Poupou Escobar
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Well teams didn’t see us as a big scalp so we used to roll over the top of them. Now they’re coming after us every week.
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Well teams didn’t see us as a big scalp so we used to roll over the top of them. Now they’re coming after us every week.
The finals start after round 25 ffs
You're just making shit up now Pou Bear to respond for the sake of responding.
So is this article giving credit to the Broncos or not?Whoever reached out to Canterbury on behalf of Brad Arthur this week may want to hit the phones again – the Eels are clearly making up the numbers should they be there in September.
Given the way they are playing, there is no guarantee they will be. They have lost three of their past six games and they face a taxing draw leading into the finals.
Arthur has had to live with renewed speculation over his future at the club and it won’t go away after their performance against the Broncos.
He has another two years on his deal but anyone and everyone will tell you he needs to go deep into the finals to ensure he has a contract next season.
It’s starting to feel like it might be time to move on for both parties. The Eels look stale and uninspired. They seemed bereft of ideas against the Broncos.
Arthur has done a sterling job for the past decade but sometimes the magic wears off. The message stops finding its target.
Clearly, Walters’ message still resonates. After the Broncos were battered at CommBank Stadium three years ago, Seibold was asked whether he would apologise to the fans.
“I am not going to apologise mate,” Seibold bristled.
“I have worked damn hard this year. If I am not good enough then I would rather be in the arena failing than standing outside throwing stones.
“We’re in a sport where you want to win, I want to win. We work hard and make a lot of sacrifices. We want to win. We’re not here to make up the numbers and come eighth every year.”
No need to apologise this time round. This Broncos side is certainly not making up the numbers. They’re in with a chance. A red hot one at that.
So what’s your theory on why the team has struggled since mid-last year? And where’s your evidence? Two can play at this game merkin.
The evidence is that statistically we have fallen away dramatically from being the 3rd best defensive team, to the 11th best defensive team in the space of 12 months. Out right side edge defence always had issues, but every other part of defence was always rock solid most of the time. Now we leak like a sieve at any kind of adversity.
We were premiership favourites for a while with Penrith for the start of 2020 and had a 12-3 record with a very similar roster. We never really recovered from that mid season meltdown and have been mediocre for the most part ever since aside from a few flashes of brilliance. I don’t know how anyone can say the coaching staff is getting the best out of this roster when it’s well below what they showed 2 years ago. We’re just lucky the rest of the competition is mediocre so we can play ordinarily and still win a lot of games.
Interestingly I heard it mentioned (in the media) eels re-signed BA to stop the media distraction of will or won’t he be the coach……but the club put clauses in his contract to safe guard sacking him (small pay out)……
That's the words coming out of Brad Arthur's mouth a while ago.
Not great.... Woke up in a motel this morning....
Tell him to come and play with his mate Penisini.
Pretty sure STG did the same with Hook last year.
@IFR33K would be sad if that happened. He would only laugh if we got belted in week one of the finals.
Bath full of ice an and no kidney???
