Rumours and Stuff

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Moylan and Hayne to marry?

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Until Browny changes his name to Bruno it's gotta be Alvaro.

What kind of Italian Stallion is called "Brown"

Can there only be one? There were two Wyld Stallyns.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Relative to other teams, they wouldn't have high work rates if the opposition ran one man wider more often. It's not as if middle forwards run out to the edges looking for work. This is not a criticism of Mannah or Alvaro. You can only tackle what comes at you....if both props are showing high abnormally high tackles per minute, then that suggests that the opposition run up the guts an abnormally high amount of the time.

That may be the case but Mannah, Alvaro and Kritchard still go looking for work a lot more than our other middle forwards. This is evident both from the stats and from observation. Steve Murphy also mentioned in the TCT interview that Alvaro makes a ridiculous number of four-in-a-row tackling efforts.

Our middle defence is excellent, as shown in being first in metres conceded and second in offloads conceded this year: https://www.nrl.com/what-your-team-needs-in-2018-part-4/tabid/10874/newsid/112586/default.aspx

And hard working middle forwards do push out to the edges. That's where a strong scrambling/cover defence starts. Edge defenders won't push out to help their mates if they're not confident the guys inside them will push across to fill the gap.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

We need better middle forwards then.

Sure but you'd be f**ked IN THE f**kEN HEAD if Mannah is the first merkin you replace just because you're sick of him.

 

[Bazal]

Can there only be one? There were two Wyld Stallyns.

Nah, this is like alpha males. There can only be one Italian Stallion.

I suppose the other could be the Italian Gelding but.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Nah, this is like alpha males. There can only be one Italian Stallion.

I suppose the other could be the Italian Gelding but.

Ah, so it's like Highlander, but eventually more docile.

 

[Bazal]

Ah, so it's like Highlander, but eventually more docile.

Yeah the don't chop off heads or anything like that.

Basically whoever can gesticulate most wildly is The One

 

[Poupou Escobar]

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

I'm not sure which one I'd rather see retired to stud and which one should have the long career.

 

[Avenger]

Is it evil that one of the main reasons why I want Hayne to return is to see the reaction from phantom bart?

 

[JokerEel]

Only spot for Hayne is at centre for Taka...

French and The King have the fullback spot.

Don't even get me started on him in the halves!

We won't let Norman go though

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Hayne to replace Radradra on the wing. It's his best position.

 

[El Diablo]

Mannah was good in finals imo.
I agree he isnt great.

Mannah is bald

 

[Bandwagon]

Hayne to replace Radradra on the wing. It's his best position.

Wing or centre, but either way it's a big pay cut and a move away from his preferred position.

He'd have to really want to finish his career at the Eels for it to work for both parties. Just can't see it happening.

 

[hineyrulz]

Sure but you'd be f**ked IN THE f**kEN HEAD if Mannah is the first merkin you replace just because you're sick of him.

I’m sick of his eyebrows.

 

[hineyrulz]

Mannah is bald

We need to shed any baldness from the club.

Otherwise we will never win a thing.

 

[84 Baby]

Wing or centre, but either way it's a big pay cut and a move away from his preferred position.

He'd have to really want to finish his career at the Eels for it to work for both parties. Just can't see it happening.

Plus he'd need to not f**k up the team attitude

 

[Stevie]

One of the great scenes!! I can hardly mention anything Italian without this idiocy being used with my equally stupid mates.

 

[Twizzle]

JENNINGS EXTENDS STAY

Parramatta have re-signed George Jennings.

The 24-year-old Eels back has signed on for next season.

Having made his NRL debut for Penrith back in 2015, Jennings joined the Eels this year but is yet to feature in the top grade.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=FoxSportsAus

 

[Glenneel]

Despite quality across the field their advantage lies in the spine. Slater was involved on every play (unlike some fullbacks) and the Storm were usually able to read the defence and get the ball to wherever they had a mismatch. This leads to a lot of one-on-one tackles and quick play-the-balls. The fact they were the most penalised team in the NRL shows how much they hold down. They probably deserved to concede plenty more than that but referees are worried about looking bad when they blow too many penalties.

Except when against us Pou. How many games were the opposition perfect, or almost, during a half yet we were constantly penalised. Now I might watch games thru rose coloured glasses when watching Parra but in many of those lop sided counts I couldn't discern any difference between the teams.

Just on Storm how many times in gf did their players, particularly Smith, go to sleep on tackled player and also tackle receiver of ball just as it cleared the ruck. There is no way they were onside!