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Eels vs Titans Game Day Thread

Obscene Assassin

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Could our right side defence have been bad because of Frank Pritchard playing longer minutes? I can't remember Taka rushing in that hard when he had Moeroa on the inside.
 
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Noise said:
3 wins from 8 is less than OK IMO
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We also tested the Sharks and Canberra, so 4 from 8 or 5 from out with that many out looks like a great effort.

Last night was disgusting, just when you thought we are turning the corner in becoming a mentally tough team that are hard to beat every week we put in a gold medal spoon performance.
 
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I'm not too worried by the result. We are probably underestimating Corey Norman. I think we are looking at a guy who is as influential on our team as Hayne was or Thurston is. Take him out and we're a different side altogether. Add to that a fullback and five-eight and hooker who are very inexperienced in their positions at NRL level, and it's not surprising that we were disorganised and fell in a heap. Our fullback and five-eight will get much better at controlling things as the season progresses. Like I've been saying all along, this year is where we look carefully at how things progress (will Gutherson improve so much that we don't need to buy another half? Will he become a reliable goal-kicker? Will Kaysa Pritchard stand up and tell us we don't need to buy a hooker?, etc, etc). Then we cover whatever recruitment we need to. Next year we have a real shot at the premiership.
 
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EelsFan05 said:
We are still a team with only one genuine superstar. We were the same with Hayne, we are now the same with Norman. I hope this team doesn't intend to roll over everytime Norman's injured this year.
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I think that would be a fair comment if the circumstances were different. But have a look at the rest of our spine. French, Gutherson and Pritchard. They are all extremely inexperienced in there positions at NRL level. All very good players, but in terms of positional sense and game management - forget it. But they should all improve significantly as the seasons go on.
 
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You wagered $30.12? .... i would have gone 13c tbh
 
Poupou Escobar

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EelsFan05 said:
We are still a team with only one genuine superstar. We were the same with Hayne, we are now the same with Norman. I hope this team doesn't intend to roll over everytime Norman's injured this year.
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Most teams only have one genuine superstar, if that. The Cowboys never win without Thurston, the Storm never win without Smith, etc, etc.
 
Haynzy

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Pugzley said:
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It's alright. Best get the kinks out of the way early so that you can fix them as soon as possible.
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I know it's a bit of a reach but it wouldn't totally surprise me if Brad Arthur deliberately left the players directionless last night, ala Daniel Anderson vs St George.

He knew we'd be underdone due to the 5 day turnaround. Maybe the boys were getting a bit cocky and believing the press after beating a couple of teams that probably won't trouble the top of the table all season.
He knew Hayne was out so took the chance to rest Norman, perhaps thinking it was a good opportunity to see where Gutho is at when it comes to controlling a game. He left O'Brien off, forcing the forwards to play tired. He may have even given some instructions that put us at a disadvantage, ie Taka jamming in every time.

It's probably not the case but you never know, BA seems to be a bit of a thinker and may be playing with the boys mentally whilst taking pressure off them that they may have felt if they were three from three. Golden State were undone in the NBA last year after expending too much energy in achieving largely meaningless records like the longest run of unbeaten games.
 
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Haynzy said:
I know it's a bit of a reach but it wouldn't totally surprise me if Brad Arthur deliberately left the players directionless last night, ala Daniel Anderson vs St George.

He knew we'd be underdone due to the 5 day turnaround. Maybe the boys were getting a bit cocky and believing the press after beating a couple of teams that probably won't trouble the top of the table all season.
He knew Hayne was out so took the chance to rest Norman, perhaps thinking it was a good opportunity to see where Gutho is at when it comes to controlling a game. He left O'Brien off, forcing the forwards to play tired. He may have even given some instructions that put us at a disadvantage, ie Taka jamming in every time.

It's probably not the case but you never know, BA seems to be a bit of a thinker and may be playing with the boys mentally whilst taking pressure off them that they may have felt if they were three from three. Golden State were undone in the NBA last year after expending too much energy in achieving largely meaningless records like the longest run of unbeaten games.
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Gee I love BA as much as anyone, but that's the most positive spin on a debacle I have ever heard. I think we just played shit, full stop, much like Penrith in week one. We'll be ok.
 
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I'm sure Arthur's wanted the two points. We were up against a fairly evenly matched team (some of their players are better than some of ours) and the guys they had out were replaced by decent backups. No Hayne meant more ball for Taylor/Elgey, and no Peats meant they had a more dangerous dummy half in Roberts. They also had some luck and took it. They were also playing at home and got the home team calls, plus they were desperate coming off two straight losses.
 
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Soren Lorenson said:
Gee I love BA as much as anyone, but that's the most positive spin on a debacle I have ever heard. I think we just played shit, full stop, much like Penrith in week one. We'll be ok.
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Yeah I know.

I don't think he tanked but perhaps put them under more pressure than needed in a game that he thinks may not matter too much in the greater scheme. Building resilience before we play some of the serious contenders.
 
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Poupou Escobar said:
I'm sure Arthur's wanted the two points. We were up against a fairly evenly matched team (some of their players are better than some of ours) and the guys they had out were replaced by decent backups. No Hayne meant more ball for Taylor/Elgey, and no Peats meant they had a more dangerous dummy half in Roberts. They also had some luck and took it. They were also playing at home and got the home team calls, plus they were desperate coming off two straight losses.
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I'm not sure I agree with your earlier appraisal on why O'Brien didn't play but I can't think why he left him off all game.
 
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Parra Pride said:
No Norman = no wins. As long as you aren't blind you'd see this.
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Norman's absence was not the reason we lost, that's not to say if he played we still don't win but we should have won that game even without Norman. I think if we halved our error rate we would have won
 
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Soren Lorenson

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Haynzy said:
Yeah I know.

I don't think he tanked but perhaps put them under more pressure than needed in a game that he thinks may not matter too much in the greater scheme. Building resilience before we play some of the serious contenders.
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I want to think you're right, I really do. I'm also not sure why windscreens was left off. I guess a coach has to decide if a bench player will improve what's already out there, and he probably wouldn't have. We weren't getting busted up by their forward pack.
 
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