Eels Roosters game day thread

[hindy111]

Today missing
Bevan,taka,scott,terepo. Frank.

We copped a long term injury to de gois

With three of those guys back next week and perhaps moses we can get back in winners circle.

 

[The Phelan Folly]

Captaincy has little to do with playing ability. Are you in the top 17? Then you're good enough to be captain. It's about talking to refs and the media. Mannah is also a co-captain.

Have you ever played a team sport?

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Gee, we killed the Cowboys the other week defensively, yet this week they got over probably one of the better packs in the dogs!!

So it's not like our pack can't compete with the better packs!!

Our biggest problem with our pack is inconsistency!! And that comes down to ball control!!

Moeroa doesn't offload / we don't throw a stupid pass - which both lead to tries, the out come could be different!!

We had 39% of ball and lost two backs in the last 20!!!

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Mannah is useless at talking to the refs, always has been.

At least he doesn't get them off side.

 

[Chipmunk]

I never said they were cheating I said they're spending more on players than we are.

I beg to differ as quoted below...

Because their administrators all snort coke with high rollers. Plus the performance enhancing drugs thing. You can see they're rule benders. Our club is run by cleanskins.

For NRL salary cap purposes, bending the rule is cheating...

 

[Poupou Escobar]

We simply have too many plodders, Moeroa, Pritchard, Alvaro, Gower, Mannah and even Matagi in parts.

It's a major issue.

Every team has a stack of plodders. Even the Storm.

 

[Djay]

Every team has a stack of plodders. Even the Storm.

We have to many in our forward pack with only Mau'u and Brown being the class.

We need much more then that.

Melbourne have the best prop in the game along with the best player in the game along with an international back rower.

Please do not compare us to them.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Have you ever played a team sport?

I have, but I played at a shit level just like you, where the best and most popular player in the team is named captain because the coach needs to keep him happy. There are no media commitments or any of that shit to worry about. I played in a park footy team where the captain was a drug dealer.

In reality, these guys might be genuine leaders but they'll lead whether they are named captain or not. You need more than one leader in a successful team. The more the merrier.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Oh yeah yes we were shit!! But the raiders lost to the Knights and storm lost after scoring 36 points !! Dogs were killed by the Cowboys !! So we aren't the only ones having shockers this role!!

 

[Joshuatheeel]

We have to many in our forward pack with only Mau'u and Brown being the class.

We need much more then that.

Melbourne have the best prop in the game along with the best player in the game along with an international back rower.

Please do not compare us to them.

Warriors, Souths, Penrith, raiders, dogs and manly all have more rep forwards then us and none of them have more won games then us !!

 

[Chipmunk]

Gee, we killed the Cowboys the other week defensively, yet this week they got over probably one of the better packs in the dogs!!

So it's not like our pack can't compete with the better packs!!

Our biggest problem with our pack is inconsistency!! And that comes down to ball control!!

Moeroa doesn't offload / we don't throw a stupid pass - which both lead to tries, the out come could be different!!

We had 39% of ball and lost two backs in the last 20!!!

Better packs? They literally now have one decent middle forward. They're no longer a contender for the title, but probably have enough talent when everyone is fully fit to make the Top 8. Might struggle if they lose a few around Origin time though.

As for how they went against the Dogs, perhaps the Dogs pack need to have a look at themselves to work out what happened there, I think it was more a Dogs poor effort.

We didn't lose the game in the last 20 minutes against the Roosters,so the injuries to the backs was pretty irrelevant to the overall result.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I beg to differ as quoted below...



For NRL salary cap purposes, bending the rule is cheating...

I disagree. Bending the rules is different to breaking them. How can you police the requirement that TPAs can't be contingent on the player playing for a given club? It is self-policed.

 

[Eelogical]

Got back from the far south coast this afternoon around 5pm after a great weekend away. Turned on the tele in anticipation of a perfect weekend being rounded out with a win, only to witness that load of unacceptable garbage unfold before my eyes. After the game I came on here to read all the game day thread posts and catch up on other opinions of the game while sharing the pain of the loss along the way. All I can now say is 'thank you' to I've A Woody. It's nice to know that when Parra fans are feeling down after a game they can rely on the likes of this gem to remind them that others have fallen on harder times. I can now deal with the loss on a much higher level.

 

[Chipmunk]

Warriors, Souths, Penrith, raiders, dogs and manly all have more rep forwards then us and none of them have more won games then us !!

None of those teams on current form are capable of winning the comp either.

I'm sure our current forward pack is good enough to jag a Top 8 spot. But, are we happy with middle of the road with the potential to maybe jag a Top 8 spot or do we want to be Premiership contenders.

 

[The Phelan Folly]

I have, but I played at a shit level just like you, where the best and most popular player in the team is named captain because the coach needs to keep him happy. There are no media commitments or any of that shit to worry about. I played in a park footy team where the captain was a drug dealer.

In reality, these guys might be genuine leaders but they'll lead whether they are named captain or not. You need more than one leader in a successful team. The more the merrier.

Perhaps I should have qualified it. Have you played a team sport as an adult?

 

[Chipmunk]

I disagree. Bending the rules is different to breaking them. How can you police the requirement that TPAs can't be contingent on the player playing for a given club? It is self-policed.

But you've still got no evidence to suggest the Sharks have any more TPA's, legal or not, than Souths or Manly or the Dragons or Us?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

None of those teams on current form are capable of winning the comp either.

I'm sure our current forward pack is good enough to jag a Top 8 spot. But, are we happy with middle of the road with the potential to maybe jag a Top 8 spot or do we want to be Premiership contenders.

We're not going to be premiership contenders this year. Might as well accept it.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Perhaps I should have qualified it. Have you played a team sport as an adult?

You think a drug dealer captained my under 12s team?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

But you've still got no evidence to suggest the Sharks have any more TPA's, legal or not, than Souths or Manly or the Dragons or Us?

Their superior performance over multiple seasons is evidence enough. What counter evidence do you have against my assertion?

 

[Chipmunk]

We're not going to be premiership contenders this year. Might as well accept it.

I believe the posts I was responding to related more to forward years recruitment.

I knew we weren't winning any comp in 2017 before the season started.