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Rd14: Eels v Bulldogs GAME DAY THREAD @ Accor Stadium 13/6/22

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Are You saying they don't make specific game plans for each opponent? I though that was the coach's job

Thats part of the preparation
Do you really think the game plan was the problem today? Passing side to side and one handed f**king put downs? The problem was attitude. Even the idiot coach recognised it in the presser.
 
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Who gives their team 5 days off during the middle of the season as a reward? The dope said it was a “reward” but for what ? For having a shit defence?

Which real life manager could justify rewarding their staff with time off even though they have been under performing. This guy can’t be for real.
 

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I’d counter that by asking if it was “corporately” responsible to keep the clown on for 9’years despite his success in the wooden spoon variety and constant choking.
The issue is that the core business of the organisation (playing NRL) is also not neccessarily impacting the governance of the business, which is ultimately what all those useless f**kers are here for.

In reality the board also realises that it is also probably corporately irresponsible to remove the one person that would easily know 100 times more about the core business than the entire board and management of the organisation combined.

It's a strange corporate setup. Basically the Head Coach is the one with all the corporate knowledge of the core business of the organisation, and the board and management are complete amateurs of the core business of the entire industry. Just bizarre circumstances that you would struggle to see in any other industry.
 
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Who's defending them? I thought they were shit, and what's more, I half expected it. I had $20 on the f**ken Dogs ffs. This is a team waiting for September. I'm alarmed at their lack of leadership. I haven't liked that Gutho merkin since he let his manger f**k us around last negotiations and I like him less after the latest farce. And if Arthur's is his best mate then he can get f**ked too.
But can we trust/believe what you post about your thoughts, when you bore the shit out of everyone in game threads with brainless trolling repetitive nonsense win lose or draw?
 

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I think one of the main reasons with some of these losses has been the fact that we're not going to gain alot by winning at that particular time, as in our position on the ladder won't ultimately change too much.

We've been particularly poor on the two Monday games with results of all the weekends games known.

If teams really do "take it one game at a time", then this lack of desire and attitude in some of these games is probably unsurprising. Albeit it is still f**king piss weak.

This is risky, but will hopefully work out OK, as long as we win when we have to and make the Top 4 come seasons end. Then it is game on.

If we don't, then it will really be a missed f**ken opportunity and be totally a FUBAR!

Today should also hopefully be the real wake up call this entire joint needed.
 

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There doesn’t seem to be attention to detail with this team. It’s run hard and tackle hard, and if that doesn’t work, we’re f^*ked.

how many times did matto run behind a support player in the second half? We looked as thou we’ve barely trained.
That's because he was running sideways looking for some merkin to pass to.
 

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Amazing how they’re been resigned and never have been dropped nor has the coach addressed the issue.
Most players have weaknesses and for some it's low work rate. If Lane was also a toiler he would cost more under the cap. To get a player for the same price who wasn't lazy he would be less dangerous with the ball. There's always a trade off. For us we deal with low work rate players by controlling the ball. When we fail to control the ball we expose our defensive weaknesses.
 

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But if it’s not really about him, why not roll the dice and see if someone else *can* get more out of this squad. I think this is a good team on the whole, albeit missing some ticker and leadership, and short of snagging a superstar to take it to the next level on the field, why wouldn’t you have a punt with another coach?
Well there has to be a reason. Personally I think the team is overrated. We have some good players but not many real competitors. The best one is our selfish douchebag captain.
 

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Answer my question . What do you want to do with the coach?
And yes it isn't all about BA. But I still reckon he signed the wrong guys up. I've been vocal about it also. Gutherson in particular.
I don't think he signs players. I think you're using him as a proxy for the club as a whole when the reality is he is an employee, with a number of people above him in the pecking order. Half a dozen of his players would be earning more than him, which means they are more valued by the organisation. Plenty of them would have more influence.
 

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Cleary took an unfancied Warriors side to a grand final by beating the Melbourne Storm along the way who had Slater, Cronk and Smith at their powers. How is that doing f**k all?
It's one big game where Melbourne shat themselves. They'd done it before (40-0) and they've done it since. Cleary happened to be the beneficiary that day. It absolutely ruined a grand final and let Manly win another one f**k his eyes
 

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I don't think anyone claims that Panthers or Storm shit the bed against us
And that's the problem. They are that much better than us of course they underperformed when they played us. But we beat them and suddenly we're equals? Get your hand off it. No doubt there are Bulldogs fans now thinking they should be top six like we are. Based on one f**king game.
 

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What Penrith are doing over the last 3 yrs is almost unheard of.
He also turned the Warriors into a strong side. Ummm they made a grand final. So Ivan's made 3 GFS .
And Paul Green won a grand final. Now he's unemployed. Finals is a very small sample of games but merkins attach an outsized level of importance to them. Luck is a factor in any game, and even any sample of games. The bigger the sample the more meaningful is the ratio of wins to losses but even then some coaches are at stronger clubs than others. You're comparing apples with oranges.
 

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Penrith and Melbourne didn’t shit the bed against us. They lost to us in a hard fought battle between two quality teams. We played like absolute shit against a shit team coming last.
I don’t buy this garbage narrative about us not caring because it was the bulldogs. There’s a good chance we don’t finish in the top 4 now and it’s because we dropped games like these ones. Don’t tell me the players don’t want to finish in the top 4. They aren’t so confident that they think they have it wrapped up already and can drop games against nuffy sides.
I'm sure they're not intending to drop games against the shit sides. They just think they're too good to stick to the gameplan and bash the weak teams. They literally avoid the collision.
 

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