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

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@Poupou Escobar

Something happened with your quoting there, but I got the gist of the waffle....

I'm sure Nathan and Ivan Cleary are cut up about being "dominated" at Origin level by DCE, all the while building a club premiership dynasty the way they are.

NSW reps barely care for Origin apart from the pay cheque... Club footy is where it's at.

I'll never forget Mal Meninga's quote after winning the 89 GF - "this beats playing for QLD, beats playing for Australia"...

Origin is popcorn. So too anything else outside winning a GF.... But yeah, Cleary is just Robson MKII

 

[Poupou Escobar]

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.

No he isn't.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Hearing Walters has offered Ezra Mam for the talented JA.

Broncos already have a kicker. They just need a 6 who can run the ball. Like Penrith.

 

[Pazza]

We needed Matterson's running game in the middle. He only made 4 runs in the first half and 13 in the second. Davey made f**k all; 5 in 45 minutes.

Mattos passing game is sublime

 

[Poupou Escobar]

In that case, why did bushy swap him in the second half? Should've left him where he was.

Because they were targeting our left side and AMS was hesitant about how to cope with the overlap. You seem to forget Drown and Gutherson also missed Ravalawa in cover. The problem was he was getting the ball in space because AMS was too hesitant landing on Lomax.

So was bushy wrong for swapping him in the second half, or was bushy wrong for putting an inexperienced kid against ravawala in the first place???

Which one is it??

He was right for adjusting the plan in response to the flow of the game. AMS attempted more tackles in the second half than the first ffs, so Ravalawa had nothing to do with it. It wasn't him against AMS, it was their right side against our left side. All our left side defenders were poor and you're blaming the rookie? Constant two-on-ones weren't good for his confidence, so he was moved.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Thats because Ivan has this thing called tactics. Do you think he will have Leota on bench when Spencer is back?

Peanut

Shame he didn't know any tactics in his first 15 years. He might never have ended up at Wests.

 

[eels_fan]

Listened to Ryan Carrs Presser. Impressive. Certainly a realist. Shows passion. Represents his club very well.

Sounded like a whinging little bitch who has no place being a head coach to me….

 

[Poupou Escobar]

7 years ago I told everyone Penrith are about to build a dynasty. Everyone seemed to laugh. Who's laughing now?

No you said the Dogs would win the comp in 2017:

Dogs have signed him guys, sorry to say. But they have the cash. Look for foran to sign also for under 500k. Hoppa is on 125k there
You can not compete with money under table.Parra tried and now we are paying.
Dogs will win comp 2017

You were right about money under the table though. A few Keno TPAs out Penrith way.

 

[Kilkenny]

No you said the Dogs would win the comp in 2017:

You were right about money under the table though. A few Keno TPAs out Penrith way.

Suggestions we are not cap compliant is disingenuous .

Its really disrespectful mate.

We have shed high quality players, marque players each season this past couple of seasons.

Im not sure any other successful side has endured such salary cap pain enforced as we have.

Leaving aside the marque players just the fringe players from which the Eels have benefitted in Hopgood.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

@Poupou Escobar

Something happened with your quoting there, but I got the gist of the waffle....

I'm sure Nathan and Ivan Cleary are cut up about being "dominated" at Origin level by DCE, all the while building a club premiership dynasty the way they are.

NSW reps barely care for Origin apart from the pay cheque... Club footy is where it's at.

I'll never forget Mal Meninga's quote after winning the 89 GF - "this beats playing for QLD, beats playing for Australia"...

Origin is popcorn. So too anything else outside winning a GF.... But yeah, Cleary is just Robson MKII

The point is it's a team game. Luke Keary has won three premierships ffs. Does that mean he's better than Cleary or just played in better teams?

 

[Legal Eel]

They played their grand final. We just showed our lack of composure. We are missing Hodgson big time.

You are an absolute troll of the biggest order.

 

[Hindmarshisgod2]

Because they were targeting our left side and AMS was hesitant about how to cope with the overlap. You seem to forget Drown and Gutherson also missed Ravalawa in cover. The problem was he was getting the ball in space because AMS was too hesitant landing on Lomax.

He was right for adjusting the plan in response to the flow of the game. AMS attempted more tackles in the second half than the first ffs, so Ravalawa had nothing to do with it. It wasn't him against AMS, it was their right side against our left side. All our left side defenders were poor and you're blaming the rookie? Constant two-on-ones weren't good for his confidence, so he was moved.

So you admit bushy f**ked up. Thanks

 

[JokerEel]

Sounded like a whinging little bitch who has no place being a head coach to me….

 

[IFR33K]

Analed by a soda and chips

could of been worse. Could of lost today and been analed by 17 dragons

 

[Cumberland Eel]

Wasn’t able to watch todays game.. sounds like a good thing lol. How did Dylan play?

 

[IFR33K]

7 years ago I told everyone Penrith are about to build a dynasty. Everyone seemed to laugh. Who's laughing now?

penrith

 

[King-Gutho94]

Now, THAT is dedication.

I hope we win for your sake.

Could have been worse and been at 4am in the morning like the storm game last week. Which I fortunately skipped

 

[King-Gutho94]

It was nice to see the leaders not lose there head when they were behind and panic like in the past.

I got no idea what has happened since origin but the spark has gone.

Our last 5 weeks have been ordinary.

 

[JokerEel]

Wasn’t able to watch todays game.. sounds like a good thing lol. How did Dylan play?

Dylan was ok probably outplayed Moses defended well

 

[eels_fan]

Our inability to have a big win today to improve our F&A now means our only chance of top 8 is 2 wins in the next 3 weeks. 1 win and we’ll miss out on F&A.

tbh I think we probably have a better chance against Penrith. 6 day turn around for us (only 5 for them from an interstate trip) and we should be full strength apart from Lane. They may have the minors tied up too by then.