Non-eels footy stuff

[Parra Pride]

How the f**k are the Raiders on 30 points with -120 F/A?

 

[King-Gutho94]

How the f**k are the Raiders on 30 points with -120 F/A?

Soft draw.

Got Dragons, Tigers, Bulldogs x 2. That's 6 easy wins right there.

Havent won a game by more then 10 points this year.

And had 50 put on them by Penrith, 48 by Melbourne, 42 by Manly.

And 20+ margin defeats at home to Knights and warriors.

They also only play Penrith, Melbourne, Souths, Cowboys, Roosters, Eels once who all played finals last year.

Only double up from last year finalists was Sharks.

They played Parra with No Moses, Souths with no Origin Players,

 

[Gronk]

How would a 2023 Dally M leaderboard look based purely on statistics? - The Rugby League Eye Test

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[hineyrulz]

Soft draw.

Got Dragons, Tigers, Bulldogs x 2. That's 6 easy wins right there.

Havent won a game by more then 10 points this year.

And had 50 put on them by Penrith, 48 by Melbourne, 42 by Manly.

And 20+ margin defeats at home to Knights and warriors.

They also only play Penrith, Melbourne, Souths, Cowboys, Roosters, Eels once who all played finals last year.

Only double up from last year finalists was Sharks.

They played Parra with No Moses, Souths with no Origin Players,

That still says more about us than anything if you ask me.

 

[T.S Quint]

How would a 2023 Dally M leaderboard look based purely on statistics? - The Rugby League Eye Test

With the Rugby League Players Association and the NRL finally signing their collective bargaining agreement, one of the feel good stories of the year can hopefully have its fairy tale ending. That being 32 year old Shaun Johnson winning the Dally M medal for player of the year. Given the sheer...

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First 12 players in that list are either halves or fullbacks.
Only 4 forwards in that list of 30.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I just went back and had a look a the end of year ladders for the last few years.
Over the period from 2020-2023 (obviously three rounds to go still this year), Penrith has lost only 13 games.

We have lost 11 already this year. Very much a chance to finish with 13. That's the same amount of losses that the Panthers have had over a 4-year period.

Tigers have had 67.
Bulldogs 69.

That is just an incredible run. A proper sports dynasty. Great for that club.

Also shows the salary cap does f**k all.

There are ways to spend outside the cap but obviously the cash has to be there. As Brian Smith said about Penrith, they are a very wealthy club.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

How the f**k are the Raiders on 30 points with -120 F/A?

They have been very lucky. They are 9 from 12 for games decided by six point or less. By comparison we are 5 from 10, neither lucky nor unlucky. Last year we were lucky, winning 6 from 8.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Good old Nepotism Seibold has Jake Arthur on the bench this week: https://www.nrl.com/draw/nrl-premiership/2023/round-25/warriors-v-sea-eagles/

 

[T.S Quint]

There are ways to spend outside the cap but obviously the cash has to be there. As Brian Smith said about Penrith, they are a very wealthy club.

As I said, the salary cap does f**k all.

Ok, I retract that. It is also there to stop clubs from going broke. In that case it does work. No clubs have gone broke since the salary cap was introduced.

In terms of spreading the player talent and evening up the competition though, nah it doesn't work. Good for those teams that are able to work their way around it, I guess.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Yep, Penrith supposedly won two premierships while paying players to be elsewhere. In that case it's hardly a disadvantage.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Yep, Penrith supposedly won two premierships while paying players to be elsewhere. In that case it's hardly a disadvantage.

Well I would have been happy for parra to have paid any club to take Waqa off our hands

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Well I would have been happy for parra to have paid any club to take Waqa off our hands

I would've been happy for him to play his best footy for the duration of the contract, but that's the risk you take.

 

[the phantom menace]

Well I would have been happy for parra to have paid any club to take Waqa off our hands

Yep, his best football is behind him - whatever his contract value paid by us was, it quickly turned to overs this season.

 

[hineyrulz]

I would've been happy for him to play his best footy for the duration of the contract, but that's the risk you take.

Signing dick fingered gumbies??? Yeah a bit of a risk methinks.

 

[the phantom menace]

First 12 players in that list are either halves or fullbacks.
Only 4 forwards in that list of 30.

Sounds fair. Hardly any forwards in the middle play 80mins.

The forwards that do play 80mins tend to bludge out on an edge for half the attacking and defending parts of the game.

 

[T.S Quint]

Sounds fair. Hardly any forwards in the middle play 80mins.

The forwards that do play 80mins tend to bludge out on an edge for half the attacking and defending parts of the game.

Most forwards don't play 80 minutes because they do all of the hard work, ffs!

 

[the phantom menace]

But because that load is spread among five-six middle starters and benchies, they won't get the same amount of points for their 40-50mins work as a half or fullback will for their work over 80mins.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

6. Arthur
18. Schuster

Deadset nepotism from afar lol

 

[Noise]

6. Arthur
18. Schuster

Deadset nepotism from afar lol

What is his win percentage when he's a starting half?

 

[King-Gutho94]

6. Arthur
18. Schuster

Deadset nepotism from afar lol

One is a kid who tries his heart out but isn't good enough.

The other is a lazy prick.

With the season done why not go for the kid who will at least put in.

He has a origin and kangaroo halfback next to him to carry the load.