Eels in the media

[Gary Gutful]

But in hindsight I looked at it clearly instead of being resentful and demanding a scapegoat.

Whats the f**ken point of doing that?

 

[Gronk]

 

[strider]

One of the first replies ... "Haven't these people suffered enough?" LOL

Im also a bit confused. They are not recent refugees right? Some prior ukraine shenanigans? Dont think you fall in love with the nrl or the eels in a couple of weeks.

 

[Gary Gutful]

One of the first replies ... "Haven't these people suffered enough?" LOL

Im also a bit confused. They are not recent refugees right? Some prior ukraine shenanigans? Dont think you fall in love with the nrl or the eels in a couple of weeks.

Obviously didn't come here when Big Face or Stuart were coach either.

 

[lingard]

This is where the team with the best points differential has finished since:

2002 3rd
2003 3rd
2004 Runner-up
2005 3rd
2006 Runner-up
2007 Premiers*
2008 Runner-up
2009 5th
2010 Premiers
2011 Runner-up
2012 Premiers
2013 Premiers
2014 3rd
2015 3rd
2016 Runner-up
2017 Premiers
2018 Premiers
2019 3rd
2020 Runner-up
2021 3rd

This is where each premier ranked on points differential.

2002 4th
2003 4th
2004 2nd
2005 5th
2006 3rd
2007 1st*
2008 2nd
2009 2nd*
2010 1st
2011 2nd
2012 1st
2013 1st
2014 2nd
2015 3rd
2016 4th
2017 1st
2018 1st
2019 2nd
2020 2nd
2021 2nd

This is where Parra ranked on points differential in the last 3 years.

2019 5th
2020 6th
2021 6th

Some takeaways:

* 2009 Dragons are the biggest finals underachievers in the last 20 years, followed by last year's Storm.
* 2005 Tigers are the biggest finals overachivers followed by the Sharks in 2016.
* Teams that finish 3rd or better in points differential have won 85% of the premierships.
* We haven't managed better than 5th in points differential in the last 3 years. The 2005 Tigers are the only team to have won a premiership with such a poor differential.

Tell the truth; you just made that up.

 

[84 Baby]

*looks at current points differential table*
….f**k

Haha that should fix it.
*looks at current points differential table again*
Still f**k….

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Well we are currently, after a very small sample of games, sitting at over two thirds (69%) of the best team's points differential. In all the years with a positive for-and-against since the year we last had the best one (2005) we have been this close to the best performing (points differential) team:

Year	Team with best f/a	Their differential	Our differential	Percentage
2021	Melbourne	+499	+109	22%
2020	Penrith	+299	+104	35%
2019	Melbourne	+331	+60	18%
2017	Melbourne	+297	+39	13%
2016	Melbourne	+261	+19	7%
2009	St George Illawarra	+219	+3	1%
2007	Melbourne	+350	+92	26%
2006	Melbourne	+201	+23	11%
2005	Parramatta	+248	+248	100%

 

[emjaycee]

Well we are currently, after a very small sample of games, sitting at over two thirds (69%) of the best team's points differential. In all the years with a positive for-and-against since the year we last had the best one (2005) we have been this close to the best performing (points differential) team:

Year	Team with best f/a	Their differential	Our differential	Percentage
2021	Melbourne	+499	+109	22%
2020	Penrith	+299	+104	35%
2019	Melbourne	+331	+60	18%
2017	Melbourne	+297	+39	13%
2016	Melbourne	+261	+19	7%
2009	St George Illawarra	+219	+3	1%
2007	Melbourne	+350	+92	26%
2006	Melbourne	+201	+23	11%
2005	Parramatta	+248	+248	100%

If we stay close to 69% for the course of the whole season, I reckon we will be hearing a shitload of Sweet Carolines.

 

[Gazzamatta]

If we stay close to 69% for the course of the whole season, I reckon we will be hearing a shitload of Sweet Carolines.

"Where it began!"

 

[Twizzle]

 

[Cloeel]

It was the right call all things considered.

It will be a great call when Hodgson comes across fresh and ready to go.

 

[yy_cheng]

It was the right call all things considered.

It will be a great call when Hodgson comes across fresh and ready to go.

If we lose dyl, bad call.

If we keep dyl, gr8 call

 

[84 Baby]

Hi Creepy Crawley!

 

[Cloeel]

If we lose dyl, bad call.

If we keep dyl, gr8 call

If we lose Dylan Brown it likely means he was offered overs by a lesser club or for reasons that are beyond the clubs control. We should applaud the club for not over spending just to weaken other positions.

 

[Noise]

It will be a great call when Hodgson comes across fresh and ready to go.

I'm not sure you understand ACL injuries. No one comes back fresh and ready to go in the first year back from an ACL. Usually players have the season off to recover (which will be this year) and then take another whole season (next year) before getting back to near their best the year after their return. At 33 that is going to be even less likely.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I remember reading about how Penrith select their junior rep players. They place a lot of emphasis on the player's motivations. I suspect they wanted to weed out the ones motivated solely by money and keep the ones that are community/team focused, so they are able to retain them better when demand rises. It's interesting that the high profile ones they've lost (Burton and Kikau) aren't local juniors.

 

[Cloeel]

I'm not sure you understand ACL injuries. No one comes back fresh and ready to go in the first year back from an ACL. Usually players have the season off to recover (which will be this year) and then take another whole season (next year) before getting back to near their best the year after their return. At 33 that is going to be even less likely.

I think for the price and all things considered the Risk over reward makes sense in this situation.

It may back fire but its not like we broke the bank buying him?

What happens if we re-signed Mahoney for 750k and he does his shoulder round 1, 2023?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I'm not sure you understand ACL injuries. No one comes back fresh and ready to go in the first year back from an ACL. Usually players have the season off to recover (which will be this year) and then take another whole season (next year) before getting back to near their best the year after their return. At 33 that is going to be even less likely.

At his best he was elite, possibly as good as Cameron Smith (but playing in a worse team). I don't think anyone expects him to be that good when he gets here.

 

[Noise]

At his best he was elite, possibly as good as Cameron Smith (but playing in a worse team). I don't think anyone expects him to be that good when he gets here.

I don't know if anyone even expects him to play 15 games.

 

[Noise]

I think for the price and all things considered the Risk over reward makes sense in this situation.

It may back fire but its not like we broke the bank buying him?

What happens if we re-signed Mahoney for 750k and he does his shoulder round 1, 2023?

At least Mahoney is young and a better chance of recovering and getting back to his best. We won't ever see Hodgson anywhere near his best.