Rd6: EELS v Tigers GAME DAY THREAD @ Accor 10/4/23

[Gazzamatta]

Well we won the 2s so Brad has plenty of options.

 

[The Predictor]

Yeah I reconsidered. Worst game defensively. Dunster has an excuse for being poor. Will does not.

Why pick him if he has an excuse? No excuse for that performance from Dunster…..we are short a half dozen players across the park

 

[Happy MEel]

I’d drop Hodgson and put anyone else at 14 and start with Hands. But it won’t happen.

#metoo

 

[Suitman]

at least Brad has another two and half years to teach them how to defend their flanks the middle and everywhere else…..diabolical

He's already had 10 seasons to work this out and hasn't. Don't hold your breath for anything changing.

 

[Chipmunk]

i've refrained from reading this thread today after the game started and I won't being going back.
My view is the game played out as expected.
We made it as hard for ourselves as I expected us to.
We are still a poorly coached team.
We just cannot get the basic's of a game right, even against the worst, weaker teams like the Tigers.
Did the Tigers lift today? Maybe. A bit more effort possibly but they were still appalling. We just did not have the go get attitude to finish them off when we could have.
Despite our previous losses, this was one of our worst performances of the season. We've played better against the better teams and lost.
I'll take the two points, however.
Bulldogs next week will be a test, although they shouldn't be if we are on our game.

We've lacked attention to detail to many facets of the game. The coach has been here a decade and it's remained the same, a complete lack of attention to detail where it matters.

We've relied on the brilliance of the individual alone for far too long. That can only take you so far.

 

[Suitman]

We've lacked attention to detail to many facets of the game. The coach has been here a decade and it's remained the same, a complete lack of attention to detail where it matters.

I wish I'd said that.

 

[hineyrulz]

Once Arthur agrees with some other eels staff and drops Hodgson we will be right

He just needs to get Parra fit, and then we'll be sweet.

 

[The Predictor]

He's already had 10 seasons to work this out and hasn't. Don't hold your breath for anything changing.

I was JOKING!!!!!!!

 

[hineyrulz]

What happened to Old man emu? Was he injured or just kept off by Baldy.

Bea probably forgot about him in all the excitement. Remember the game against Canberra last year when he completely forgot about Reg till about 5mins to go??? The bloke is a turnip.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

So how wasn’t he singled out then? Wasn’t that your argument?

He wasn't blamed for our losses. He was dropped to give an opportunity to someone else who had earnt it. That's very different from blaming him for the losses.

 

[Noise]

He wasn't blamed for our losses. He was dropped to give an opportunity to someone else who had earnt it. That's very different from blaming him for the losses.

No one is blaming anyone for our loss tonight. We won. It just so happens that some players were not first grade standard.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I stopped caring the moment Staines was bending our defensive line.....

We have always struggled against nippy merkins through the middle. It's why Souths kill us.

 

[Happy MEel]

He wasn't blamed for our losses. He was dropped to give an opportunity to someone else who had earnt it. That's very different from blaming him for the losses.

How do you know he wasn’t blamed. At least a decent contribution was attributed to it, otherwise you wouldn’t drop him.

Secondly, Did we lose tonight?

I want us to improve our team so we keep winning.

 

[Soto]

Bea probably forgot about him in all the excitement. Remember the game against Canberra last year when he completely forgot about Reg till about 5mins to go??? The bloke is a turnip.

Turnip is being kind.
Don't need a long neck to be a goose

 

[84 Baby]

Why pick him if he has an excuse? No excuse for that performance from Dunster…..we are short a half dozen players across the park

Seriously? The alternative was Waqa.
Dunster wasn’t good but he wasn’t Waqa/Bailey bad

 

[yy_cheng]

I think ba has a plan. He's timing our run home.

Putting hodgo in requires the others to cover and to do more work. This will help us in the long run.

He s giving us practice in trying to close out close games

I mean thrashing teams didn't really help

 

[hineyrulz]

So I guess Arthur is a scapegoater for dropping Waqa and Simo. Why else drop them? Why do any players get dropped if you can’t single them out for poor performance. When individual players aren’t performing, you drop them to improve the entire team and see if they can improve against a lesser opposition.

by your argument, no one should ever get dropped because that singles them out. Some of your arguments are laughable.

Pou is just worried about getting dropped on LU for poor performance.

 

[Noise]

They Tigers seemed to grow another leg when Hodgo came back on in the second half...

You would too if you got to play against a geriatric who doesn’t know how to defend.

 

[Happy MEel]

Pou is just worried about getting dropped on LU for poor performance.

My God. It is Hodgson-like

 

[hindy111]

Seriously? The alternative was Waqa.
Dunster wasn’t good but he wasn’t Waqa/Bailey bad

I've not seen either have such a shit game. Dunster was diabolical bad. He bounced off tackles, dropped balls, Made poor reads and when Moses made a break couldn't keep pace.
Simmonson walks into he side