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Knock-on Effect NSW Cup - Eels Team

Gazzamatta

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Magnificent effort by our 2s. Emu getting sent off should have ruined our chances then Brown in the bin for 10 but the boys rallied behind Captain Rankin and lifted.
Emu fu*ken near killed the Pennys number 7 and rightly so. The slimey little merkin was an absolute pos. The little sh*t kicked the winning field goal but boy was he hurting.
Best players
Hands, Rein, Ele, Zac, Rankin, and Russell was a stand out on the wing. It was fantastic to see our centers and wingers work together. Even when it was 13 on 11 they never went around us once.
A great game but the better team lost.
Well done Coach Rankin.
Hopgood for The Pennys was absolutely outstanding. Looks a goodun.
 

JokerEel

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Magnificent effort by our 2s. Emu getting sent off should have ruined our chances then Brown in the bin for 10 but the boys rallied behind Captain Rankin and lifted.
Emu fu*ken near killed the Pennys number 7 and rightly so. The slimey little merkin was an absolute pos. The little sh*t kicked the winning field goal but boy was he hurting.
Best players
Hands, Rein, Ele, Zac, Rankin, and Russell was a stand out on the wing. It was fantastic to see our centers and wingers work together. Even when it was 13 on 11 they never went around us once.
A great game but the better team lost.
Well done Coach Rankin.
Hopgood for The Pennys was absolutely outstanding. Looks a goodun.

I missed why Emu pushed him over just saw him getting sent.
 

Gazzamatta

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I missed why Emu pushed him over just saw him getting sent.
Actually he picked the 7 up and slammed him into the ground on his back. It was massive. The 7 backed into Emus path as he was charging downfield off the kick off. Emu went down, got up, grabbed the 7 and absolutely fu*ken smashed him. It was great. The 7 had his arms in the air every tackle screaming for penalties. An annoying little tu*d not unlike Luai. Emu certainly didnt miss him.
 

JokerEel

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Actually he picked the 7 up and slammed him into the ground on his back. It was massive. The 7 backed into Emus path as he was charging downfield off the kick off. Emu went down, got up, grabbed the 7 and absolutely fu*ken smashed him. It was great. The 7 had his arms in the air every tackle screaming for penalties. An annoying little tu*d not unlike Luai. Emu certainly didnt miss him.

Ahh nice yes I didn't miss the Panthers complaining all game.
Emu needs to bring that aggression every game.
 

Obscene Assassin

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The penrith team are as dumb as their fans, every tackle they were wringing about something, hands in the air calling for a penalty. The ref really should have penalised them for being whiney merkins. The #3 was incessantly calling for forward passes despite it not even being close.

Great resolve shown by the team after a send off and a sin bin. It was unfortunate they couldn't hold on for the draw but a poor decision to set up for the field goal 40m out gave the rat bags good field position.

Rankin needs to move back into the halves with Arthur. Russell needs to go back to fullback. Mataele is a good pre-season away from a first grade bench spot. Hopgood is a very good player, but he won't get away with half of the grubby things in the Blue and Gold jersey
 

hindy111

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The penrith team are as dumb as their fans, every tackle they were wringing about something, hands in the air calling for a penalty. The ref really should have penalised them for being whiney merkins. The #3 was incessantly calling for forward passes despite it not even being close.

Great resolve shown by the team after a send off and a sin bin. It was unfortunate they couldn't hold on for the draw but a poor decision to set up for the field goal 40m out gave the rat bags good field position.

Rankin needs to move back into the halves with Arthur. Russell needs to go back to fullback. Mataele is a good pre-season away from a first grade bench spot. Hopgood is a very good player, but he won't get away with half of the grubby things in the Blue and Gold jersey


How did HANDS go at hooker?
I actualy like the idea of transforming Gutherson into a hooker.
Strong defender, nice short kick game, great passer and an excellent runner. But if Russel can make it at fullback Guth into centres I also like . Waqa is a better winger.

Hopgood made 214mtrs, 42 tackles with only 2 missed, 8 tackle breaks and 4 offloads. Impressive.

Mataele stats show 11 missed tackles. Seems a lot but I didn't see the game. Is it something he needs to work on?

Ogden seems to be going very well.
 

Gazzamatta

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Best game Ive seen from Hands. His combination with Rein was fantastic for the team. One bad miss from Mataele and one from Brown led directly to 2 trys. 12 points. Rankin was livid.
Hopgood was best on field. Outplayed Brown comfortably. Highly impressive.
Perham & Cini worked so well with their wingers. From what Ive seen Russell is the best defensive winger in the club. Knows when to come in, assist and slide. Never looses track of where his opposite winger is. Had a great game yesterday.
 

strider

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Hopgood is a middle right? Off the bench i assume

If we can get Tapau and he can give us a good 20 mins off the bench and Hopgood 30+ mins, it sounds like a good rotation
 

hindy111

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Hopgood is a middle right? Off the bench i assume

If we can get Tapau and he can give us a good 20 mins off the bench and Hopgood 30+ mins, it sounds like a good rotation

Hopgood seems like a high minutes player.
It also seems like Rodwell and Greig may not get many games if Tapau is signed and especially if Papali'i stays.

We will of lost Kafusi and Marata. Makatoa may drop out. But I'm unsure if Rodwell will be a top 17 guy or seen at 18-21 on our list.
 

Gazzamatta

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Hopgood seems like a high minutes player.
It also seems like Rodwell and Greig may not get many games if Tapau is signed and especially if Papali'i stays.

We will of lost Kafusi and Marata. Makatoa may drop out. But I'm unsure if Rodwell will be a top 17 guy or seen at 18-21 on our list.
Greig is special. So hoping he gets more chances shortly. A massive human. Nice and agressive as well. Im a fan. Rodwell will be no worse that Oregon and probably better. Oggy hasnt really impressed in my opinion. El Zak should have had an opportunity b4 now.
 

hindy111

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Greig is special. So hoping he gets more chances shortly. A massive human. Nice and agressive as well. Im a fan. Rodwell will be no worse that Oregon and probably better. Oggy hasnt really impressed in my opinion. El Zak should have had an opportunity b4 now.

What about Ogden? I always liked him at the Dogs
 

Twizzle

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What happened to Rodwell? It looks like we really missed him in the middle.

as you know, when someone has sat on the bench for a few weeks and doesn't get much game time, BA likes to get them back into Cup games so that they get 80 mins or so of footy
 
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