And there are........??????

[Jake the snake]

I beleive we did everything but win tonight. Very unlucky with Daves untimely injury, thats why I can't be to critical.

Saying that we should not have been in that position anyway.

 

[MarkInTheStands]

It is so tough, coming on here to see people I respect ready to say we aren't in the game.

Faith is 20% show and 80 % Well faith.

I am not cheapening your feelings, I like everyone else felt gutted after again the Eels Choked.

We can't say we didn't. But In choking, Armit and Stapelton had great games, so to Hindmarsh and Cayless. Dykes tried everything all night and didn't kick the ball out on the full once.

I think Junior Langi, after impressing in our first home game has become very quite but then again he was quite for 75 minutes in that game as well.

It was unfortunate that Dave V could only go 80 minutes and not 81.

Well done to the sharks, it was a performance not unlike Parramatta Vs Warriors or Cowboys last year.

Parramatta had it's opportunities, again some of the basics let down a performance that was enough to win.

At the moment we are like a V8 Engine, who's only got 3 or 4 Cylinders firing, and every time we have the engine looked at it is a different cylinder that is firing or not.

If we can only ensure the entire thing is firing in song. . . Maybe it is the ECU.

Morris wasn't on song tonight but Dykes was. When they are both on song someone else is off. It is frustrating, and while we spend time trying to get the engine right other cars are coming past us, other cars that sound a whole lot worse than ours is sounding at the moment

The Test the eels need to pass starts in 3 weeks time when the eyes of the general public, you know those people that end up in the papers as bogans on the hill, the ones that go to one or 2 games a year if that while living only a suburb away from the stadium. They will get to see our side on the free TV, and it is then we need to perform.

A win against the cowboys on Samhain(SOO wain) night will be a way to exercise the stigma that has been hanging over the club and to move on to the middle of the season when we will truly know what is happening with the club.

I just hope we catch a break and get the whole thing working, just once before the bye.

 

[Twizzle]

I hate golden points, we have not won one yet.

 

[soleilbleu]

I do too, Twizzle.

Panicstations after eighty minutes of play in which both teams quite simply deserve a draw, and one point each - really seems to be a kick in the face for the one who misses out. I will never see it as a measure of the battle we have just watched.

I wish they'd scrap the whole Golden Point idea.

 

[Surely]

Hey guys it's not that bad, sharks may have been 2nd last but are only 4 points off the the top of the table ATM ...

 

[Hollywood Jesus]

I agree with you, Eelementary!

It's only 7 bloody rounds, lol, and all of a sudden we are out of the race? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA :roll: Talk about people wanting to death-ride us :roll:

We were mainly a victim of circumstance on Saturday night, topped off with the re-emergence of our handling errors. Hindy, Cayo and Lex all went into the match less than 100%. Burt was forced to go to centre when he has been doing an adequate job at the back. No Vella or Cannings (our two preferred starting props).

Look, we were terrible on Saturday night, absolutely horrible, but the Dogs got beaten by 35-0 and who is writing them off? Also, as mentioned, the Sharks SMASHED Canberra last weekend and who is writing them off?

The game came down to a very unfortunate injury to Lex that the Sharks smartly exploited. Good on em, and we probably shouldn't have been in that position in the first place, but in essence it was just plain bad luck that led to our loss.

Bounce back against the Cowboys next week (not gonna be that easy) and we are 5-3, and will be on 12 points out of 18 coming into Round 10, and that's not a position to whinge about.

 

[Misty Bee]

The way we are dropping the football, if we jag a top 6 spot, hell will freeze over :roll:

What? Strider complaining? Geez, what happened to his 'Brian SMith is the best coach ever and I must kill anyone who disagrees" mantra?

You should be wrapt in our performances!!!

 

[Misty Bee]

So HJ, I take it you are happy with defence that leaks more than your washing machine (you know the one with the old rinse and reuse mantra)?

I think Suity is not talking about our possie on the table. He is talking aboiut our aility to make use of it! I know you would be in erection mode if we slid into 8th in the finals, but unlike you, Suity wants us to be able to do something decent when we get there.

Attack is fine - defence atrocious. Selections continue to be odd (Wagon???). The club can do better. So why isn't it?

 

[Hollywood Jesus]

nah our defense sucks, lol, but its early days yet.

my point is not to start writing any 50/50 teams off until at least the second half of the year, on the basis they keep hanging in there. We are, at worst, doing that atm.

 

[fish eel]

Last week we struggle to beat the team coming last.???????????

This week we can't beat the team coming second last.?????

Suity,

I have a lot of respect for what you often say on this board...however, if that is your benchmark then....we are the only side to beat the broncos!

 

[The Colonel]

I don't think any team in the top eight let alone the whole comp has been able to play to the best of their ability yet.


We have seen teams play great games one week and deplorable the next and some of them are the teams on top of the ladder......

Our defense is definitely not good at the moment however I don't think any team can lay claim to having consistently good defense this year.....

 

[fish eel]

Our defense is definitely not good at the moment however I don't think any team can lay claim to having consistently good defense this year

I thought defensivley in the second half on satuirday night was probably the best I've seen from us this year.

 

[The Colonel]

I thought defensivley in the second half on satuirday night was probably the best I've seen from us this year.

True they did defend well on the line but overall we have leaked points at the wrong times through errors or defensive lapses....

 

[Misty Bee]

nah our defense sucks, lol, but its early days yet.

my point is not to start writing any 50/50 teams off until at least the second half of the year, on the basis they keep hanging in there. We are, at worst, doing that atm.

OK, I can buy that.

However, I'm not filled with confidence, because poor defence has been with us for a few years now, and it was the basis (ie forward muscle) on which our recruitment was based. While our attack is fine (although still based around Dykes and prayer), we are still waiting for the defence to improve.

I know it's early days, and of course we can go all the way. After the last 2 years, I have not the faith that BS can deliver anymore. Hence our anguish at recent performances.

Fish made a good point: defense was there, but attack suffered.

With the talent that our squad and copach posess (plus the strength of our club), I look at top 4 as to where we shoud be, not top 8 (where anyone can get to).

 

[Hollywood Jesus]

The thing that I don't get is the inconsistency with the criticism

OK, so we aren't premiership contenders atm - that much is obvious and that is what thispost is about after last Saturday's terrible game.

But how do you win Premierships? Not by accumulating 2 points every week (It's important but other things are more important). You win it by playing consistently good footy.

So if the complaints are that we aren't gonna win the comp, or that we aren't Premiership contenders, then that means the criticism is about not playing well. We obviously haven't done this and such criticism would be warranted.

But the thing is, only last week, Suitman (sorry to single you our buddy but your post stuck in ym head is all) posted that he didn't care how much we won by just as long as we brought home the two points. that means our win would have satisfied you, Suity.

yet on saturday we play almost exactly the same (ie not very good) but now the knives are out because we didn't bring home 2 points. And the difference between the win and the loss came down to extreme bad luck, as well!

So if the criticism is about not being Premiership contenders, why have people been happy over the last 2 weeks when we played poorly but won, and now pissed because we played poorly and lost. Not one single game this season has put us into any position to be even remotely regarded as Premiership threats, yet the knives for our lack of dominance or superior playstyle only come out when we lose.

See what I am getting at?

 

[Belly in Brisvegas]

What bothers me is that we can't seem to put sides away. We should have pumped Cronulla with the opportunities we got but didn't.

That may have been testament to Cronulla hanging in in there but I truly thought that we could have and should have skipped away with that game by half time.

It was 14-8 for ages in the 2nd half and we couldn't keep them under the pump....that is a worry and doesn't fill me with confidence if we were to be in the same position against Penrith, Easts, Canterbury et al.

If we managed to win every game by a point from here on in means we win the GF and that would just make the hairs on my bean bag get up and dance but winning by 4 points, 2 points doesn't make it any easier to sleep than lsoing by 4 points, 2 points.

Luv me eels though...wouldn't trade em for the world!!!!!

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

just wish the teams that go into golden point would recieve a point each at the end of 80 mins and then let them play for the extra point.that sounds fare to me and aleast the loser would not go away empty handedif we had that 1 point now we would be sitting pretty near the top of the table.

golden point 1point for the loser 2 for the win.4 yrs ago it would of been a point each

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

just wish the teams that go into golden point would recieve a point each at the end of 80 mins and then let them play for the extra point.that sounds fare to me and aleast the loser would not go away empty handedif we had that 1 point now we would be sitting pretty near the top of the table.

golden point 1point for the loser 2 for the win.4 yrs ago it would of been a point each

 

[parra-all-the-way]

we will get there...