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Rd 11 vs Warriors: Live Game Day Thread - 18th May 2018

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hindy111

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BA picks a guy like French. That is fair enough, but then play some ball. Some razzle dazzle ffs.
If want to play a power game and a grind I find it hard to understand.
Also boggles me how he put Scott out wide. Offers nothing. It is all about 2019 now so forget him this season. Blood some young guys.
 

hindy111

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Hayne isnt even a shadow of what he was .... i am gob smacked people keep talking him up ... he lost the desire 4 years ago

Like Jennings lost his zip. Still NRL players but well past best and on good coin. Hayne to Tiger might be a good fit.
 

Avenger

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Avenger we get it. But perhaps put something constructive together. It is frustrating but its been a merkin of a year and we've had no luck.
I honestly feel BA time might be up. But plenty of small things just arent going our way. Tonight again the bounce of ball went against us. Same as last week. We are in a hole but its not actually that deep.
Again we had enough ball, a favourable penalty count, against 12 men at one stage yet we still found a way to lose. It's his f**king tactics. He has no idea on how to attack. Three of our forwards made over 100m yet we still lost. Semi isn't there anymore yet we still play as if he is.
 

Happy MEel

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Avenger we get it. But perhaps put something constructive together. It is frustrating but its been a merkin of a year and we've had no luck.
I honestly feel BA time might be up. But plenty of small things just arent going our way. Tonight again the bounce of ball went against us. Same as last week. We are in a hole but its not actually that deep.
I’m not so sure mate. We had 55% possession, won the penalty count 11-7, had an opponent sin binned, made 50 less tackles and made almost 400 more metres. Yet we still fell short. We have major problems when we can’t score points with that much possession and can’t defend points when we shouldn’t be overly fatigued.
 

Happy MEel

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Again we had enough ball, a favourable penalty count, against 12 men at one stage yet we still found a way to lose. It's his f**king tactics. He has no idea on how to attack. Three of our forwards made over 100m yet we still lost. Semi isn't there anymore yet we still play as if he is.
Beat me to it.
 

Gazzamatta

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I’m not so sure mate. We had 55% possession, won the penalty count 11-7, had an opponent sin binned, made 50 less tackles and made almost 400 more metres. Yet we still fell short. We have major problems when we can’t score points with that much possession and can’t defend points when we shouldn’t be overly fatigued.
Yep.
Says it all really.
 

hindy111

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Again we had enough ball, a favourable penalty count, against 12 men at one stage yet we still found a way to lose. It's his f**king tactics. He has no idea on how to attack. Three of our forwards made over 100m yet we still lost. Semi isn't there anymore yet we still play as if he is.

BA imo is to loyal. He over rated guys like King and Smith. They never should be pasrt of 17 unless lots of injuries.
Did the same in 2nd row. Tepai just isnt getting better and Beau Scott?

Look at the young Broncos and Young Panthers. We dont have any young Studs.

As far as Gutherson goes he is coming back from a knee reco. It will take 12mths before he gets going properly. He was never brillliant just very busy.
 

hindy111

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I’m not so sure mate. We had 55% possession, won the penalty count 11-7, had an opponent sin binned, made 50 less tackles and made almost 400 more metres. Yet we still fell short. We have major problems when we can’t score points with that much possession and can’t defend points when we shouldn’t be overly fatigued.

What dangerous players do our halves have to feed the ball too?
Jennings looks sluggish. Taka is beast but plays more like a forward/centre.
We have very little out wide when it comes to power, skill and speed.
Its concerning. You need 4 or 5 weapons. BA didnt know Jennings form would dip and Hayne been busted. That would of been 2 along with Taka in 2nd row and hoping Tepai had a break through year. There is 4 weapons right there.
The you have T rex, Ke, Bevan and Guth who can chime in. 2 are gone for year and the other 2 are doing little.

The forwards are going forward. We have no weapons. None. Halves are frustrated cause no they have none and so are losing patience. 4 or 5 times I saw big holes tonight and our guys ran stright into there men rather then open eyes and go for the hole.
 

strider

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Beau Scott out wide is just plain ridiculous .... he is past it but can maybe do ok in the middle, but out wide he is totally useless - terrible putting him there ... Mau is an edge player - f**king leave him there!

David Gower was pushed to reserve grade cos he was aging - but he leaves Scott for dead

I get it is hard to drop your captain, but gotta make the hard call
 

Happy MEel

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What dangerous players do our halves have to feed the ball too?
Jennings looks sluggish. Taka is beast but plays more like a forward/centre.
We have very little out wide when it comes to power, skill and speed.
Its concerning. You need 4 or 5 weapons. BA didnt know Jennings form would dip and Hayne been busted. That would of been 2 along with Taka in 2nd row and hoping Tepai had a break through year. There is 4 weapons right there.
The you have T rex, Ke, Bevan and Guth who can chime in. 2 are gone for year and the other 2 are doing little.

The forwards are going forward. We have no weapons. None. Halves are frustrated cause no they have none and so are losing patience. 4 or 5 times I saw big holes tonight and our guys ran stright into there men rather then open eyes and go for the hole.
Jennings does look sluggish mate, something you would think the coaching staff would pick up on over the offseason and account for. Hayne has been injured but wasn’t exactly setting the world on fire at centre. Not sure what you’re saying about Taka as you say he is playing like a forward/centre, exactly what a half would be looking for outside them. Tep has been ordinary and I think Eels fans have overrated him because he is a junior. This is also something the coaching staff should be able to assess and not offer overs for. T-Rex was going well and is a big loss but I haven’t seen anything from Evans to suggest he’d improve our attack or defence.
 

strider

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What dangerous players do our halves have to feed the ball too?
Jennings looks sluggish. Taka is beast but plays more like a forward/centre.
We have very little out wide when it comes to power, skill and speed.
Its concerning. You need 4 or 5 weapons. BA didnt know Jennings form would dip and Hayne been busted. That would of been 2 along with Taka in 2nd row and hoping Tepai had a break through year. There is 4 weapons right there.
The you have T rex, Ke, Bevan and Guth who can chime in. 2 are gone for year and the other 2 are doing little.

The forwards are going forward. We have no weapons. None. Halves are frustrated cause no they have none and so are losing patience. 4 or 5 times I saw big holes tonight and our guys ran stright into there men rather then open eyes and go for the hole.

Agree with that first sentence ... we are poor out wide

Tep needs to be moved to the middle he is just a battering ram

kenny has offered nothing - no loss if he gets the ass

Scott out wide ... ffs


But also, Norman is f**king painful to watch at the moment
 

Bazal

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Beau Scott out wide is just plain ridiculous .... he is past it but can maybe do ok in the middle, but out wide he is totally useless - terrible putting him there ... Mau is an edge player - f**king leave him there!

David Gower was pushed to reserve grade cos he was aging - but he leaves Scott for dead

I get it is hard to drop your captain, but gotta make the hard call

I seriously don't think Scott would be there if Mannah, Brown, T-rex were fit. He was dropped once already.

Our injury toll sucks. Pretty tough to come back from a start like ours when you lose the kind of players we have.
 

hindy111

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I seriously don't think Scott would be there if Mannah, Brown, T-rex were fit. He was dropped once already.

Our injury toll sucks. Pretty tough to come back from a start like ours when you lose the kind of players we have.

Add Ke and Evans
 

Happy MEel

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Beau Scott out wide is just plain ridiculous .... he is past it but can maybe do ok in the middle, but out wide he is totally useless - terrible putting him there ... Mau is an edge player - f**king leave him there!

David Gower was pushed to reserve grade cos he was aging - but he leaves Scott for dead

I get it is hard to drop your captain, but gotta make the hard call
Actually Mau has played his best games in 2 years spending time in the middle. I’m not advocating for Scott to play on an edge though. Give Marata a good crack, drop Scott and Tep and bring in Brown. This is my 17 going forward...

1. Hayne
2. Gennings
3. Jennings (1 more chance)
4. Guth
5. KA/Hoffman
6. Salmon
7. Moses
8. Alvaro
9. King
10. Peni
11. Mau (spending time in the middle)
12. Marata
13. Brown

14. Smith
15. Gower
16. Mannah/Matagi
17. Taka
 

hindy111

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Scott signing goes back though to 3 yrs ago. He was always going to be good his 1st year and questionable after that. So if 400k was ok his first season as he played to thst or even was worth 500k. What is he worth now? I reckon Gower leaves him for dead and would be on what? 150k tops. I reckon we could find a nsw cup player for 120k who do same job. Cody Nelson for example. And its not rocket science. We all knew Scott would be cooled by year 3. So its costing 300k over for last few years.
 

strider

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I seriously don't think Scott would be there if Mannah, Brown, T-rex were fit. He was dropped once already.

Our injury toll sucks. Pretty tough to come back from a start like ours when you lose the kind of players we have.
I get we have injuries ... but ffs put beau scott in the middle .... he is just a total plodder out wide
 
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