Rd8: Eels v Cowboys GAME DAY THREAD in Darwin 30/4/22

[hineyrulz]

Hello darkness my old friend

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I think Titans broke 51 against Penrith last night. Forget score... 18-4to Panthers I think....

Yeah right? Who did they single out for blame?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Were all 6 of their tries down our left edge? Jake and Drown at 6 and 4 is not working in attack or defence. End it.

Do the edge forward and winger also bear some responsibility? They missed the most tackles.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Just like the Tigers game they kept going side to side in attack and thought theyd get around them, without trying to play it strong up the middle. Then they got frustrated. The Cowboys went up the middle and took their chances.

I knew and so did other Eels fans that the Cowboys were going to be up for this game, theyve been in good form, just a shame the players werent aware of it.

I'm really annoyed they conceded 35 points in the end, just absolutely pathetic. Their defence this year has been not been great and needs to improve a lot if they are fair dinkum of being a contender.

Thanks for spoiling my birthday weekend : (

Great post, and not a single scapegoat. Obviously it was your fault birthday merkin

 

[Poupou Escobar]

You’re wasting your time. He doesn’t even believe the stuff he writes.

I absolutely believe things are complex and never as simple as whingers pretend they are.

 

[hineyrulz]

Hope he didn’t decide to take on the cows supporters at the pub??!

 

[Poupou Escobar]

We still scored 16 points and were a bees dick away from beating a top 4 side. Perhaps if BA didn’t waste a bench spot on his son we may have won. So I guess Brad is the scapegoat.

Yeah we could've brought on another reserve grader to take minutes from one of the first graders. Maybe Wiremu Greig would've kept our defence tight in the middle against the Sharks? Reed Mahoney must've been gassed after making 35 tackles ffs.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

In fairness iinjuries have forced BAs hand.

Yep, merkins acting like centre isn't an important position. Can you imagine if Cartwright had played there tonight? With Hayze Perham outside him?

 

[hineyrulz]

Slaughtered, demolition.hammerred, destroyed

*Analed.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Injuries are a cop out. If he really wanted too they could have upgraded a outside back the same way they did for Jake last year before the round 11 cutoff.

We already have a bunch of outside backs in the top 30, and most of the injured ones will be back this season.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Yep, too much passing, not enough running. I actually blame the spine (which includes Jake Arthur) for trying to go around the Cowboys. We are not a thinking team, and Dylan Brown doesn't fix that problem. Though at least he will (usually) step back inside when the defence is rushing up out wide. He didn't against the Tigers though. He threw plenty of shit passes.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Brad Arthur.

So who gets the praise when we beat Melbourne? I'm tipping it's someone else.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

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Exactly. There would be maybe a handful oout of 33K members who could see any positives out of tonight. And I think they are all on this forum

I haven't seen anyone saying there's positives. Just that anyone who singles one player out as the cause of tonight's performance is a f**king idiot.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

So Todd Payton is a star coach now?

Towsend and Deardon were laughed at ... they were pretty plop last year ... JT seemed disgruntled... lots of young inexperienced rats tails

3rd now .... Todd rocks

Half a season is all it takes. Rugby league isn't a game for analysts.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

That's ok.
Ours was awesome last year.

No, Penrith's and Melbourne's was awesome last year. Ours was just good. You're too dumb to play this game Suity. Don't try and be a hero now that every idiot is piling on. Us losing doesn't prove any point you've previously made. It certainly doesn't disprove any of mine. Disappointing losses are a fact of life. How do you think the Storm feel when we beat them?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Mate, I was all in saying the Townsend signing at 800K was ridiculous. But between him and Deardon, they doing ok. Drinkwater looked f**king great tonight.... Reece Robson is a gun.... It's a spine devoid of a coach's son, and they'll probably win a comp before us !!!!

Well they've won a comp more recently than us too, which says a lot about the relative strength of each club.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

The kid just hasn’t got it and anyone suggesting that he there on his own merits is smoking party cones.

He is so slow to react to anything. BA if he continues with this farce will be held to account and sacked.

Nine years as a coach and he is still making fundamental errors. Many in that side should never see first grade again. Perham and Simonsson I would sack immediately.

And replace them with whom? All our backs looked ordinary tonight, even the one who made big metres.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

There is a a reason we have won f**k all in 36 years. But but but it’s the fans apparently lololol. The only reason there is still a club is us fans. We deserve so much better.

Who else has been there over the 36 years? The Plumber and f**ken Spags?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

32k + members. Breaking records every year BUT no closer to a premiership.
If we fizzle out this year which I'm really fearful of, the numbers will start falling off

No they f**ken won't. As many merkins love an underdog as love a bandwagon.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Didn't ask you a question.

Yeah you did:

If that's your explaination, then why did you bother typing anything about the attacking record for the season in the first place, Captain O?