Rd16: Eels v Rabbits GAME DAY THREAD @ Accor Stadium 2/7/22

[The EELiminator]

I don't get our last play options we put up a bomb down our right Soo many times when we have Blake and Sivo on the left who usually chase well that and Jaxson Paulo is not as experienced he didn't get put under any pressure..

i don't get moses booting it as far as possible then they catch it on the full and run 20 metres before tackle one
why not drop the kick in shorter where we can contest it or at least tackle them before they run

 

[PARRA_FAN]

17 players tonight? Did Tom O take the field?

 

[Happy MEel]

The effort was great apparently…or so says supercoach.

 

[JokerEel]

…and clearly a message didn’t go out at all from the coaching box.

100% Gutho was trying to get repeat sets when it should have been Moses kicking them and Gutho chasing.

If the players are not listening to the coach either get rid of the players (Gutho) or the coach.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Watching the PC he's got wrinkles from a permanently furrowed brow.

 

[JokerEel]

i don't get moses booting it as far as possible then they catch it on the full and run 20 metres before tackle one
why not drop the kick in shorter where we can contest it or at least tackle them before they run

Souths kept kicking it where we had to run 1m out from our line but we couldn't do that and took 70 minutes to get a repeat set.

 

[Gary Gutful]

i don't get moses booting it as far as possible then they catch it on the full and run 20 metres before tackle one
why not drop the kick in shorter where we can contest it or at least tackle them before they run

We were kind of f**ked at that point because we made no metres. Kicking it a bit shorter might have worked but it also could have given them an even bigger leg up in attack.

 

[The EELiminator]

Souths kept kicking it where we had to run 1m out from our line but we couldn't do that and took 70 minutes to get a repeat set.

and that's another thing you're not going to score by running one out and bashing the forwards into a brick wall

 

[Soto]

Guth can be 9.get rid of rheed

Honestly guth does his best work from dummy half and backing up.
He is crap at the back now.
How he was called into the extended origin team is fkn mind boggling.
Need a fleet footed fullback.
Also not a leader. Neither is barlow

 

[Soto]

and that's another thing you're not going to score by running one out and bashing the forwards into a brick wall

Chase the collision. Run hard, tackle hard...

 

[yy_cheng]

I don't get our last play options we put up a bomb down our right Soo many times when we have Blake and Sivo on the left who usually chase well that and Jaxson Paulo is not as experienced he didn't get put under any pressure..

That's called strategy. We're still on chase the collision

 

[yy_cheng]

We didn’t make their Lardo at the back run once, surely the tactics should of been to make him work and try and tire him out??

Whoops my mistakes tactics lol.

Chase the collision doesnt include attacking weaknesses in the opposition

 

[the phantom menace]

Outclassed, though we always seem to have trouble with Souths style of play.

The only first choice player we were missing was Matterson, is that right? So some real depth problems evident, if we lose anyone to injury/suspension approaching/in the finals - if we end up on our least favourable side of the finals draw (against Souths, Manly, Raiders).

 

[Gary Gutful]

and that's another thing you're not going to score by running one out and bashing the forwards into a brick wall

Souths showed that you still have to play football in shit conditions, but f**k we made it easy for them with such terrible right edge defence.

 

[hineyrulz]

It is infuriating. How can we consistently be so good one week and yet so poor the next?

I've had enough, BA has to go. The development club philosophy needs to change as well. Who are the gun juniors coming through? Does anyone think that a forward pack with Rodwell, El Zackam (sp) and Hopgood is going to be any better?

Watching the press conference it is clear BA does not know how to motivate his players. Talking about accountability, how about he takes some?

There is no accountability at this club whatsoever, we re-sign spoon winning coaches after they have had 60 put on them. We peaked in 2020, the team is stale and we are losing talent and are not even going close to replace that talent. How he got another two years late last year is one for ripley's. Whoever made that call should be shown the door along side the bald dope.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Outclassed, though we always seem to have trouble with Souths style of play.

The only first choice player we were missing was Matterson, is that right? So some real depth problems evident, if we lose anyone to injury/suspension approaching/in the finals - if we end up on our least favourable side of the finals draw (against Souths, Manly, Raiders).

A puddle of piss has more depth than our squad.

 

[Chipmunk]

17 players tonight? Did Tom O take the field?

Our interchange played a total of 107 minutes combined tonight, of which 35 minutes combined was once the score was 30 to 6 after 66 minutes.

We essentially used 14 players. Our coaching staff are clueless.

 

[The EELiminator]

Souths showed that you still have to play football in shit conditions, but f**k we made it easy for them with such terrible right edge defence.

and knocking on and kicking it dead

 

[The EELiminator]

We essentially used 14 players. Our coaching staff are clueless.

what is the deal with brad why does he continually underuse the bench?

 

[Soto]

Our interchange played a total of 107 minutes combined tonight, of which 35 minutes combined was once the score was 30 to 6 after 66 minutes.

We essentially used 14 players. Our coaching staff are clueless.

The use of the bench is horrid. If Barlow doesn't go off for HIA then Rodwell wouldn't have got on. Opacic as a benchie is very inspiring.
How Makatoa keeps getting picked is another fkn mystery only myth BA can explain.
FFS he was a benchie for the Cook Islands...FMD