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

[T.S Quint]

What potential replacements for Blake and Simonsson?

Dunster and possibly Cini later in the year. Lumelume is there as well.
Russell getting injured has really hurt us in the outside backs.

I don’t know if we will be able to sign a decent winger/centre for this season, so I guess this is it.

 

[Chipmunk]

Cini and Dunster.

Dunster by the sounds of it was getting run around by Mansour in the Reservers...Cini is no better than Blake or Simonson and can't get a game for months in any case.

Neither Dunster or Cini are credible NRL players at this stage. Dunster maybe done.

 

[lucablight]

He might never be the same player, and Cini has shown some promise but shown nothing to suggest he’s a quality first grader. Our depth at the club is putrid.

Can’t be worse than the display by Blake/Simonsson today.

 

[Chipmunk]

Dunster and possibly Cini later in the year. Lumelume is there as well.
Russell getting injured has really hurt us in the outside backs.

I don’t know if we will be able to sign a decent winger/centre for this season, so I guess this is it.

They're all shit house options.

Hence my reason for being unenthused about the season.

 

[hineyrulz]

Can’t be worse than the display by Blake/Simonsson today.

True, and we have a top 30 spot wasted by Jakes best buddy Sam L. Embarrassing.

 

[the phantom menace]

Injured

Bugger.

 

[Noise]

Cini and Dunster.

Not first graders.

 

[Happy MEel]

Cini and Dunster.

I agree 100%. I’m interested to know whether @Poupou Escobar would drop Blake to Reggie’s if we can get dispensation to bring Cini into our top 30?

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

Could be a year for an astute mid season signing.

 

[Happy MEel]

Both reserve graders at best.

If they’re reserve graders, Blake and Bailey are Ron Massey Cup.

 

[the phantom menace]

We'll need several astute mid-season signings to pull anything out of this year.

 

[the phantom menace]

I agree 100%. I’m interested to know whether @Poupou Escobar would drop Blake to Reggie’s if we can get dispensation to bring Cini into our top 30?

He'll likely wait for the coach (authority figure) to do it, before he gives his own opinion on whether he thinks it should be done...

 

[Gronk]

observations…
- I don’t think Hodgo was as bad as some are making out. However he shouldn’t play 80 minutes
- our halves tried a lot harder this week and other than some clunkiness between them and the edge forwards, we’re significantly better than last week. I think they and Gutho gave us chances down the stretch, but our f**king useless outside backs dropped their shit every time
- RCG, Paulo (other than the drop) and Carty did pretty well IMO
- Hopgood was outstanding even allowing for some defensive reads
- our coach needs serious help with our bench rotation.
- Doorey was not as good as last week and Murchie offers very little
- Blake, simonson and Momosea should never play FG again

Agree with this however I reckon Doorey was Ok and almost makes up for the loss of Marata. Hopgood is a gun. Papali who ?

 

[hindy111]

Why are we persisting with 30m pass straight from dummy half. It just doesn’t make sense.

It worked in the last 7 mins of the grand final Jake

 

[Chipmunk]

I agree 100%. I’m interested to know whether @Poupou Escobar would drop Blake to Reggie’s if we can get dispensation to bring Cini into our top 30?

Well you're not going to get dispensation to drop a player.

 

[hindy111]

Agree with this however I reckon Doorey was Ok and almost makes up for the loss of Marata. Hopgood is a gun. Papali who ?

Doprey makes up for Marata? That will do me.

 

[Chipmunk]

Coach said in the press conference our starting middles need to be on the field for long minutes, and doesn't intend on changing it.

I don't think this augers well for us for a successful season.

 

[lucablight]

Agree with this however I reckon Doorey was Ok and almost makes up for the loss of Marata. Hopgood is a gun. Papali who ?

Doorey isn’t even in the same post code as Niukore. It’s serious cope to suggest that.

 

[ImTheMan]

No decebt hooker is coming here whilst Hodgson is on the books. We are stuck with the old merkin for this year and next year.

Yuck. Jeff Robson was an "old merkin" and i'd rather watch the 2009 or the 2019 GF than the game tonight or the 2022 GF again. Early 30's is fine ageist scum

 

[JokerEel]

Coach said in the press conference our starting middles need to be on the field for long minutes, and doesn't intend on changing it.

I don't think this augers well for us for a successful season.

That's great then he needs to have impact on the bench not plodders...