Rd7 2024: 8pm Eels v Dolphins GAME DAY THREAD @ Tio Stadium Darwin April 19th

[JokerEel]

f**k Pou is rubbing his hands together getting ready for a week of replying to you merkins

 

[hineyrulz]

I wonder what the bald prick will say at the Presso?? Who’s he going to blame this time??

 

[the phantom menace]

Consolation try aside, absolutely appalling for Parra to have 40 points put on us in the second half - after leading 8-4 at the break.

We are that easy to pick apart, that a bit of corrective work from Wayne at half time rendered our one dimensional "game plan" useless, and easily found the weaknesses to exploit. Continuously for forty minutes.

Well played Dolphins. More of a chance of reaching this season's top 8 than this spineless blue and gold rabble. Take a bow BA, Barrett and Lussick, you clowns.

 

[Chipmunk]

What a remarkable proposition, having blokes who can cover injury

We've got zero options outside of the first 19 in the squad.

 

[Soren Lorenson]

On a positive note, Danika is still hot. I think she gets even hotter in Darwin.

 

[the phantom menace]

f**k Pou is rubbing his hands together getting ready for a week of replying to you merkins

I think he's rubbing something other than his hands

 

[Sensei Cobra]

A few reserve graders made us look like bums

 

[hineyrulz]

f**k Pou is rubbing his hands together getting ready for a week of replying to you merkins

Pou - “ Parra lose it’s my time to shine baby”

 

[eel01s]

Disgusting. Disgraceful.

Spoon worthy performance. Forget the top eight, can we avoid the spoon?

Sack the entire coaching staff, swap some players and start the rebuild for next year. It is imperative we appoint a new coach asap so he can have input into the team.

 

[hineyrulz]

We had all the ball and territory that first half, how did we just give up so easily. We look so unfit.

 

[84 Baby]

our complete inability to turn possession into points really stung us tonight

Doesn’t even compare to our shithouse effort in the ruck. ZERO f**kEN EFFORT!
JMK just said we’re a tough team. I think he needs to review the video of that one

 

[Angry_eel]

BA has done some wonderful things for this club in his tenure. He turned us from wooden spoon basket case to a relatively consistent finals team. We got to a GF and got beaten by a champion team.

Last year wasn’t great but we were cursed with injuries and suspensions so was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and try and do something this year a bit under the radar.

But after the start we have had this year he has to know it’s time to fall in his sword. We have a talented squad of players but we look slow, one dimensional and our defence is not first grade standard.

Do the right thing BA it’s time for a new start.

Yea As If. Millions of $$$s and Booodz in the making. He's not going anywhere.

 

[Zoso]

Says more about us than them if we’re getting carved up by their

Says more about us than them if we’re getting carved up by their backups.

And their coach stayed home and phoned it in…

A few reserve graders made us look like bums

And their coach phoned it in from home!

 

[DaveMc]

Imagine having a dummy half who has any talent or pace? Marshall-King is no superstar, but we’ve just resigned ourselves in Lussick to the BA special of a tackle bot who can vaguely distribute (but query whether he can even do this).

Lussick really drives home for me that BA might’ve been a genuinely good first grade coach about 20 years ago, with a simpler game. But he’s not the answer now.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I'm off these fat merkins. They have been out of fashion since the game resumed after Covid ffs. In 2018 the pack was too small and since 2020 it's too big. I blame climate change.

 

[84 Baby]

I wonder what the bald prick will say at the Presso?? Who’s he going to blame this time??

Hope he f**ken lines up Sarantinos for organising this f**king game!

 

[Avenger]

The coach has to be punted purely and simply for attempting to play one player at 9 for 80 minutes, with a player who is not capable of playing even 60 minutes.

He keeps making rookie errors. He’s a f**king dope and tactically a disaster.

 

[DaveMc]

We've got zero options outside of the first 19 in the squad.

Absolutely, which is an absolute indictment on the club

 

[Sensei Cobra]

I’m really not sure what to say … that’s about as bad as it gets … we clearly have a side that won’t be winning anything anytime soon … BA was tremendous for us post 2016 but he reached his ceiling in 2022 and it was a fantastic ride …. How long does the club persist with the current set up … ?

 

[DaveMc]

I'm off these fat merkins. They have been out of fashion since the game resumed after Covid ffs. In 2018 the pack was too small and since 2020 it's too big. I blame climate change.

What are the common denominators across 2018, 2020 and 2023?