Match Discussion: Round 18 vs Eels @ McDonald Jones Stadium

[perverse]

Yeah his eye looked worrisome, thats not the kind of thing you want to be seeing happen to someone

Also seemed to be more in pain than dazed on the ground, but we'll have to wait and see what the doctors say I guess.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

Watch us lose this in the last minute

 

[perverse]

Watch us lose this in the last minute

Yep.

 

[Zoidberg]

Bloody lucky

 

[perverse]

Ooo geez, thank god. We've escaped jail a few times tonight.

 

[Burns]

Sooooo lucky

 

[AusKnightRKO]

Geeez we make it hard for ourselves!!!

 

[perverse]

Well, it's pretty simple. We can win if Pearce plays and also we get lucky.

 

[Seage]

I love how many looks the video ref has to find a way to award a decision against us.

 

[Zoidberg]

Nearly derped them the win, 2nd half was very poor after the Parra try, last 25mins we kept inviting them to take it.

 

[Noname36]

I’m starting to believe that maybe, just maybe, we might not come last. This was an important game for that.

 

[perverse]

Pearce dominant - SKD, Levi and Sione also very good. Everyone else average to poor.

 

[Yosh]

Lol... We tried our best to lose the game but Parra luckily derped it harder than us. Thank you Parra we need you to steal that spoon from us. What's the level below reserve grade? That's what that game was. At the end of the day, we got the two points.

Great to have Pearce back as well. We'd lost by a big margin if he wasn't there.

 

[Seage]

Hard to see who else we would beat playing like that.

 

[perverse]

I’m starting to believe that maybe, just maybe, we might not come last. This was an important game for that.

We won't come last now. I don't know where the Eels find that many wins.

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

I thought we played well. There were some good performances.
We struggled to get out of our own half.
Pearce made the difference with his kicking game, general play and leadership. He allowed other players to play more in form.
I was impressed by Watson.
Sione seemed to be playing in on defence early on and had one of his best games.

 

[Swarzey]

Made it tough for ourselves but full credit to Hayne, actually played like he wanted to be there and killed it.

Pearce being back absolutely transforms us. Our attack, his leadership, everything was crucial. We missed Ponga in attack for his ball playing skills. I really like Watson's role, he has a bit of Ponga's - for lack of a better word - suspense where he could create something anytime he gets his hands on the ball but he doesn't have the same skills in attack that Ponga does. Our forwards are still soft and give up too much in the middle. Levi played out of his f**king skin, Sione was fantastic until his concussion. Hopefully it isn't serious. Barnett was shithouse in the first half but turned it around in the second. I still would have him on the bench next week for Fitzy though. I feel Denniss was the only real lowlight for us; was hardly threatening in attack, was poor in defence.

Scrappy as hell but I feel there's some positives to pull from tonight. We were poor in a lot of areas but Parra weren't slouches; they shot themselves in the foot like us.

 

[perverse]

Pearce being back absolutely transforms us.

He doesn't transform us at all - we just scraped by against Parramatta, and most of our team played pretty shit. He's just that good that his own individual contributions are enough to drag our pus-leaking carcus over the finish line. Barely.

 

[Zoidberg]

We played good for about 45min, between the 10th and 55th mins, dirt average for the rest.

 

[Noname36]

We played good for about 45min, between the 10th and 55th mins, dirt average for the rest.

Fortunately that’s all you need against Parra. Won’t beat anyone else only playing well for half a game though.