Eels v Titans Pirtek Live Thread 11th April 2015

[Poupou Escobar]

I still maintain that if you front up against Parra for 80 minutes you will get the two points everytime.

It's nothing to do with playing eighty minutes, it's all about how you play. Just hold the ball and go up the guts and you'll eventually wear us out. Our quick defensive line is great against teams that pass the ball, but we're too small against big plodders. The interchange reduction can't come quick enough. It'll be nice to get Junior Paulo back too.

 

[Matty Bhoy]

I'm not saying he shouldn't be there. But half the people whinging want an instant fix. We don't have one, simple as that. I'd have Tepai over Sef any day of the week, I just don't believe it will make the difference at the moment.

We're on the same page except I think Moreoa does actually improve the side and offers more positives than Paulo who really isn't at this level.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

While we have sandow running the show we will always be hot and cold.Fact.

We don't have Sandow 'running the show'. If anyone it's Norman.

 

[Rhyno]

I thought we were gonna have a good year but it looks like we will be a bottom 4 side again

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I thought we were gonna have a good year but it looks like we will be a bottom 4 side again

If we get a few top 17 players back everything can change very quickly.

 

[Chipmunk]

It's nothing to do with playing eighty minutes, it's all about how you play. Just hold the ball and go up the guts and you'll eventually wear us out. Our quick defensive line is great against teams that pass the ball, but we're too small against big plodders. The interchange reduction can't come quick enough. It'll be nice to get Junior Paulo back too.

That's what I'm referring to when I say turn up for 80 minutes. Teams just need to stick to their simple game plan for the full 80 minutes and we will beat ourselves.

 

[Chipmunk]

If we get a few top 17 players back everything can change very quickly.

With the exception of Radradra and Takairangi returning, if we're going to continue with DeGois and Seph Paulo on the bench the only other change to the 17 could be Junior for Terepo. In fairness to Terepo he's not been our worst the last few weeks.

 

[Chipmunk]

Yep. That'd be why they're off contract.

From today's team the following blokes don't have NRL contracts at any club for next year (as far as we know):

Hopoate
Robinson
Morgan
Sandow
Lussick
Terepo

Reasonable amount of Salary Cap space there.

 

[Mr Pmatta]

When is things going to turn around for this club??? It has been half a decade since we have made the finals and shit doesn't look like it's changing. I'm getting pretty sick of it!!!!

When we merge which is not far down the track.

 

[Mr Pmatta]

I still maintain that if you front up against Parra for 80 minutes you will get the two points everytime.

No doubt....

 

[Chipmunk]

I'll tell you now, that if we get a fair dinkum set of six in after we scored our first try and big kick in down field with a good kick chase and pin the Titans in their area, then the Titans don't win this game today.

Watmough's garbage run across field and hospital pass to Ma'u straight after we scored a try was just plain stupid and re-affirms to me that little or nothing has changed at this club in 2015.

This was just one example of poor decisions made today by some of our most experienced and key players on the field.

 

[Eelogical]

Reasonable amount of Salary Cap space there.

All well and good if we buy the correct players. Our recent purchases haven't really set the world on fire. 30 year old players aren't the future in NRL, especially on long term deals. Foran will also struggle unless a team attitude as well as desire and commitment are markedly improved upon. Arthur needs to see out his term.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Can we get a thread about how Watmough's going? Everyone else seems to be copping it, and we've got this bloke on big $$$ for another three years...

 

[Bigfella]

If we get a few top 17 players back everything can change very quickly.

From which club?

 

[forward pass]

:crazy:I asked this during the week and I'll ask again - when was the last time we won a daytime game? We never play well in the daylight.

 

[hindy111]

watmough is been terrible.

 

[The Phelan Folly]

watmough is been terrible.

Watmough. Has been. Terrible.

 

[Kornstar]

We look:

unfit
uninterested
un-coached

We looked out on our feet after 15 minutes......

 

[strider]

well that didn't go too well did it

 

[phantom eel]

On the positive side, I was impressed with Terepo's runs. Come on leaps and bounds compared to previous two seasons.