Rd12: EELS v Rabbits GAME DAY THREAD @ Allianz Stadium 19/5/23

[Poupou Escobar]

We smashed Souths in the penalty count. Good whinge Arthur's!

 

[Jake the snake]

We smashed Souths in the penalty count. Good whinge Arthur's!

Finally he learns hey

 

[Gazzamatta]

25 mins from young Wiremu and he has the most metres of our side with 98 (39 PCM).
And fastest PTB speed.

Never in doubt.

 

[JokerEel]

I give ILias the rest of the season before he is shipped off to the UK

 

[Poupou Escobar]

In fairness Pou Bear, everyone has to play the same amount of games to make a proper comparison.

You can just divide it by the number of games. We have scored the most tries per game in the comp. Obviously there's more than half a season still to go, so it doesn't mean a lot. And in any case, nobody gets a medal for being the best attacking team. But it shows merkins that whinge about our attack have no clue, and are just inventing shit to whinge about.

But, I'll give you our attack is the least of our worries.

cHaSe tHe CoLlIsIoN!!!1!!!

 

[Poupou Escobar]

its amazing what a bit of kick pressure can do

Hodgson quietly got the job done.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Trent Barrett. Best attacking assistant coach in the comp.

It's all about resources. I wonder when the Roosters will poach him.

 

[lucablight]

It's all about resources. I wonder when the Roosters will poach him.

No chance of outcompeting rich clubs like us.

 

[The Predictor]

Wiremu reminds me of Greg Drake, who I reckon was very underrated

 

[Poupou Escobar]

The biggest thing in this game was we played footy. We moved the ball the whole game. To often we have 4 or 5 sets in a row where we just bash it up amd waste sets. Tonight we attacked nearly every set.

We were able to 'play footy' because we controlled the ball and wore Souths down. Our five middles combined for 810m ffs

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Fox telling us why Souths lost. It was cos they were complacent apparently.

I think they probably were a bit but f**k 'em

 

[Hindmarshisgod2]

RCG injury is a blessing in disguise...bushy can now finally realise that there are other players that can do an excellent job, and not burn out our main props....

Let's see how he uses his bench once we have all players fit...

 

[eels_fan]

300 points in 12 games

#1 in the comp

5th best F&A too which is quite remarkable for a team running 13th. It could actually make all the difference when you consider the teams we’ll likely be challenging for those bottom half of the 8 spots

our f&a is
73 points better than Raiders & Titans
80 points better than Manly
111 points better than Roosters

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Absolutely. He is elite no matter what the nay sayers think. If Cleary just did that there’d be calls for him to be installed as an immortal tomorrow morning. I’m so glad he’s our half.

Best game he's played in years.

 

[eels_fan]

I think they probably were a bit but f**k 'em

They may have started complacent, but that would have been gone by half time.
Complacency is an excuse imo…

 

[The Predictor]

S

Dylan Brown what a shit player

Yes, sometimes he doesn’t give a shit , when u are paid that money u give a shit every game and not when u feel like playing

 

[Wally21]

Wiremu reminds me of Greg Drake, who I reckon was very underrated

Brother, he is significantly better than Drake. I went to school with him and Fitzhenry. They both had so much potential. But never kicked on.
Wiremu has taken his opportunity with both hands and owned it. Good luck to the young man!

 

[Poupou Escobar]

RCG injury is a blessing in disguise...bushy can now finally realise that there are other players that can do an excellent job, and not burn out our main props....

Let's see how he uses his bench once we have all players fit...

He plays them as long as he needs to. Paulo played 73 minutes tonight and he was fine because we controlled the ball. He will be fresh by kickoff next week because there is literally 10000 minutes for him to rest and rehydrate ffs. The long minutes only matter if we don't complete our sets.

 

[lucablight]

RCG injury is a blessing in disguise...bushy can now finally realise that there are other players that can do an excellent job, and not burn out our main props....

Let's see how he uses his bench once we have all players fit...

Yep. Might end up being a blessing in disguise because Greig will be battle hardened by the end of the season. May not have been the case if everyone was available.

 

[yy_cheng]

Wiremu reminds me of Greg Drake, who I reckon was very underrated

WTF Greg was slow as.....

Wiremu is almost travelling a course like Lazarus. Keeps on going with guys hanging off him. He also hits hard in defense.