Rnd 1 2020 Eels v Dogs BankWest Stadium - Game Day Thread

[Eelementary]

Relax mate

I am relaxed! You relax!

 

[DaveMc]

Dreadful performance, but it feels good to come away with 2 points after playing that shit.

 

[Avenger]

Is this the shemale from MAFS interviewing Jackson on Channel 9?

 

[Eelementary]

Guys, our attack was pedestrian - that will get better as the season goes on, and combinations improve.

But our defence - even allowing for the Dogs' woeful attack - was outstanding.

 

[Mr Parramatta]

Bit hard when the ball goes to about 3 players.

Who’s to blame for that?

 

[84 Baby]

I love Fergo

 

[hineyrulz]

Well Gutho said we had to learn how to win ugly. Don't get any uglier than that f**ken shitfest

That win was elephant man.

 

[Bazal]

I'll take any round one win.

And any win against the Dogs. f**k they're good at f**king up a game of footy. The Shane Flanagan school of footy, give away a thousand penalties to take any momentum out of the game and back your defence.

So it's all ok by me. We were ok, plenty of derp was the big problem but you can fix that easy enough

 

[Chipmunk]

Well it took us all of the 80 minutes, but we got there in the end. The Dogs were pretty gallant, but we didn't offer a lot in attack to really test them. Our defence was strong, but you have to ask did our opponents really challenge our defence that much.

Plenty to work on, it looks like we've done zero work on our attack as a team.

2 points in the first game of the season is always handy and a win is a win.

I'll be interested to see how we progress this season to be honest. We're a very long way from where we need to be.

 

[hineyrulz]

Who’s to blame for that?

Surely it’s the tactics???

 

[Sphagnum]

All I wanted to see was us getting our defensive house in order this year. Based on that I’d see neither team is bottom of the table fodder which is good for us.

win’s a win brotherf**kers

 

[strider]

Only reason we won was cos that superstar Nathan Brown chase the kick hard and made Lewis fumble it

Nrown MOTM for sure

 

[Bazal]

Surely it’s the tactics???

Doubtful. Did you watch our start?

It only happened when the game got mucky. Seemed like on field leader calls to me

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Our kit is beautiful.

But we won ugly. It was a good first round effort.

 

[Dibs]

I thought we were well on top when we were in their faces with energy, and aggression.

The problem was that, as we started to make errors, and possession swung in their favour, these tactics were not efficient any longer.

I agree. The issue was a dropped ball and a 5th tackle penalty which swung the momentum. We need to come up with points off the back of the aggression or be more disciplined to stop the momentum swing. Drop balls and penalties will happen but it’s back to back errors that hurt.

 

[84 Baby]

Who’s to blame for that?

The other 14 players for not putting their hand up?

 

[Eelementary]

The Dogs had, imo, 2 clear scoring opportunities, which were snuffed out by our scramble.

We were rusty in attack, and made plenty of errors - but imo, if you defend, and scramble, like that, you will win more than you lose.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I love Fergo

MotM

 

[Eelementary]

I agree. The issue was a dropped ball and a 5th tackle penalty which swung the momentum. We need to come up with points off the back of the aggression or be more disciplined to stop the momentum swing. Drop balls and penalties will happen but it’s back to back errors that hurt.

Absolutely, mate.

I am actually pretty happy with tonight - we played for 80 minutes.

It was a huge effort.

 

[Dibs]

Round One Scapegoat = sorted

True but I think there is some element of truth to the criticism.