Eels Appoint Brad Arthur as Head Coach (Part Deux)

[strider]

TLDR

Perhaps some can make a recording for us ... put on a few voices .... much appreciated

 

[IFR33K]

Taka has always been a solid first grader.

I'm a big fan of taka. Provides something out there that makes it hard for his opponents to defend. Is big, strong and has decent speed.


His game of Friday was brilliant. He's able to take a hit up like a forward, no problems.

 

[Gronk]

BUMP

How's everything going ?

 

[Avenger]

BUMP

How's everything going ?

I heard he is getting help from that coach whisperer.

 

[El Diablo]

he needs more help from the hair whisperer

 

[Dibs]

BUMP

How's everything going ?

I reckon we would be in 1st place if he had some help

 

[hineyrulz]

I reckon we would be in 1st place if he had some help

Imagine if he had of spoken to Vaughan???

 

[hineyrulz]

he needs more help from the hair whisperer

Yeah Yeah!!!

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

More unacceptable shit from BA. You lot are pathetic if you continue to accept this mediocrity. Real fans would set some cars alight or something.

 

[IFR33K]

More unacceptable shit from BA. You lot are pathetic if you continue to accept this mediocrity. Real fans would set some cars alight or something.

Ba will sort the fans out

 

[Gronk]

@Avenger does BA still need help

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Sorry, I forgot to say that the NRL are f**ked too, and I can't believe they let the Dogs build last night's team of supermen. They were completely without hap.

 

[El Diablo]

Imagine if he had of spoken to Vaughan???

in Arabic

 

[IFR33K]

in Arabic

I wouldn't put it past him. Not much he can't do.

 

[IFR33K]

Serious question. Where does BA rate amongst the other coaches? Is he behind bellyache or further down?

 

[hineyrulz]

Serious question. Where does BA rate amongst the other coaches? Is he behind bellyache or further down?

Going on this season he's in the top 5 comfortably.

If we keep winning he should be getting the coach of the year award.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Serious question. Where does BA rate amongst the other coaches? Is he behind bellyache or further down?

Don't think he is up there with Belly yet and won't be until he wins a Comp and keeps us as contenders for a few years.

However he definitely is one of the better xoaches in the NRL in my opinion. Each year he has had us pushing for the top 8 and we have improved each year.

Also look at the titans squad, probably have a squad that can be compared to ours but they are going terrible yet we are in the top 6!!

What would BA achieve with the titans squad ?

 

[Eelementary]

Serious question. Where does BA rate amongst the other coaches? Is he behind bellyache or further down?

Imo, he wouldn't be too far behind.

He has managed to lure Mitchell Moses, Kane Evans, Clinton Gutherson, Nathan Brown, and Michael Jennings to the club, to name but a few players. These are all rep-level players.

He has dealt with our off-field garbage with dignity, and in 2016, managed to keep the team competitive.

He has developed promising youngsters like Kaysa Pritchard and Tepai Moeroa into solid First Graders (and they have high ceilings).

He has managed to build a team with great depth - last night, we played the entire second half with arguably our fourth choice fullback (I would wager Will Smith would be ahead of Norman), and our third choice hooker, and didn't miss a beat.

Let's not forget that since 2015, he's had salary cap dramas to deal with, meaning we had a squad with little depth, and were over-reliant on Jarryd Hayne; I'd argue that Arthur steered us through the post-Hayne era with aplomb.

He has also shown a great knack for identifying areas of opportunity in our squad, and moving to fix those areas (eg: he saw we needed a halfback, and orchestrated Moses' release to join us).

As a relative rookie, he is still learning about tactics and working the interchange system - but he's shown good signs.

Imo, I'd rate him just below Bellamy.

 

[IFR33K]

He has dealt with our off-field garbage with dignity, and in 2916,

They say 2 weeks in rugby league is a long time, but 900 years?????????

 

[Twizzle]

Look at Bellyache's roster compared to ours, BA is up there not far behind him.