Rd9: 6pm EELS v Knights GAME DAY THREAD @ Commbank Stadium 28/4/23

[Jake the snake]

As a winger you need to be either big strong and powerful an d safe if lack speed. If you're not big and strong you have to be lightning fast like say Staines or Johnston.
What the hell does Haze offer as a winger? He is weak, kind of small, slow and gets dominated. To give him credit his defense was solid.

His game offers absolutely nothing. Saw nothing of him in the lower grades and even before his injury. No speed, no strength. NOTHHINGGGG. He’s just a body breathing our valuable air at Commbank.

 

[Jake the snake]

It was a great win and refreshing to see our middles stand up under some adversity. Emu, Maka and even Ogden were great. Hopgood Carty and Paulo fantastic.

in saying that we should have had 12-18 more points at a minimum. 16 errors is horrendous

47 missed tackles against a team throwing nothing at us is also super concerning

47 missed and 16 errors will see you lose by 40 to any team competing for the premiership

great to get a win a start the weekend, but a shit tonne of work still needed to be done.

I’ll take the two. But we still can’t put a full 80 together. Down to the coach.

 

[Wally21]

What did you think of the game?
It was scrappy on both sides I felt. No intensity. Grieg impressed me as did Makatoa. Peninsi is sensational.
Bryce went well bar defense. Haze and Rusell worry me.

I thought Carty was ok in defence. Checked the stats and couldn’t believe he missed 7 tackles. I only recall 2

 

[Jake the snake]

I'd give Russel more time. He is young. I don't think he is ever going to be that good but he might be solid.

Yeah I’d give him more time but I expected more from him. I’d play him ahead of dumpster on the wing.

 

[hindy111]

His game offers absolutely nothing. Saw nothing of him in the lower grades and even before his injury. No speed, no strength. NOTHHINGGGG. He’s just a body breathing our valuable air at Commbank.

Dunster or JA ?

 

[jason taylor]

Russell needs to go back to the wing where he belongs (or at fullback if Gutho ever goes down), put Simonson back into centre when fit.

Blake should never be an option in our 17 again - I’d rather the shoehorning approach of Russell Centre/Dunster on the Wing than Waqa anywhere near the starting side.

 

[eels_fan]

Simonssen straight in for Dunster next week

Matto in for Doorey

 

[Jake the snake]

Dunster or JA ?

Settle champ

 

[Poupou Escobar]

As a winger you need to be either big strong and powerful an d safe if lack speed. If you're not big and strong you have to be lightning fast like say Staines or Johnston.
What the hell does Haze offer as a winger? He is weak, kind of small, slow and gets dominated. To give him credit his defense was solid.

Yeah he's a safe winger. Suitable for a backup, but if he's playing you better hope you're getting output from elsewhere.

 

[Wally21]

Simonssen straight in for Dunster next week

Matto in for Doorey

I never thought I would say this, but based on tonight’s game, I would stick with Ogden on the bench for at least another game, he was far better than I expected

 

[T.S Quint]

So RCG was the problem all along.

f**k him off!

 

[T.S Quint]

We had 13 line breaks, the Knights missed 65 tackles. Surely both would be some kind of record.

Our line breaks to tries scored ratio might be some sort of record.

 

[hindy111]

Yeah he's a safe winger. Suitable for a backup, but if he's playing you better hope you're getting output from elsewhere.

I'd rather Waqa in the wing.

A yhows we won. We need to win our next 2 imo no it's or buts. Just have to get them wins. Souths after that which will be hard.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I’ll take the two. But we still can’t put a full 80 together. Down to the coach.

How bad must those other 12 coaches be whose teams have worse points differential than us. Learn to coach for 80 minutes you useless merkins.

 

[King-Gutho94]

So RCG was the problem all along.

f**k him off!

Haha

Full credit to BA he had us up tonight maybe he has photos on AOB. And the agreement is that the Knights fold whenever they play us.

 

[hindy111]

I never thought I would say this, but based on tonight’s game, I would stick with Ogden on the bench for at least another game, he was far better than I expected

Yeah he was but in a game where Knights where garbage and Makatoa looked sensational.

 

[King-Gutho94]

We got Knights at perfect time.

They through everything into the last 2 weeks and came up duck egg

Mental letdown and we took advantage

We could have put 70 on them though left 5 tries out there.

 

[T.S Quint]

How bad must those other 12 coaches be whose teams have worse points differential than us. Learn to coach for 80 minutes you useless merkins.

Ah yes, like Trent Robinson.
Can’t even get a team of superstars into a positive differential.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Ponga finished with 10 missed tackles

He is the new Jarryd Hayne without being a convicted rapist.

Paid on potential but delivers SFA.

 

[the phantom menace]

Ponga's never been the same since his toilet cubicle escapade...