Rnd 18 Eels v Knights Game Day Thread.

[Kornstar]

BA has done well and taken us through a tough period. His times up. He may go to another club and kill it and best of luck. I dont want to use just 2018 for BA performances. Like said in 2014 he needed 1 win against knights or raiders to make 8. We didnt just lose we where blown off park.
In 2017 we won some tight games but back end of year struggled to beat tigers,dogs( field goals) souths and where belted at home by the knights when a top 4 spot was on the line. I dont think people realise how close some of those wins where. Something I barked about the start of year.

Greast performance against Storm in finals then belted against cowboys.

I’m a pretty loyal person and i truly believe BA has been screwed from the day he took over but i also question tactics, team selections and bench usage during games.

Now he doesn’t have to be responsible for all of those personally but he does have to have good people in place and i also don’t believe he does.

Why the f**k did we let Burt go, seriously? He is Parramatta as much as Hindy ever was and was delivering in the coaching ranks and he walks out the door? I can’t pretend to know the internal going ons but that to me was a terrible decision!

Anyways like i said I’m not emotionally attached to him but i do think he’s been given a pretty bad set of cards for his entire time here.

 

[Bazal]

I’m a pretty loyal person and i truly believe BA has been screwed from the day he took over but i also question tactics, team selections and bench usage during games.

Now he doesn’t have to be responsible for all of those personally but he does have to have good people in place and i also don’t believe he does.

Why the f**k did we let Burt go, seriously? He is Parramatta as much as Hindy ever was and was delivering in the coaching ranks and he walks out the door? I can’t pretend to know the internal going ons but that to me was a terrible decision!

Anyways like i said I’m not emotionally attached to him but i do think he’s been given a pretty bad set of cards for his entire time here.

On Burt, I believe he was offered a very sweet deal with the Titans.

I also think the attitude towards Cayless (who may well be a decent coach, who can tell with the squad Wenty gave had to put out?) shows why an ex player might decide to leave regardless tbh

 

[strider]

So the Knights were holding down/offside twice in the first 4 minutes of the game and then only got offside once the remaining 76 minutes

if only we were as almost perfect as other teams

 

[Bazal]

Anyway, I hate to break a game down to specific moments but what I did really notice was that once again, a huge mistake from Takairangi was crucial to the game...flies out of the line on Heighington (I think) and gives Pearce an open invitation through the defensive line. We never got the lead back.

I can't understand all this "it's the coaches plans!!" rubbish when we start the way we did and then the players on the field consistently fall back into dumb footy like that. Do people seriously think BA is telling them to play like a pack of walnuts?

He can't even fking drop Takairangi (for eg) thanks to injuries because who do you bring in? You can play Tep in the starting side but you still have to bring someone onto the bench

 

[T-Boon]

Pritchard is dangerous out of dummy half.

Not when he is three quarters concussed which he always is after about 10 minutes because he thinks he is a big time defender which he is except he gets concussed every 3rd tackle.
If he is valuable as a dummy half (which he is) why don't we get him to settle the hell down as a tackler and play him on the wing in defence or something.

 

[T-Boon]

I can't understand all this "it's the coaches plans!!" rubbish when we start the way we did and then the players on the field consistently fall back into dumb footy like that. Do people seriously think BA is telling them to play like a pack of walnuts?

Don't come up with a plan that requires our players to be smart or disciplined. Look at the cattle you have and come up with a plan to suit. Or if the game plan requires disciplined train some discipline into them and dump them when they aren't disciplined.

 

[Bazal]

Don't come up with a plan that requires our players to be smart or disciplined. Look at the cattle you have and come up with a plan to suit. Or if the game plan requires disciplined train some discipline into them and dump them when they aren't disciplined.

Lol. So don't come up with a plan to defend in a line, in Taka's case?

Stick to hare-brained ideas to make the game worse

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I’m going to turondale. It’ll be -6 and -7 over the next 2 days

*Mortdale

 

[Poupou Escobar]

If we won those 8 games when we finished with equal tries, we’d be coming 4th.

If we won half of them we'd be just outside the eight. Luck plays a part every year. Merkins making excuses for our 16 wins last year will agree.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Our style of play (much like Cronulla when Sticky was there) is conducive to close games and where last year we won them, this year we are losing them.

Cronulla f**ked Stuart off for a coach that could also score points and the rest is history (merky history).......

Do we f**k off BA? I’m still not sure he has control of the staff he is allowed to have to operate effectively but if they move him on i won’t be losing any sleep either.

Can’t wait for the pathetic review notes and outcomes to be announced......

The Raiders have scored plenty of points under Stuart. It's their defence that has been the problem.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Without there only real attacking threat
Ponga

They have the wood on us lately no matter how shit they are, suggesting we take them lightly. Therefore losing Ponga would make them more likely to beat us, not less.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Take your penis centric posts elsewhere merkin.

Dick Centric? I doubt the Raiders will let him go.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Don't come up with a plan that requires our players to be smart or disciplined.

A plan where our players aren't smart or disciplined is a shit plan.

 

[T-Boon]

Lol. So don't come up with a plan to defend in a line, in Taka's case?

Yeah when you have guys doing that the coach is doing something wrong. How can you not see that? It is either the wrong game plan or the wrong players or the wrong preparation of the players.

 

[T-Boon]

A plan where our players aren't smart or disciplined is a shit plan.

What about fired up and free wheeling like 09?

 

[Gary Gutful]

Yeah when you have guys doing that the coach is doing something wrong. How can you not see that?

He wouldn't have told Taka to do that FFS!

It is either the wrong game plan

That caused that error? Nope.

or the wrong players

Possibly, but the salary cap and crackdown on Parra's TPAs means we dont have the luxury of fielding a team of world beaters. Therefore, players like Taka play in our team.

or the wrong preparation of the players.

Possibly.

Equally, you forgot one more likely scenario - "The player f**ked up".

 

[Gary Gutful]

What about fired up and free wheeling like 09?

Still smart and very disciplined, particularly in defence.

 

[Bazal]

Possibly, but the salary cap and crackdown on Parra's TPAs means we dont have the luxury of fielding a team of world beaters. Therefore, players like Taka play in our team.


Possibly.

Equally, you forgot one more likely scenario - "The player f**ked up".

Nah mate, it's poor coaching. It's also poor coaching that Ma'u and T-Rex, two backrowers who would be picked over Taka, are injured and poor coaching that Taka is the only option.

Everything that happens on the field is 100% the responsibility of the coach...

 

[Gary Gutful]

Its BA's fault that I just had a 3-putt!

 

[T-Boon]

That caused that error? Nope.

No. That that error means you lose every week.
If your team is going to be making those errors every week which ours obviously is then you cannot try to play a grinding disciplined game plan. That brain dead complete sets Arthur is fixated on is useless for these players. The only time we looked good last night was when Hayne made things up on the run.