my view of game

[Eels Dude]

yep, lets just wait and see, but flogging players is hardly the answer

I agree. There's training them hard, but then there's training them TOO hard.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

I agree. There's training them hard, but then there's training them TOO hard.

exactly, a fine line, nothing wrong with training bloody hard, but when over trained you get the 2011 Parra eels.

 

[mickdo]

Funny who those who bag out Burt are the same ones who get all touchy when someone makes a slight negative reference to either the board, coach, or CEO. Just saying.

I like Burt ;-)

 

[The Eels Shed]

Over trained. Now ive heard it all.

 

[tresurehunt]

we actually hit the grass with our kicks in general play tonight ,sandow was pretty good i thought. dont know if was the wet night or our attack looked as dismal as last year, i hope that gel stuff comes soon ,don't wont to be chasing all year like last.....

 

[Poupou Escobar]

only cause he offers nothing in attack playing centre

So if he offers nothing in attack at centre why would you want him on the wing? That's one position where you can afford to carry a poor defender - you may as well use one who attacks well.

Centre, on the other hand, requires a good defender first and foremost. If he's a quality attacking player that's a bonus.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

6. Ben Roberts - went missing

Are you saying you didn't notice him from about the 55 minute mark? Because I think there's an explanation.

 

[Runaround Man]

We didn't complete our sets at crucial times, especially at the beginning of the second half.
We let Brisbane into the game, no, we invited them in with a lovely, frilly invitation that they just could not resist.

Once they got the momentum, it as all over, our guys heads went down, they lost the belief and Brisbane suddenly looked bigger, faster and more hungry.

It was in the balance until then.

Sandow did real good, but too much was asked of him and he tried to do too much.

Shows how good Hayne is. He had played playmaker, try scorer and fullback for a few years now.

WHen Hayne returns it will be a lot better. Also when Willie Tonga returns it will make a big difference.

Only first game in. I think we need to wait for another 4 to 5 games to make a more thorough assessment.;-)

 

[tresurehunt]

Sandow did real good, but too much was asked of him and he tried to do too much.

"Shows how good Hayne is. He had played playmaker, try scorer and fullback for a few years now"



agree there

 

[yy_cheng]

I think if we had cronk instead of sandow there would not be much difference

 

[Stagger eel]

Burt at 32 is a different player to Burt at 25...same with Hindmarsh!

if I thought that Hindmarsh was crap and i wanted to prove a point I'd ask him to play till his 45, just so i can tell everyone I'm right.

at the end of the day, they're club stalwards who will probably have their last season at the club and not just by choice either, that's just my opinion.

 

[The Phelan Folly]

friend of mine works for Telstra on the business side of things and the NRL relationship reckons Hindy is making plans to be involved with league next season, only not on the field..

 

[Maroubra Eel]

I thought our defense was really good. But wet weather defense is very different to dry weather defense. We will find out how good it is once we get a dry track.

I was impressed with Sio. He's got a bright future.

Blair looks big and strong. I'd move him to the back row.

 

[Haynzy]

I have it on good authority that Reni is still very injured and shouldn't have been playing last night.

Sandow should leave the long cut out passes to Jarryd but apart from that was a huge improvement on last year's halves.

Roberts was also good until his injury. I hope he's not out for long.

We played like a team that hadn't played together much and obviously our outside backs will improve when the injured guys come back. It felt to me like we were never going to score when we went to the backs, except Sio wholooked the goods. Blair needed to inject himself more but looks ok, Morgan and Esi had their moments but seemed fairly impotent in attack.

I think we'll improve.

 

[strider]

I thought our defense was really good. But wet weather defense is very different to dry weather defense. We will find out how good it is once we get a dry track.

I was impressed with Sio. He's got a bright future.

Blair looks big and strong. I'd move him to the back row.

your first 2 sentences - i agree with entirely

your 3rd - hmmm, i think it got too hard for you to make an entirely serious post, so u dragged that out :lol: :lol:

 

[Maroubra Eel]

lol

 

[Maroubra Eel]

I thought Keating had a good game. He made a few good darting runs from dummy half.
Hope he has a good year.

 

[Stagger eel]

I thought Keating had a good game. He made a few good darting runs from dummy half.
Hope he has a good year.

is he backrow material?

 

[Maroubra Eel]

is he backrow material?

I think he might just be. The tackle stats in the tele say he made 43, with no missed tackles. This was just one behind Hindy who made 44 with 1 missed tackle.

Although I think he lacks the size to take decent hit ups.

In conclusion I would move him to the 2nd row.

 

[Stagger eel]

I think he might just be. The tackle stats in the tele say he made 43, with no missed tackles. This was just one behind Hindy who made 44 with 1 missed tackle.

Although I think he lacks the size to take decent hit ups.

In conclusion I would move him to the 2nd row.

thought so..