Rd2: 4:05pm Parra v Wests Tigers GAME DAY THREAD @ Commbank 16/3/25

[JokerEel]

In Penisini's defence, his entire NRL career he has played on the right side, and we now shove him over to left centre and hope for the best.

I'd put him back ro right centre

Agree if we have put Lomax on the wing should have put will next to him..

Though the terrible defense wasn't because he was moved... He got beaten twice by pace and twice by dumb coming in decisions.

 

[JokerEel]

I’d also put Lomax on the wing

Fairly sure he played mostly as a winger today

 

[RustedonEel]

I think he is also very overrated. I don’t know if he’s injured but he is a shadow of the player he was in 2023.

He played 1 game for us after SOO1 last year due to a back injury. Maybe he has'nt fully recovered yet.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

MON and Saranto's needed to go as well as BA. It wasn't just him and his coaching staff.

And replace them with whom ffs? Nick Politis? The Panthers Group?

 

[Eelementary]

You play us again in 5 weeks

Mate, nobody believed me when I said you'd easily account for us. Was I right?

So, heed this warning - you will easily dismantle us again in 5 weeks.

The Eels are a joke.

No heart, no pride, nothing.

 

[Delboy]

Left early for th first time in 30 odd years, really struggling to find anything positive with the forwards and halves being less than NRL basic standard. Junior is a shadow and has another year on big money, Joe O works hard but is a complementary prop. Lane is not game fit, Williams is a prop doing a job and Hands and Hopgood are who they are. The halves were invisible , and it looked like the back 5 were ok but with no go forward and no service from the 6 and 7 were ok but were done for.

As before Sam T was our best prop and he isn’t signed for next year and Smith is not in the top 30.

yes a team of inexperienced players,but different to the Roosters who had leaders taking them forward. Tedesco, Tupou, even Townsend ,ad Connor Watson with Crichton in the forwards led them well. Where were our experienced players today , not in the same universe And seriously missing in action.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

All fans like to know how the news is taken by the other club.

Rest assured, we are f**king stoked.

 

[piggysmalls]

Well that was awful. Well done to Samrani - decent debut in a shit-riddled performance. Missed Moses kicking game and direction early on. Wondering if putting Matto etc in NSW Cup this week was the right choice. Hard to see us winning many games from here. Miles and Ryles away.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

He was even worse last year on the right.

He is defending at less than 75% this year. Small sample but you can't say he was worse on the right. His worst tackle effectiveness on the right was 85% last year.

 

[RustedonEel]

And replace them with whom ffs? Nick Politis? The Panthers Group?

Did we try for Peter O'sullivan as head of recruitment? Has a proven record (including dodgy payments from Eddie Hayson )

 

[Noise]

He is defending at less than 75% this year. Small sample but you can't say he was worse on the right. His worst tackle effectiveness on the right was 85% last year.

His error rate last year was worse than this year.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

I don't think Moses and Guth played many games together under Barrett...
Barrett had the team playing better with DJ Asi running the show...blokes like RCG, Ogden, Makatoa having a crack in the forwards
Not the blokes who will take the club forward but very few in the current team will either
Paulo I feel for but he's a shadow of his former self...
Yes both games have been extremely hot but gee we look so disjointed and disorganised it's not funny

He had Moses and Gutho for 5 of his first 6 games. Moses didn't play for him again. Gutho played every remaining game. This is not a knock on Barrett though, I think he's a reasonable coach.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Did we try for Peter O'sullivan as head of recruitment? Has a proven record (including dodgy payments from Eddie Hayson )

Look, if the fans know who the best football staff are, the club's decision makers will know. We've already seen Bellamy and Bennett turned us down. We try to get the best people but they don't want to come here. If we keep investing in our pathways things will change. But we can't just stop spending money due to the NRL side shitting the bed. It's all the more reason to keep spending on poaching (and keeping) the best junior talent.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

His error rate last year was worse than this year.

Trying too hard?

 

[RustedonEel]

Look, if the fans know who the best football staff are, the club's decision makers will know. We've already seen Bellamy and Bennett turned us down. We try to get the best people but they don't want to come here. If we keep investing in our pathways things will change. But we can't just stop spending money due to the NRL side shitting the bed. It's all the more reason to keep spending on poaching (and keeping) the best junior talent.

Only asked a question. No need to carry on. I have no confidence in the club's decision makers knowing the difference between shit and gold.

 

[JokerEel]

Well that was awful. Well done to Samrani - decent debut in a shit-riddled performance. Missed Moses kicking game and direction early on. Wondering if putting Matto etc in NSW Cup this week was the right choice. Hard to see us winning many games from here. Miles and Ryles away.

Honestly Matto was crap in CUP..

All those forwards in CUP with first grade experience and they barely showed it..

Parker was probably the best forward while Joash and Dunster the best backs..

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Only asked a question. No need to carry on.

Carry on? I'm hopeful we are heading in the right direction. We could win SG Ball twice in three years. It's a fair indicator of investment.

 

[JokerEel]

Carry on? I'm hopeful we are heading in the right direction. We could win SG Ball twice in two years. It's a fair indicator of investment.

Twice in 3 years ffs or thrice in 4 years,?

 

[JokerEel]

Ffs

Watching the dogs game you see a huge difference between us and them..

In attack multiple players are running up for a hit up. For us it's one out shit. No decoys.

In defense it's all effort

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Twice in 3 years ffs or thrice in 4 years,?

Quadrice in five? It would actually be thrice in nine years.