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Game Day: Rd2 Eels v Sharks @ Commbank Mar 10, 2023

Matty Bhoy

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Problem is the only coaches left with a proven record are Hasler and Flanagan who are as popular as China at the moment. I'm done with rookies.
I agree with you mate. For all the sack BA talk that is constantly thrown up on here, who do you replace him with?
 

IFR33K

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I agree with you mate. For all the sack BA talk that is constantly thrown up on here, who do you replace him with?


somebody that’s going to get the basics right, and build a team of 17 that are actually capable of playing footy. It’ll help having someone that doesn’t play favorites and fill the squad with players from one club. The same club where ba has coached and his kids played for.

at the rate we’re going, next season and beyond, paulo and RCG will be burnt out, being less effective and still be on huge money. Sustaining ba ball for long periods of time is impossible for the forwards.

first of all, I’d be bringing brian smith to fix our pathways. Under his watch, we continually produced junior after junior. Assuming he’s still healthy.

head coach I’ll chase flanno. He’s worked with smith and knows our system.
 

strider

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Whenever Matto returns surely he will be on an edge? He’s better than Doorey and Cartwright
Yeah he may well be - especially before Lane is back .... tho when Lane is back too I think Doorey might be capable of holding up one edge, he has been ok ... so i would see matto coming off the bench in the middle as he did last year with good effect
 

Gronk

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Unsure if this has been posted, but here goes anyway.

Am I right in saying when we had Matto and Oregon on the bench our two SOO props played less minutes. Now we don’t, BA is preferring to play a tired Reg/Jnr than an ordinary Emu or Makka ? Man we have zero depth right now across the park.

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Speaking after the match, Arthur was asked about his bench rotation against the Sharks, which seemed to mirror the approach he took the week before.

As a result two players failed to take the field in the club's opening two rounds, leaving the team's props on the field for extended periods on the field.

Against the Sharks, front rowers Junior Paulo played 57 minutes and Reagan Campbell-Gillard played 65 minutes.

Substitute Wiremu Greig played didn't take the field and Makahesi Makatoa was in the action for only 13 minutes. Jirah Momoisea played 23 minutes.

In Round 1, Makatoa stayed on the bench the entire match and the golden point period, while Greig and Momoisea combined for only 40 minutes.

It's the not the first time Arthur's bench tactics have come under the microscope, with the Eels coach carrying his son Jake on the bench for most of the season in 2022, despite the 20-year-old holding no utility value outside of playing in the halves.

When asked why he had Paulo and Campbell-Gillard on the field for almost an hour against the Sharks, Arthur said:

"We've got a lot of good players that start for us in Junior and Reg and I think they're pretty important to the team," he told reporters in the post-match press conference.

"I think we need them, especially in tight games like tonight, we need them on the field for long periods.

 

IFR33K

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Yeah he may well be - especially before Lane is back .... tho when Lane is back too I think Doorey might be capable of holding up one edge, he has been ok ... so i would see matto coming off the bench in the middle as he did last year with good effect


agree re doorey. Hopefully his fitness improves a little, could become a decent player
 

Gazzamatta

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I dont think, in BAs mind, there is ever a time when he dosent "need them" on the field. When your D is as average as ours we are forever chasing points. A self defeating prophecy.
 

hindy111

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I think what Happy Meel means is that if Russell is out for the year, we might be able to apply to remove him from the top 30, which means we have to re-fill spot 29. Give that to Cini and we still have spot 30 remaining.

The issue we have is in our top 30 and backs we have

S.Laizou who won't play a wasted spot
Dunster back from a horrific injury and may never come good.

That's two spots and both in the backs. Now with Russel gone it's 3. We literally don't have a back up as of now at all that seems ready.
 

hindy111

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Unsure if this has been posted, but here goes anyway.

Am I right in saying when we had Matto and Oregon on the bench our two SOO props played less minutes. Now we don’t, BA is preferring to play a tired Reg/Jnr than an ordinary Emu or Makka ? Man we have zero depth right now across the park.

—-8<—-

Speaking after the match, Arthur was asked about his bench rotation against the Sharks, which seemed to mirror the approach he took the week before.

As a result two players failed to take the field in the club's opening two rounds, leaving the team's props on the field for extended periods on the field.

Against the Sharks, front rowers Junior Paulo played 57 minutes and Reagan Campbell-Gillard played 65 minutes.

Substitute Wiremu Greig played didn't take the field and Makahesi Makatoa was in the action for only 13 minutes. Jirah Momoisea played 23 minutes.

In Round 1, Makatoa stayed on the bench the entire match and the golden point period, while Greig and Momoisea combined for only 40 minutes.

It's the not the first time Arthur's bench tactics have come under the microscope, with the Eels coach carrying his son Jake on the bench for most of the season in 2022, despite the 20-year-old holding no utility value outside of playing in the halves.

When asked why he had Paulo and Campbell-Gillard on the field for almost an hour against the Sharks, Arthur said:

"We've got a lot of good players that start for us in Junior and Reg and I think they're pretty important to the team," he told reporters in the post-match press conference.

"I think we need them, especially in tight games like tonight, we need them on the field for long periods.


😴
 

Gronk

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I dont think, in BAs mind, there is ever a time when he dosent "need them" on the field. When your D is as average as ours we are forever chasing points. A self defeating prophecy.
I’m sure it doesn’t happen without detailed discussion with the players, assistants and med staff. They wear smart gear that provides lives stats on their vitals. Not saying that it is ideal, but as others said yesterday we are trying to get through a rough patch. Matto is out. Brown and Lane are injured. Makka Rodwell and Emu are ineffective.
 

Gazzamatta

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I’m sure it doesn’t happen without detailed discussion with the players, assistants and med staff. They wear smart gear that provides lives stats on their vitals. Not saying that it is ideal, but as others said yesterday we are trying to get through a rough patch. Matto is out. Brown and Lane are injured. Makka Rodwell and Emu are ineffective.
And they will always remain so given the Coach's obvious lack of confidence in these guys. We were lucky with injurys to forwards last year. Hopefully we are lucky again. Anyway he got us to a GF so I guess it works. That said the argument is "is it sustainable"? Lets see if we make the GF this year. The Manly game will be huge. We could potentially be bottom of the ladder after next week. Time to rally boys.
 

IFR33K

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Thats what is stupid. He picks 4 forwards but plays 3. effen pick a proper 14 at least to cover josh or the backs.

I would pick rein out hands even if he doesn't get a run


well what I find strange is, one week maka is good enough to get on the field and Greg missed out. And the previous week it was the other way round. Does ba make this shit up?

And awesome that the journalist that wrote the article, called out ja for having no utility value.
 

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