Eels in the media

[IFR33K]

And they're wrong. I pointed out our weak defence (especially in the middle) years ago, and as recently as last year. Hodgson hasn't fixed it but why would he? I actually put our defensive woes over the years down to Paulo's long minutes. We need to surround him with toilers, and two hard working hookers is a good start. I like Hopgood's effort as well.

Can you explain how Paulo playing long minutes has anything to do with Hodgson’s poor tackle attempts and atrocious missed tackles last week against the broncs, especially when you consider his missed tackles were early in the game and they lead directly to broncs try?

at 1 stage I seen 3 missed tackles from hodgson in 45 seconds, which lead to him being hooked by ba and he never returned. How do you associate the 3 missed tackles to paulo when the opposition is targeting hodgson? I don’t recall ba hooking jnr.

can you also please explain how once hands was on the field, our defence for the remainder of the game improved, and we looked better? How do you make the claim our defence is weak in the middle because of paulo, when everything indicates it’s hodgsons fault? Are you suggesting BA hooked the wrong player?

 

[the phantom menace]

No I've been saying for ages our team has too many ordinary defenders, which is why we need to play boring and complete our sets. If we do that the higher than average number of strong attackers will see us score points (which we have no problem doing).

Maybe the problem is you just say too much, all the time, in every thread... usually with irrelevant stats attempted gotchas! So it all ends up coming across as very circular and mixed up, and it's very hard for most readers to follow or even identify your opinions.

Hey, none of us are perfect, but if you stuck to your most firmly held beliefs/opinions, and only posted about those (rather than boredom widespread post-game contraryness for the sake of it, with added lol stats), you'd find your views might be pretty similar to the ones everyone else posts on here?

 

[84 Baby]

Can you explain how Paulo playing long minutes has anything to do with Hodgson’s poor tackle attempts and atrocious missed tackles last week against the broncs, especially when you consider his missed tackles were early in the game and they lead directly to broncs try?

at 1 stage I seen 3 missed tackles from hodgson in 45 seconds, which lead to him being hooked by ba and he never returned. How do you associate the 3 missed tackles to paulo when the opposition is targeting hodgson? I don’t recall ba hooking jnr.

can you also please explain how once hands was on the field, our defence for the remainder of the game improved, and we looked better? How do you make the claim our defence is weak in the middle because of paulo, when everything indicates it’s hodgsons fault? Are you suggesting BA hooked the wrong player?

I think Paulo exacerbates Hodgson’s poor defence as Paulo can’t cover the space but overall there’s a need hierarchy and we need Paulo’s overall game way more than what Hodgson is providing.
I agree with Pou that Hands is doing less in defence which then requires Paulo/RCG to do more (and in turn being less potentially effective in attack) BUT it’s so obvious that while Hodgson is trying to do more, he or the system is failing at it. Any benefit of Hodgson being more active is more than offset by the risk/penalty for when the tackle is missed

 

[IFR33K]

I think Paulo exacerbates Hodgson’s poor defence as Paulo can’t cover the space but overall there’s a need hierarchy and we need Paulo’s overall game way more than what Hodgson is providing.
I agree with Pou that Hands is doing less in defence which then requires Paulo/RCG to do more (and in turn being less potentially effective in attack) BUT it’s so obvious that while Hodgson is trying to do more, he or the system is failing at it. Any benefit of Hodgson being more active is more than offset by the risk/penalty for when the tackle is missed

Of course hands is doing less than Hodgson in defence. Rival teams have targeted Hodgson.

 

[84 Baby]

Of course hands is doing less than Hodgson in defence. Rival teams have targeted Hodgson.

I mean that Hands is being less aggressive in defence. Which will equate to more run metres by opposition, more defensive workload for our other middles which will then mean less run metres by our middles.

But the current alternative is Hodgson limits the opposition run metres on some tackles but then f**ks it all up by missing tackles and allowing massive line breaks with quick play the balls with often Gutho as the marker.
I think Paulo and others having to take on slightly more defence is way to go. Just means others (Moses/Drown) need to pick up the offensive slack.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Can you explain how Paulo playing long minutes has anything to do with Hodgson’s poor tackle attempts and atrocious missed tackles last week against the broncs, especially when you consider his missed tackles were early in the game and they lead directly to broncs try?

You know I can. So I'm glad you asked.

Paulo made 12 tackles in 47 minutes (about one every four minutes), which is extremely low. By comparison, Hopgood made 35 tackles in almost as many (45) minutes. While a surface level analysis might tell you Paulo made so few tackles because no merkin runs at him, the point of chase-the-collision is to move toward the ball and help your mates. Get numbers into the tackle, don't just stand there waiting for attackers to run at you.

So with one middle defender doing so little work, there's a lot more of his mates left isolated attempting tackles on their own. As we know (or should), one-on-one situations favour the attacker.

at 1 stage I seen 3 missed tackles from hodgson in 45 seconds,

So you're saying for the other 30 minutes you only saw him miss two tackles? I suspect he was isolated for those three misses, which is a team problem, not an individual problem.

which lead to him being hooked by ba

He was hooked at the same time as his previous game (30 minutes), and I suspect he will be hooked at the same time today.

and he never returned.

We were out of interchanges due to the Simonsson and RCG injuries.

How do you associate the 3 missed tackles to paulo when the opposition is targeting hodgson? I don’t recall ba hooking jnr.

Paulo is a key player in our attack and earning big money. We need him to play big minutes. Anyway, Paulo was hooked five minutes earlier than Hodgson.

can you also please explain how once hands was on the field, our defence for the remainder of the game improved, and we looked better? How do you make the claim our defence is weak in the middle because of paulo, when everything indicates it’s hodgsons fault? Are you suggesting BA hooked the wrong player?

Hands only shared 22 (of 49) minutes with Paulo and by the time he came on, the Broncos had obviously put the cue in the rack.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Of course hands is doing less than Hodgson in defence. Rival teams have targeted Hodgson.

They're running at nobody when Hands comes on?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Maybe the problem is you just say too much, all the time, in every thread... usually with irrelevant stats attempted gotchas! So it all ends up coming across as very circular and mixed up, and it's very hard for most readers to follow or even identify your opinions.

Hey, none of us are perfect, but if you stuck to your most firmly held beliefs/opinions, and only posted about those (rather than boredom widespread post-game contraryness for the sake of it, with added lol stats), you'd find your views might be pretty similar to the ones everyone else posts on here?

If it upsets you mate, you might need to perform some self care. I am concerned for you mate.

 

[the phantom menace]

If it upsets you mate, you might need to perform some self care. I am concerned for you mate.

Get your own material .

I'm "self-caring" while I watch this game, at least so far...

 

[IFR33K]

They're running at nobody when Hands comes on?

Nah mate they’re running at paulo but Hodgson is missing the tackles.

hands is running away from the attackers and not making tackles.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Nah mate they’re running at paulo

*around

 

[the phantom menace]

Only briefly an Eel at the end of his career, but this disease usually ends quite badly.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/tragic-reveal-about-nrl-legend-carl-webbs-battle-with-motor-neurone-disease/news-story/0600e674392b427a158ce68a97bdfeb1

 

[Incorrect]

Only briefly an Eel at the end of his career, but this disease usually ends quite badly.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/tragic-reveal-about-nrl-legend-carl-webbs-battle-with-motor-neurone-disease/news-story/0600e674392b427a158ce68a97bdfeb1

Probably the most hateful of all diseases. No treatment, without hope once diagnosed, you're just marking time... Horrible, no other word.

 

[Gronk]

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[Gronk]

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[Gronk]

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Bailey Simonsson – Parramatta Eels

To put it bluntly, four tries in 25 games as a winger is pretty anaemic, yet those are the figures you will find for Bailey at the Eels. The Eels are not short on points either; Simonsson just isn’t often in the mix. He is not that quick, quite prone to errors, and his metre eating has taken a backward step this year.

His positioning is also less than ideal, considering he now has 70 first-grade games, and he is not big enough to use as a battering ram, either. Another finishing option would be great for Parramatta, especially when Sivo has scored over five times the amount of tries that Simonsson has since Bailey joined the club (and in fewer games too).

 

[Gronk]

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[Gronk]