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

[Soto]

The best thing that can happen now is the board calls an emergency meeting and punt the coach with immediate effect...offer the role to Ryan Carr for the rest of the year....before getting Bennett next yr and then Ryan Carr takes the head coach role in 3 yrs

 

[Avenger]

The best thing that can happen now is the board calls an emergency meeting and punt the coach with immediate effect...offer the role to Ryan Carr for the rest of the year.

That’s exactly what should happen but it won’t. Arthur has the board conned. Hopefully he is man enough to just quit like Brian Smith did when he knew his time was up.

 

[Soto]

Replace Brian with Brad and reprint the article .....https://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-05-15/smith-walks-out-on-eels/1754222

 

[Eelementary]

Speaking of this...they sent me a welcome email, then another email saying we apologise this was sent in error...I've been a member for 25+ years...go figure

Sums up the club to a tee...

 

[hindy111]

Man, Brad Arthur has it sweet.

Gets no results out of a decent roster, and is rewarded by being our longest-serving coach of all-time.

Joe Blows in regular jobs get no results in their jobs, and are sacked pretty quickly.

But, no - not at Parramatta.

Regardless of the culture he has instilled as top dog....regardless of his inability to extract consistency from his team...he is backed by management as the man to lead us to glory.

Do the people running the club not feel sick, and embarrassed, that we are now the proud bearers of the longest drought in the NRL?

The last time we were relevant, Germany was divided into 2, separate states FFS...

And, so, what does he do, leading up to season 2024? He signs a player who spurned us once, and is bog average, and was on the plane to the UK, before this desperate excuse for a football club went crawling back to him, begging him to sign on...

It's not good enough.

His recruitment policies are bewildering - Lomax's signing is a start, but it should not save this man's job.

His inability to craft a roster with decent depth, and with speed in our backs, is alarming, and after eleven seasons, he still has no clue how to get this team to defend like a Premiership-calibre team.

He must go.

BA would of been best to go last year. Another club would of offered him a 3yr deal. Pending how we go this year he might be coaching the Rhinos for good

 

[Soto]

BA would of been best to go last year. Another club would of offered him a 3yr deal. Pending how we go this year he might be coaching the Rhinos for good

I honestly don't think he would get another first grade coaching job in the nrl...

 

[hindy111]

Is Brendan Hands a starting NRL hooker ? f**k no. Is he better than the current version of Lussick who can't keep up with play ? Probably.

That doesn't give you bragging rights, that just highlights how shit we are right now.

Here lies the problem with many of our squad like Asi, Lussick, Hands, Russell, Harper etc -consistently.

The problem is the tactics and man in charge. Dolphins had players nobody heard of and missing 8 players including their 4 best. It wasn't that we lost. We have no smoothness to anything we do. Side lacks energy.
We've copped two floggings in 3 weeks. I would understand if it was against a top.line side but Dolphins and Canberra are just middle of the road.

 

[Noise]

BA would of been best to go last year. Another club would of offered him a 3yr deal. Pending how we go this year he might be coaching the Rhinos for good

Those poor Rhinos.

 

[hindy111]

Very quiet night, I think the consensus of the group was Brad just needs some more time and hopefully the board will be smart enough to give it to him.

Took Ivan 15yrs

 

[Happy MEel]

You’ve got to love the presser at 2.53.

Brad: “I’m not dissolving my responsibility, BUT…”

Before completely absolving all responsibility and throwing his players under the bus.

The fact he was genuinely happy with the first 30 minutes is the biggest problem as that’s the standard he wants. We were absolute trash and could only muster 2 tries with all that ball. That’s coaching you muppet.

 

[King-Gutho94]

I honestly don't think he would get another first grade coaching job in the nrl...

He will get another gig if duds like Kearney and Anthony Griffin got multiple coaching jobs.

Brad will definitely get one.

There is not a lot of good coaches going around.

 

[hindy111]

Should of went for Flanngan when had the chance. Instead plenty wanted to laugh at how poor Cirlado looks. Dogs are starting to put it together. Ciraldo is doing fine.

 

[Eelementary]

BA would of been best to go last year. Another club would of offered him a 3yr deal. Pending how we go this year he might be coaching the Rhinos for good

We can only hope...

 

[Eelementary]

I honestly don't think he would get another first grade coaching job in the nrl...

He probably would - the media thinks he is a "very good coach".

There's bound to be another board out there dumb enough to give him a job...

 

[Soto]

You’ve got to love the presser at 2.53.

Brad: “I’m not dissolving my responsibility, BUT…”

Before completely absolving all responsibility and throwing his players under the bus.

The fact he was genuinely happy with the first 30 minutes is the biggest problem as that’s the standard he wants. We were absolute trash and could only muster 2 tries with all that ball. That’s coaching you f**kwit.

We had all the ball but could do fk all with it...mediocrity is the acceptable standard.
The mentality clearly was stay in the grind and we will win this.
Theirs was let's keep playing footy and put foot on our throats...
Out schooled and outplayed by a bit parts team playing without 6 regular first graders in conditions we are more accustomed to.
We've now lost in Darwin 3 years in a row....time to f**k that off and give the loyal, passionate supporters another home game. Half the crowd goes for the opposition anyway.. wake the fk up u stupid club.
Here's a novel idea...play the Easter Monday game against the tuggers at Homebush and get 40-50k and play another game at Commbank...

 

[lingard]

On a positive note I thought Simonsson was very good tonight. Ran for 162m in a well beaten side.

He's got some serious speed, too. Shame the coach doesn't know how to use it to serious advantage.

 

[The Predictor]

Yep, he’s at least trying but he’s no halfback.

Even at 6 he is not fulfilling his role, mentality and maturity is poor, I have huge doubts he is going to fulfil his potential, if he is it is taking too fkn long!!!

 

[Soto]

Let's just hope this really intensifies the efforts to sign Wayne Bennett

 

[King-Gutho94]

Replace Brian with Brad and reprint the article .....https://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-05-15/smith-walks-out-on-eels/1754222

Last night thinking about it reminded me of that game in 2006 in about round 6 when we played Penrith at Parra stadium on a Sunday arvo.

Craig Gower got taken out and busted a lung just before HT and we went in at 18-10.

Penrith came out with no halfback and scored 5 tries to win 40-18.

Brian was gone a month later. But that loss was the start of the end.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Should of went for Flanngan when had the chance. Instead plenty wanted to laugh at how poor Cirlado looks. Dogs are starting to put it together. Ciraldo is doing fine.

Hasler was available as well.

Look at our roster compared to the Titans.

Des would be doing a better job here then on the GC. With what he has at his disposal.