Rd10: 6.25pm EELS v Titans GAME DAY THREAD @ Suncorp 7/5/23

[yy_cheng]

I think it's season over considering we have canbraaaa and soufs away.
We really are a clueless team with little footy smarts. When we need offloads at the end of the game we didn't do any. Sivo tackles sami in the air. Did you even see anyone even attempt a one on one steal? Foran is playing busted and the only real time he was tested dylbro burnt him. Moses really was a passenger tonight.
Played our best when we offloaded. The predictable bash up the middle (front load) is not fooling anyone.
Hodgson is slower than a wet week.
How Davey jumps 15 players into the starting 13 is mind fkn boggling. No issue with him starting on the bench but what has Doorey done wrong?
Moses should be aiming for the right hand post with his curve. His kicks are coming inside the left post from the left touchline it's just rubbish.
We have fk all pace. I'm almost certain if we take an intercept we don't have the speed to go length of the field like Pereira. Yes Simonsson put in a valiant chase but didn't think he was ever going to get him.
There was no need for guth to throw that pass. Go through the hands and we probably score.
Lastly thought ref was very average. They were camping on us and I don't think we got one six again call. Yet he was happy to call us not square and offside. He is nswcup standard that flog.
We need a new centre, winger, hooker and a prop and a new coach...I'm done with this bloke. Enough is enough. Ceiling has been reached. Time to go. We will not make the 8 this year if the next 2 games go as expected with losses to canbraaa and absolutely zero chance to beat soufs. Johnston will score 4 tries that night.
Not emotional just factual

I think BA thought we offloaded too much and so took Matto off to stem the tide and go back to Bash'em up mode so brought on Emu.

Or he was played the long game bringing Matto on late in the game to chase points but it was too many points to chase

Or the interchanges were planned before the game and he had to stick to it

 

[emjaycee]

WTF? What has Magic Round got to do with anything? You do realise it's just a label they give the Round? There's not any actual trickery or sleight of hand employed by the NRL to make things appear as they might not normally yeah?

Some of your best deflection yet!!

That's not exactly true.
There were less people in the stadium for the Titans v Eels game but the official crowd was reported as higher.

That's f**ken magic if you ask me.

 

[Bandwagon]

I disagree. I think we are a better side but they deserved to win as where the better side tonight. They took all their chances and exposed our weaknesses. We opened up to easily and chased our tails all night with desperation footy.
Possitive was Dylan's form. Negatives lack of giving a shit

They scored 10 - 0, 13 on 12

We scored 24 -16 13 on 13.

We lost on goal kicking.

 

[Soto]

I think BA thought we offloaded too much and so took Matto off to stem the tide and go back to Bash'em up mode so brought on Emu.

Or he was played the long game bringing Matto on late in the game to chase points but it was too many points to chase

If BA thought we offloaded too much then he needs to fk off now. Very admirable effort coaching us all.these years but let's be honest we ain't winning shit with this bloke in charge. He's a clueless pelican

 

[Gherkin]

I think it's season over considering we have canbraaaa and soufs away.
We really are a clueless team with little footy smarts. When we need offloads at the end of the game we didn't do any. Sivo tackles sami in the air. Did you even see anyone even attempt a one on one steal? Foran is playing busted and the only real time he was tested dylbro burnt him. Moses really was a passenger tonight.
Played our best when we offloaded. The predictable bash up the middle (front load) is not fooling anyone.
Hodgson is slower than a wet week.
How Davey jumps 15 players into the starting 13 is mind fkn boggling. No issue with him starting on the bench but what has Doorey done wrong?
Moses should be aiming for the right hand post with his curve. His kicks are coming inside the left post from the left touchline it's just rubbish.
We have fk all pace. I'm almost certain if we take an intercept we don't have the speed to go length of the field like Pereira. Yes Simonsson put in a valiant chase but didn't think he was ever going to get him.
There was no need for guth to throw that pass. Go through the hands and we probably score.
Lastly thought ref was very average. They were camping on us and I don't think we got one six again call. Yet he was happy to call us not square and offside. He is nswcup standard that flog.
We need a new centre, winger, hooker and a prop and a new coach...I'm done with this bloke. Enough is enough. Ceiling has been reached. Time to go. We will not make the 8 this year if the next 2 games go as expected with losses to canbraaa and absolutely zero chance to beat soufs. Johnston will score 4 tries that night.
Not emotional just factual

Wouldn’t matter who we signed, we’d still just try and chase the collision. We got away with it last year because of the forward pack we had, tow ball still hasn’t realised that it won’t work with what we have this year. You can see the skill individuals have in the team when we’re chasing points but it’s being coached out of them. 4 hit ups and a bomb to the corner. We’re just just making up the numbers this year.

 

[jk13]

Hurry up nfl, nrl is rubbish

 

[Soto]

Wouldn’t matter who we signed, we’d still just try and chase the collision. We got away with it last year because of the forward pack we had, tow ball still hasn’t realised that it won’t work with what we have this year. You can see the skill individuals have in the team when we’re chasing points but it’s being coached out of them. 4 hit ups and a bomb to the corner. We’re just just making up the numbers this year.

Most of Moses kicks were ordinary, ineffective, rubbish or all of the above...

 

[hindy111]

Yeah who’d have thunk they’d get a rails run with a sin bin and Moses would have an off day.

TBH I thought we were ripping them to bits, but catch up footy isn’t easy. Too many errors. Shaun Lane must have left his head in Sydney.

We missed 42 tackles to 21.....Smoked us

 

[Poupou Escobar]

from some plays Moses was defending on the wing with Dunster one in, I assume there may have been some concern about him lacking speed if they strip us on the wing.

We do that often, to limit the opposition's ability to target Moses. Other clubs also hide their weakest half on the wing, early in a set.

 

[Bandwagon]

I think BA thought we offloaded too much and so took Matto off to stem the tide and go back to Bash'em up mode so brought on Emu.

Or he was played the long game bringing Matto on late in the game to chase points but it was too many points to chase

Or the interchanges were planned before the game and he had to stick to it

No way BA planned to put Greig on for 7 mins late in the second.

 

[hindy111]

They scored 10 - 0, 13 on 12

We scored 24 -16 13 on 13.

We lost on goal kicking.

If Guth doesn't interfere they score but.

 

[yy_cheng]

Wouldn’t matter who we signed, we’d still just try and chase the collision. We got away with it last year because of the forward pack we had, tow ball still hasn’t realised that it won’t work with what we have this year. You can see the skill individuals have in the team when we’re chasing points but it’s being coached out of them. 4 hit ups and a bomb to the corner. We’re just just making up the numbers this year.

Totally, in 2009, DA wanted to play St Helen ball but realised that we didnt and changed the game plan to suit the players which was to offload.

We have

Matto/Carty/Hopgood then Jnr, Lane who all can offload.

Just need to change the plan so they offload when it's a high percentage play.

I'd say, Carty has controlled most of his offloads to only offload when the support is in a good position.
Hopgood has also improved as has matto.

Lane is still a bit wishy washy

 

[emjaycee]

They scored 10 - 0, 13 on 12

We scored 24 -16 13 on 13.

We lost on goal kicking.

Again.

 

[yy_cheng]

No way BA planned to put Greig on for 7 mins late in the second.

but why did he then?

 

[Soto]

No way BA planned to put Greig on for 7 mins late in the second.

Matto copped a hit in the mouth or a poke to the eye or something and then went off. Greig on. Once Moses went off Matto came back on

 

[Bandwagon]

We do that often, to limit the opposition's ability to target Moses. Other clubs also hide their weakest half on the wing, early in a set.

Front on contact I reckon Moses is better than all but Cleary. Even then I'd say toss of the coin on the day.

 

[Pazza]

We missed 42 tackles to 21.....Smoked us

This team is going to do nothing if it keeps leaking points and missing tackles.

 

[Suitman]

BA can’t get these merkins to chase a kick after 10 or so years. It’s just not good enough.

That is exactly why it is time for him to go.
Same tactics. 10 years. Same tactics. Boring.
We are just a f**king boring robotic team and not actually very good at anything in particular.
We get effort, but that isn't good enough.
We have not learnt how to slow the play the ball down.
We cannot come up with new or inventive attacking plays.
Same old double cut out pass every single attacking playing, whether it be to the right or left.
Same kicking game.
Same game plans year after year. Nothing ever f**king changes under BA.
It is no wonder that teams as shit as the Titans can work us over and beat us.

I'm sure it was a great weekend for those who went up, but geez, I'm glad I didn't blow a couple of k's on that performance.

 

[Bandwagon]

but why did he then?

I don't know, maybe to give Matto a quick break given his workload.

 

[emjaycee]

Lane needs to improve his ball control close to the line and we need to realise when we make a break on the 1st or 2nd tackle, we dont need to force the pass and try and score everytime. Just take the tackle FFS.