Rd5: EELS v Roosters GAME DAY THREAD @ Allianz Stadium 30/3/2023

[Noise]

Yes he was but penalty sufficient

Nah it was a professional foul. Deserved the bin.

 

[hindy111]

Billy Slater says “As good as the Roosters were tonight.. “

Sorry mate, totally kissed on the dick all match. If they were that good, they should have won by 20.

Gimme, Lane. Jnr. Dunster, Hodgo gets 20 mins / Hands starts and we get 50% of the ball and we’ll put 20 points on those pretenders.

Lodge, Topuneua,Tedesco,Connor Watson,Crighton, N.Brown, J.Manu all to come back...... But don't let this get in the way of our loss and how we will smash them next time.

 

[yy_cheng]

Yes he was but penalty sufficient

Wasn't he stopping a potential try scoring opportunity? So it was the correct call.

The emu hit was the wrong call

 

[emjaycee]

Ricky is laughing at us again

Well if the Raiders cant beat the Panthers this weekend then Ricky shouldnt be laughing at us. And if they do, then Ivan wont be.

 

[Soto]

Did we just extend Sivo? f**k me.

Passenger tonight and Aaron Woods effective type hit ups

 

[emjaycee]

Lodge, Topuneua,Tedesco,Connor Watson,Crighton, N.Brown, J.Manu all to come back...... But don't let this get in the way of our loss and how we will smash them next time.

Dont include NBrown mate. Who is he displacing if Lodge and Crighton are back?

 

[Soto]

Dont include NBrown mate. Who is he displacing if Lodge and Crighton are back?

Brave roosters have 7 internationals to come back.

 

[yy_cheng]

Well if the Raiders cant beat the Panthers this weekend then Ricky shouldnt be laughing at us. And if they do, then Ivan wont be.

 

[Happy MEel]

I'd be asking nofoaluma is interested in coming over

Yep we are in dire need for some quality outside backs. Simo, Waqa, and Sivo when he’s not feeling like putting in any effort (which is more often than not) are not first graders.

 

[hindy111]

Dont include NBrown mate. Who is he displacing if Lodge and Crighton are back?

I'm just saying. They had some serious fire power out. Yes we had Lane and Jnr missing but they had far more big names out.
You'd have to be a fool to think they where even close to their best. They'll go up 2 or 3 gears.

 

[yy_cheng]

Yep we are in dire need for some quality outside backs. Simo, Waqa, and Sivo when he’s not feeling like putting in any effort (which is more often than not) are not first graders.

Maybe go after toupou for this year and next 2

 

[Gronk]

Lodge, Topuneua,Tedesco,Connor Watson,Crighton, N.Brown, J.Manu all to come back...... But don't let this get in the way of our loss and how we will smash them next time.

Yeah well they were all there last year and they finished 6th.

 

[yy_cheng]

We've actually gone shit with ja not in the 17

 

[Noise]

Positives from tonight:
- Simonsson should get suspended for at least a month (hopefully 18).
- Waqa Blake appeared to hurt his arm at the end of the match. Fingers crossed it’s season ending.
- Josh Hodgson is one day closer to retirement or a season ending injury, whichever comes first.

 

[EelsFan05]

I'm waiting to hear BA say, 'The effort was there but we didn't ice the big moments'. Then I can call it a night.

 

[Happy MEel]

I'm just saying. They had some serious fire power out. Yes we had Lane and Jnr missing but they had far more big names out.
You'd have to be a fool to think they where even close to their best. They'll go up 2 or 3 gears.

That’s true but you’d hope we wouldn’t be missing a player for a quarter of the game, we get Lane and Paulo back, BA has hopefully realised his mistake with Hodgson and he’s dropped or playing only 20 minutes and we still have 3 roster spots to fill with reportedly a bit of a war chest to spend. We could conceivably add an elite player into one of those spots and at least improve our other outside back deficiencies, as well as being in some better middle depth. If we can achieve that we’ll shit on the Roosters. They were pretty average tonight all things considered.

 

[emjaycee]

I'm just saying. They had some serious fire power out. Yes we had Lane and Jnr missing but they had far more big names out.
You'd have to be a fool to think they where even close to their best. They'll go up 2 or 3 gears.

True they have a gear or 2 they can go up. And we showed last week we probably have as well.
Fact is we havent beaten them away from our home ground since about 2008 or something. They are one of our true bogey teams with a 6-13 record in 15 years.

 

[hindy111]

BA interchanges have been poor.
RCG being asked to play the first 40 when we only had 40%of ball. Hodgson in for to long. Huge errors.

I hope he sees the light next week. Matto gets his 13 spot back. Bryce and Lane in the 2nd row. Hands starts and Hodgson on bench. Waqa dropped

 

[Happy MEel]

Maybe go after toupou for this year and next 2

Absolutely. He’d be perfect for the next two years. Excellent aerial target for Moses as well.

 

[Gronk]

So Moses gets tackled in the air after a T5 kick, but no penalty because …. ?