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Knock-on Effect NSW Cup - Eels Team

Delboy

First Grade
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Reserve grade is a reflection of depth and strength of recruitment, there is a top 30 contracted player 18 th man for Ron Massey Cup, and at least 6players not close to full time contracts actually picked in the team. That strategy has been wanting for far too many seasons.
 

hindy111

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A real flogging. How is this good for confidence for the kids. You want winning spirit. Seems like they are getting bashed around every week.
 

Gazzamatta

Coach
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Weve been awful on the edges in this grade. Nothings changed.
I see Boods got 60 off the bench. How did he go this week?
 

Gronk

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Reserve grade is a reflection of depth and strength of recruitment, there is a top 30 contracted player 18 th man for Ron Massey Cup, and at least 6players not close to full time contracts actually picked in the team. That strategy has been wanting for far too many seasons.
Canberra had a team full of players who are a bees dick away from NRL standard and our team was full of kids and the odd journeyman. That says so much about a lot of things.

That said, the team was screaming out for direction, for the young rep halfback to stand up as the quarterback, be loud in his direction to his forwards and steer the team around by example. They played like a team without a halfback.

We don’t need to talk about Cini and Sammy L and Harper. Tago had a go. Martin did too, but has got an error in him.

Honorable mention to Ogden, I thought he played great.
 

JokerEel

Coach
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Canberra had a team full of players who are a bees dick away from NRL standard and our team was full of kids and the odd journeyman. That says so muach about a lot of things.

That said, the team was screaming out for direction, for the young rep halfback to stand up as the quarterback, be loud in his direction to his forwards and steer the team around by example. They played like a team without a halfback.

We don’t need to talk about Cini and Sammy L and Harper. Tago had a go. Martin did too, but has got an error in him.

Honorable mention to Ogden, I thought he played great.


Why don't we have a team a bees dick away from the NRL?

It's not like MON / BA / CEO just started
 

King-Gutho94

Coach
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A real flogging. How is this good for confidence for the kids. You want winning spirit. Seems like they are getting bashed around every week.
Spoke to someone at the game last week who is involved with the Hills Bulls but knows a lot of these kids & speaks to Rankin the Jersey Flegg coach who is involved with Bulls now in A-Grade.

Reckons we have pushed too many up at once which has destroyed both grades.

A lot of these one should have been still playing Flegg for another 6 months.

Rankins hands are tied at that level. Hence the floggings we are getting at both grades.
 

Poupou Escobar

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A real flogging. How is this good for confidence for the kids. You want winning spirit. Seems like they are getting bashed around every week.
It's reserve grade so no merkin cares about results. Just go out there and work on your game, which includes defence. Getting belted is character building.
 
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