Eels in the media

[hineyrulz]

Yes I am comfortable in myself touching wood.

*Cloth

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I can't remember which recent game but Blake came in in defence, fergo stayed out and Moses and Gutho came across to cover the centre.

Normally, Fergo comes in for the centre and leaves the winger unmarked and it's too far for gutho to come across to cover the winger who has not been slowed down by anyone.

It was much better against the storm but maybe because Matto was back

Matterson is a phenomenal defender.

 

[Eelementary]

I don't think he's written them off completely.

He said they need to test themselves against the Panthers as that will be a better barometer than a depleted Storm side.

Each of those previous sides that weren't contenders did something towards the end of the season to announce themselves as contenders. Parramatta need to do the same this year.

Yeah, fair call.

I can agree with that.

I'm sure that, closer to the Finals starting, we will make a statement.

Hell - we may even do it tomorrow.

Everyone in the media was losing their minds about Souths last week; if we beat them tomorrow, I'd consider that a statement.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

I don't think we'll beat them tomorrow.

 

[84 Baby]

I can't remember which recent game but Blake came in in defence, fergo stayed out and Moses and Gutho came across to cover the centre.

Normally, Fergo comes in for the centre and leaves the winger unmarked and it's too far for gutho to come across to cover the winger who has not been slowed down by anyone.

It was much better against the storm but maybe because Matto was back

Fergo and Waqa needing to come in is predicated by how Matto and Moses react to their opponents and usually the opposition fullback. Matterson appears to make better decisions than Marata and Davey. If it’s one on one each of them is less likely to move in

 

[84 Baby]

I don't think we'll beat them tomorrow.

That’s looser talk!
“If the Eels don’t beat Souffs tomorrow, they’re no f**ken hope!” - Phil Gould

 

[parra pete]

Looser than what?

 

[Gazzamatta]

We will defeat Souffs in a tightly contested contest and then be declared by the "experts" as lucky and unconvincing winners of a team who was never really a contender.
And when we defeat The Pennys it will be because they have won 12ish in a row and were due a loss given they have been "up" for too long and said loss will now steel them for the finals and make them even better.

 

[84 Baby]

Looser than what?

Than the loosiest looser that ever loost FFS

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I don't think we'll beat them tomorrow.

I reckon we'll smash them, sometime between now and Sunday.

 

[84 Baby]

We will defeat Souffs in a tightly contested contest and then be declared by the "experts" as lucky and unconvincing winners of a team who was never really a contender.
And when we defeat The Pennys it will be because they have won 12ish in a row and were due a loss given they have been "up" for too long and said loss will now steel them for the finals and make them even better.

Barring some monumental f**k up, I predict either it’ll be a high quality match or we will f**ken annihilate them. We have a 10 day turnaround after a 7 day turnaround, so if we loose, it won’t be from lack of effort

 

[strider]

He is talking about being a contender. The best of the best. A team that can win a premiership.

You can argue that his specific criticisms might be wrong or unjust but the over conclusion he has reached is spot on.

He's not saying we are a shit team, just not in the same league as the likes of the Roosters, the Storm and the Panthers.

I don't think we've shown anything to disprove that. If we want to win the premiership then we need to lift.

That said, its clear he has never liked the eels. Probably has never recovered from the thrashings he used to get as a player.

Agree entirely ... his specific criticisms are a bit dusty, but he is right overall

He is paid to talk about league stuff ... and if someone raises the topic of the eels, he talks about em

 

[Gary Gutful]

I don't think we'll beat them tomorrow.

Wednesday Night's a great night for football!

 

[Gary Gutful]

Agree entirely ... his specific criticisms are a bit dusty, but he is right overall

He is paid to talk about league stuff ... and if someone raises the topic of the eels, he talks about em

Agreed. Don't know why people on here give a shit.

I watched the episode in full tonight and he was dismissive of a bunch of other teams. He was also very dismissive of the other panelists.

He needs to pull his fat f**ken head in and behave like a human being. V'Landys giving him a reach around and offerring him a shit job has made him borderline unbearable (even by his standards).

 

[eels_fan]

Kent reckons Marata should have been charged and suspended for breaking Brandon Smiths jaw...
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The worry of involving only ex-players, and not somebody with a deeper understanding of the rules, revealed itself again this week when Parramatta’s Marata Niukore escaped suspension for breaking Brandon Smith’s jaw.

Match review co-ordinator Michael Robertson said the committee judged it a “front on, ball-and-all tackle” and that the injuries sustained were irrelevant to the lack of charge.

“We can elevate a charge based on injuries but we can’t charge on injuries itself,” he said, which is fair enough.

But it overlooked the most crucial aspect of the tackle.

It broke Smith’s jaw.

Too often the players err on the side of the players, at the omission of the rules.

If fracturing a jaw when the tackler’s shoulder comes into contact with the face of the ballrunner is not the definition of a “careless” high tackle, it is hard to imagine what it is.

The committee went through their checklist; no swinging arm, he wasn’t launching the shoulder, and the first point of contact, they believed, was simultaneous between shoulder and chest.

The ex-players applied all the logic of ex-players but missed the most vital part: Niukore’s shoulder came into contact with Smith’s face.

His head recoiled on impact and his jaw was broken and needed repair to the point Smith is now having dinner through a straw.

The damage speaks for itself.

It should not matter, in the case of a careless charge, whether contact was simultaneous.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...s/news-story/7a49e82d723a9a98ec87dea7b1c97adb

 

[84 Baby]

Wednesday Night's a great night for football!

 

[84 Baby]

Kent reckons Marata should have been charged and suspended for breaking Brandon Smiths jaw...
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The worry of involving only ex-players, and not somebody with a deeper understanding of the rules, revealed itself again this week when Parramatta’s Marata Niukore escaped suspension for breaking Brandon Smith’s jaw.

Match review co-ordinator Michael Robertson said the committee judged it a “front on, ball-and-all tackle” and that the injuries sustained were irrelevant to the lack of charge.

“We can elevate a charge based on injuries but we can’t charge on injuries itself,” he said, which is fair enough.

But it overlooked the most crucial aspect of the tackle.

It broke Smith’s jaw.

Too often the players err on the side of the players, at the omission of the rules.

If fracturing a jaw when the tackler’s shoulder comes into contact with the face of the ballrunner is not the definition of a “careless” high tackle, it is hard to imagine what it is.

The committee went through their checklist; no swinging arm, he wasn’t launching the shoulder, and the first point of contact, they believed, was simultaneous between shoulder and chest.

The ex-players applied all the logic of ex-players but missed the most vital part: Niukore’s shoulder came into contact with Smith’s face.

His head recoiled on impact and his jaw was broken and needed repair to the point Smith is now having dinner through a straw.

The damage speaks for itself.

It should not matter, in the case of a careless charge, whether contact was simultaneous.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...s/news-story/7a49e82d723a9a98ec87dea7b1c97adb

Hey Kent, go f**k yourself

 

[T.S Quint]

I’m actually really surprised that Niukore wasn’t charged, or at least penalised for that tackle on Smith.

 

[84 Baby]

I’m actually really surprised that Niukore wasn’t charged, or at least penalised for that tackle on Smith.

The tackle where Bmith stayed down to try and milk a penalty?

 

[strider]

I’m actually really surprised that Niukore wasn’t charged, or at least penalised for that tackle on Smith.

they said on NRL360 (ie that show we all whinge about, but watch constantly), that some dude from the MRC said that tackle was the most thought about incident from the weekend ... but in the end they found that - there was arm separation so not a shoulder charge, no swinging arm, unclear if first contact was chest or shoulder

Personally, I think they then decided to whack Niukore with a crusher to some way make up for not charging him over that one