Rd7: Eels v Knights GAME DAY THREAD in Newcastle 24/4/22

[Poupou Escobar]

yep. Not sure why people get cut if he’s criticized. Being the coaches son shouldn’t excuse him from scrutiny

He's my loved one you f**ken hypocrite

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Not from what I've heard

You need to stop listening to mik.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Yes, they were out on their feet when Lane scored that absurdly soft try in the 11th minute!! Lol

Repeat sets. Only takes a couple of minutes and effort on effort can wear down any big pack.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Seriously bro. You on shrooms??

Yes but that's got nothing to do with it.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

No he didn’t but he did f**k ALL.

He kept us on the game plan. If you had any idea about footy you'd see that.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

In saying this, today was very good for our for and against. Newcastle were rubbish and didn't really threaten our goal line yet when they did, we were solid. A plus 37 on our f and a was excellent.
It was what I expected we should do today against a team like the Knights if we are expected to be contenders.
As I said before, we should have done this to the Tigers last week. A valuable 2 points lost that was.

It happens, we had an off day last week. Melbourne had an off day and we beat them. There's the two points. It all comes out in the wash.

 

[Gazzamatta]

He's been too good for reserve grade.

And how many reserve grade games have you seen live Ruan?

 

[The Predictor]

He's been too good for reserve grade.

But nowhere good enough for first grade, where does that leave him?

 

[hindy111]

You need to stop listening to mik.

The merkin barely talks to me anymore, f**k him

 

[The Predictor]

Next week Opacic,Russel and Marata might be back. Very good chance.

Russell?

 

[Parra Cheeses]

L

Newcastle on the road was always tough we always seemed to lose up there.

We have won 3 on the trot up there for the first time ever so no longer a bogey ground and last 2 seasons have been spankings

It happens, we had an off day last week. Melbourne had an off day and we beat them. There's the two points. It all comes out in the wash.

Melbourne didn’t have an off day we beat them good.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Had to push ignore, u are unbearable

Coward

If you merkins didn’t choose to whinge all week you wouldn’t look like f**ken idiots when we win. You’ve put yourself in this position, not me. Maybe next week we’ll lose and then you can go back to crowing.

 

[Gazzamatta]

One poor kick, a forward pass, a hospital pass to N.Brown and 4 or 5 missed tackles.....

One good kick.... I felt like he was ordinary as could be.

From what I seen he shouldn't even be our back up half or in the top 30. Honestly id rather Rankin if we did lose Brown or Moses.

Go Captain Rankin.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

So we have a back up half and his game plan is to just don't get in the way lol. Lot of confidence in him hey

How much confidence should we have in a backup?

 

[Incorrect]

Coward

If you merkins didn’t choose to whinge all week you wouldn’t look like f**ken idiots when we win. You’ve put yourself in this position, not me. Maybe next week we’ll lose and then you can go back to crowing.

Who you talkin' to Pou?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Next week Opacic,Russel and Marata might be back. Very good chance.

Arthur's will stick them all in reserve grade just so he can keep his son in the team.

 

[hindy111]

Arthur's will stick them all in reserve grade just so he can keep his son in the team.

Its possible. He was in the 17 when Opacic was named

 

[Incorrect]

How much confidence should we have in a backup?

More

 

[Angry_eel]

I think that game was the perfect Brad Arthur ball we've seen from this team. Calm, composed, boring, sticking to game plan, bashing and winning.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Lol

We're unbeaten despite his inclusion, not because of....

Missed tackles ( like a lot of slightly built halves granted), forward passes, unforced errors, perplexing kicks.... He's a handbrake pure and simple.

Yeah a handbrake after winning 39-2. You miss the point of backup players. Most teams that lose, lose because of their backups. They're the ones who make crucial errors and miss important tackles. Most of Arthur's missed tackles were because he makes an effort to help his mates in defence and attempts some low percentage tackles at runners on either side of him. None of his errors were at crucial moments and his one bad kick was under big pressure.