Rd26 Eels v Dragons GAME DAY THREAD @ Commbank Stadium Aug 31st

[Oscarman]

EAD St Merge

 

[Soto]

Never in doubt

 

[Stevie]

Can someone explain how this result impacts spoon bowl?

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Speechless, is that win or a loss.....

 

[Soto]

Agreed. However that’s why it’s been such a good game from him. He has run with intent. Not jogged up like he normally does

Took his high heels off

 

[the phantom menace]

Can someone explain how this result impacts spoon bowl?

It doesn't. We'll now both be on 18 points going into the final round.

If we'd lost today, we'd be two points behind them, but with better for an against. Either way, an Eels win next week was always needed to avoid the spoon, regardless of today's result.

 

[Pazza]

Hang your heads in shame parra, even when you win you look like an embarrassing joke

 

[Soto]

Can someone explain how this result impacts spoon bowl?

Irrelevant...still need to beat tuggers

 

[Noise]

I’ve said it before. Not one merkin that ran out today is a must keep.

 

[Soto]

Accor stadium petition..this is more exciting than the 8

 

[Chipmunk]

Good to win.

We got a great look at the future in that last 10 minutes if we want to move Gutho on though.

We let five tries in at the end once Gutho went off. This has been an issue for years, we just fall in a heap when he's not on the field. It's difficult to comprehend that the other players don't know how to defend if he's not there.

Again, it appears just another result of reliance on the sum of the brilliance of the individual, with inadequate structures and team systems in place.

Hopefully a change of coach will fix that, otherwise they're kidding themselves, and If Gutho isn’t at the club next year we'll fall in a heap.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

f**king useless merkins, but a win's a win

 

[the phantom menace]

I’ve said it before. Not one merkin that ran out today is a must keep.

Unless they can develop some consistency, and play near their potential for close to 80mins, close to every week.

Like the good and well coached clubs seem to be able to do.

 

[Chipmunk]

Why isolate Sivo in this comment? We have needed to get the best out of every player all over the field, which BA wasn't able to do.

Agreed, but it was responding specifically about Sivo

 

[Eelogical]

Barrett said last week that we don't know how to play 80 minutes. He's not f**king kidding!

 

[PARRA_FAN]

WTF just happened?

 

[Hindmarshisgod2]

They never cease to amaze me, this team....

Absolute softcocks

 

[King-Gutho94]

Our defence is bad enough but when Gutho goes off its downright disgraceful.

He missed 120 mins last year and we conceded 12 tries.

Not sure what the stat is this year but after he went off the last 10 mins today we let in 5 tries.

Ryles has to get these blokes physically fit for starters.

The fade outs have been dreadful.

Whatever S&C did the in the off season wasn't good enough.

 

[Chipmunk]

WTF just happened?

Gutho was off for the last 11 minutes.

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Absolutely dreadful in the end. Doesn't feel like a win after dishing out that rubbish in the last 10 minutes.