Rnd 16: Eels v Sea Eagles (Arthur Family Cup) GAME DAY THREAD

[Bandwagon]

lol f**ken what?!? We had over 60% of the ball and he didn't set up a single try or linebreak ffs

He was solid, but 'outstanding' is a massive overstatement. Our forwards won that match. Moretti made more metres than nearly every Manly forward.

Absolutely.

We f**kin' smashed 'em, their yardage coming out of their own end was poor, and our forwards just dominated them.

I aint having a go at Asi, he done what was required, but f**k me Moses and Drown behind that sort of dominance just score at will.

As for young Jake, he aint gonna turn the tide, but behind that effort from his forwards he's always gonna look poor.

Old mate Schuster copped a f**king bath, meanwhile plenty of merkins cream themselves over his skills,.

 

[Gronk]

We did ok but the team we played were worse than the Dogs last week.

I don't get the accolades for the halves bc at the ground we were very average without Gutho.

I think there are some people who must be crediting the halves for what Gutho did, because what we saw at the ground was a lot of clunk and lateral nothingness. Tackle 5 plays were mostly clunk as well.

We were blessed we did not play say the Warriors this week ir any other team origin unaffected or showing some sort of form.

Dolphins next Sat after a short turnaround for Mitchy and Jnr. Laney Hodgo back ?

BTW it was nice to see the 40 year premiership lads get introduced to the crowd. When the lights went dim, the old boys formed a guard of honor, but not Sterlo. He walked over to Laney and Hodgo and Baz and shook their hands and had a chat for a few mins, before a PR girl realised he was not in line and chased him away.

 

[Bandwagon]

I think Asi has the goods to go on with it. He's taken his opportunities and run with them. Matto is the one who's done the innocuous fill in job.

I reckon Gutho had a word to Matto, told him to pull his head in, you're not a half, run the f**king ball. That was his job.

 

[Jake the snake]

How awesome was that!

Yeah happy for him. Parra will go all the way too!

 

[Poupou Escobar]

So, can BA coach again? Good tough win with the outs we had. Forwards destroyed theirs.

And this pack still has Paulo, Lane and Matterson to come back in. Absolutely a premiership quality pack.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

If Asi doesn’t have speed then Jake is stuck in reverse.

Comparing them based on one game? Asi also 'outplayed' Schuster tonight. That should tell you all you need to know about which pack dominated.

Arthur's strength isn't his running game while it is Asi's best asset. But Arthur is a better halfback, which is why he was ahead of Asi in the pecking order. How do you reckon Asi would've gone behind Manly's pack tonight?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

He would've had quite a few try assists if the players he kicked for could've caught the ball. Not his fault they made the errors.

Well if we're talking hypotheticals, how many would he have had with less than 40% possession?

 

[Gronk]

I reckon Gutho had a word to Matto, told him to pull his head in, you're not a half, run the f**king ball. That was his job.

Way too much crabbing. We were yelling at him to just tuck it under and run straight.

 

[Bandwagon]

Superman tops our run meters again with 185 and 64 Pcm, padded his stats tonight but with 12 KR meters

 

[Bandwagon]

Way too much crabbing. We were yelling at him to just tuck it under and run straight.

Which he did pretty much from about the 20m mark.

 

[eels_fan]

Way too much crabbing. We were yelling at him to just tuck it under and run straight.

Think you’re being harsh. Apart from the dodgy kick I thought he was fantastic and did exactly what was asked of him. 16 runs for nearly 150m.
Gutho played the same role he does even when Mitch is there, I don’t think he changed anything about his play

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Superman tops our run meters again with 185 and 64 Pcm, padded his stats tonight but with 12 KR meters

He is physically excellent. Just a bit dumb and unco

 

[Stevie]

Hope you enjoyed that @Stevie.
Now I’m off to put the kids to bed.

Honestly much appreciated x

 

[Gronk]

Who'd a thunk ?

 

[Jake the snake]

I reckon that was an excellent performance considering we had no recognised halves. So many negative people on here try to put the team down. Support BA, support the team FFS.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Manly were f**ken terrible.

@hineyrulz could have played for them after having 12 Krakens and still would have got players player.

 

[parra pete]

I want to give plenty of credit to ther coaching staff, particularly Trent Barrett.
The team's attack has improved 'outta sight". No co-incidence it has improved since the addition of Trent.
The improvement in Ogden, Greig, Simmonsen and Russell has been amazing..

 

[Bandwagon]

Manly were f**ken terrible.

@hineyrulz could have strapped on the boots for them after having 12 Krakens and still would have got players player.

Saab reminded Dragons fans why they weren't all that upset to see him go.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Saab reminded Dragons fans why they weren't all that upset to see him go.

Saab looked like a Lada Niva.

 

[Gronk]

Think you’re being harsh. Apart from the dodgy kick I thought he was fantastic and did exactly what was asked of him. 16 runs for nearly 150m.
Gutho played the same role he does even when Mitch is there, I don’t think he changed anything about his play

I'm not saying Matto had a bad game, because his effort plays were there. But he's not a 6 and to be frank didn't play like a 6. We were lucky that the side we played basically beat themselves.

We were lucky today that we didn't need a kicking game or really functioning halves to win the match. Gutho layed on most of the plays, thank f**k for that.