Rd4 2024: 4pm Eels v Tigers GAME DAY THREAD @ Commbank Stadium Apr 1st

[Soren Lorenson]

Apparently he was... Wish we had a utility on the bench

Or at least shifted the focus of our attack to the other side. I thought Penis was going ok in the first half, maybe could have passed it to Horn once or twice..

 

[Gherkin]

as much as we desperately need a winger and a center, hooker should've been number 1 priority. We stuffed up by making a short term decision to rush lussick in last year in a push to make the 8. A decent hooker would transform our attack. Lussick's service is slow and he frequently takes the wrong option, kills our attack in the opposition 20. His kicking game has been better than expected but he isn't a threat at all running the ball. Overall we need more out of our 9 if we're ever going to be a premiership threat

 

[eels_fan]

the more I think about it the more glad I am Gutho missed that kick at the end.

if we’d won that game they’d have celebrated last night.

f**kers need to pull their head out

 

[King-Gutho94]

Olam how much did the Tigers pay to get him. If it's anything below 400k i reckon that's a great deal for the Tigers.

It's a shame we had all these excellent centres and wingers at our disposal atm we couldn't fitted him in our squad.

He has already stiffened up there defence.

 

[Gronk]

Olam how much did the Tigers pay to get him. If it's anything below 400k i reckon that's a great deal for the Tigers.

It's a shame we had all these excellent centres and wingers at our disposal atm we couldn't fitted him in our squad.

He has already stiffened up there defence.

Olam was a player swap deal.

 

[King-Gutho94]

the more I think about it the more glad I am Gutho missed that kick at the end.

if we’d won that game they’d have celebrated last night.

f**kers need to pull their head out

The problem with saying it might benefit us in the future is that the same type of performance has happened previously and they haven't learnt from it.

So what's going to change they were a crucial 2 points to start off the No Moses period.

We will get to the end of the year and lament just 1 more win that costs us a crucial position on the ladder weather it be top 8, 6, 4 or 2.

The saddest part is i don't think the Tigers even played that well yesterday Api wasn't really that threatening. They had a 5 min period where they scored 2 tries but other then that what did they offer.

 

[JokerEel]

Like Manly ?

<ducks behind the sofa>

ooooooooooooooooof

 

[JokerEel]

Olam how much did the Tigers pay to get him. If it's anything below 400k i reckon that's a great deal for the Tigers.

It's a shame we had all these excellent centres and wingers at our disposal atm we couldn't fitted him in our squad.

He has already stiffened up there defence.

His defense is crap.

 

[JokerEel]

as much as we desperately need a winger and a center, hooker should've been number 1 priority. We stuffed up by making a short term decision to rush lussick in last year in a push to make the 8. A decent hooker would transform our attack. Lussick's service is slow and he frequently takes the wrong option, kills our attack in the opposition 20. His kicking game has been better than expected but he isn't a threat at all running the ball. Overall we need more out of our 9 if we're ever going to be a premiership threat

We are not signing a hooker. We all know why as well....

 

[Avenger]

Nobody loved the 80’s more than I did but we really as a club need to move on from that era. The TCT podcast was basically another dedication to that era and I get it to some extent as Eric Grothe Sr was the guest but for God sake it’s worse than some old MASH reruns.

 

[King-Gutho94]

The way we played yesterday I am not convinced we win even if Moses was playing. I have seen us play that poorly on multiple occasions even with a full strength side.

Hard to argue.

Moses has missed a penalty to win the game before at Penrith basically where Gutho kicked it from. 40m out about 5-10m from the touchline its a tough kick.

We know Moses is probably 50/50 when it comes to those clutch kicks anyway when its all or nothing.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Of course you disagree........................... When don't you f**ken disagree with someone's different position to the coach?

He knows what he’s doing mate. These people aren’t idiots.

What's the players weakness?

Which player do you mean? We are talking about backup players here. Surely you’re not going to pretend they don’t have weaknesses?

Gutho basically had to go to halfback because the change failed. good call

Well without Moses he was our next smartest player. With him in the middle it let Drown and Talagi attack wider. The problem was we kept trying to go around the Tigers, even when we were in front. That’s the fault of onfield decision makers, including Gutherson. Do you really think rookie Sanders or career backup Asi would’ve changed anything?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Is it likely that if Sanders had gone into 7 and we had lost by more than 1 point, that Sanders would have been blamed?

Impossible!

 

[The Predictor]

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Hard to argue.

Moses has missed a penalty to win the game before at Penrith basically where Gutho kicked it from. 40m out about 5-10m from the touchline its a tough kick.

We know Moses is probably 50/50 when it comes to those clutch kicks anyway when its all or nothing.

hat what I thought Moses in those circumstances is no gimme, we deserved to lose!!

 

[Poupou Escobar]

No one is blaming Blaize... Its more the coach who is copping it.

So the coach would’ve been blamed for picking Sanders or Asi instead. The fact is that we have lost one of our most influential players (the most influential IMO) and any ‘solution’ would’ve been imperfect and the obvious ‘wrong’ decision every time we lost.

 

[JokerEel]

He knows what he’s doing mate. These people aren’t idiots.

Which player do you mean? We are talking about backup players here. Surely you’re not going to pretend they don’t have weaknesses?

Well without Moses he was our next smartest player. With him in the middle it let Drown and Talagi attack wider. The problem was we kept trying to go around the Tigers, even when we were in front. That’s the fault of onfield decision makers, including Gutherson. Do you really think rookie Sanders or career backup Asi would’ve changed anything?

Are you certain they know what they are doing 12 years and they have won as many Grand Finals as you and I

Yep I do believe Sanders would have changed the game.

Brown would have played his normal game Gutho would not have had to take over at halfback..

We lost because the coach f**ked up plain and simple if we win you can come back and reply to me.

 

[JokerEel]

So the coach would’ve been blamed for picking Sanders or Asi instead. The fact is that we have lost one of our most influential players (the most influential IMO) and any ‘solution’ would’ve been imperfect and the obvious ‘wrong’ decision every time we lost.

Not really you have less chances of f**king up if you don't make as many changes.

Most he had to make is 2.

How did our utility go yesterday see he came on for the injured Sivo..... Oh wait no he didn't.

Btw don't reply we know the response is the same the f**king coach didn't think Sivo was injured enough come off....

 

[JokerEel]

Has anyone seen a bigger simp to the club as Pou???

 

[Delboy]

What I saw was a side lacking a leader up front relating to tactics

The basic way to attack a side one man down is to hit it hard up the guts for 2/3 tackles to draw in defenders , then quick switches to the sides to get overlaps. Don’t understand even with the Murph on the field constantly , how no instructions got through. That coupled with the starting side changed is a reflection of poor tactical awareness. If you believe you can take any side lightly , then you deserve what we saw.

The only backs signed under MON despite its obvious need, has been Simmonson and Harper, not elite and not a massive upgrade.

My pharmacist is a massive Eels fan, and today as I wanted for a prescription came over for a chat and finished with :- if we signed Api we win games like this by 20, then added if we had signed Olam we would win by at leat 12. That’s how shortsighted and poor our recruitment has been. Don’t like the bloke, but Richardson gets things done, gets into the Tigers and says changes are needed and signings are made quickly, can’t compare to our recruitment committee in any way , shape or form.

 

[yy_cheng]

What I saw was a side lacking a leader up front relating to tactics

The basic way to attack a side one man down is to hit it hard up the guts for 2/3 tackles to draw in defenders , then quick switches to the sides to get overlaps. Don’t understand even with the Murph on the field constantly , how no instructions got through. That coupled with the starting side changed is a reflection of poor tactical awareness. If you believe you can take any side lightly , then you deserve what we saw.

The only backs signed under MON despite its obvious need, has been Simmonson and Harper, not elite and not a massive upgrade.

My pharmacist is a massive Eels fan, and today as I wanted for a prescription came over for a chat and finished with :- if we signed Api we win games like this by 20, then added if we had signed Olam we would win by at leat 12. That’s how shortsighted and poor our recruitment has been. Don’t like the bloke, but Richardson gets things done, gets into the Tigers and says changes are needed and signings are made quickly, can’t compare to our recruitment committee in any way , shape or form.

Api is not the type of player BA likes. he doesnt need his hookers to be smart