Rd12: Parra v Bulldogs GAME DAY thread (2/8/20)

[IFR33K]

Bit harsh. Lane has been very good for the Eels.

He’s soft as butter. Go watch him defend. He’s happy to hold up players rather then wrestle them to the ground.

 

[IFR33K]

I thought Sivo was going to b penalised for tossing ball in to grandstand whilst clock still running?

If they’d penalize that, benji would of been penalized out of the game back in 2007.

 

[Gronk]

The no 6 has same experience as Dylan. Their hooker creates more but our fullback crates 10 x the amount of Edwards or Aitken.

I never rated Nathan that high but his form this year is unbelievable. Let's hope Dylan becomes as good or better.

I you rewind the tape, you’ll see that I was complimenting Penrith’s 6 and saying he is playing way better attacking footy than Dylan. Unsure why you think otherwise.

 

[TheRam]

I dislike Phil Gould as much as the other person. But every now and again he will say something that’s on the money. And when he mentioned our mental toughness a few weeks back. I thought what a knob. But after the last 4 weeks performances maybes he’s right.

I knew he was right back then. We still fade in games and nothing that I have seen so far this season has changed my mind.

 

[Mr Parramatta]

If they’d penalize that, benji would of been penalized out of the game back in 2007.

Doesn’t matter it was a penalty offence

 

[crocodile]

Gould knows footy better then most.

So he keeps telling us.

 

[Kornstar]

Yep. We've been down on form for nearly a month and we've come out of it with three wins and a four point loss in Brookvale. If we were smashing teams with eight weeks left until the finals I'd be worried we'd peaked too soon.

If we're still attacking like this in round 20 I'll be concerned, but our defence is strong. We missed as many tackles as the Chooks this week.

Yeah but the Rooster won......oh wait......

 

[Mr Parramatta]

By the way, Foran “owned” both our halves today men against boys, outstanding. What could have been!

 

[Eelementary]

How many penalties have we seen for deliberate forward passes?

Very few.

I do have a vague memory of one being called, but I can't remember when, or who were playing...

 

[Eelementary]

And why would it be deliberate? Is the sideline closer if you pass it forward? At least when you're passing to a player you might deliberately pass to one in front of you.

I dont know...

I didn't think the ref would have the balls to make that call with seconds left, but his touchie almost made sure he did...

 

[Soto]

I've also said this before. The times Rheed does run he kind of looks around for a better option and then just jogs to the line. He needs to just pin the ears back sometimes and pull the trigger. It may not be the best option all the time but atheist it takes away the predictable and puts defence into two minds.

I remember in juniors this kid was always darting out of dummy half. Strange how it has completely disappeared.

Absolutely correct abt juniors.
He used to race out if dummy half and make big metres. Needs to mix it up.
Still learning and most likely adhering to coach's game plan. Hopefully the coaching staff give him the encouragement and free reign to run when the option is there..u would hope the coaching staff have also identified the countless times where he could've and should've run
I've said this before and i will say it again. This yr will be the hardest yr due to no split rounds, byes, rep rounds and playing 18+ rounds uninterrupted since resumption. Physically and mentally draining particularly for the newer players to first grade and those with less than 50 first grade games. Usually the team that uses fewer players in the squad go on and win the comp. May buck the trend this year.
The backups this yr will play a bigger part than normal. We have good backups but i think we have our top 18 or 19 available then it will be bloody hard to go all the way

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Just can’t say it was exciting mate, because that’s a paddlin.

*paladin

 

[Jake the snake]

Once again Gutho pushes reed out of the way to take a run. Maybe it’s BA’s instructions to just pass the ball. On a side note, Harry grant is light years ahead of reed.

I’d love Grant at Parra.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

He was almost penalised for a deliberate forward pass - you could hear the touch judge let the ref know that he thought it was forward, but the ref declined to action on it.

Even if it was forward it wasn't deliberate. Why would he deliberately pass it forward in that instance? On a side note it had some swing on it, and was one of the few cases where it legitimately floats forward despite being backwards out of the hand.

 

[Incorrect]

Even if it was forward it wasn't deliberate. Why would he deliberately pass it forward in that instance? On a side note it had some swing on it, and was one of the few cases where it legitimately floats forward despite being backwards out of the hand.

Definite swing, I noticed that too... Could be a bolter to share the new ball at the Gabba v India this summer...

 

[IFR33K]

Even if it was forward it wasn't deliberate. Why would he deliberately pass it forward in that instance? On a side note it had some swing on it, and was one of the few cases where it legitimately floats forward despite being backwards out of the hand.

Well if he had no target, and threw it forward, even marginally, then it was thrown deliberately forward.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Well if he had no target, and threw it forward, even marginally, then it was thrown deliberately forward.

The target was the sideline.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

I dont know...

I didn't think the ref would have the balls to make that call with seconds left, but his touchie almost made sure he did...

The shortest path to the sideline is a flat pass. There's no reason to throw it forward. And it's a penalty that never gets called anyway. This is just a commentator (and official?) grasping at straws or getting caught up in the moment.

 

[Eelementary]

Even if it was forward it wasn't deliberate. Why would he deliberately pass it forward in that instance? On a side note it had some swing on it, and was one of the few cases where it legitimately floats forward despite being backwards out of the hand.

I agree.

I'm just reporting on what I saw, and heard.

 

[IFR33K]

The target was the sideline.

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