Eels in the media

[Poupou Escobar]

So it’s a Bea tactic to have more ball than the opposition??? He’s a f**king genius!!

Reducing risk and controlling the ball is definitely a tactic. Whether you achieve the desired outcome of having more ball than the opposition comes down to execution (including suitability to the roster) and also what the opposition are doing.

We have had 53% of the ball this year. Other teams have averaged various possession rates. Here's how our opponents have faired vs the competition and against us specifically:

Opponent	Possession rate vs all opponents	Possession rate vs Parramatta	Difference	Result
Panthers	54%	46%	-8%	Win
Cowboys	53%	49%	-4%	Loss
Sharks	52%	46%	-6%	Loss
Storm	51%	52%	+1%	Win
Tigers	50%	48%	-2%	Loss
Roosters	50%	48%	-2%	Loss
Dragons	49%	45%	-4%	Win
Titans	49%	46% (over two games)	-3%	Win (twice)
Seagulls	48%	47%	-1%	Win
Knights	48%	41%	-7%	Win

I'll leave it to you to draw your own conclusions, but as you can see, there are a few correlations that come out of this, as well as a significant outlier. The result column would be more meaningful if it was more granular than just win/loss, but also, the result vs average result would also provide more insight. I just couldn't be bothered.

 

[Gronk]

Isn't Parramatta already an aboriginal name ?

It is but the people of the area are Dharug people.

^^^ The roosters name is Gadagal, which is the name of the clan or whatever here in the east.

 

[Twizzle]

 

[Poupou Escobar]

His wife gave birth to a physiotherapist!

 

[Twizzle]

yeah, but a baby one

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Imagine how much better he's gonna get at physioing!

 

[Leaguenutter]

Young Nigel Matamasinghi is the way going forward for the Eels

 

[84 Baby]

No - the real question is: what is the colour of foot?

Seriously, though - why post it in such a dismissive manner?

Honestly because like 99% of NRL and in particular Eels media it’s an easily dismissed self fulfilling prophesying, Gould style bullshit article.
Yeah we lose a lot of games where we’re down at 20 minute mark, I can’t be f**ked looking but I’m pretty sure all teams will have poor records when losing. And definitely there are teams with worse records.
It’s only a surface level stat. If it isn’t investigated further, it’ll only provide the surface level assumptions that we lack composure to fight back from there or even more simply, we just need to be winning at 20 minute mark

 

[Gronk]

Young Nigel Matamasinghi is the way going forward for the Eels

We don’t have Nigels at our club. Fact. Nigels have tried in the past and failed.

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[Gary Gutful]

Young Nigel Matamasinghi is the way going forward for the Eels

He's dog shit. Should start laying bricks...or cables.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Here's footage of Nigel Matamasinghi playing for the Central Queensland Capras.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Honestly because like 99% of NRL and in particular Eels media it’s an easily dismissed self fulfilling prophesying, Gould style bullshit article.
Yeah we lose a lot of games where we’re down at 20 minute mark, I can’t be f**ked looking but I’m pretty sure all teams will have poor records when losing. And definitely there are teams with worse records.
It’s only a surface level stat. If it isn’t investigated further, it’ll only provide the surface level assumptions that we lack composure to fight back from there or even more simply, we just need to be winning at 20 minute mark

Yep. If you're not good enough to be winning at the 60 minute mark why would you magically be good enough to be winning at fulltime?

 

[Gary Gutful]

Here's footage of Nigel Matamasinghi realising he's related to Leaguenutter.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Here's Nigel Matamasinghi snapping a nugget pre-conversion

 

[Eelementary]

Honestly because like 99% of NRL and in particular Eels media it’s an easily dismissed self fulfilling prophesying, Gould style bullshit article.
Yeah we lose a lot of games where we’re down at 20 minute mark, I can’t be f**ked looking but I’m pretty sure all teams will have poor records when losing. And definitely there are teams with worse records.
It’s only a surface level stat. If it isn’t investigated further, it’ll only provide the surface level assumptions that we lack composure to fight back from there or even more simply, we just need to be winning at 20 minute mark

Fair point.

 

[Gronk]

 

[Gronk]

To satisfy my thirst for Eels content, I started listening to Troy Warner's pod the Parra Cave. Not gunna lie, it's very amateurish but he seems to get access to many from the Eels past. Anywho, I started with his interview with Fitzy.

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Politics aside and the fact that he's a rambling gibberer at age 75, it was interesting from my perspective. His little anecdotes around the late 70s and 80s when i was a little kid was interesting.

Question for other merkins who stood in front of the old wooden grandstand getting autographs like me..

Who was the eels game day official who had an artificial arm ? I remember him from the Gibson years probably because it used to give me the creeps a bit.

 

[Gronk]

BTW the next one I'm going to listen to is Tim Smith. Looking forward to that.

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

BTW the next one I'm going to listen to is Tim Smith. Looking forward to that.

He has plenty of good ones in the back catalogue too.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

BTW the next one I'm going to listen to is Tim Smith. Looking forward to that.

That was a good one.

He definitely gets some decent interviews.