RD 23: Parramatta Eels v Bulldogs at ANZ Stadium 7.45pm 15/8/14

[forward pass]

Great performance tonight. Gower was having a blinder and we lost him early in the second half.

On top of Peats, Mau, Tonga, Mossop, Sio and Paulo and we are seriously under strength. I reckon we have done incredibly well to still be in the hunt.

 

[hineyrulz]

Last week against the Raiders and 3 weeks ago against the Titans.

We won those because we had The Plane, no other reason. We deserved to win neither

I'm talking about a 50/50 call with the refs, last week we fell in but it was Hardly of the back of a 50/50 call go our way.

 

[Chipmunk]

Too bad it was a foot behind him, Morgan is an absolute donkey and should be nowhere near first grade.

And people give Toutai shit, he was solid tonight and got us some tough metres from dummy half. Morgan is quick, runs good lines and can hit a hole but is pretty much terrible in everything else he does.

It was a foot behind him, because Radradra was a 1/2 a foot in front of him... It might have been a poor pass, but it was piss poor positional play from Radradra.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I thought both teams played well. It was a good game.

 

[Maroubra Eel]

Definitely not Morgans fault.

 

[Maroubra Eel]

I thought both teams played well. It was a good game.

Shit game.

 

[hineyrulz]

It was a foot behind him, because Radradra was a 1/2 a foot in front of him... It might have been a poor pass, but it was piss poor positional play from Radradra.

Semi has no confidence in Morgan at all, before tonight he has hardly scored a try outside Morgan. Both tries were of Hayne and Norman passes. Tonga is old and crippled but at least can set up his outside man.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Too bad it was a foot behind him, Morgan is an absolute donkey and should be nowhere near first grade.

And people give Toutai shit, he was solid tonight and got us some tough metres from dummy half. Morgan is quick, runs good lines and can hit a hole but is pretty much terrible in everything else he does.

I was drunk well before kickoff. I wouldn't put any stock in what I say.

 

[Y2Eel]

Just watched the presser on Fox, an angry BA , the word death stare comes to mind

Very critical of the officials, and went back and mentioned the Manly game and a few others , not happy Jan

BA was not happy...

 

[Craig Johnston]

Semi has no confidence in Morgan at all, before tonight he has hardly scored a try outside Morgan. Both tries were of Hayne and Norman passes. Tonga is old and crippled but at least can set up his outside man.

dropped the ball needlessly twice also

 

[Chipmunk]

Semi has no confidence in Morgan at all, before tonight he has hardly scored a try outside Morgan. Both tries were of Hayne and Norman passes. Tonga is old and crippled but at least can set up his outside man.

Well you better get use to it buddy, because he is going to be the Left Centre for at least the next 12 months.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Did we win tonight?

 

[hineyrulz]

Well you better get use to it buddy, because he is going to be the Left Centre for at least the next 12 months.

Semi should be shifted to Hoppa's side or absolutely starve of the football.

 

[Forty20]

Rd.23 Press Conference

 

[billy-girl]

Ok, I don't wanna crucify the ballboy for making a mistake. But seriously, we pay Sandow the big bucks to come up with a match-winning play, and that's exactly what he did. So I'm pissed off.

And, is it just me who had the nasty thought that gee, it'd be easy to train your ballboys to do the correct thing for your team on a 40/20, but something else for the opposition that means they get pulled back by the refs?

Did we supply the ballboys or did they? Or does the NRL supply and train them?

The rules around taking a tap from the 40/20 seem shite anyway - or at least, we always seem to be on the wrong side of them. Can't remember which game it was earlier in the year (Sharks?), but we got pulled back two or three times attempting to take the quick tap. Our players don't seem to know the rules... so maybe expecting a ten year old to know them is a bit harsh.

 

[Chipmunk]

Semi should be shifted to Hoppa's side or absolutely starve of the football.

Didn't seem too starved tonight

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Morgan goes alright.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

BA was not happy...

Just watched it. Good to see. He was livid.

Shame it doesn't help us.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Morgan goes alright.

I thought he went ok. TBH, all I remember was one decent run, the pass behind Semi, and the stupid held call.

 

[Chipmunk]

Rd.23 Press Conference

I'm not normally one to blow up about the refs, but I think BA and The Plane have a right to blow up about those rubbish penalties in the first half.

The 40/20 rule is also just a Clusterf$%k and a blight on the game at the moment...