Rd 5 Eels vs The Mighty Raiders game day thread

[hybrideel]

So how much is only spending 90% of the cap hurting us. In this day and age i really don't think you can afford to give the opposition that sort of a headstart.

Also who else is having trouble typing the right words since the latest android update. I dead set have to fix every second word

 

[IFR33K]

Fair enough. I'd give him till this year

Who would u replace him with?

 

[Noise]

That's because we were doing so much more tackling than the opposition.

You are going around in circles. If they didn't push those stupid offloads in the middle then we don't tackle as much. Possession was fairly even until Mannah, Brown and I think Scott started pushing passes.

 

[Chipmunk]

Serious question. Who thought we would take the 2 points leading up to this game? A simple Y/N response is suitable but feel free to elaborate. For me, I didn't think we would win mainly based on recent form rather than our poor record in Canberra.

I didn't think we'd win because the Raiders were 1 from 4 and needed to put in a good performance to get the points.

Interestingly enough, if the Titans beat the Warriors tomorrow we're going to come up against a pretty desperate side at home in NZ next week too. The Warriors aren't the Raiders though, but if they bring their A game we won't match them.

 

[Eelogical]

That's because we were doing so much more tackling than the opposition.

And why were we doing more tackling?

 

[Noise]

Who would u replace him with?

I could ask the same of you for the year after. But both our answers are going to be 'it depends who is available towards the end of the year/end of next year'

 

[Poupou Escobar]

So do his forwards.
Corey wasn't great today, but he wasn't the only one.
A few players need a rocket up them.

If we'd held the ball it would have been a very grindy game. We struggled to make metres in the middle, and with less ball the Raiders would have struggled in attack. That's the kind of game decided by halves, but it's not the kind of game we play well at because we only have one half. And because we only have one half we panic in possession, because we know we're f**ked if we're playing the ball slowly late in the count.

 

[Eelogical]

I didn't think we'd win because the Raiders were 1 from 4 and needed to put in a good performance to get the points.

Interestingly enough, if the Titans beat the Warriors tomorrow we're going to come up against a pretty desperate side at home in NZ next week too. The Warriors aren't the Raiders though, but if they bring their A game we won't match them.

Understood. Though, Hindy111 thinks NZ is a road trip.

 

[Chipmunk]

We are spending less on players than most clubs and that won't change any time soon. It's not Arthur's fault.

But apparently we're between 700k to $1m under the cap for this season. Who's fault is that?

 

[T.S Quint]

Serious question. Who thought we would take the 2 points leading up to this game? A simple Y/N response is suitable but feel free to elaborate. For me, I didn't think we would win mainly based on recent form rather than our poor record in Canberra.

Nope.
Based on both our recent form and also our record in Canberra.

 

[Chipmunk]

Understood. Though, Hindy111 thinks NZ is a road trip.

huh?

 

[Eelogical]

But apparently we're between 700k to $1m under the cap for this season. Who's fault is that?

We need a stat person to help out on this one.

 

[Eelogical]

huh?

It relates to an earlier post of his. No matter.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Jake Friend, McCullough, Lichaa, Farah. You know, good defenders who only miss a a couple of tackles a game.

All those hookers would miss loads of tackles if they were isolated as often. Instead they are usually flopping after other players have made initial contact.

Kaysa missed 7 f**ken tackles this week!

No he didn't.

That is the same number of missed tackles as last week.

No it wasn't.

He is a f**king liability.

If he was he wouldn't have been retained.

And I know you are going to use his line speed as an excuse but if he is rushing up and missing then he he the wrong person for the job.

The only linebreak he conceded was when he was isolated against a big powerful winger. And on that occasion he didn't come out of the line, he was just left posted by the defenders either side of him.

 

[IFR33K]

I could ask the same of you for the year after. But both our answers are going to be 'it depends who is available towards the end of the year/end of next year'

Not being a smartass, was genuinely interested in who'd you pick to coach the eels

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Agree, but twice he ran it and got tackled on 5th, leaving guthbus as the kicker. Then when the game was in the balance he kicked a ball dead by around 15 metres when the game was in the balance. He needs to take his game to the next level to be considered with the other elite players in the nrl.

He is under too much pressure as a kicker. We need another option.

 

[Noise]

Not being a smartass, was genuinely interested in who'd you pick to coach the eels

Yea I know and I was trying to think who would be available. Rumours are he signed thi week but if not I'd take Hasler

 

[Eelogical]

I'd expect Arthur to see out his contract. Hopefully more, nothing less.

 

[Happy MEel]

That's because those blokes don't get isolated.

So our middle forwards are weak?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

So how much is only spending 90% of the cap hurting us. In this day and age i really don't think you can afford to give the opposition that sort of a headstart.

Also who else is having trouble typing the right words since the latest android update. I dead set have to fix every second word

Some teams are spending 100% of the cap plus they have a couple of million in TPAs. We might only be spending 70% as much as those clubs.