2021 Rd1: Eels v Broncos GAME DAY thread at Suncorp 12/3

[Noise]

No idea but I loved every one of his carries. We commented at home all the players looked all but dead, and he kept the hit ups coming one after the other.

Said the same thing. Everyone on both sides looked tired, except for him.

 

[strider]

I think Nathan overplayed his hand tbh.

he made heaps of strong carries .... got us going forward with Papa .... helped rheed get a few chances to dart

 

[IFR33K]

Ne seri, majmune!

Can anyone translate Russian?

 

[Chipmunk]

He's fast and good under the high ball. Swap him with Gutherson, who is our smartest player.

Where's your evidence he is good under the high ball?

 

[Happy MEel]

He's fast and good under the high ball. Swap him with Gutherson, who is our smartest player.

That’s actually a decent idea. I thought Drown was best suited to centre. However, a swap of Gutho and Drown could work very well.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Reigning understrength wooden spooners with one left on the bench.

Agreed. The Broncos were missing a couple of their best players in their second half and down on substitutions. Against anyone else we probably wouldn't have come back. But then we probably would've turned up with a better attitude to start with.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Anyone know how much time Papali'i spent on the edge and in the middle?

did hipgrave spent time there first after lane came off? Not sure. Doesn’t appear nrl stats are up yet

 

[IFR33K]

Said the same thing. Everyone on both sides looked tired, except for him.

You aren’t my son are you?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

That new Pap guy was the best player on the field and my Serbian brother was huge defensively at centre.

Opacic is a first grader for sure. Surprised his WPYSA18 is so low.

 

[hindy111]

Agreed. The Broncos were missing a couple of their best players in their second half and down on substitutions. Against anyone else we probably wouldn't have come back. But then we probably would've turned up with a better attitude to start with.

Would you drop Sivo? Do you feel Blake would make a good winger?

 

[strider]

He was ok. Didn't bend the line but made some important carries.

you don't have to bend it as much when you run like a mad merkin and get 10m before they have a chance to move up .... brown is small so harder to bend the line against 3 bigger merkins but uses his acceleration to get to the bigger merkins before they cn move up

 

[Happy MEel]

did hipgrave spent time there first after lane came off? Not sure. Doesn’t appear nrl stats are up yet

The way I saw it, when Paps came on he played on the edge and Lane went to the middle. The mad merkin did spend some time in the middle though.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Yeah but it's still in our top two halves.

That second half was our best performance all year.

 

[hindy111]

you don't have to bend it as much when you run like a mad merkin and get 10m before they have a chance to move up .... brown is small so harder to bend the line against 3 bigger merkins but uses his acceleration to get to the bigger merkins before they cn move up

He was ok. Didn't stand out as much as he normally does.

 

[Noise]

You aren’t my son are you?

I've always wanted to call you daddy.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I don't wanna waste Paps on an edge .... he ripped em up the guts

He finished the game on the right edge.

 

[Noise]

The way I saw it, when Paps came on he played on the edge and Lane went to the middle. The mad merkin did spend some time in the middle though.

I think maybe when Papali'i and Hipgrave were on at the same time Hipgrave was on the edge and Papali'i was in the middle.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

He’ll do fine until Penisini is ready.

Blake needs to put on 5kg and move to the wing.

 

[Happy MEel]

He finished the game on the right edge.

With the make up of our team, we probably need him to play more edge than middle.

 

[strider]

He finished the game on the right edge.

sure but he got us moving up the middle and that helped turn the game