Rd24: Parra v Brisbane GAME DAY THREAD @ Suncorp 25/8/22

[Gary Gutful]

me walking into work tomorrow

Better get to Lowes early FFS.

 

[Chipmunk]

It's good to see the players mingle with the crowd, but really at this stage COVID is likely to bring down one of these teams in the Finals. Too risky

 

[Gary Gutful]

Great first half. I can understand the game was over but would have liked us to be more ruthless but we still came good in the end.
Sean Lane?!!!!! Not like Sonny Bill. Amazing performance.

Just heard an interview with Brett Kenny who said we were shit.

 

[Sensei Cobra]

I love the fact we've put two big scores leading into the finals, however the big ones for me is only conceding 12 points in the past two games, considering our defense has been a question. Outstanding performance from the guys again.

Good point and what’s interesting is the 2 tries we have conceded have been very similar, striped for numbers on our right edge from a scrum.
Surely we can fix that

 

[Gary Gutful]

I'm the same. Not so much as impressed by the big scores we have put on, but the defensive displays of the past two games as you say.
Our defence has been immense. I love seeing each side slide and choke the opposition's attack. It really isn't that hard but it has mostly worked for the past two weeks.
I'm not quite sure why it has taken us so long to work this out and get it right.
Anyway, it is certainly helping our F and A.

We've still made defensive errors but the scramble is massive on the edges.

 

[strider]

Good point and what’s interesting is the 2 tries we have conceded have been very similar, striped for numbers on our right edge from a scrum.
Surely we can fix that

The other thing in common was they were both directly after sloppy errors by Drown ..... ffs Dylan!

 

[Noise]

Good point and what’s interesting is the 2 tries we have conceded have been very similar, striped for numbers on our right edge from a scrum.
Surely we can fix that

We always seem to defend a scrum in the middle of the field with 3 on each side even if the attacking team puts 4 on one side. It relies on us sliding well and breaking from the scrum quickly which we don’t always do. We have been caught out a number of times this year.

 

[IFR33K]

me walking into work tomorrow

don’t forget to wear as much eels merchandise as possible.

 

[Suitman]

We've still made defensive errors but the scramble is massive on the edges.

Indeed.
Still more improvement to be made but we have technically been much better.
In saying that, we have displayed this against two pretty shite attacking teams.
I'm just happy to have seen an improvement in our sliding defence rather than up and in.

 

[T.S Quint]

Imagine pulling off a big win like that and then have to drink Great Northerns to celebrate.

I’d rather lose.

 

[T.S Quint]

Mahoney banging the Esky as if no one hates him.

f**k off Mahoney.

 

[T.S Quint]

Switch over to Nine and even these blokes are talking about Shaq.

 

[Mr Angry]

I had a pretty crappy day, this cheered me up no end, Thanks Parramatta!

 

[Sensei Cobra]

I just want to congratulate Gronk on his eye for talent and in particular calling out Shaun Lane to have a break out year when no one saw that coming …. Great work

 

[Sensei Cobra]

B

We always seem to defend a scrum in the middle of the field with 3 on each side even if the attacking team puts 4 on one side. It relies on us sliding well and breaking from the scrum quickly which we don’t always do. We have been caught out a number of times this year.

Both times it’s looked very easy for us to be beaten … much easier then you’d expect at this level

 

[Happy MEel]

We always seem to defend a scrum in the middle of the field with 3 on each side even if the attacking team puts 4 on one side. It relies on us sliding well and breaking from the scrum quickly which we don’t always do. We have been caught out a number of times this year.

We don’t seem to be able to recover during a scrum play where the lock holds the ball in the scrum, the half back shoots to one side and gets it once the overlap is created and our edge forward is late to defend because he’s stuck in the scrum.

 

[JokerEel]

I just want to congratulate Gronk on his eye for talent and in particular calling out Shaun Lane to have a break out year when no one saw that coming …. Great work

Gronk called it during the trials like the legend he is!

 

[lucablight]

SBW was basically a poor mans 2022 Shaun Lane.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Good point and what’s interesting is the 2 tries we have conceded have been very similar, striped for numbers on our right edge from a scrum.
Surely we can fix that

It would mean leaving Moses isolated.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Actually, I liked it when he was on the left

Dyl gets it, he can choose to give it to lane or Paulo or out back to gutho which we didn't do today, that block play, or floater or cutout to sivo and if course he can run it

I spoke last week about decoys
Well, this gives us so many decoys that the defence has to read and many options

It all looks a lot smoother when the defence is sitting back. Either because they're getting rolled through the middle or because they've just given up, like tonight.