Rumours and Stuff

[Happy MEel]

Yes I agree!

I don't know if we have a 'good or bad culture' at the club. From (the veey limited) impression I got, the winds of change blew through with Foran leaving. Surprised at a few things this year, but none have been tolerated so I don't know what to make of all that?

I sometimes wonder if our back to back 40 degree games tp start the season pretty well killed us? Didn't both Pwnrith and Manly put in very flat results the following weeks?
(Blew it week 1. Drained from the heat and got belted week 2. Drained from the heat and lost week 3. Behind the 8 ball and playing catchup and then losing too many close games)

No idea? But is it plausible?

Yep it’s certainly plausible that those losses essentially killed us for the rest of the season. It would have been nice to see some resiliency though to come back from it.

 

[Gary Gutful]

We need to be a club that is dedicated to culture.

 

[Noise]

So then you think we have had a pretty good culture at the club since Ricky went?
Results improving every year despite shocking setbacks?

And then magically all that good culture evaporated this year?? So who brought the bad culture in? Was it Evans or Williams?? I'm not sure we had anyone else play FG new to the club??

Damn them and their ability to change the entire clubs culture in 2 months....

I don’t think we’ve had a great culture at the club for several years. We haven’t improved every year since Ricky left so don’t know what you are talking about there.

 

[Angry_eel]

I sometimes wonder if our back to back 40 degree games tp start the season pretty well killed us? Didn't both Pwnrith and Manly put in very flat results the following weeks?
(Blew it week 1. Drained from the heat and got belted week 2. Drained from the heat and lost week 3. Behind the 8 ball and playing catchup and then losing too many close games)

No idea? But is it plausible?

Maybe but Climate change would be affecting every club. Everyone plays under the same amount of heat and Sun for the first month of the season.

By that logic, QLD teams should either never win in Sydney in July as it's way colder.

 

[Obscene Assassin]

Maybe but Climate change would be affecting every club. Everyone plays under the same amount of heat and Sun for the first month of the season.

By that logic, QLD teams should either never win in Sydney in July as it's way colder.

Not really. There's generally more sun between 10am-5pm in summer than between 6pm-10pm and usually much hotter.

 

[Eelogical]

culture
ˈkʌltʃə/
noun
noun: culture; plural noun: cultures

1. 1.
   the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.
   "20th century popular culture"
   synonyms: the arts, the humanities; More
   
   • a refined understanding or appreciation of culture.
     "men of culture"
     synonyms: intellectual/artistic awareness, education, cultivation, enlightenment, discernment, discrimination, good taste, taste, refinement, polish; More
2. 2.
   the ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a particular people or society.
   "Afro-Caribbean culture"
   synonyms: civilization, society, way of life, lifestyle; More
   • the attitudes and behaviour characteristic of a particular social group.
     "the emerging drug culture"
3. 3.
   BIOLOGY
   the cultivation of bacteria, tissue cells, etc. in an artificial medium containing nutrients.
   "the cells proliferate readily in culture"
   • a preparation of cells obtained by culture.
     "the bacterium was isolated in two blood cultures"
4. 4.
   the cultivation of plants.
   "this variety of lettuce is popular for its ease of culture"
   synonyms: cultivation, growing, farming; More

Which one do you think best suits the Eels when discussing culture?

 

[Gary Gutful]

Which one do you think best suits the Eels when discussing culture?

5. Bunch of merkins.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Not really. There's generally more sun between 10am-5pm in summer than between 6pm-10pm and usually much hotter.

I have noticed this too.

 

[Eelogical]

I have noticed this too.

You're thinking of daylight savings, mate.

 

[Eelogical]

5. Bunch of merkins.

I'm going for 4 on the field and 2 off it.

 

[Gary Gutful]

I'm going for 4 on the field and 2 off it.

Are you suggesting that we play like a bunch of lettuce?

 

[Gronk]

Which one do you think best suits the Eels when discussing culture?

 

[Eelogical]

Are you suggesting that we play like a bunch of lettuce?

Only our forward pack. In the backs we have a combination of turnips and beans.

 

[Eelogical]

 

[Gary Gutful]

Only our forward pack. In the backs we have a combination of turnips and beans.

Some wild rice on the bench.

 

[Eelogical]

Some wild rice on the bench.

It goes well with salmon.

 

[Eelogical]

Some interesting stats from this season courtesy of TCT. Eels used more players than any other team (31). Also, we had 12 players who didn't see more than 10 games ( Auva'a, Edwards, Evans, Hoffman, Kaufusi, Mahoney, Matagi, Pritchard, Salmon, Scott, Stone and Williams) and only 3 players played more than 20 ( Norman, Moses and Mennings). There's a lot more but I find these stats interesting . Our worst backs (apart from French) played the most games. The forwards were a mishmash of poor form, injuries and debutantes.

 

[Bolgeel]

Peachey & Gutho are both footy players with no position.

But both bloody good footy players, I want take peach in a heartbeat

 

[Gronk]

But both bloody good footy players, I want take peach in a heartbeat

Apparently he only signed for $450k too.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Some interesting stats from this season courtesy of TCT. Eels used more players than any other team (31). Also, we had 12 players who didn't see more than 10 games ( Auva'a, Edwards, Evans, Hoffman, Kaufusi, Mahoney, Matagi, Pritchard, Salmon, Scott, Stone and Williams) and only 3 players played more than 20 ( Norman, Moses and Mennings). There's a lot more but I find these stats interesting . Our worst backs (apart from French) played the most games. The forwards were a mishmash of poor form, injuries and debutantes.

Instability v continuity is probably one of the biggest differentiators vis-a-vis performance across each team in the competition.