Post game discussion v Souths

[crocodile]

Gower was great. Amazing how easily he can bust the line

He hasn't got a bad offload either.

 

[IMO]

I thought they looked like they had a lot more energy off the ball, and the defensive attitude was a major improvement over the last few weeks. There were a number of sets where we had Souths kicking on the last from in their own half, not something we have seen lately.
Refs were woeful in their keeping Souths back the 10 with lots of arm waving and "coaching" but very little if any penalties.
Overall, I reckon BA made the right call with the changes he made for this week but I would have loved to have seen Salmon out there instead of the Fresh Prince.

Of coarse they showed more energy off the ball and better attitude in defence they were playing a team half filled with reserve graders. Wait til they are back playing a full strength contender, they'll all sh*t themselves again and go back hiding. No energy or attitude then. When its easy great, when it gets tough - get me outa here. Should be the eels motto.

 

[hindy111]

Tepai came back on in the 2nd half and tighten up the middle and made some big hits. Took the wind out their sails.

Watching the game live he stood out with some brutal hits in defense. Gower also stood out.
Always looks different on tv. So I will watch a replay. The rest seemed to do their jobs in the forwards but those 2 where my picks.

 

[Kornstar]

That was the most corrupt refereeing performance i have seen for some time. I will always say they are completely inept but what we witnessed tonight was bordering on needing to check their bank accounts.

I understand Souths were severely depleted but that’s not our fault, why make sure you keep them in the game? If you don’t like teams playing without players then change the f**king rep season or figure something out.

We were prepared and we turned up and should have won by more if not for the referees.

The team changes worked, next week should be interesting against a much better side..........

 

[Kornstar]

Of coarse they showed more energy off the ball and better attitude in defence they were playing a team half filled with reserve graders. Wait til they are back playing a full strength contender, they'll all sh*t themselves again and go back hiding. No energy or attitude then. When its easy great, when it gets tough - get me outa here. Should be the eels motto.

Shows how little you know about the Eels........nights like tonight are prime Eels shitting the bed games.......we’ve lost many more of these types of games that we “should” win than we have won.

 

[emjaycee]

Of coarse they showed more energy off the ball and better attitude in defence they were playing a team half filled with reserve graders. Wait til they are back playing a full strength contender, they'll all sh*t themselves again and go back hiding. No energy or attitude then. When its easy great, when it gets tough - get me outa here. Should be the eels motto.

They weren't missing any size from their forward pack mate.

 

[IMO]

I will always say they are completely inept..........

Bit harsh about your own team but tend to agree

 

[IMO]

Shows how little you know about the Eels.........we’ve lost many more of these types of games that we “should” win than we have won.

Yeah you may have a point (someting to be proud of) but then you still sh*t yourself against the contenders ie Storm.
New theme song by Billy Ocean - When the going gets tough, the eels get going........straight to the in goal.

 

[IMO]

They weren't missing any size from their forward pack mate.

No but missing the class behind the big pack to take advantage of their platform to put the usual 40 or 50 on you

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Why Is Mennings a left side centre? Everytime he got ball stepped off left into defense.

It lets him run a late unders line when it's on.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Tepai is still a massive concern. He made 27 tackles and missed 4. In comparison Mahoney (who is a garden gnome) made 53 and only missed 3. I don’t get what Tepai offers

In defence he goes after them, which leads to some misses. 33 attempted tackles in 37 minutes is a pretty decent work rate:

Attempted tackles per minute (minutes):

0.89 Moeroa (37 minutes)
0.85 Evans (34)
0.74 Stone (19)
0.73 Mahoney (80)
0.68 Terepo (41)
0.57 Niukore (30)
0.48 Paulo (42)
0.47 Gower (38)

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Stats don't tell the full story.

Stats tell plenty. He is obviously first into contact a lot of the time, and the stats back it up. But maybe merkins run at him? I hope they keep it up. He's played in all six wins this year but missed two of our losses. Might be coincidence, obviously.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Of coarse they showed more energy off the ball and better attitude in defence they were playing a team half filled with reserve graders. Wait til they are back playing a full strength contender, they'll all sh*t themselves again and go back hiding. No energy or attitude then. When its easy great, when it gets tough - get me outa here. Should be the eels motto.

We've won half our games this year. They weren't all against Origin-depleted sides.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

The tram changes worked

 

[strider]

Tepai is still a massive concern. He made 27 tackles and missed 4. In comparison Mahoney (who is a garden gnome) made 53 and only missed 3. I don’t get what Tepai offers

Im not having a go at him but half of mahoneys tackles r probably the 3rd guy in just grabbing legs to make him fall over .... Tep is hitting pretty hard... i thought he went ok tonight

 

[strider]

Youve gotta admit its a much better tram

 

[strider]

No but missing the class behind the big pack to take advantage of their platform to put the usual 40 or 50 on you

Booohoooo .... if only our team had a sugar daddy to entice a teams worth of rep players to come play for us

Where was Sammy tonight? Wishing he was playing SOO too? Mind not on the game?

 

[84 Baby]

Yeah you may have a point (someting to be proud of) but then you still sh*t yourself against the contenders ie Storm.
New theme song by Billy Ocean - When the going gets tough, the eels get going........straight to the in goal.

No but missing the class behind the big pack to take advantage of their platform to put the usual 40 or 50 on you

Of coarse they showed more energy off the ball and better attitude in defence they were playing a team half filled with reserve graders. Wait til they are back playing a full strength contender, they'll all sh*t themselves again and go back hiding. No energy or attitude then. When its easy great, when it gets tough - get me outa here. Should be the eels motto.

Bit harsh about your own team but tend to agree

This is why you shouldn’t split threads

 

[Bandwagon]

You just did.

No I didn't, and I still refuse to post in this thread.

 

[Bandwagon]

This is why you shouldn’t split threads

It's also why siblings shouldn't mate.