Eels VS Sharks Match Discussion Thread

[lingard]

Gallen gave the nref a huge spray in the first half, stood in foront the whole second half and they seemd frightened to call him offside.

Poore seems to berunning too upright at the line, makes him a target to push nack as he loses leg drive.

Inu should never play anywhere but the wing.

Teams like the Sharks play the hard done by card, and get the calls from sympathetic refs, but we played an ordinary game. Apart from Mannah our props were awful, praise to Cayless for Monday night, not in the game tonight. Poor service from Robson, then he scores a try but he was slow out of dummy half all night, Aiton was basically Sharks best and showed Robson up

Yeah, like he should never have scored that try, right? The bastard. :sarcasm: I don`t suppose we`re allowed to say it was a good try, are we? A good effort? No.
F**k you`re an idiot. He`s been one of our best and most consistent players all year. His service isn`t slow at all. And Robson wasn`t playing hooker for the majority of the time that Aiton was on - it was Matt Keating who got shown up, mate (as has been the case all year).

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Robson is pure greatness

 

[lingard]

That's a bow in his string but we need more than just a defending prop, we need him to legally hurt his opponents so they think twice about running at him. We also need him to be more than a woodchoppers "Tossing The Caber" (log) backwards because that is what most forwards are doing to Justin, he runs into the defence and the defence throws him backwards like a woodchopper Tossing The Caber.

Urgent message to Casper: wood-choppers chop wood; caber-tossers toss cabers. Say that ten times fast.

 

[Stagger eel]

Yeah, like he should never have scored that try, right? The bastard. :sarcasm: I don`t suppose we`re allowed to say it was a good try, are we? A good effort? No.
F**k you`re an idiot. He`s been one of our best and most consistent players all year. His service isn`t slow at all. And Robson wasn`t playing hooker for the majority of the time that Aiton was on - it was Matt Keating who got shown up, mate (as has been the case all year).

I've been a Robo fan for a while and I actually sat next to Delboy last night and I was the one who pinpointed some of his services out of dummy half which were quite ordinary to say the least but i certainly wouldn't crucify him for it, I'm assuming you didn't go last night?? if not than you probably wouldn't appreciate the view that we had from the stand..

 

[squiddy]

Gallen gave the nref a huge spray in the first half, stood in foront the whole second half and they seemd frightened to call him offside.

Poore seems to berunning too upright at the line, makes him a target to push nack as he loses leg drive.

Inu should never play anywhere but the wing.

Teams like the Sharks play the hard done by card, and get the calls from sympathetic refs, but we played an ordinary game.

What a bunch of f**king crap this is - did you watch Sharks vs Penrith last week ? Have you watched any of our games this year ? Do you remember our Game against Manly at the end of last season ? We have been dealt sh*te for almost 2 years now and last week was the first time Stuart has said a word much to the frustration of many - I agree we were treated favorably last night but to say its happened before etc is BS .

As for Gallens spray that farkwit Suttor deserved it - he is a merkin of the highest order and watch the replay again the 10 for Parra was as non existent as the 10 for us . Your outside backs in particular Burt , Reddy and Grothe were yards offside all night

Finally we offered Poore a huge deal but you guys snagged him thank f**k he is useless - he will cost you games , Mannah is a far better player

But at least you guys will finish higher than us this year

 

[lingard]

I've been a Robo fan for a while and I actually sat next to Delboy last night and I was the one who pinpointed some of his services out of dummy half which were quite ordinary to say the least but i certainly wouldn't crucify him for it, I'm assuming you didn't go last night?? if not than you probably wouldn't appreciate the view that we had from the stand..

No, but young Dellboy certainly would. I live on the South Coast; it`s hard to get to games anymore. But I lived in Parramatta for 30 years and went to lots of games at Cumberland and at Parra Stadium. No, I wasn`t at the game last night. On television and listening to the radio, Robbo had a fine game. If his service was slow when you saw it live at the ground, then how can I argue with that? If it was slow, then he`d better pick his game up a bit. I hope he does. My thing with Dellboy is that he NEVER gives credit to Robson for anything good that he does. Never gives him ANY concessions. Does he congratulate him on his defence last night? (28 tackles) No. Does he mention that Robson is not really a hooker but seems to be growing in confidence in the position? No. Does he mention that M. Keating (our other hooker) is not playing as well as Robson? No. Just look at any possible deficiencies in Robson`s game and keep pointing them out. It`s getting a bit tired and a bit old to be honest. Robson certainly aint no Robbie Farrah or Cameron Smith, but he`s a damn fine team player who deserves more than the sh*t that Dellboy continually dishes up.

 

[Stagger eel]

No, but young Dellboy certainly would. I live on the South Coast; it`s hard to get to games anymore. But I lived in Parramatta for 30 years and went to lots of games at Cumberland and at Parra Stadium. No, I wasn`t at the game last night. On television and listening to the radio, Robbo had a fine game. My thing with Dellboy is that he NEVER gives credit to Robson for anything good that he does. Never gives him ANY concessions. Does he congratulate him on his defence last night? (28 tackles) No. Does he mention that Robson is not really a hooker but seems to be growing in confidence in the position? No. Does he mention that M. Keating (our other hooker) is not playing as well as Robson? No. Just look at any possible deficiencies in Robson`s game and keep pointing them out. It`s getting a bit tired and a bit old to be honest. Robson certainly aint no Robbie Farrah or Cameron Smith, but he`s a damn fine team player who deserves more than the sh*t that Dellboy continually dishes up.

I'll be honest with you but this is the first time I heard him complain about his service from dummy half since his transition from half back, but at times it found wanting..

 

[btaag]

I think Anderson summed it up when he spoke of our poor attitude on the night. As for Robson, he is putting the effort in, and I couldnt blame any one player in particular last night..... still think we should have won the game.

PS - I remember that around 2003-2006 we lost lots of games to Canberra when they had lots of former Eels (Mogg, Hindmarsh, Schifkofske, Drew, etc) - how much of a factor is the 6 former Eels in the Sharks side in terms of them playing well against us this season?

 

[Stagger eel]

I think Anderson summed it up when he spoke of our poor attitude on the night. As for Robson, he is putting the effort in, and I couldnt blame any one player in particular last night..... still think we should have won the game.

PS - I remember that around 2003-2006 we lost lots of games to Canberra when they had lots of former Eels (Mogg, Hindmarsh, Schifkofske, Drew, etc) - how much of a factor is the 6 former Eels in the Sharks side in terms of them playing well against us this season?

coaching players to play against their old clubs imo, is an easy assignment...very easy to motivate.

 

[btaag]

coaching players to play against their old clubs imo, is an easy assignment...very easy to motivate.

Agreed - and we gave them some handy players too (both Canberra back then and the Sharks).

Loved how Ricky Stuart spoke of the 'League Gods' helping his side btw.

 

[Slick]

PS - I remember that around 2003-2006 we lost lots of games to Canberra when they had lots of former Eels (Mogg, Hindmarsh, Schifkofske, Drew, etc) - how much of a factor is the 6 former Eels in the Sharks side in terms of them playing well against us this season?

Massive factor IMHO. They always lift vs us, definitely our bogey team. I remember that period against the Raiders and this is similar.

 

[NorthShoreEel]

Well Dragqueens bogey team have just won again. Parra not the only club with bogey teams.

Raiders have now won 11 of the last 12 meetings.

 

[Hellsy]

That's when the 2 referees were marking the ten. Ben was in line with the controlling ref Maxwell, but Suttor was calling him back to where he was standing, about 1 metre behind Maxwell. When Ben got involved Suttor said to Maxwell "Ben Smith involved" and he got penalised. When Smith told Maxwell he was in line with him and Suttor was a metre behind him, the referee didn't want to know about it, and instead said to Ben something about calling him offside 4 times already.

They were calling Ben out quite a bit Feleti too, and remarkable barely speaking a Cronulla players name all night. There were 3 tackles that I counted that ONLY the fullback was onside.

Ben said, as I recall something to the effect of 'Which one of you am I meant to be behind when you are on the same side and aren't standing next to each other?' Which is fair enough. Ben was onside with one and not the other, who the hell is he meant to look at.

In noting this... what the f**k is the rule for these pink idiots with regards to which side they should be on? I have never seen 2 refs on the same side, which was mostly ours!!!, for so often as what I did last night. Absolutely ridiculous.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they cost us the game... but who was watching the ruck when both these fools were watching us being onside even though they were not in line with each other????????

 

[Delboy]

Lingard, the point I am making about the service from dummy half , is that under pressure Robson is found to be a bot slow and inaccurate,that led to several poor catches and limited bending of the line

I thought last night he was very solid, but there is something lacking around the ruck from both hookers, Aiton showed them how to add something to the attack. I guess I like traditional quick hookers, Piggy was good in his first year and PJ always added something.

I am disappointed in both at the moment, understand why Robson starts but up high you can see how they give him room and just pick up the runners, and when pressured service is ordinary. I want him to prove me wrong, but a 9 has to do more than defend, and Aiton showed up both starting hookers in Morris and Robson. Don't know he can do it every week, but it stood out big time last night.

 

[strider]

They were calling Ben out quite a bit Feleti too, and remarkable barely speaking a Cronulla players name all night. There were 3 tackles that I counted that ONLY the fullback was onside.

Ben said, as I recall something to the effect of 'Which one of you am I meant to be behind when you are on the same side and aren't standing next to each other?' Which is fair enough. Ben was onside with one and not the other, who the hell is he meant to look at.

In noting this... what the f**k is the rule for these pink idiots with regards to which side they should be on? I have never seen 2 refs on the same side, which was mostly ours!!!, for so often as what I did last night. Absolutely ridiculous.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they cost us the game... but who was watching the ruck when both these fools were watching us being onside even though they were not in line with each other????????

I think this has come about because of their dimwitted decision to have 1 ref be the main ref and the other guy just there to be, as an astute coach put it, the "tits on the bull" (ie pointless)

one ref spends his whole time running around trying to be a pointless waste of space behind the play the ball and occaisionally gets stuck in the wrong place, creating nothing but confussion

I wonder which idiot in the referee's department thought this would be good, Finch or Harrigan?

the whole point of 2 referees was to try and prevent them tiring and thus make better decisions as the game goes on .... but now with this single dominant ref and one useless sidekick, they spend more time trying not to get in eachother's way and get into the right place on the field ... dumb! :crazy:

 

[cgee221]

They were calling Ben out quite a bit Feleti too, and remarkable barely speaking a Cronulla players name all night. There were 3 tackles that I counted that ONLY the fullback was onside.

Ben said, as I recall something to the effect of 'Which one of you am I meant to be behind when you are on the same side and aren't standing next to each other?' Which is fair enough. Ben was onside with one and not the other, who the hell is he meant to look at.

In noting this... what the f**k is the rule for these pink idiots with regards to which side they should be on? I have never seen 2 refs on the same side, which was mostly ours!!!, for so often as what I did last night. Absolutely ridiculous.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they cost us the game... but who was watching the ruck when both these fools were watching us being onside even though they were not in line with each other????????

Brett Suttor = w*nker Ben Cummins = d**khead. Brett Suttor and Ben Cummins reffing a Parra game together = my worst nightmare...

 

[Casper The Ghost]

Urgent message to Casper: wood-choppers chop wood; caber-tossers toss cabers. Say that ten times fast.

Thanks for the leg up Lingard...

"wood-choppers chop wood; caber-tossers toss cabers
wood-choppers chop wood; caber-tossers toss cabers
wood-choppers chop wood; caber-tossers toss cabers
wood-choppers chop wood; caber-tossers toss cabers
wood-choppers chop wood; caber-tossers toss cabers
wood-choppers chop wood; caber-tossers toss cabers
wood-choppers chop wood; caber-tossers toss cabers
wood-choppers chop wood; caber-tossers toss cabers
wood-choppers chop wood; caber-tossers toss cabers
wood-choppers chop wood; caber-tossers toss cabers"


Out of necessity woodchoppers throwing logs across streams, ditches, etc, evolved into the sport of caber tossing. .

 

[Gronk]

Dally M points - Greg Alexander

3 - Barrett
2 - Alton
1 - Mateo

Mateo the best on ground for us - WTF ? I must have watched a different game. I thought his attitude was LAZY and at times he was a turnstile in defence.

 

[Parra Guru]

Also we came within 4 and only managed the 1 point??

Brandy is bias IMO, and he hates Parra.

Also, Barrett was good, but both Aiton and Gallen were better.

 

[Gronk]

Also we came within 4 and only managed the 1 point??

Brandy is bias IMO, and he hates Parra.

Also, Barrett was good, but both Aiton and Gallen were better.

Gallen made 38 tackles and a monster 222m in attack.