Do you want Brad Arthur as coach

[Poupou Escobar]

He is 179 cms. Those wingers went out years ago. It was a poor decision.

He might not have finished growing though. We didn't know. It was an opportunity.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

I can't find it in me to tell BA to get f**ked, but do I want him as coach? Not really.

 

[hindy111]

He might not have finished growing though. We didn't know. It was an opportunity.

We should of measured him when he was a sperm

 

[chiefy1]

BA has to go. We've won one game away from Parramatta/ANZ since the start of 2018, and most of our starts this season have been unsatisfactory and unresolved.

0-20 Knights
0-14 Dragons
0-12 Dogs
0-19 Raiders
0-14 Storm
Wtf is going on. There are obviously motivational problems in our starts to games and the games we travel to.

Motivation comes down to the coach and leadership group.

Also our captain coming out in the media bagging our initial offer and demanding 650k minimum is a disgrace. What a great example to the Eels jnrs !

Gutherson & BA can go

 

[Noise]

I wonder how many times opposition teams have reached 40+ against us since 2014? I’d say it’s more than most teams

 

[Eelementary]

Cherry picking....
Look at re-signings also like Norman,W.Smith,Taka,Bevan, J.Falou

Then look at these. Sure some where borderline ok. But most a failure.

MJ, Evans, Foran, Watmough, Pritchard, Vave, Hayne, Hasson, Nelson, Beau Scott, Hoffman, Beau Champion, B .Crooks, Faasso, Auva, Fogarty, Matagi

The fact we signed a guy like GL to a 3yr deal and poured time into him says a lot. Most on here who seen him picked him to never play NRL due to his pint size. Sure if he come via junior system you give him a year to year deal. We brought him down from the titans and gave him a 3yr deal and a top 30 spot for the last 2 seasons. To me that shows a very poor judgement.

I'm cherry-picking?

Hasson, Nelson, Fogarty, and Crooks were development players.

Foran was a great signing at the time - who knew that he would implode as he did?

Watmough...length and dollar value of contract were wrong, but the idea was sound.

Frank Pritchard was routinely one of our better performing forwards.

Have, though he didn't work out, was signed to try to fill the hole that Junior left.

He has been far from perfect, but I would give him a pass on his recruitment.

Hell, Lane, Ferguson, and Junior Paulo alone almost make up for all the dud signings tbh.

 

[hindy111]

Fergo is being paid premium amount for wing. He is performing at level I'd expect for a 500k winger.

Jnrs been up and down. Is he playing at a 700k a season level? At times yes. But not every week. We are getting verage value at this stage.

Lane and Sivo great pick ups.

 

[forward pass]

Before blaming BA for his tactics, he did bring Reed on midway through the first half and we were still in the game then.

Reed was on the entire second half when we turned to shit so what has the Peni experiment got to do with the result. It didn’t actually cost us.

 

[Tooooks]

I wonder how many times opposition teams have reached 40+ against us since 2014? I’d say it’s more than most teams

Good question. 12 times since 2014 including last night. That includes 3 scores of 50+.

Off the top of my head, we've had 60+ put on us 5 times overall that I can think of.

 

[Kornstar]

Pretty sure you're wrong. In the past I've mentioned how Bennett wrote in his book that the leaders in the squad are more important than the coach.

The Colts GM in the NFL has almost exclusively drafted leaders the last 2 drafts. This year most of them were team captains for their college team.

He will take leaders with some skill over high skill players with no leadership as he believes the leaders will rub off on the rest of the team and lift the team as opposed to “me” only guys.

It worked last year, we went from a 4 win team to a 10 win team and won a play off game. Yes we got our QB back after 2 years of injuries but the defence and o-line had been garbage when our QB was fit and he always had to make up for them.

We’ll see how this year goes with his strategy and whether last year was a one off. We had 2 rookies in the first team All-Pro team last season so it certainly worked last year.

 

[TheParraboy]

We play the Broncos Sat 15/6 at Bankwest

Id say we will announce whats happening with BA on the Monday after

We dont play at home again for a while after that , next official home game is Warriors 27/7.
(well v tigers Sun 14/7 their home game)

Board may want some breathing space for fans to digest if some big changes, signings are announced

We get toweled up v Cowboys like we did last night, I dare say BA might struggle to hang on beyond this year

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Yeah the Minneanapolis Colts go alright.

 

[hindy111]

The Colts GM in the NFL has almost exclusively drafted leaders the last 2 drafts. This year most of them were team captains for their college team.

He will take leaders with some skill over high skill players with no leadership as he believes the leaders will rub off on the rest of the team and lift the team as opposed to “me” only guys.

It worked last year, we went from a 4 win team to a 10 win team and won a play off game. Yes we got our QB back after 2 years of injuries but the defence and o-line had been garbage when our QB was fit and he always had to make up for them.

We’ll see how this year goes with his strategy and whether last year was a one off. We had 2 rookies in the first team All-Pro team last season so it certainly worked last year.

Oakland did the same thing....

 

[strider]

Youse have probably already covered this but wtf @ Mahoney starting on the bench?

Dont think anyone here mentioned it

 

[Avenger]

Before blaming BA for his tactics, he did bring Reed on midway through the first half and we were still in the game then.

Reed was on the entire second half when we turned to shit so what has the Peni experiment got to do with the result. It didn’t actually cost us.

Reed dictates our line speed and we were flat as a tack from the outset. Him not being there from the beginning stifled us and we were never able to get a roll on.

 

[Delboy]

Reed dictates our line speed and we were flat as a tack from the outset. Him not being there from the beginning stifled is and we were never able to get a roll on.

2 of their big breaks to tries were a result of Peni walking into the line on a kick chase, then not bothering to even jog when the player went past him. Unusual as he often players with intent, F- from go to whoa . As said before, the team was expected to play to retain a coach they all want to stay and play under , didn't look like it

 

[emjaycee]

Good question. 12 times since 2014 including last night. That includes 3 scores of 50+.

Off the top of my head, we've had 60+ put on us 5 times overall that I can think of.

Tigers 16 times 40+, including 2 x 60+ and 3 x 50+

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Tigers 16 times 40+, including 2 x 60+ and 3 x 50+

Obviously the fault of the coach. Who was he?

 

[JohnStoppafarty]

Obviously the fault of the coach. Who was he?

Not Toovey.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

It's this guy's fault:

Potter: 5 times, including one 60+
Taylor: 6 times, including one 50+ and one 60+
Cleary: thrice, including one of 50+
Maguire: twice, including one of 50+

#ShitCoach