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Angry_eel

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Happy MEel said:
Waqa was awesome towards the end of last year and Penisini, whilst young, has already shown me enough to indicate he’s at least above average. He will continue to get better this year. Our wingers are more of a concern than centre IMO.
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Yea something happened to Waqa midway.
 
Poupou Escobar

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Angry_eel said:
This is my concern as well. It's probably my only concern.

Has any team won premierships with average centres recently?

Olam and Brenko lee? Solid but not flash?
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Burton and Momirovski aren't a great pairing either. Chambers and Scott in 2017? Leutele and Bird? Seems plenty of premiership teams have one fairly ordinary centre, at least in attack. Only the '19-'20 Roosters had two stars.
 
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Happy MEel said:
Waqa was awesome towards the end of last year and Penisini, whilst young, has already shown me enough to indicate he’s at least above average. He will continue to get better this year. Our wingers are more of a concern than centre IMO.

Bloody hell, I just had a look at each team’s expected lineup and most centre pairings look gash. I reckon we have one of the best centre pairings out of this list, and that includes Penrith.

Blow it out your ass Cayless.

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Totally agree.

Waqa Blake is a match-winner when he is on song, and Will Penisini is already above average.

Shut the hell up, Caylo.

Unless....unless he's trying to make comments to make us fly under the radar...
 
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Tooooks said:
Anyone got access to this article?

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‘All over the place’: Brown opens up on troubled 2021

Some of the game’s biggest names have declared the Eels’ premiership drought will end this year, but much depends on the improvement of Dylan Brown.

The five-eighth described his last season as “very average”.
Off the field, the Parramatta five-eighth was distracted and he used the pre-season to work out why he struggled to focus on his football.

It is easy to forget as Brown heads into his fourth season he is still just 21. He has been a cornerstone of the Eels’ squad in recent years as they enter their 36th season chasing that elusive title.

“I was a bit all over the place,” Brown said. “Everyone knows I was disappointed in my season.

“A few personal things that I didn’t stay on top of, it ended up showing on the field. Having a few goals in place that keep you away from other distractions, that will help me a bit.

“I feel switched on. I felt like I’ve trained well. If you’re happy off the field, you’re happy on it.

“I have some goals on the field which include owning my role a bit more. I’ve said the same thing for the last few years but now it’s about putting it into action. I have to be more confident.

“I was a bit unsettled. I was all over the place. There were little things that were happening – there was nothing crazy, nothing at the end of the world.”

Brown took up a lucrative option – worth about $800,000 – to stay on at the Eels for at least until the end of 2023.

This year looms as a defining one, though, as he pushes for a long-term deal at the club.

His halves partner Mitchell Moses said their combination had improved heading into Parramatta’s round 1 clash against the Gold Coast Titans.

Only Manly’s halves pairing of Daly Cherry-Evans and Kieran Foran (193 games) have played more together at the scrumbase than Brown and Moses in the current NRL ranks.

Brown and Moses have played 48 times alongside each other ahead of premiership pairs Jahrome Hughes/Cameron Munster (45 matches) and Jarome Luai/Nathan Cleary (42 games).

“I feel like our connection is a lot better,” Moses said.

“This pre-season he has been unbelievable how fit he has come back. He is a lot more mature and has a lot more games under his belt now.

“You’re going to have those years – I have been there myself.

“He is a pretty relaxed kid. I don’t think it really affects him, that stuff.”

BETTER BY HALF
Most matches played alongside each other in the halves
● Daly Cherry-Evans/ Kieran Foran: 193 matches at Manly.
● Mitchell Moses/Dylan Brown: 48 matches at Parramatta.
● Jahrome Hughes/ Cameron Munster: 45 matches at Melbourne.
● Jarome Luai/Nathan Cleary: 42 matches at Penrith.
Rest of the NRL expected to field new-look first choice combinations.
 
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