2017 R17 Thu - Eels 13-12* Bulldogs @ ANZ

[hineyrulz]

Can Norman kick field goals? We all know Moses can't

LOL!! Good call by Moses biggest fan.

 

[hineyrulz]

Moses wanted to leave lol

We didntpiss him off

LOL, you have posted tonight more about Moses than the entires Eels forum.

Talk about a jilted lover, time to build a bridge and move on. To Plod Reynolds lol.

 

[Rabbits20]

What happened to your development? He did have moments were he was sublime at the WT. The only problem was is he started listening to too many people and chased the bigger dollars. That wasn't the fault of the club if he saw that the grass was greener on the other side.Just hope for his sake the grass doesn't go all yellow.

They are an abomination.

 

[Clifferd]

LOL!! Good call by Moses biggest fan.

Couldn't have jinxed myself anymore if I tried

I'll admit I think he will become a superstar. Just needed the right support which I think he has at parra

 

[hineyrulz]

Couldn't have jinxed myself anymore if I tried

I'll admit I think he will become a superstar. Just needed the right support which I think he has at parra

I don't think he will be a superstar, but he could turnout to be the perfect foil for Norman.

He worked his arse off in defence which is pleasing.

Our pack sucks balls but their kicking game combined have helped us win the last two weeks.

 

[Bazal]

Couldn't have jinxed myself anymore if I tried

I'll admit I think he will become a superstar. Just needed the right support which I think he has at parra

Until our board implodes again, we sack BA, sign the next Steve Kearney and fill our roster with Daniel Harrison and Matt Ryan clones....

Being an Eels fan generates a reasonably high degree of cynicism....

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Would be hilarious if dogs got up

Mitch Moses spoiled the joke.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Lel nice attempt you pimply faced wankstain. Maybe aim a little more to the right

He was listening.

 

[Clifferd]

Seemed to have baited a few.

Amazing

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Parra fans should not hope they get in the 8,as they'll be fair dinkum chicken feed. If Parra were the side all the media were shooting their mouths off about all week,they should have hammered this lot by 70.

Building to a premiership requires getting to the finals first. I'd rather go into 2018 off the back of a finals flogging than missing the finals (again).

We just need to shake the reputation of perennial bottom eight finishers. Refs panic when we have a lead because they think they must be making a mistake. This is why we have good leads at half time and then receive zero second half penalties. This is the seventh time in 16 games this year that the opposition has conceded fewer than two (i.e. one or zero) second half penalties. How are teams getting more disciplined under fatigue? It's bullshit. Refs are panicking that we are doing teams easily so they stop penalising the opposition.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Moses and Brown magnificent.

Edwards isn't a starting first grade player and imo has always been a bench/back up player.

Edwards is one of our best attacking players. He just struggles playing eighty minutes. The fatigue turns him into Paul Carige.

 

[Bazal]

\This is the seventh time in 16 games this year that the opposition has conceded fewer than two second half penalties.

Is it really?

Thats a mental stat....

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Is it really?

Thats a mental stat....

Round 7: Eels 10 - 16 Tigers at half time, Tigers conceded zero second half penalties

Round 8: Eels 12 - 0 Panthers at half time, Panthers conceded zero second half penalties

Round 9: Eels 14 - 0 Cowboys at half time, Cowboys conceded one second half penalty

Round 10: Eels 4 - 28 Roosters at half time, Roosters conceded one second half penalty

Round 12: Eels 18 - 0 Rabbitohs at half time, Bunnies conceded one second half penalty

Round 15: Eels 12 - 4 Dragons at half time, Dragons conceded one second half penalty

Round 17: Eels 12 - 2 Bulldogs at half time, Dogs conceded zero second half penalties

In five of those games we led at half time by 8 to 18 points, then found ourselves up against flawless (or close to it) second half opposition.

 

[hineyrulz]

Round 7: Eels 10 - 16 Tigers at half time, Tigers conceded zero second half penalties

Round 8: Eels 12 - 0 Panthers at half time, Panthers conceded zero second half penalties

Round 9: Eels 14 - 0 Cowboys at half time, Cowboys conceded one second half penalty

Round 10: Eels 4 - 28 Roosters at half time, Roosters conceded one second half penalty

Round 12: Eels 18 - 0 Rabbitohs at half time, Bunnies conceded one second half penalty

Round 15: Eels 12 - 4 Dragons at half time, Dragons conceded one second half penalty

Round 17: Eels 12 - 2 Bulldogs at half time, Dogs conceded zero second half penalties

In five of those games we led at half time by 8 to 18 points, then found ourselves up against flawless (or close to it) second half opposition.

Those stats are crazy but unsurprising. no wonder why we struggle to put sides away.

 

[Hawkins]

that pass in the first few minutes. I had to double check I was watching first grade and not a city v country affair

 

[forward pass]

Did Henry Panernra play for parra?

yes - which is why he f**king crucifies every game we have him. I think he is very scared of being portrayed as biased towards us !

 

[Game_Breaker]

If Montoya doesn't push Moses, then he doesn't get in front of him

 

[ed-grimley]

Yeah Moses would have probably scored, but probably doesn't equal a penalty try. Anything can happen that far away.

Ultimately we won on our defence. 30% of the footy second half without a single penalty, and camped in our own end....yeah we conceded twice, but we could have conceded a lot more than we did and we have at times this year.

Sometimes you've gotta win ugly and honestly that's something we've been very poor at the last few years. So there's an upside even to an awful game like that lol.

I reckon the penalty try should have been given and I wouldn't have complained if it were a Parra player who committed the offence. I also think the ref should have awarded/not awarded the try and see if the bunker could find evidence to overturn the decision. If a try is not scored then there is no way that the bunker can give a decision based on any certainty either way. Players will always take the chance that a PT won't be awarded if they never are.

 

[forward pass]

I think the whole "have to be absolutely certain he would have scored" criteria for a penalty try is absolutely ludicrous. It is impossible to be 100% sure.

I think the interpretation should be changed to "if there was a fair chance a player would have scored had it not been for the foul" then it is a try. If you commit a professional foul - then that is the risk you run - a penalty try. At the moment you would always foul the player because they are extremely reluctant to award penalty tries.

 

[natheel]

If Montoya doesn't push Moses, then he doesn't get in front of him

Moses shoulder was in front of Montoya when he pushed him hence Moses was in front before the push