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

[Cloeel]

The only one in the NRL is Brisbane, and how do we even know they still have the resources they had even five years ago? This could be the new normal for them.

It absolutely is. Success doesn’t come by accident, it requires manpower (human resources, not the strippers) and good people cost more money than average ones. And if you consider humans doing it cheaply or free, because they love the club then that is also a fundamental strength of the club. Parramatta aren’t going to poach Nick Politis from the Roosters. He is part of their fundamental strength.

Two losing grand finals in 36 years isn’t a ‘lean period’, it is a sign of fundamental weakness in the organisation. How many other clubs have been through this recently?
An information free statement if there ever was one. You may as well have said winning requires scoring more points than the opposition. Have you ever actually been involved in “putting proper systems in place”? It doesn’t take magic, it takes money. The people required to develop and implement these systems don’t work for free. The best ones are on big money, and in a rugby league context they would already be working for Uncle Nick or Holding M.S. Australia. We are not talking about coaches, we are talking about the people who choose the people who hire and fire coaches, along with everyone else who makes the NRL team win or lose.
No I don’t. Defence causes fatigue, far more than attack. It’s why we try to reduce errors and control possession. Ideally we also get repeat sets. In any set of six you’re only going to have at most six players tackled with the ball, no matter what style of play you’re using. And after the game is over there’s about 10000 minutes to recover for the next game.

If it was about fatigue it would be late season fade outs. We wouldn’t recover in time for the finals like we did last year.

We don’t have as many players with the individual ability to make defenders miss, meaning we need more tackles, on average, to force enough consecutive defensive mistakes for a try to occur.

Great post

 

[hineyrulz]

Looks like he identified the right weakness. Good job BA!

But premiership winning coach Cleary could see something in Salmon Bea cluldnt. He’s been pretty good coming off the bench for them.

 

[strider]

I can’t remember I thought Will broke his hand last year?? It’s all fuzzy it’s hard supporting this team and being a raging alcoholic.

you might be right .... it could be last year or 2020 i am thinking of with the hand

So I dunno if it was his hand .... but Will was injured prior to magic round (got named on extended bench for magic round) .... and Salmon had been playing #6 that time .... I suspect Will might have been likely to have been playing over salmon if he hadnt been injured

Injury Report: Round Nine

An update on the Parramatta Eels squad ahead of the upcoming round nine clash against the Melbourne Storm at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane in NRL’s Magic Round (Round Nine) of the NRL Telstra Premiership on Saturday 11 May.

www.parraeels.com.au

 

[Cloeel]

But premiership winning coach Cleary could see something in Salmon Bea cluldnt. He’s been pretty good coming off the bench for them.

Thats the same coach who was given the arse by the Warriors and the Panthers once a upon a time.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Flip flopper?? I was proven correct, he wasn’t a 6. In the 2020 off season we had him training in the centres are the coaching staff flip floppers as well for playing him @ 6 and then tried to turn him into a centre???


And he was dropped after Magic round while super coach got extended lol.

Still flipping and flopping like a freshly caught salmon.

 

[krodsorin]

You don't understand how my mind works.

Tomorrow = Lots of money to be made
Brain = Can't sleep I want to get that money

Its a Mediterranean Descendant thing built into dna

Sounds like Ur an ADHD Mediterranean Descendant welcome to the club

 

[hineyrulz]

Still flipping and flopping like a freshly caught salmon.

No flipping flopping here, I was spot on about Salmon. As usual.

 

[strider]

No flipping flopping here, I was spot on about Salmon. As usual.

As was the club who only played him at 6 due to injuries - otherwise he was a 14 or centre

 

[IFR33K]

We had Will Smith, so didn't need Salmon.

well, we had ja coming thru the ranks so we didn’t need either

 

[hineyrulz]

As was the club who only played him at 6 due to injuries - otherwise he was a 14 or centre

Yep a utility, unlike Jakey. Who can’t play anywhere but the halves It would be good to have a utility in the squad atm.

 

[IFR33K]

Yep a utility, unlike Jakey. Who can’t play anywhere but the halves It would be good to have a utility in the squad atm.

don’t insult halves. He isn’t a halves asshole

 

[Gary Gutful]

No flipping flopping here, I was spot on about Salmon. As usual.

That statement sounds a bit fishy.

 

[Gazzamatta]

I can’t remember I thought Will broke his hand last year?? It’s all fuzzy it’s hard supporting this team and being a raging alcoholic.

Which came first?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

But premiership winning coach Cleary could see something in Salmon Bea cluldnt. He’s been pretty good coming off the bench for them.

No he's been ordinary, which is all they need from him for 30 minutes a week.

 

[hineyrulz]

Which came first?

Seeing i've been following the Eels since i was 4 it was the raging alcoholic.

 

[hineyrulz]

No he's been ordinary, which is all they need from him for 30 minutes a week.

We could do with an ordinary utility that can handle 30 mins of first grade atm.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Thank god Bernie is gone or we'd be requiring a lot more than 30 minutes.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

We could do with an ordinary utility that can handle 30 mins of first grade atm.

Should’ve anticipated we’d have seven outside backs unavailable at the same time ffs!

 

[hineyrulz]

Looks like Gronky has Tagged Pou in, he’s busy working on Albo’s election campaign

 

[Gazzamatta]

Should’ve anticipated we’d have seven outside backs unavailable at the same time ffs!

Good management prepares for all contingencies.