Eels in the media

[Avenger]

Oh well no big loss, easily replaceable.

As you are on these forums.

 

[hineyrulz]

As you are on these forums.

You’ll all miss me when I leave, no one whines like I can whine.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

they all are

They are. Three years ago no merkin ever heard of Oregon Kaufusi, or any of these turncoats.

 

[Incorrect]

You’ll all miss me when I leave, no one whines like I can whine.

I'll give it a red hot crack if you ever need a break comrade....

 

[hineyrulz]

I'll give it a red hot crack if you ever need a break comrade....

 

[Eelogical]

They are. Three years ago no merkin ever heard of Oregon Kaufusi, or any of these turncoats.

Yet they still don't know how big Oregon is.

 

[Gronk]

Yet they still don't know how big Oregon is.

About 400,000 per annum apparently.

 

[Delboy]

How refreshing to watch Emma Lawrence presenting sports news on Ch 9, don’t understand how Erin keeps getting jobs, has no charisma or watchability.

 

[hineyrulz]

How refreshing to watch Emma Lawrence presenting sports news on Ch 9, don’t understand how Erin keeps getting jobs, has no charisma or watchability.

Emma is fantastic, knows her footy and is funny as well. Good to see 9 finally hire someone with a clue.

 

[Gronk]

Ch9 have taken over the NRL twitterverse posts from nrl.com. Gotta say they are doing a pretty average job of it.

Unsure who made Jamie Lyon look like Snidley Whiplash. He must have an axe to grind.

 

[Twizzle]

hmmmm.......more clickbait

no thanks

 

[Joshuatheeel]

 

[Avenger]

Mitchell move? The key questions that need answering at your NRL club

From the Bulldogs’ recruits to Tom Trbojevic and Parramatta’s finals title push, these are the burning issues at every team which need to be addressed in 2022.

www.smh.com.au

Eels

Is this the last chance they have to win a title for several years?

In the words of coach Brad Arthur, they don’t just think they can win that long overdue title - they now know they can after coming within a whisker of toppling eventual premiers Penrith in the finals. But the impending exits of Reed Mahoney, Isaiah Papali’i, Marata Niukore, Ray Stone and Oregon Kaufusi at the end of 2022 will likely mean one of two things: boom or bust. Arthur will use it as motivation to galvanise the group for one last premiership push; others will argue the NRL transfer merry-go-round has the potential to tear their season apart. You feel it has to be make a grand final now, or maybe it won’t happen for a while.

 

[strider]

Mitchell move? The key questions that need answering at your NRL club

From the Bulldogs’ recruits to Tom Trbojevic and Parramatta’s finals title push, these are the burning issues at every team which need to be addressed in 2022.

www.smh.com.au

Eels

Is this the last chance they have to win a title for several years?

In the words of coach Brad Arthur, they don’t just think they can win that long overdue title - they now know they can after coming within a whisker of toppling eventual premiers Penrith in the finals. But the impending exits of Reed Mahoney, Isaiah Papali’i, Marata Niukore, Ray Stone and Oregon Kaufusi at the end of 2022 will likely mean one of two things: boom or bust. Arthur will use it as motivation to galvanise the group for one last premiership push; others will argue the NRL transfer merry-go-round has the potential to tear their season apart. You feel it has to be make a grand final now, or maybe it won’t happen for a while.

I worry that it could go down a 2002 path ..... players who's minds might be elsewhere - the one advantage is that those player's minds are already made up whereas 2002 players were in limbo ..... needs a good bit of psychology to keep em playing for eachother before some split off

 

[T-Boon]

Ch9 have taken over the NRL twitterverse posts from nrl.com.

Have they really?
If so RL is the dumbest code on the planet.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I worry that it could go down a 2002 path ..... players who's minds might be elsewhere - the one advantage is that those player's minds are already made up whereas 2002 players were in limbo ..... needs a good bit of psychology to keep em playing for eachother before some split off

2002 was about a rule change that didn't suit our squad. The game slowed right down and suddenly our pack was too small.

 

[Avenger]

2002 was about a rule change that didn't suit our squad. The game slowed right down and suddenly our pack was too small.

And then Smithy tried to adopt to it and we missed the finals in 2003/04. However he got it right by 2005 with the emergence of Tim Smith. In my opinion that 05 side was the best team we had since our last premiership winning team.

 

[King-Gutho94]

And then Smithy tried to adopt to it and we missed the finals in 2003/04. However he got it right by 2005 with the emergence of Tim Smith. In my opinion that 05 side was the best team we had since our last premiership winning team.

Yep growing up as i kid i think 2005 seems like more a missed opportunity then 2001.

2005 PF was one of the only games my parents and my nan were so disgusted we decided to leave early and we got the train back to seven hills before the game finished.

I also remember my Dad was petrified on the morning of that game as well he could sense an ambush coming after the tigers beat the dragons the previous night. I dont think he anticipated though it would have got that bad.

Still annoys me the tigers can claim they last won a comp in 2005. When we have had their measure basically since the Joint Venture started.

 

[84 Baby]

Yep growing up as i kid i think 2005 seems like more a missed opportunity then 2001.

2005 PF was one of the only games my parents and my nan were so disgusted we decided to leave early and we got the train back to seven hills before the game finished.

I also remember my Dad was petrified on the morning of that game as well he could sense an ambush coming after the tigers beat the dragons the previous night. I dont think he anticipated though it would have got that bad.

Still annoys me the tigers can claim they last won a comp in 2005. When we have had their measure basically since the Joint Venture started.

01 was definitely the one that should’ve been. We basically shat ourselves in just one half all season and unfortunately that was enough.

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

Yep growing up as i kid i think 2005 seems like more a missed opportunity then 2001.

2005 PF was one of the only games my parents and my nan were so disgusted we decided to leave early and we got the train back to seven hills before the game finished.

I also remember my Dad was petrified on the morning of that game as well he could sense an ambush coming after the tigers beat the dragons the previous night. I dont think he anticipated though it would have got that bad.

Still annoys me the tigers can claim they last won a comp in 2005. When we have had their measure basically since the Joint Venture started.

They won it fair and square, even if the 3 best teams throughout the year shat themselves in the finals. Thats how it goes.
They couldn’t beat us throughout 05-08.