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

[Poupou Escobar]

You should go to bed. You lost $20. I was right and predicted a 40 point win. Now you bitter and making silly comments.
Go to bed, have a rest and come back fresh.

I also thought we could win by 40, although we didn't. We could've won by 40 last week as well (but didn't win at all). There's no foregone conclusions but the start is very important.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

both would have to be better options at 14 than young Jakey

He's never worn 14 for our club. He is not an impact utility, he is a backup halfback.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Ummmmmm yeah promising.......... So where does Jakey fit into this conversation????

As shit as you think he is, very few NRL halfbacks were that good at 19.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

FFS are we coming last and lost today? Feels like it reading the last few pages…

we gave knights their biggest loss of the season even with a pretty decent injury crisis… and we played away!!

gee even panthers didn’t win like this with Ponga out and the Sharks didn’t either….

it was a f**ken great win!! Shows what we can do when we just complete high and limit our errors!!

I am happy!!

Merkins are gutted because they wanted us to lose with Drown in the centres.

 

[Gronk]

Merkins are gutted because they wanted us to lose with Drown in the centres.

You’re not far off.

We’ve got the Cows in Darwin, then Penrith away and the Rorters in Magic Round. Good confidence builder.

 

[Wally21]

I just finished watching the game and jumped on here.

Is the main talking point from this game really Jake Arthur ? Obsessed much ?

I reckon that Dylan did a great job vs Gagai out there, who was probably their only genuine threat.

Reg, Jnr, Matto, Pappa wow. Reedy was busy, but not as good as the commentators said.The bench provided punch and moses was given a wide berth to be creative. Good game by both wingers. Gutho strong.

Enjoy the win you dickheads. Happy Ortho Easter.

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[Gronk]

Gronk I haven’t seen that malt before. Good drop?

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[Wally21]

Can recommend. I got it from Nicks and when they release a batch, it always sells out quick.

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Brilliant, thanks for the tip!

 

[the phantom menace]

The opposition wasn't really up to much today (In attack or defence), but the performance particularly after half time was pleasing. Good to keep our line clean in defence, to come out stronger in the second half, and to get a win by a decent margin (if mainly through barge over rather than "creative" tries).

Dylan Brown in the centres? Worked ok against this opposition... good to have the option, and to maybe change things up on some other teams on game day so we're less predictable for them (in attack) and for their game plans (also in defence). Would still name him in #6 every week, even if a swap wider is potentially on.

Newcastle were truly shit today though, and Wests at least proved last week wasn't a fluke... But a "home" Darwin win against the Cowboys next week will be vital for momentum.

 

[the phantom menace]

Funny seeing Matty johns trying to do his best to not talk about the game today on his show.

True, there wasn't much about our game on there at all... I was watching at a club and they didn't have the sound up - who was the guy that wasn't Johns, Hindy or Fletcher? Couldn't recognise him!

 

[the phantom menace]

This game proved we’d have won the 2001 GF is we wore a weird cammo jersey

Yep, they looked pretty invincable in the paintball jersey!

 

[King-Gutho94]

True, there wasn't much about our game on there at all... I was watching at a club and they didn't have the sound up - who was the guy that wasn't Johns, Hindy or Fletcher? Couldn't recognise him!

Cody the grub walker

 

[King-Gutho94]

Btw was there a 6 again today in our game i dont recall that there was one.

Did Klein completely forget about the rule, both teams were perfect or just felt mercy for newcastle in that 2nd half when they were struggling in the 2nd half to get back.

 

[the phantom menace]

Cody the grub walker

Ah, thanks - didn't recognise him in his street clothes...

 

[King-Gutho94]

Yep, they looked pretty invincable in the paintball jersey!

We have a good record with our Annual Anzac jerseys 3 wins in a row. I have the 2020 version its the best one still i reckon.

On the flipside our win loss record with the indigenous jerseys is horrible i think we have won just once since we introduced it in 2016.

I wanna get one eventually but we keep losing in it every year turns me off getting it.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I’m certain that, whatever you’re doing in your Eels jerseys, you won’t be any worse at it in the indigenous version.

 

[Angry_eel]

A little nitpick but wtf was that penalty for when Ponga went on HIA.

Mahoney got a bare touch on him which he was allowed due to being the support player.

Ponga falls and hits Penisini in the knee.

I didn't quite get it. Can someone explain?

 

[Bandwagon]

A little nitpick but wtf was that penalty for when Ponga went on HIA.

Mahoney got a bare touch on him which he was allowed due to being the support player.

Ponga falls and hits Penisini in the knee.

I didn't quite get it. Can someone explain?

It was for Rheed taking Ponga out.

Penalties are sometimes the NRL's version of an Oscar, it happens.

The knee from Penisini costing Ponga fifteen in the head bin only happened because of Ponga playing up for the penalty, the poetic justice of that was a glory to behold.

 

[Noise]

A little nitpick but wtf was that penalty for when Ponga went on HIA.

Mahoney got a bare touch on him which he was allowed due to being the support player.

Ponga falls and hits Penisini in the knee.

I didn't quite get it. Can someone explain?

Mahoney tackled (lightly) Ponga without the ball. You can’t do it. We got a penalty for the same thing when Kaufusi was tackled lightly without the ball later in the game.

The rule is you can only tackle the player with the ball.

 

[Bandwagon]

On the whole Dylbro / Shrub saga, I'd suggest given the fact we are down to third or fourth string outside backs, and the way we used Dylbro at "centre" during the game, merkins are having a bit of a lend of themselves saying BA pushed Brown out of position to favour Jake.

Brown spent a good amount of time with Lane on his outside in attack, which allowed him to play as he does at five eight at any rate. He defended at centre, which no doubt was good for Perham with talk and positioning, from what I noticed he was pretty much only at centre in attack on transition from the kick taking the second or third hit up.

Our second try, Brown is at first receiver on the short side, Lane on his outside who sucks in Gagai off the wing ( where he's defending that play ) allowing the offload to an unmarked Perham.

Our Third try, Rheed takes off down the short side, Sucks in Clifford enough for Brown is at first receiver t get well on his outside shoulder, again Lane's on his outside, which holds up Gagai just enough for Browns big left foot step to get him past Gagai's inside shoulder.

In attack Brown played pretty much his normal role, but with one less bloke on his outside, he really wasn't moved out of position in a way that meant he couldn't play his natural game, yet our defence didn't suffer from the lack of having a specialist centre on his side.

Jake for the most part was just doing whatever the f**k Moses wanted him to do, which seemed to work well for Moses.

Dare I say it, I reckon given the circumstances, that's good coaching, and made the most of the players we had available.