week it can't be good for him

It can't be good. At first it was a bit of a joke. "Hey, Timmy's off for his HIA...hahaha"... now it's not a joke. Happens too often.

 

[Bazal]

maybe we need to get tim into headgear it's getting to be a worry how he seems to go off for a HIA test every week it can't be good for him

Headgear does nothing to prevent concussion so it wouldn't matter.

The bloke seems to be running with his head lately. Marty Lang style.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Scott brings leadership and a bit of grubby play. I like that.

Matagi a few games has stood up when we needed it with some fearsome charges.

Mannah is in decline imo. Look at his stats 2yrs ago. His HIA are taking a toll.

He's certainly playing fewer minutes - about ten minutes per game less than in 2015. The HIAs would be a big part of it, and a bit sus IMO. But it's also related to the fact we don't need as many minutes from him.

Last night we got this many minutes (rounded so adds up to 241 rather than 240) from the blokes we used in the three middle forward spots:

80 Brown
46 Vave
36 Matagi
34 Alvaro
32 Moeroa (plus 34 at edge forward)
13 Mannah

Last week it was:

85 Brown
58 Moeroa (plus 10 at edge forward)
41 Alvaro
36 Matagi
35 Mannah

Both wins, and Mannah playing the fewest minutes. But as you can see, the only blokes who are being 'overworked' are Brown and Moeroa, but they seem to be coping.

By comparison, the first two rounds (also both wins) looked like this:

Round 1
51 Mannah
47 Matagi
47 Scott
46 Brown
25 Alvaro
24 O'Brien

Round 2
49 Scott
47 Brown (plus 7 at hooker)
42 Matagi
37 Alvaro
34 Mannah
27 O'Brien
4 Moeroa (plus 55 at edge forward)

So as Arthur's said, our starts are one of our strengths, and very important to us. Mannah is the only middle forward to have started every game. He soaks up a lot of the punishment from teams trying to smash us through the middle. He does his job and gets to spend most of the game on the sideline. Lately he's not even costing us an interchange lol

 

[hineyrulz]

I reckon with Peni back game it might be time to give Timmy a rest.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I wonder if Terepo will come straight in. Likewise Fritchard.

 

[forward pass]

It will actually be interesting if the club let Timmy continue to play. They are clearly being VERY careful with De Gois - they must be considering Tims future.

The club needs to protect themselves against future litigation as this is becoming a serious issue.

 

[Gronk]

It will actually be interesting if the club let Timmy continue to play. They are clearly being VERY careful with De Gois - they must be considering Tims future.

The club needs to protect themselves against future litigation as this is becoming a serious issue.

Tim's future might be on the line soon with all the HIAs - agreed.

Nate Myles has been accused of using his head a weapon in the past and IIRC he got Tim with the head vs head clash on Saturday. Has the merkin ever been penalised for using his head as a weapon of mass destruction ?

 

[Sensei Cobra]

Just saw the end again. Noticed Guth giving it to Brown? for that kick at the end, even as he's running back to clean up. Love ya, Gutho.

I thought he was giving it to Frenchy for the wasteful kick or are you talking about a different gutho gobfull ?

 

[hybrideel]

i would say he is referring to fulltime when the ball was on the ground and Brown tried to boot it into touch

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

i would say he is referring to fulltime when the ball was on the ground and Brown tried to boot it into touch

Yeah that.