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

[Gazzamatta]

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The issue is a 5 day turnaround to make things worse and Brisbane getting an extrala day off.
If I was in charge I'd say to them we take a game to help spread the game in NT we want a 7 day turnaround.
Then call them a pack of ashols

BA will probably keep things as normal as possible and ask the boys to make their own way to Darwin.
Too soon?

 

[strider]

I reckon Butler is fast climbing the rankings and could be ahead of The Suttons, Atkins and Klown by seasons end. I also reckon that Peter Gough bloke goes pretty good too

And he has got a f**kin good boot on him

 

[Noise]

And he has got a f**kin good boot on him

That was a perfect torp!!!

 

[hindy111]

We don't go to Darwin because the NRL wants us to help spread the game. We go there because the NT govt give us a shitload of money.

Yeah. And the ashols should work with us for doing it. It's time to tell them to all f**k of

 

[hindy111]

Does anyone have a pic or GIF of RCG throwing the ball at Mahoney after he scored ?

Jake after watching Dunster I bet you're looking forward to Superman returning.

 

[hindy111]

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BA will probably keep things as normal as possible and ask the boys to make their own way to Darwin.
Too soon?

And warm up for 25mins in the sun.

 

[the phantom menace]

Before you accuse me of stating the obvious

 

[hindy111]

Talked to the old man about the game.

He said - They played well enough. Nothing clicked for them otherwise they hit 50 but still a good win after a tough opening 5 weeks. Gutherson taking all those bombs was excellent.
Hopgood needs to work on his ball security cause some of the errors he makes are not even forced or under pressure.

 

[Jake the snake]

Jake after watching Dunster I bet you're looking forward to Superman returning.

Yep I’d even take Ian Herron. We need to dump Dunster in the Dumpster

 

[Gary Gutful]

We need to dump Dunster in the Dumpster

With the Plumber.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Sadly, merkins make statements of shock and outrage and when you point out the reasons for the thing they’re whinging about they say tHaNkS cApTaIn ObViOuS!!! If it’s so f**king obvious what are you confused about?

 

[T.S Quint]

For anyone concerned about how badly we do when we play in Darwin and mentally fold due to heat and fatigue:

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Total Games: 8
Win/Loss %: 6/2 75%
Total For: 148 (90 of those in the 2nd half)
Total Against: 129 (52 of those in the 2nd half)

Looking at this the Darwin game used to be played in August but has moved earlier and earlier in the season the years.

I’ve never been to Darwin so I don’t know about what the weather is like up there but wouldn’t it make sense to play it further into winter than in April?

 

[yy_cheng]

Sorry

 

[emjaycee]

Looking at this the Darwin game used to be played in August but has moved earlier and earlier in the season the years.

I’ve never been to Darwin so I don’t know about what the weather is like up there but wouldn’t it make sense to play it further into winter than in April?

I could be wrong here (am getting old) but originally the former Chief Minister for NT who is a Parra fan, wanted it on the same weekend or a weekend either side of the Darwin Cup. It changed when he lost his job.

 

[Gronk]

I could be wrong here (am getting old) but originally the former Chief Minister for NT who is a Parra fan, wanted it on the same weekend or a weekend either side of the Darwin Cup. It changed when he lost his job.

I reckon you’re right. Ten years on there is a synergy about this game. The Eels have a lot of support in the top end vs any one of the QLD sides. Whilst a crowd of 10,000 may not appear huge, the Eels generally pull a better or equal crowd at TIO vs AFL.

 

[Twizzle]

gee some of those AFL numbers are pretty low

 

[yy_cheng]

 

[King-Gutho94]

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/panthers/reagan-campbellgillard-proves-king-of-the-niggle-in-2019/news-story/fa0befd476ea6cd7b3cf89e15d8b733f

Maybe this is what the history is between Reed and RCG when they played against each other in round 1 2019.

As Reg and reed were niggling each other all day.

We won 20-12 while Reed and Reg had a push and shove.

 

[TheRam]

I hate to break your guys assumption you’re the world’s smartest men but the NRL wants us to take a QLD team there due to travel times. They definitely don’t want to send the Warriors there.

I hate to break it to you mate, but I don't care what the NRL want, I care about what is best for our club and players.

It can't be good for our club to lose the home ground advantage and to a team that will have more fans barracking for them on game day. I mean it is bad enough that we are playing in oppressive heat but lets make sure it is in a hostile environment too. That sort of environment(heat) can have lingering affects whether you realise it or not and is culminating over a long season especially considering the way coach likes us to play and even more especially how he plays our two big boppers and with not backups.

The preferred option would be to play an easy beat or non popular team that would most probably hate and turn it up playing in that sort of atmosphere. So my real point is we obviously don't have anyone at the club that can sway or put pressure on NRL head office to get what is best for our club like some other clubs can and do.

We are to meek when it comes to things like that. We just get pushes around and penalised way to easily because we have no fight and the NRL/ARLC know it.

 

[Chipmunk]

That is a weird photo. What is going on there?