Rd12: 8pm Parra v Manly GAME DAY THREAD at Commbank 23/5/25

[Cumberland Eel]

Outstanding win especially missing Moses & Lomax. Really glad the boys dug deep for Junior and his family. Up the Eels!!!

 

[The Predictor]

The lads were beyond good!!!

Never happier to be wrong!!!

 

[T.S Quint]

This wouldve been 30-0 if penisini didnt get a hia

Penisini isn’t exactly known for his good defence.

 

[Cumberland Eel]

Humbl

Funny my TV is looking similar..

 

[Gherkin]

This wouldve been 30-0 if penisini didnt get a hia

Nah, we still would’ve scored a few tries

 

[T.S Quint]

I’m gonna watch that game again now.

With my pants off this time.

 

[Legal Eel]

Jakob Arthur is such a f**king dreadful half lol

Quick, Uncle Pou, get on it!

 

[Sensei Cobra]

That’s a super impressive win … our best win of the year easily given who we had out and how poor we were before without moses … we have a bunch of blokes who are improving every week

 

[Gherkin]

Jakob Arthur is such a f**king dreadful half lol

The perfect back up 7. Got a lesson tonight. His 6 is worse though. Big money and gets stage fright, goes missing when the heat is on

 

[Wally21]

Outstanding game!! So much confidence in the blokes who are in the first year of first grade!
longi was outstanding! Kaitonga is now proving me wrong, troubled them all night!
And Riley smith, you little f**king legend!
well done to Hawkins, Williams was a behemoth and Junior was amazing

 

[I'm Hornby]

Well done. As an outsider looking in, I'd say that was the best performance this year by the eels.

Kautoga and Hawkins had blinding games and seeing Papalii score on debut was great, the Penisini HIA was a blessing in disguise.

Great to see this 17 (no Moses and Lomax) play so well after they started the year.

Rylesy's coaching is starting to shine through. .

Well done again.

 

[T.S Quint]

I’m particularly impressed with our defence tonight. A couple of lapses out on our right edge early in the game but they found a way to fix that deficiency.

Was expecting us to let in a soft late try at the end but they never game up even though the win was secured.

Next two weeks will be difficult up against Panthers and Dogs but I’m hoping we can at least keep improving our defence even if we don’t come away with the wins in those games. I’m hoping those massive lasses we copped early in the year are long gone from our season now.

 

[T.S Quint]

Jakob Arthur is such a f**king dreadful half lol

I wouldn’t say dreadful.
I thought most of his kicks were pretty good tonight. They went long and had us coming from deep in our half a lot of the time.

Unfortunately he didn’t offer much else. Tried to take the line on a few times but was easily handled. Didn’t really create anything in attack. But he’s a backup player so that’s what you’d expect.

Brooks is the one to take the blame in this one. Him and Turbo.

 

[DaveMc]

Quick, Uncle Pou, get on it!

Anyone (let’s be real, only Pou) defending the uncoordinated giraffe after that performance is a f**king dunce when it comes to football.

So come on down Pou, you absolute imbecile.

 

[T.S Quint]

Quick, Uncle Pou, get on it!

Oops, I beat him to it.

 

[T-Boon]

Has Walker always been the stocky unit he is this year? He certainly looks like he could drop a few kgs but just a good footballer.

 

[DaveMc]

I wouldn’t say dreadful.
I thought most of his kicks were pretty good tonight. They went long and had us coming from deep in our half a lot of the time.

Unfortunately he didn’t offer much else. Tried to take the line on a few times but was easily handled. Didn’t really create anything in attack. But he’s a backup player so that’s what you’d expect.

Brooks is the one to take the blame in this one. Him and Turbo.

Dude, Jake sucks. He offers nothing in attack, he can kick deep but it’s always straight to one of the back three, and he never threatens the line. By all accounts he’s a lovely young man, and that’s great - but he is not, and will never be, a first grader’s arsehole. If you want to compare backup halves, Hawkins gave him an absolute bath tonight, and Jake came in with the easier job.

 

[the phantom menace]

A good test of Commbank's drainage... any slip and slide conditions might help narrow the gap in class.

I think we might see a bit of Dylan Walker class out there tonight, and am going to plump for the upset...

Eels by 4

f**k yeah! Even undersold us by 16 points...

Go Parra, great win - nice for the squad's confidence to do it without Momax, and rack up consecutive wins, and great for Papalli to get surprise decent minutes.

Pretty rough night for Jake Arthur, steering the team to a loss against the underdogs.

 

[T-Boon]

Iongi has only played 11 first grade games. Very promising prospect. Not many are playing first grade fullback with that inexperience.

 

[84 Baby]

I’m suspicious of Gus saying super nice things about us…