Rd15: Eels v Roosters GAME DAY THREAD @ Commbank 18/6/22

[lingard]

I think a lot of fans have taken Sivo for granted. He adds some much needed penetration to our backline. One thing that has impressed me about Simonsson is that he’s been pretty safe under the high ball so far. There were a couple of kicks to his wing under pressure that could have easily resulted in tries if he hadn’t defused them.

Simonsson is a fullback.

 

[Eel2reel]

I think a lot of fans have taken Sivo for granted. He adds some much needed penetration to our backline. One thing that has impressed me about Simonsson is that he’s been pretty safe under the high ball so far. There were a couple of kicks to his wing under pressure that could have easily resulted in tries if he hadn’t defused them.

 

[84 Baby]

you're welcome

and the all the Lane haters, eat a bag of dicks

No one hates Shaun Lane. But that Sean Lame f**ker needs to go

 

[Eel2reel]

Sivo does plenty all our other wing options dont. Competed very well under high balls last night. When he runs hard he is unstoppable (yes he should do it more). All our edges are fragile and the damage is done before it gets to the the wingers... its been years and the coach has not fixed this. Sivo is still playing on one leg.

 

[Twizzle]

Simonsson is a fullback.

was

 

[84 Baby]

Sivo does plenty all our other wing options dont. Competed very well under high balls last night. When he runs hard he is unstoppable (yes he should do it more). All our edges are fragile and the damage is done before it gets to the the wingers... its been years and the coach has not fixed this. Sivo is still playing on one leg.

His defence but…. What goes through his head?

 

[Angry_eel]

What was our error count? Must be under 5 from memory, especially outside of try situations.

 

[Matty Bhoy]

Lolz Gutho dropped the ball when someone passed to him for kick off. I was like Oh God, hope this is not a sign

Perhaps he is a yard slow on a few fullbacks but there are NONE better defensively.

 

[Gazzamatta]

Teddy misses lots of tackles compared to Gutho. Gutho was enormous last night. Played at speed and didnt overplay. Best performance of the year from him.
Suaalii cant be ignored and left on the wing. Hes too good. Guess we will find our how ruthless The Chooks really are. Maybe another medical retirement looming.

 

[Twizzle]

 

[Gazzamatta]

Not sure their circumstances but Billy Smith would be a terrific replacement for Oppy. Id also be open to having Hutchinson (the guy Dylan killed) as a 14. He has a good footy brain, plays halves or 9 and a decent kicking game. Based on what we've seen from Rein thus far he'd be a decent option for Hodgson. Just my thoughts. I dont think either would break the bank.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Not until after the grand final

But before Christmas!

 

[yy_cheng]

Tremendous effort from the side tonight. You could tell from the kick off they were up for it. Gutho was outstanding at the back.

Actually, I didn't think that. I thought, good they're starting well. Then when chooks scored once they got in our red zone I thought that was too easy and that start was just for show and we'll collapse

 

[King-Gutho94]

Not sure their circumstances but Billy Smith would be a terrific replacement for Oppy. Id also be open to having Hutchinson (the guy Dylan killed) as a 14. He has a good footy brain, plays halves or 9 and a decent kicking game. Based on what we've seen from Rein thus far he'd be a decent option for Hodgson. Just my thoughts. I dont think either would break the bank.

Hutchinson looked like he has spent the past 12 months at the buffet.

My roosters mate next to me thought he was one of the forwards.

 

[lucablight]

But before Christmas!

The point I was making is that he won’t be 32 during the season.

 

[yy_cheng]

Did you see gutho telling maika to make the hitup

Thats how you get the lazy arses going

I felt sorry for the chook who got pulled off after he gave a penalty

 

[Jake the snake]

Did you see gutho telling maika to make the hitup

Thats how you get the lazy arses going

I felt sorry for the chook who got pulled off after he gave a penalty

This. Gutho finally pulled his finger out.

 

[Kornstar]

Ref allowed the Roosters to slow the PTB down noticeably in the second half, in the first half it was far quicker on average than it's been all year yet NRL.com have our PTB speed as slower than the Roosters over the game.

That's the difference for mine between the two halves, we weren't allowed to keep up the tempo we were playing and had to get into the grind. But for a lucky bounce for the Suaalii kick, which come off the side of boot ffs, we matched and bested them in the yardage game. Which I reckon deserves kudos for adapting to the way the game changed.

the referee actually ruined the 2nd half all on his own by trying to take us out of the contest. It was obvious.

The referees have done that quite a bit across the league, especially when a team like the Roosters are on the receiving end of the beating.

Being at the game just made it so much obvious what the referee was doing, it really was quite bizarre watching it.

Anyways, we won, we played well and the coach still cops a flogging because reasons.

Just another week as an Eels supporter!

 

[Gazzamatta]

Hutchinson looked like he has spent the past 12 months at the buffet.

My roosters mate next to me thought he was one of the forwards.

I thought he went ok. Better than Walker last night.

 

[strider]

Of course. In all the excitment at full time I was starting to wonder if Hindy was LN. It caused me a lack of sleep.

Naaah ... hindy knows mik has moved .... this LN must be talking about another mik