Rnd 12 team list thread vs Bunnies

[Chipmunk]

Mannah dropped on form
Alvaro dropped on form
Taka dropped on form
Kaufusi needs more minutes/match fitness
Salmon needs a break or we risk injury (he is still 20 years of age and growing)

That's my "just in" mail.
Period.

So if Salmon needs a break why is he listed to play in Second Grade?

 

[hindy111]

I reckon we will beat Souths and by about 20.
If we did lose id be very very worried going forward. I am confident we win and get the Browns back the following week. Part of me wonders if part of these droppi gs is due to BA wanting these guys dropped to find form and he thinks can get job without them against a weak Souths side.
I'd start Stone and push Tepai into prop with Evans back to the bench. In dontnlike the idea of Evans and Jnr defending the middle together.

 

[hindy111]

So if Salmon needs a break why is he listed to play in Second Grade?

Ask K.Evans.

This could be his breakout game. Has he started before for the eels?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I just hope we recognise the size of the Bunnies pack and look to start the game with no small dummy half

9. Terepo

Except he will also play dummy half.

 

[Djay]

I like the backline with Hoffman in, his been really good this year. But Will Smith, Terepo and Evans seriously? smh

 

[Twizzle]

so if Timmy was dropped on form, why was he replaced with Evans who has no form ?

surely TImmy has enough credits in the bank to persevere with him being out of form for a few weeks rather than replacing him with a bloke with no form for as long as he has played for us

 

[Eelogical]

so if Timmy was dropped on form, why was he replaced with Evans who has no form ?

surely TImmy has enough credits in the bank to persevere with him being out of form for a few weeks rather than replacing him with a bloke with no form for as long as he has played for us

Totally agree. On this form I'm expecting Davey to get a run.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

those team selections are confusing, to say the least

do we have a selection committee, or is it all down to BA ?

Might also be related to contract negotiations. Or the end of negotiations.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I reckon we will beat Souths and by about 20.
If we did lose id be very very worried going forward. I am confident we win and get the Browns back the following week. Part of me wonders if part of these droppi gs is due to BA wanting these guys dropped to find form and he thinks can get job without them against a weak Souths side.

It might be to combat the take-it-easy syndrome against a team we're expected to beat.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Ask K.Evans.

This could be his breakout game. Has he started before for the eels?

Four times last year

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Might also be related to contract negotiations. Or the end of negotiations.

Or f**ken bullshit!!

 

[TheParraboy]

Four times last year

Did we win those 4 games?

 

[T-Boon]

Might also be related to contract negotiations. Or the end of negotiations.

If it was that I would drop Gutherson. Dude needs to work on every aspect of himself to apologise for a month of idiocy.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Did we win those 4 games?

We won a quarter of them, which is the same percentage of games we won when he came off the bench, as well as the same percentage of games we won when he didn't play.

 

[IFR33K]

I may stand corrected but i am pretty sure i said i was considering?

All good. Hopefully you don’t make a bad choice

 

[Kornstar]

All good. Hopefully you don’t make a bad choice

I work in Parramatta a couple of days a week now and park at the stadium, i guess just seeing it the last few days has made me think "i'm going there this Friday" and i forgot how much we sucked on Thursday.......

I absolutely am making the wrong decision!!

 

[Eelogical]

We won a quarter of them, which is the same percentage of games we won when he came off the bench, as well as the same percentage of games we won when he didn't play.

 

[Tooooks]

South by 30+.

 

[Happy MEel]

BA’s brain farts have coincided with his extension. No doubt he would have signed prior to the Melbourne game seeing as though it was announced on the Monday after getting belted by 54 points.

Since then we have had the hookerless first 25 minutes against Melbourne and then some of the most bizarre team selections the following 2 weeks.

I reckon there’s a case to suggest that BA feels like he can take monumentally crazy risks now his immediate future is sorted in the hope of turning into some sort of SuperCoach.

He largely played it safe with team selections for the first 8 rounds and we were 5 and 3. Why the f**k is he making radical changes and messing with a winning formula. Sure there could be some minor tinkering such as dropping Peni and Taka but the rest were doing a job.

 

[EelsFan05]

Mannah out of form? He's been as good as I've seen him for quite some time coming off the bench. Three quarters of the team should lace up for Wenty if this is the case, including Fergo.