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

[Gherkin]

Apart from the dropped ball Wiremu has played well tonight. Has really improved with increased minutes this year.
Hopgood has been unreal tonight, stepped up in the absence of some big names

 

[Tooooks]

Could’ve easily been 48-6 at halftime.

 

[Gazzamatta]

Knights by 20 as sad as it is to say it. They will go through the front door then kill us off out wide. Dunster to be a huge liability.
I guess it hasnt happened yet and as always I live in hope.
How can our prospects be so bad with only 2 significant outs and one of those being Simonsson.
Go Parra!

You know nothing Jon Snow!

 

[Eelogical]

Well this is a good start to the game. Great first half of footy and we still found ways to bomb 3 or 4 tries. Let’s keep it up in the second half please.

Been impressed with Greig, Hopgood and Cartwright. Paulo playing his best game of the season so far. Even Hodgson has looked very good.

Having said all that, this Knights team has been f**king woeful. Their defence is like tissue paper.

Twenty minutes in I wasn’t convinced. The lads weren’t finishing off movements that better teams would have devoured for dinner. Dunster is either injured or not Parra fit but either way he needs to be replaced.

 

[JokerEel]

Ponga with 8 missed tackles...

 

[the phantom menace]

Bryce has been great yet we sign Davey. You have to wonder what BA'S plans are.

He's covering for if Matterson gets more "flus".

 

[TheParraboy]

Matterson out tonight - we’re probably f**ked

Ffs. This could get ugly.

If we win tonight it will be a great victory. But we won’t. I actually fear we will get smashed and more players will be inducted to the shit list.

Newcastle to win 50-30?
What you reckon chaps?

 

[Tooooks]

Sorry if it’s already been mentioned but what was doing with Dunster on Penisini’s last big line break? Looked like he was running through wet cement.

 

[Avenger]

Apart from the dropped ball Wiremu has played well tonight. Has really improved with increased minutes this year.
Hopgood has been unreal tonight, stepped up in the absence of some big names

Is playing very well. Hopefully he is extended before his price goes up.

 

[Sensei Cobra]

Great first half but gee we butchered a few
Could easily be 40+
What’s up with Dunster ??

 

[Bandwagon]

I will pick

Russel and Dunster are worse then Waqa and Simmonson. It sucks but its true.

Russell has been ok , not good but passable, Dunster's lack of effort on 2 x Penisini breaks is just unforgivable.

Even if you're f**ked, you find something there.

 

[eels_fan]

We just need to control the second half, play possession footy for the first 10. We don’t want to give them a try or two by being impatient and throwing it around from the kick off.

Tire them out and run away with it in final 20.

we need a good win as we know the rabbitohs will probably do a number on us in 2 weeks so we need to maximise our f&a.

and we need Sivo to score for my multi to come off.

 

[parra pete]

If the Eels go on with it tonight, they'll have as many wins as Penrith..

 

[Jake the snake]

Ponga with 8 missed tackles...

He makes Hodgson look like an immortal

 

[Avenger]

Newcastle to win 50-30?
What you reckon chaps?

Did you think we’d be up by 24 at half time?

 

[Eelogical]

I will pick

Russel and Dunster are worse then Waqa and Simmonson. It sucks but its true.

Dunster, yes. Russell, not so much. But, I’m an impatient merkin so they can f**k him off if he doesn’t improve.

 

[eels_fan]

Stupidity. If he’s overrun it, just take the tackle Hands FFS

 

[the phantom menace]

If the Eels go on with it tonight, they'll have as many wins as Penrith..

Until tomorrow night...

 

[Captain BF]

I missed what was said about why Kurt Mann stayed in the sheds?

 

[Wally21]

It’s a CARTY PARTY!!!!!