R7: 405pm EELS v Bulldogs GAME DAY THREAD @ Commbank Stadium 16/4/23

[JokerEel]

I would def be starting with Hands from here on in with Hodgson off the bench.

18th man is the bench right?

 

[JokerEel]

Which 2? On who? I don't recall 2 bad misses? The official stats indicate he only missed 1

Burton was one the other I have to go back and look.

He did defend better after the 2nd miss tackle though.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Not for 80 we aint.

ffs

 

[hineyrulz]

When Gutherson and Moses stop hogging all the good ball he will go to the next level. At the moment Drown is just making a lot of hit ups.

We kept the wrong Brown FFS!!!

 

[eel01s]

Apart from the game against Penrith, we still haven't put together an 80 minute performance. However we are improving, but still too many errors today.

I couldn't understand why we didn't organise numbers against Averillo all afternoon, he could hardly move laterally and we would have piled on the points. We still lack footy smarts.

Agree Simonson comes back in for Dunster, maybe Russell to wing? But Russell has now become a target under the high ball.

Great games from Reg, Gutho and Matto.

 

[Soren Lorenson]

Russel has had a few errors but there's something about the way he moves that makes me feel like he has a lot of upside. I think he needs to stay.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

His service is better than Hodgsons.

What f**ken game are you watching? Hodgson is one of the most experienced dummy halves in the game.

And his work rate was fine. As long as we hold the middle (which we did) that's all we need to do. The only issue with our middle defence was Hopgood. Without Hodgson and Hopgood our middle would be great defensively.

They work hard and attempt low percentage tackles. Hopgood made more tackles than Hands today in fewer minutes. That's because he is chasing the collision. He's not hanging back and missing, he is helping his mates get numbers into the tackle, which means the misses (failing to hit and stick) is more useful than not helping at all.

 

[Noise]

How is it that between Blake, Simonsson, Dunster and Russell not one of them can catch?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Just like it doesn't matter who makes the tackles. As long as the tackles get made. It's a team game

So you are happy to have Hodgson in the team? Me too.

 

[the phantom menace]

What f**ken game are you watching? Hodgson is one of the most experienced dummy halves in the game.

But he's been playing pretty shit this year, including his "service".

Maybe has a role either side of halftime or 20-25mins at the end, but that's it

 

[the phantom menace]

So you are happy to have Hodgson in the team? Me too.

He's obviously not, because his post was about making tackles, not missing them...

 

[Noise]

What f**ken game are you watching? Hodgson is one of the most experienced dummy halves in the game.

So what? He's way passed it. He's slow, his passes are shit this year and his defence is up there with the worst in the game.

 

[Noise]

So you are happy to have Hodgson in the team? Me too.

No. Hodgson misses too many tackles.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Which 2? On who? I don't recall 2 bad misses? The official stats indicate he only missed 1

So soon after the game the stats aren't yet official. They are likely to be adjusted after whichever official stats merkin reviews the game.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

He's obviously not, because his post was about making tackles, not missing them...

Hodgson has made plenty of tackles. More than Hands, including per-minute.

 

[the phantom menace]

Hodgson has made plenty of tackles. More than Hands, including per-minute.

Well enjoy watching your 2023 Hodgson highlight reel, and let the rest of us get on with talking about this latest game - the one he wasn't even in

 

[Happy MEel]

Well done @Happy MEel

Gotta look after familia

 

[Noise]

I’d like to see points scored for / against when Hodgson is on the field compared to Hands.

 

[the phantom menace]

I’d like to see points scored for / against when Hodgson is on the field compared to Hands.

Our one-sided "stats man" won't post anything like that if it doesn't support his pre-conceived subjective opinions.

 

[hindy111]

Merkins looking to rissole the bush coach lapped it up too the f**king merkins. Gee today's game would've pissed them off. I haven't read the whole thread but I bet they haven't stopped whinging. That's my prediction for @hindy111. It's as much of a sure thing as the Eels belting a cellar dweller at home.

You need to realise my predictions are more often right then not. This week was Parra 13+ and Manly to do Storm.