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RD 4: Eels v Tigs - Game Day Thread

Gronk

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NFI Brian Smith all of a sudden has a FI. He was poison not too long ago.
 

ash411

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That's not true. He isn't my mate. I just know the man. And I reckon Arthur is a very limited coach who needs help or will be coaching junior football on a permanent basis in about a year from now. Nothing to do with Elkin. He actually rates him. I don't. You see I make up my own mind which is why I'm usually a winner whilst you are a whiny loser. Is that ok, Ashley?
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On reflection the amount of erros Will Smith made at the back today totally killed us. We just keep make error after error. Positionally when receiving kicks he was woeful. I know he’s not a fullback etc but it just didn’t help our circumstances today.
 

Poupou Escobar

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Yep and we have got the most success with French on the wing so Hayne at fullback with Hayne right , Auva left made the most sense.
If we have more success with French on the wing it's not because he's on the wing, that's for f**king sure. His go forward isn't good enough for a winger. George Jennings made more go forward metres today than French did in all four games on the wing last year put together.
What do you think is responsible for our lack of application? I think it is a combination of incorrect selections, poor recruitment, lack of leadership and lack of detail to fitness and winning the wrestle .
It could be anything. We don't know because we don't see what happens off the field.
 

hineyrulz

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On reflection the amount of erros Will Smith made at the back today totally killed us. We just keep make error after error. Positionally when receiving kicks he was woeful. I know he’s not a fullback etc but it just didn’t help our circumstances today.
Hoffman has to be a better option than him???
 

Poupou Escobar

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Shit isn’t going our way plain and simple.
Wait till round 12 before shitting yourselves and giving BA the arse.

I for one can’t wait for gutho to be back! Although he won’t obviously change everything but his hard work and dedication along with his level head will do us wonders
I reckon we will learn from our second halves these past two weeks. Fix your discipline and you get the ball back. Cronulla's defence was too good (especially when we were tired in that second half) but most teams (like Wests) are vulnerable when they don't have all the ball.
 
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Hoffman has to be a better option than him???

I don’t know mate. It’s not Smiths fault we have so many injuries but his errors today just added to the lack of discipline from the team. Crucial mistakes by him wether it was dropped balls or just not being in the right position to receive kicks. It just adds up ie repeat sets. If French was back there today game would have been a lot closer IMO.
 

Poupou Escobar

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I think you'd have to agree that The Plane was never going to be a like for like replacement for Semi.
He can be pretty f**king close. He is the best attacking outside back at our club, just like Radradra was. Neither plays well under fatigue.
 

IFR33K

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The finals are a lottery unless you're clearly the best team. Look how one-sided the grand final was. Our two games were a flip of the coin. Hopefully we win some coin flips in the finals this year.

Lol. Your posts are getting funnier merkin!
 

Poupou Escobar

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You never showed me our pack was too small. You said it was. You didn’t show me shit. And You could be wrong. The pack could be unfit, slow, unable to win the wrestle, Ill discilpined or a combination of all the above, which I think is most likely.
I actually don't think it's too small, and I suspect you don't believe your initial comment that the coach makes no mistakes. April Fool.
 

T-Boon

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We need to build our attack around throwing reckless offloads. Just keep the ball alive. Like we did in 09.
 
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