Poupou Escobar
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I recently bumped into a mate who is posted to a particular military unit in Holsworthy. This particular unit has a selection requirement that candidates must pass in order to serve with the unit. The selection course tests applicants physically, but ultimately they are looking for mental traits - resilience under pressure, determination, etc.
Anyway, back when the Eels had their toughest pre-season ever, they were involved in this boot camp and a few lucky members of the unit were involved in putting the Eels through their paces.
My mate was very unimpressed. These were the first NRL players he'd ever been involved with, and he said that while they were physically superior individuals, the entire squad was mentally weak as piss with three or four exceptions. The only one of those exceptions that he recognised was Nathan Hindmarsh, although he's not much of an NRL fan. Anyway, Hindy was awesome but that should come as no surprise.
I kept it to myself because the Eels are footy players, not special forces soldiers. They should only need to perform over 80 minutes.
Then I saw my mate about a month ago, somewhere in the Middle East. He asked about the Eels and I told him they're gash. Then he remarked that he helped put Souths through the same boot camp last year and they were on a different level to the Eels. He said it changed his opinion of NRL players, and showed why the Eels were so shit so often.
And that made me sad.
Anyway, back when the Eels had their toughest pre-season ever, they were involved in this boot camp and a few lucky members of the unit were involved in putting the Eels through their paces.
My mate was very unimpressed. These were the first NRL players he'd ever been involved with, and he said that while they were physically superior individuals, the entire squad was mentally weak as piss with three or four exceptions. The only one of those exceptions that he recognised was Nathan Hindmarsh, although he's not much of an NRL fan. Anyway, Hindy was awesome but that should come as no surprise.
I kept it to myself because the Eels are footy players, not special forces soldiers. They should only need to perform over 80 minutes.
Then I saw my mate about a month ago, somewhere in the Middle East. He asked about the Eels and I told him they're gash. Then he remarked that he helped put Souths through the same boot camp last year and they were on a different level to the Eels. He said it changed his opinion of NRL players, and showed why the Eels were so shit so often.
And that made me sad.
