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Do you want Brad Arthur as coach

Do you want Brad Arthur as coach

  • Yes

    Votes: 109 48.0%
  • No

    Votes: 118 52.0%

  • Total voters
    227

lingard

Coach
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So Fittler, Green and Flanagan all positioning themselves for the eels job….

Kenty made an interesting point about the eels, there is 2 stories:

- the eels and whether they will make the decision to move BA on
- and stories being put to the media from candidates who want the job (or considered for it). Fittler put forward by Hooper / Green by Buzz recently. These stories happening for reason.

Anyhow the eels job is a pretty attractive option for a coach right now. Decent squad but also options to make changes within a year with some stars off contract.

And most importantly a few juniors who may will be ready for 2022 but definitely for 2023 making it easy not to resigning some of off contract players…

the future looks ok…..
It only looks okay if we pick Flannagan.
 

Poupou Escobar

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Arthur is so f**king clueless it’s embarrassing

Well he makes a fair point. There's a lot of moving parts. Who actually knows the reason for this form slump? Seems like the only people who know for certain are the ones with the least information: a bunch of deadshit fans on the internet.
 

Poupou Escobar

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I dont know when Drown's contract is up, but I'd be astounded if he wanted to stay here and play centre. I think any switching to centre will only be temporary for him, so we'll need to buy one/make one when he goes. I'm now liking the idea of trying Gutho at five-eight.
I am totally convinced we need a change of coach; but the elephant in the room is Mitch Moses. I doubt he is capable of taking a team to a grand final. He has a great kicking game but, really, little else.
Chad Townsend and Adam Reynolds won premierships with nothing but a kicking game.
 

Poupou Escobar

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But they didn't fade in and out of games like Moses - and they both had better running games. Moses does not take the line on enough. Not anywhere near enough.
In 2014 Adam Reynolds had 16 line engagements, which was 38th in the NRL, but that was for a bloke who played every game. In 2016 Townsend had 53, which was 21st in the NRL, so certainly much better. Moses currently has 93, which puts him 12th.

Moses also has more running metres than either of those blokes had in their premiership season.
 

TheParraboy

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But they didn't fade in and out of games like Moses - and they both had better running games. Moses does not take the line on enough. Not anywhere near enough.


According to nrl.com

Moses had 19 runs v Souths - 1st in our side
15 runs v Manly - equal 1st with Makatoa


Hard to make an impression taking on the line when your forwards have done FA and our play the balls are as slow as a wet week , he gets swamped easily
 
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Hindmarshisgod2

Juniors
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Well he makes a fair point. There's a lot of moving parts. Who actually knows the reason for this form slump? Seems like the only people who know for certain are the ones with the least information: a bunch of deadshit fans on the internet.
He should know. He is the coach and leader....
 

Noise

Coach
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Well he makes a fair point. There's a lot of moving parts. Who actually knows the reason for this form slump? Seems like the only people who know for certain are the ones with the least information: a bunch of deadshit fans on the internet.
Lol. He can’t even tell if the players get along. Nor does he know if they have trained enough. He’s the f**king coach ffs. I guess he might figure that stuff out over the next 8 years.
 

lingard

Coach
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In 2014 Adam Reynolds had 16 line engagements, which was 38th in the NRL, but that was for a bloke who played every game. In 2016 Townsend had 53, which was 21st in the NRL, so certainly much better. Moses currently has 93, which puts him 12th.

Moses also has more running metres than either of those blokes had in their premiership season.
Smart arse.
 

Gazzamatta

Coach
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That line about not knowing if the players "get along or not" was a hang your head in shame moment. Hard to believe an NRL coach would say such a thing. Id love to back this guy but he dosent make it easy.
 

Poupou Escobar

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He should know. He is the coach and leader....
It doesn't mean he's supposed to know everything. And it doesn't mean he can just isolate the cause of a problem if a number of things changed at once. I feel like some of you merkins have never been in a situation where you had to make decisions that affected others.
 

Hindmarshisgod2

Juniors
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It doesn't mean he's supposed to know everything. And it doesn't mean he can just isolate the cause of a problem if a number of things changed at once. I feel like some of you merkins have never been in a situation where you had to make decisions that affected others.
He is paid 800k a year. He should know how to fix it, or step down if he cannot.

Simple
 

Poupou Escobar

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Lol. He can’t even tell if the players get along. Nor does he know if they have trained enough. He’s the f**king coach ffs. I guess he might figure that stuff out over the next 8 years.
Well if we've been in better form during his eight years, and he's seen the players more or less close than they are now, and it hasn't mattered, and he's trained them harder and easier than they are now, and that hasn't mattered either, why should he be able to pinpoint either of those things as causes this time? You think his public comments reveal anything at all about what's happening, and you somehow know more about coaching than a dude who's coached 100 NRL wins. You're obviously just seizing on anything at all to confirm your bias. You're the ones who look like dopes. And when it's pointed out you get hostile.
 

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