Rd4: 615pm Eels v Dragons GAME DAY THREAD @ Commbank Stadium 3/4/22

[TheRam]

God this underbelly is terrible. Hyped up and another rubbish aussie drama. Just poor

Never watched it, just looks poor and glorifying meat head thugs and violence. Just don't care for it.

Funny you should bring it up though. I normally don't watch Aussie stuff, but just started to watch "Rake", an Aussie Comedy Drama. I'm up to season 3 now. Very good and very funny at times. Tongue in cheek stuff with a few tits and giggles. Well worth a view Hindy, if you are looking for an Aussie show.

Rake (TV Series 2010–2018) ⭐ 8.5 | Comedy, Drama

1h | Not Rated

www.imdb.com

 

[TheRam]

Gomorrah was a brilliant take on criminal lives. We constantly fall into the trap of Americans style of dramas. Utter trash glamourising and not telling it how it is.

1/10

Yeah watched it a few months back. Great Italian gangster/mafia show.

 

[TheRam]

Ping @TheRam

Yeah just sizzled a sausage, welcome to partake?

 

[hineyrulz]

Rake is awesome @TheRam

 

[TheRam]

I have a theory on why Dylan had a day out today. I reckon it’s because Lane didn’t play. The big merkin gets in the way and stifles Dylan.

If Lane plays next week on the edge outside Dylan, you watch him go into his shell.

You do realize Lane was there last week?

 

[Twizzle]

from Bookface

 

[Sphagnum]

“I just need you to pick up some Maxi-pads on the way ho…. f**ken hang up on me you merkin”

 

[Gronk]

You do realize Lane was there last week?

Oh right we won that game, which invalidates what I said ?

Go back and watch the Sharks game. I'll wait here.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Especially for a so called development club, all we are doing is developing for others. I hear we are in talks to extend Penisini hopefully we are also doing the same with Drown and Russell.

The point of being a development club is that your will lose some of them when the market boosts their price. The benefit you get is prior to that point. Remember even if we lose Drown we still have him next year, and if he maintains this form for the next two seasons we'll probably have him for unders the entire time. That's a benefit. What if we had to pay overs to keep him? There's no benefit at all. We could just pay overs for another player and get the same outcome.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

No. We’re judging him on his average performances. Don’t let his surname mask up his ability

What sort of f**ken whinger complains about average performances from a backup ffs

 

[Gronk]

What sort of f**ken whinger complains about average performances from a backup ffs

The same merkins that complain about Makahesi Makatoa when we have Marata, Lane & Stone out of action ?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

from Bookface

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It's only going to look cool if we don't win. If we win that merkin will just look a bandwagoner.

 

[TheRam]

Steady on with the angry pills merkin. I’ve had this theory for ages. I reckon that Lane gets in his way. Simples.

I never said that Lane is crap, in fact he’s in career best form.

Matto gave him the space he needed today.

You have it all wrong. Brown has and will always have plenty of space to run at. He, up until the backend of last season, didn't choose or know how to use it. If you look back at my posts you will see that I kept saying that he needs to learn how to run DEEP into the space an commit the defenders before releasing the ball and or dummy and go.

He was bordering on shocking at this simple but essential technique that all good playmakers should be able to execute effectively. He would either catch and almost instantly pass to his outside men when space and opportunity was presented because he, would assume wrongly thought, that he needed to get early ball to the players outside him without committing the defenders to him first, or he would run all the way himself without a hint of an intended pass and get tackled without passing the ball at all. In other words his body language and decision making was all wrong and it was driving me freakin crazy. You need to be able to sell a deception as a playmaker more then anyone else on the field.

But then suddenly last season, the last 5 games of the season proper or so, he started to take the space and offloading once the defenses were committed, at least occasionally. So I saw that he was finally getting it. I was very hopeful for this season that he would have progressed even further and yes, thank fu*k he sure has. He is now scaring the bejesus out of the defensive line because he is holding them up and then pulling the trigger with a pass or if the opportunity is there using his step, speed and power to go through himself.

It is early days still and he needs to do this for the entire game as opposed to the moments of brilliance we have seen so far then drop off a little. But I have no doubt now that he will only get better and better as he gets more and more experience and maturity. He will be the best all round 5/8th in the comp by the end of 2023 at the latest. Hell he isn't far off it now. Unfortunately for us he will then command that $800K-$1m price tag. This is why I am hoping that the Dolphins get Munster and that way they won't jump in with a massive offer for Dylan. Otherwise I don't think that there is another top 4-8 team that would be able to fit him in that he would want to play for. We need to make him a priority before any of our competitors get a chance to table an offer or anything can happen. He isn't going to get worse, only better and every club that can fit him in will start to drool with large number rolling around in their eyes.

 

[84 Baby]

As I said Penrith dint have an issue wrapping up more promising stars. Storm also keep the ones they want.
We've copped a hammer blow already. If we lost any of Russel,Pensini or D.Brown it would be hugely embarrasing for what we have built.

Like Burton? Like Gapewell? Like Bmith? Like Tino Fianxnejjxjalami?
I would like to keep Drown but my point was you’re calling for his resigning when his value is at its highest AND most visible. Everyone in the NRL saw him play well past 2 games. Everyone.
Stop playing yourself off as a visionary, fraud. Someone like me or Gronk would’ve recognised his talent months ago and given him a deal he couldn’t refuse

 

[Gronk]

You have it all wrong.

No I don't.

 

[Jake the snake]

Just wanted to say congrats again to super coach for using all players on the bench. I know it required a bit of front loading his effort areas but he used his brain and he got there. And we smashed them.

 

[hineyrulz]

The point of being a development club is that your will lose some of them when the market boosts their price. The benefit you get is prior to that point. Remember even if we lose Drown we still have him next year, and if he maintains this form for the next two seasons we'll probably have him for unders the entire time. That's a benefit. What if we had to pay overs to keep him? There's no benefit at all. We could just pay overs for another player and get the same outcome.

If we can’t keep our best developed talent on some unders what’s the point of being a development club??? We should just poach everyone like the Storm and Roosters.

 

[TheRam]

Mate If @Gary Gutful can get an invite the bar can’t be too high.

I love a tubby. What have you got to offer?

 

[TheRam]

I suspect the bars never too high in that club

There's a lot of bars to get over though. By the end of the night your knees are weak and your lips are split.

 

[TheRam]

I like Blake on the wing, would like to see him stay there and Russell come back into the centres being his natural position.

Simonsen also improved his defense last night, with a few big hits which I've not seen from him before

God help us if Moses gets injured.

God help any club if they lose their primary playmaker, including the Panthers against the top 4 teams.