Game thread v Souths 27/3/15

[Chipmunk]

Yeah I do. I don't know for sure, obviously, but on balance of evidence I reckon it's more likely than not.

That said, if we could get him back for unders then I'd be stoked to have him back. But if we were paying him what he's worth (as a player) then we'd be paying too much. I reckon Foran on overs (as a player) is better value than Hayne because of Foran's leadership (which I also don't know for certain).

I've come to believe that personalities within the senior player group are of massive importance, especially under the salary cap. Possibly as important as the amount of playing talent within the squad.

I think your so called 'evidence' is bulls#$t. In fact, its not evidence, it's hearsay, backed up with absolutely no foundation whatsoever. Perhaps if the likes of Watmough and Wicks were at the club last year we would've made the Top 4. Perhaps if The Plane was here this year we wouldn't have lost a game. Who knows. You don't, nor do I, and any opinion is pure speculation and hearsay, based on little fact and certainly not evidence that can be substantiated.

 

[oldmancraigy]

Chipmunk, Pou basically uses circular reasoning to try and prove he is right by trying to argue that he isn't wrong. It is all part of some grand scheme to prove that Kearney wasn't crap, and that he did a lot of great things at the club.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

No you can only be proved wrong with them. Otherwise how right or wrong anyone is just comes down to opinion. You said you've never seen me admit I was wrong, but when have you ever admitted you were wrong? When does anybody? And if they did, who's to say their admission isn't wrong? It's all opinion mate.

I was definitely wrong to take a leak in the bath the other night. Particularly as it was not me who was having a bath at the time.

 

[emjaycee]

I was definitely wrong to take a leak in the bath the other night. Particularly as it was not me who was having a bath at the time.

Is that wrong... oops.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I think your so called 'evidence' is bulls#$t. In fact, its not evidence, it's hearsay, backed up with absolutely no foundation whatsoever. Perhaps if the likes of Watmough and Wicks were at the club last year we would've made the Top 4. Perhaps if The Plane was here this year we wouldn't have lost a game. Who knows. You don't, nor do I, and any opinion is pure speculation and hearsay, based on little fact and certainly not evidence that can be substantiated.

If there was no evidence then I wouldn't believe it, nor would plenty of others. I'm aware I could be wrong, but don't discount any evidence just because it doesn't support your opinion.

We all know Hayne is a great player, we all know the team has been shit since 2009, we all know he was the dominant figure at the club in that time, and we all know Hayne does whatever Hayne wants regardless of his teammates, fans or commitments.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

I was definitely wrong to take a leak in the bath the other night. Particularly as it was not me who was having a bath at the time.

You're just on fire lately, but seeing as you've said you were wrong to do it, I'm gonna assume that whoever was in the bath was not.

 

[forward pass]

Does everyone realise the score in our last 2 games finished exactly the same? What are the chances - especially with a field goal in each? Maybe Pou can calculate the odds for us.

Amazing really.

 

[T.S Quint]

I was very impressed with this win. I think I enjoyed this one even more than our wins against the Roosters and Manly last year.

We still bombed a few tries through to a lack of quality timing in attack. We almost let in an easy try from dummy-half (luckily they dropped it over the line) and McQueen all but had the game tied up at the end but dropped the ball with the line wide open. We still have a lot to improve on. If we can start to get these things right we can be a force in this Premiership.

 

[Casper The Ghost]

Watched the game again.
Looks like Terepo is physically bigger than last year.
Has anyone else noticed this?
Has he put on 6kg+?
And he looks so much better for it.
He played a good game against the Rabbits.

 

[T.S Quint]

Terepo must have used a lot of that sticky spray on his hands Friday night.
Not one dropped ball.

 

[bartman]

Inglis was quiet and did little for Souths. He is massively over rated. Sure he can run with the ball but he goes quiet for ages in a game and we saw that his lateral defence is not good.

Agree with all of the above. And that's why probably he finds himself at fullback, and no longer defending in the line in the centres for 80 mins.

It's a hard one - where do you play a guy with his size and occasional attacking flair? If the game hadn't changed so much in the past 30 years, you could almost get away with playing him like an Artie Beetson-style second rower, rather than as a back.

 

[eel01s]

Terepo must have used a lot of that sticky spray on his hands Friday night.
Not one dropped ball.

Surely his best game for the Eels?

 

[Utey]

Surely his best game for the Eels?

Best I can remember. Need to rewatch the game to see if his technique has changed.

 

[TheParraboy]

Watched the game again.
Looks like Terepo is physically bigger than last year.
Has anyone else noticed this?
Has he put on 6kg+?
And he looks so much better for it.
He played a good game against the Rabbits.

Looks like he gained 4.5kg to me

was a madman possessed I thought, Rabbits were scurrying everywhere

 

[Casper The Ghost]

Best I can remember. Need to rewatch the game to see if his technique has changed.

Looks like he gained 4.5kg to me

was a madman possessed I thought, Rabbits were scurrying everywhere

Some of his powerful bursts were running at lines, even angled ones, so that part of his game has improved immensely (please not a one game wonder and then back to the same shit he dredged up last season).

The fact he was catching balls in the midst of huge collisions and not dropping any was very impressive.

It looked like chairman Mao mack II =

If we can sort out our fullback, two centres, and two powerful wingers issue before June 30th, we are a genuine premiership threat. Sure we've got Semi and Taka to come back, so if we can find a much better fullback than Hoppa, move Hoppa to centre, and purchase a fullback, a centre and a winger (that's unless one of our Wenty/Holden Cup boys can do the job), and our squad comes back into full force (injured/suspended players returned) and are firing into the semi's, we are a real threat.

Our forwards are fast, powerful, agile, destroyers and frigits manoeuvring fast to sink aircraft carrier forwards as in what they did to Soufs forwards the other night.

Am not saying we will win this years GF, just indicating that we could easily become a genuine top 4 team this season.

Next year is looking ripe for winning a title.