Rumours and Stuff

[eels_fan]

He is defensively so bad.

Not a fan at all.

The one thing we know BA is good at is improving individuals defensively - Moses, Cartwright to name a couple.

By the way - he's not better than Penisini, who can tackle.

Penisini is better defensively, Lomax at this stage is better played overall imo.. both can and likely to be rep players within a couple of years

Just about the only aspect of his game I like, tbh.

Think you are being overly harsh on him. Even if I take into account you think Penisini is better, he’s still better than ever other centre/winger in our squad now and in recent years.

he’s not a rep star yet, but he’s an experienced first grader who’s only just below rep honours (has played PM 13 like Hopgood).

he makes our backline instantly improved

 

[Noise]

He is defensively so bad.

Not a fan at all.

His defence is good. Missed only 2 tackles all year, tackling at 87.5% effectiveness.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Surprised this is only coming up now with slip and slide tedesco.

He has been knocked out 2-3 times a season since Sivo trampled over him in 2020.

The merkin needs to stop taking a dive every time he’s about to get smashed on a shift play. He’s trading a whack in the ribs for one in the head. If you’re scared of getting hurt, stop playing rugby league.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

The one thing we know BA is good at is improving individuals defensively - Moses, Cartwright to name a couple.



Penisini is better defensively, Lomax at this stage is better played overall imo.. both can and likely to be rep players within a couple of years



Think you are being overly harsh on him. Even if I take into account you think Penisini is better, he’s still better than ever other centre/winger in our squad now and in recent years.

he’s not a rep star yet, but he’s an experienced first grader who’s only just below rep honours (has played PM 13 like Hopgood).

he makes our backline instantly improved

He would be our best attacking player out wide. He is extremely strong, and great in the air.

 

[Stevie]

Lomax is without question a better player than Penisini. I like Penisini but Lomax is easily better player.

 

[Eelementary]

The one thing we know BA is good at is improving individuals defensively - Moses, Cartwright to name a couple.



Penisini is better defensively, Lomax at this stage is better played overall imo.. both can and likely to be rep players within a couple of years



Think you are being overly harsh on him. Even if I take into account you think Penisini is better, he’s still better than ever other centre/winger in our squad now and in recent years.

he’s not a rep star yet, but he’s an experienced first grader who’s only just below rep honours (has played PM 13 like Hopgood).

he makes our backline instantly improved

He's ok, I'm just not a fan.

 

[Eelementary]

His defence is good. Missed only 2 tackles all year, tackling at 87.5% effectiveness.

He's actually better than I thought he was - 88.16% tackle efficiency for his career.

I thought he was worse.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

He's actually better than I thought he was - 88.16% tackle efficiency for his career.

I thought he was worse.

He plays for the Dragons so he will have faced a lot of overlaps in his career. By contrast the Panthers's outside backs get such good support from the inside defenders that they rarely have to deal with more than one attacker at a time.

 

[eels_fan]

On the plus side Dolphins likely to be without Kaufusi and Flegler, and definitely without Farnworth and Donoghue when we play them in 2 weeks

 

[Gazzamatta]

Fingers crossed its our up week and not our down week.

 

[Eelementary]

He plays for the Dragons so he will have faced a lot of overlaps in his career. By contrast the Panthers's outside backs get such good support from the inside defenders that they rarely have to deal with more than one attacker at a time.

Honestly, my memory from watching him play is a guy with great attacking skill, but average defence.

But the numbers prove that my memories of him are misguided.

He will bring some potency to this team.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

But the numbers prove that my memories of him are misguided.

Our memories are formed from emotions - highlight reel stuff - so I value statistics for the insight they provide. They often show me what I missed while watching the game live and invested.

 

[Legal Eel]

He would be our best attacking player out wide. He is extremely strong, and great in the air.

Even better than Harper?

you must be joking.

 

[gaffer]

can we give Ethan Sanders a try in the halves next week

 

[Sensei Cobra]

Did she just say well support the onfield decision but then decided to find another Verision

 

[Sensei Cobra]

Wrong thread

 

[gaffer]

wish we had a coach like gibson again who wasn't afraid to let a player run around in reserves when he was shit in the firsts

 

[JokerEel]

Got smashed and we lose REG next week

 

[gaffer]

something needs to change we lose our halfback and we turn into a reserve grade team

 

[Poupou Escobar]

can we give Ethan Sanders a try in the halves next week

Eventually he'll be ready. Could be as soon as next week. He has now played six games against grownups, including the trial.