Rd 8: Live Game Day Thread - Eels v Tigers Sunday 29 April

[Chipmunk]

so after this round are we back to playing the Panfers again for the third time ?

I wonder if they will let us play any other teams this year

No, Sharks...

So in the first 9 games we will play Panthers, Manly, Sharks, Tigers twice...

 

[T.S Quint]

No, Sharks...

So in the first 9 games we will play Panthers, Manly, Sharks, Tigers twice...

NRL just letting the other teams get into some form before letting us play them.

 

[Glenneel]

So. We play the Tigers again, eh? They are a much better team than Manly. Call me a deathrider, but I don't think we can beat them. Our forwards simply can't play out of their skins every week, and I think Hayne's injury will be a big blow. Tigers are capable of blitzing the score board at any time, and I don't think our defence is confident enough to.handle them. Could be another flogging.

I'd like to think we took a lot of confidence out of that win and hopefully I'll kick start our season. Yes our defence needs to improve but our attack has been woeful until now but finally (and it has only taken over 4 years) we offloaded which helped create space and the backs and especially the halves looked good because of it.
Now the Tigers defence has a bit more steel in it then Manly but hopefully they won't revert back to the old ways of no offloads and bash and barge otherwise we'll get smashed. That is my fear.

 

[lingard]

Yeah. There’s plenty of whiny negative bitches on here but no deathriders.

Too many gobbling snow flakes.

 

[lingard]

I'd like to think we took a lot of confidence out of that win and hopefully I'll kick start our season. Yes our defence needs to improve but our attack has been woeful until now but finally (and it has only taken over 4 years) we offloaded which helped create space and the backs and especially the halves looked good because of it.
Now the Tigers defence has a bit more steel in it then Manly but hopefully they won't revert back to the old ways of no offloads and bash and barge otherwise we'll get smashed. That is my fear.

Yeah, true. I suppose if the forwards can stay on the front foot it will give us room to off-load. Strangely, I'm more concerned about the Tigers' attack. I reckon they're the sort of team who are great at counter-attacking. Hope I'm wrong, but I think they are exactly the sort of team we don't want to face right now. We'll have to be disciplined and hang on to the ball. So, off-loads would be great but we'll have to be bloody careful with them. This will be a nerve-wracking game.

 

[Noise]

@Joshuatheeel i told you French was dropped last week

"[Brad] pulled me into his office at training and sort of explained why I was dropped and I couldn't blame him, it was the right thing to do.”

https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/04/26...n-killing-injection-contributed-to-his-axing/

 

[Happy MEel]

@Joshuatheeel i told you French was dropped last week

"[Brad] pulled me into his office at training and sort of explained why I was dropped and I couldn't blame him, it was the right thing to do.”

https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/04/26...n-killing-injection-contributed-to-his-axing/.

There were a few others as well pushing the injury line. He was dropped pure and simple.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

@Joshuatheeel i told you French was dropped last week

"[Brad] pulled me into his office at training and sort of explained why I was dropped and I couldn't blame him, it was the right thing to do.”

https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/04/26...n-killing-injection-contributed-to-his-axing/

At the time there wasn't no official quote from the club advising he had been dropped aparted from the weekly injury report which he was on.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

There were a few others as well pushing the injury line. He was dropped pure and simple.

Obviously thar quote shows he was definitely dropped but at the time he was on the injury list (Scott wasn't ).

 

[Noise]

We new the injury was bullshit when he participated in the mid week full contact session

 

[Joshuatheeel]

We new the injury was bullshit when he participated in the mid week full contact session

Maybe but then why wasn't Scott our captain not also put on that list ?

 

[Noise]

Maybe but then why wasn't Scott our captain not also put on that list ?

I’ll give you the tip that the list is not 100% correct all the time.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

It's game day, motherf**kers!! Rarrrrr!!

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

 

[Happy MEel]

Obviously thar quote shows he was definitely dropped but at the time he was on the injury list (Scott wasn't ).

My guess is that they were protecting a young player from the media who are out to create rumours of disharmony every chance they get. Scott’s a badass so they don’t need to wrap him up in cotton wool.

 

[Eelementary]

Gees, Bevan French sure is a impressive young man - great head on his shoulders.

I'm very impressed with his attitude.

 

[parra-matters]

Our attack so much better with instead of running block plays and going out the back we used decoys behind the ball carrier, one advantage of that is not much chance of getting pinged for obstruction.
Go back to the video and have a look at Normans try and see what i mean by the decoys behind the ball carrier.

 

[84 Baby]

Our attack so much better with instead of running block plays and going out the back we used decoys behind the ball carrier, one advantage of that is not much chance of getting pinged for obstruction.
Go back to the video and have a look at Normans try and see what i mean by the decoys behind the ball carrier.

Problem was we kept going to the block plays without doing the lead up work with the decoy running to wreck the defensive line. Have to earn the right to play training session football

 

[JohnStoppafarty]

Problem was we kept going to the block plays without doing the lead up work with the decoy running to wreck the defensive line. Have to earn the right to play training session football

If it's not on, it's not on.

 

[84 Baby]

If it's not on, it's not on.

I've got kids so you're preaching to the choir