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

[Bandwagon]

Good hit out, rusty in attack, but defensively we were really sound. I'm pretty happy to get an ugly win.

Attack will get better, handling will get better and we won't put ourselves under so much pressure.

TBH I reckon a tight ugly win is what we needed to start our season. Less risk of getting ahead of ourselves and buying into the hype.

 

[hineyrulz]

Lol Browny MOTM on nine, proof these merkins have no idea.

 

[strider]

Nrown channel 9 MOTM

LOL ..... unload merkins

 

[Poupou Escobar]

The dogs actually weren’t bad. They deserved to be right in it as long as they were. Tough win

Their defence was excellent.

 

[Eelementary]

Their defence was excellent.

Agreed.

I felt the Doggies frustrated us into rash attacking moves with their good defence.

 

[Avenger]

Just looking at Nathan Brown’s rig I can say I have a better one. And he get the Channel 9 MOM. f**k me.

 

[Bandwagon]

Their defence was excellent.

But not as good as ours.

 

[hineyrulz]

He wasn't great, I agree.

But he's a kid, getting overcalled by Gutho and Moses, and he defended better than half our forwards. And his touches at the back end were good.

He made 25 tackles and missed none, massive for a 19 year old half. His attack will come.

 

[Happy MEel]

He wasn't great, I agree.

But he's a kid, getting overcalled by Gutho and Moses, and he defended better than half our forwards. And his touches at the back end were good.

Fair call, he had a couple of decent touches at the back end. But he needs to demand the ball if he wants it otherwise we’ll get more of the same.

 

[Eelementary]

But not as good as ours.

I cannot say it enough - our defence tonight was unreal.

The way we scrambled was absolutely brilliant.

 

[Eelementary]

Fair call, he had a couple of decent touches at the back end. But he needs to demand the ball if he wants it otherwise we’ll get more of the same.

I reckon he will, as he gets more comfortable.

 

[Bazal]

Fair call, he had a couple of decent touches at the back end. But he needs to demand the ball if he wants it otherwise we’ll get more of the same.

That'll come with age and confidence. The kid's a good footballer.

 

[strider]

Just looking at Nathan Brown’s rig I can say I have a better one. And he get the Channel 9 MOM. f**k me.

Yeah but your tatts arent as good

 

[Dibs]

I liked the aggression at the start of the game but it’s hard to keep it up so you need to take advantage of it. Momentum will always swing in games but you need to make the opposition earn it not give it up on a silver platter.
Our defense was good but as mentioned the dogs didn’t throw a lot at us. What I did like about it in particular was our scramble. Every time we seemed to be in trouble defensively someone turned up to shut it down.
Attack was ordinary and I agree with the criticism of the stifling 4th tackle play but it seems one of those things most teams do. I did like how in the last quarter of the game how we seem to go away from it. It may have been a conscious effort to change tactics against a tiring defense.
At this time of the year I’m just happy to get the 2 points, especially with 4 of the next 5 games being away, albeit one of those away games still played at bankwest.
I also feel like that is one of those games we end up losing the majority of the time. It was good to win a close ugly one.

 

[Bazal]

He made 25 tackles and missed none, massive for a 19 year old half. His attack will come.

His defence is great, both for a half and a teenager.

His attack is fine too for his age. Even tonight he wanted to dent the line when he got the footy. It was really just a question of involvement

 

[Happy MEel]

I reckon he will, as he gets more comfortable.

Yep, I do too. I think he’s quality but tonight was a tough day at the office for him.

 

[hineyrulz]

Yeah but your tatts arent as good

*Tits

 

[Eelementary]

Yep, I do too. I think he’s quality but tonight was a tough day at the office for him.

For sure, for sure.

I like that he does not seem overwhelmed, though.

 

[Happy MEel]

At the end of the day, we had minimal opportunities attacking their line and building pressure because we couldn’t hold onto the ball. We change that and we should expect a vastly different attacking team.
HOLD THE BALL YOU MERKINS!!!

 

[dazeely]

Lane standout motm for me. Gutho and Paulo up there too