Game Day Thread v St George Illawarra at Fortress Commbank - Sunday 6th August 2pm.

[JokerEel]

I am pointing out a lame excuse that they played at their best. They made silly errors

So did we. I don't think they play much better.

Btw Hunt is a busy the Dragons are stupid to not let him walk.

 

[hindy111]

What if we didn’t make any errors or give away penalties?

I wasn't the one who said they or us couldn't play better. They are 2nd last and had some very good players missing as did we at home. Both sides looked average to me

 

[hindy111]

So did we. I don't think they play much better.

Btw Hunt is a busy the Dragons are stupid to not let him walk.

I didn't say we can't play better. I also didn't say Saints couldn't play better. Both teams could

 

[Hindmarshisgod2]

We had Blake or LumeLume to choose from

He swapped Russell with him at half time. Should have done it before kick-off.....but not our genius bushy. I guess he thought a skinny 19 year old debutant could handle a 120kg beast of a man...

 

[chiefy1]

RCG, Lane, Hodgson, Sivo all unavailable. The Dragons were very lucky

We are the one's who were lucky playing against a park football side, leading 10 nil then go into party mode hot potato footy that the bush coach has nfi how to fix. It happens nearly every match where Cartwright and jnr lose their minds. Absolutely horrendous.

And missing Hodgson are you serious, one of the worst buys in eels history

 

[Gary Gutful]

We won, but I still think we should burn down Bankwest and leave a cable on the ashes.

 

[JokerEel]

If

He swapped Russell with him at half time. Should have done it before kick-off.....but not our genius bushy. I guess he thought a skinny 19 year old debutant could handle a 120kg beast of a man...

Russell still didn't handle him much better.

It was who was inside him today that made a difference Simmonson isn't a defensive centre.

 

[Eelementary]

Common denominator is that Sivo isn't playing. Very underrated player.

He's certainly an under-rated defender, to be fair to him.

 

[Hindmarshisgod2]

If

Russell still didn't handle him much better.

It was who was inside him today that made a difference Simmonson isn't a defensive centre.

It's not about who would have handled him better, it's about why put him in his first game against the beast to begin with....

Do you think any other coach would put a debutante against ravalawa????

 

[Eelementary]

If

Russell still didn't handle him much better.

It was who was inside him today that made a difference Simmonson isn't a defensive centre.

I'm a fan of Simonsson's, but he's an average defender, at best.

Luckily he makes up for it by being a good attacker.

 

[JokerEel]

We played so dumb when we got to a 10-0 lead.

On the attack on their 20 Carty throws a dumb off load.

Leading by 6 with 4 to go Matto throws a dumb offload on the second tackle on their line.

The Dragons were very aggressive in defence today though hit hard in every tackle.

We needed to play smart at 10-0 kick to the corners and tackle.

 

[JokerEel]

It's not about who would have handled him better, it's about why put him in his first game against the beast to begin with....

Do you think any other coach would put a debutante against ravalawa????

Yes... Ravalawa wasn't very good btw it was the inside players gaining an overlap which got him 3 of his 4 tries.

 

[Jake the snake]

That's what Kayo is for.

True

 

[Suitman]

We won, but I still think we should burn down Bankwest and leave a cable on the ashes.

C'mon Gaz.
No doubt you are an intelligent person, but why you feel the need to resort to smutty, juvenile comments so often just baffles me. You're better than that.

 

[Soto]

If ur an opposition winger against the Eels you probably put $$$ on urself to score. (Yes players can't bet on games) but you know what I mean....we are great at allowing the opposition to practice catch and pass and score in the corner

 

[Jake the snake]

We played so dumb when we got to a 10-0 lead.

On the attack on their 20 Carty throws a dumb off load.

Leading by 6 with 4 to go Matto throws a dumb offload on the second tackle on their line.

The Dragons were very aggressive in defence today though hit hard in every tackle.

We needed to play smart at 10-0 kick to the corners and tackle.

And 5th tackle penalties (twice). It’s a shit show.

The dragons who wooden spoon material wanted it more. They were the better team. We didn’t play like our season depended on it. Brad Arthur’s failure to motivate the players has been evident for so many years now. It’s embarrassing

 

[Jake the snake]

If

Russell still didn't handle him much better.

It was who was inside him today that made a difference Simmonson isn't a defensive centre.

Superman had 3-5 good aggressive games last year and has gone to shut since. He’s the average garbage player we all expected. Moneyball.

 

[hindy111]

And 5th tackle penalties (twice). It’s a shit show.

The dragons who wooden spoon material wanted it more. They were the better team. We didn’t play like our season depended on it. Brad Arthur’s failure to motivate the players has been evident for so many years now. It’s embarrassing

I think they where the hungrier team. But we had a bit to much class. We just have on hunger or desire. Let's hope we had Brisbane on our minds.
We have to win out to be any chance. Big 3 games. I can't see it but hey if we did manage to upset Brisbane and beat Chooks we will be playing our grand final against Panthers

 

[hindy111]

Superman had 3-5 good aggressive games last year and has gone to shut since. He’s the average garbage player we all expected. Moneyball.

He is an average player. Sad thing is he is our 2nd best back. If he was the worse in our backline due to a few stars I'd cop him.
The backline is uninspiring

 

[Eelogical]

We are a premiership force and that come back showed what we are capable of. I doubt anyone can best us now. Penrith maybe if they get some luck but Ivans coaching is very poor. No other side will get close to this well drilled formidable side

Troll post of the year, Mik.