Rumours and Stuff

[EelsFan05]

Disagree. The club has shown some balls here to do what they've done.
It's also refreshing to know he was going to be boned at the end of the year if results didn't improve and they started sounding out a replacement. The fact they were smart enough to see membership, sponsorships, crowds, merchandise sales were about to massively plummet they need to be applauded. Reputational damage to keep the coach on who had become bereft of ideas would've been huge and taken years to repair.
There is now a ray of hope for this year and into next year.
I wouldn't be surprised if the club received hundreds of emails last night from disgruntled paying fans wanting to terminate their membership and demand a refund...
Today is the beginning of a new era.
The club needs to be congratulated

My email went in after Darwin.... still waiting for a reply.

 

[TheCrowe]

As a result of a lot of that we're not going to be making finals and winning Premierships, but we'll automatically just play better with the addition of Moses and Gutho.

Those two being out and/or playing injured just exposed how piss poor we are and those two pretty much kept BA employed for probably 5 years longer than he should've.

I hope so but teams have been running riot over us after half time. There are some bigger problems that have to be solved.

 

[Soto]

My email went in after Darwin.... still waiting for a reply.

The reply has now come informally by bouncing BA...send em another follow up..

 

[Soto]

I hope so but teams have been running riot over us after half time. There are some bigger problems that have to be solved.

Too much front loading...if they back loaded as well....oh well

 

[TheCrowe]

Too much front loading...if they back loaded as well....oh well

Its going to be a tenuous time developing the new forum memes

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Yeah, just listened as well.
They acknowledge there are much deeper development and R&R problems that go beyond coaching.

It is gloomy when you realise the premiership window is closed. But it's exciting to think that the next one will be bigger if we keep investing in junior development. If the club is as cashed up as these merkins all say it is, we will have academies in country NSW to rival the Panthers, in Queensland to rival the Storm and in NZ, QLD and country NSW to rival the Chooks.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

But but but they trained the house down in the pre-season. Toughest pre-season ever. Went on multiple get aways. Even hid Cartys bag...
They were waxing lyrical on what a great, tough and different pre-season it was and all the talk was we would be back in the semis...
I guess shouldn't read too much into their reports..
They gave me a semi...now I need viagara

We were going well until we lost Moses. Belted the Dogs, lost by 8 in Penrith after some injuries and then a great comeback win over Manly. The preseason seemed fine eight weeks ago.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

As a result of a lot of that we're not going to be making finals and winning Premierships, but we'll automatically just play better with the addition of Moses and Gutho.

Those two being out and/or playing injured just exposed how piss poor we are and those two pretty much kept BA employed for probably 5 years longer than he should've.

Don't they just show the importance of onfield leadership?

 

[the phantom menace]

We were going well until we lost Moses. Belted the Dogs, lost by 8 in Penrith after some injuries and then a great comeback win over Manly. The preseason seemed fine eight weeks ago.

How does it feel now, post-sacking, that you have no apparent reason for continuing to post on the forums?

 

[Soto]

We were going well until we lost Moses. Belted the Dogs, lost by 8 in Penrith after some injuries and then a great comeback win over Manly. The preseason seemed fine eight weeks ago.

Losing Moses should never have had such a significant effect. Plenty of other clubs have lost their halves, hookers etc and still performed admirably...we haven't.
We've been diabolical against dolphins in the 2nd half, Raiders and Storm 2nd half...
We look unfit and certainly disinterested...
The decision's been made and the correct one at that. BA was a beaten man and you could see this yday. Ending the presser early was a sure sign he's a gonner.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Just apply. We are all behind you

I'm not interested, I'm making shitloads out of computers.

 

[Chipmunk]

Don't they just show the importance of onfield leadership?

I didn't say it didn't.

 

[Hindmarshisgod2]

We were going well until we lost Moses. Belted the Dogs, lost by 8 in Penrith after some injuries and then a great comeback win over Manly. The preseason seemed fine eight weeks ago.

I don't think we were going that well even with Moses....we had almost all the ball against the dogs, and had many favourable calls against manly...

Even if Moses didn't get injured, I don't think we would have won many more games than what we have now. There is something wrong with the group this season, they don't look hungry. They look like a team that have never played together before. The way our edges were getting carved up from the start of the season was inexplicable. I know we have always been weak on the edges, but this season it's on another level.

Maybe we miss Waqa Blake....

 

[Parra Pride]

As a result of a lot of that we're not going to be making finals and winning Premierships, but we'll automatically just play better with the addition of Moses and Gutho.

Those two being out and/or playing injured just exposed how piss poor we are and those two pretty much kept BA employed for probably 5 years longer than he should've.

It’s all well and good to point out we are missing our two most important players, if we were losing close ones you’d almost look the other way. We got belted by a reserve grade Dolphins side and now a Storm side also missing two of its most important players from the start, which progressed to three of them by half time… And it was only when they were down Munster did they make us look like a pub squad and put on an extra 32 points.

 

[Chipmunk]

It’s all well and good to point out we are missing our two most important players, if we were losing close ones you’d almost look the other way. We got belted by a reserve grade Dolphins side and now a Storm side also missing two of its most important players from the start, which progressed to three of them by half time… And it was only when they were down Munster did they make us look like a pub squad and put on an extra 32 points.

Yeah I don't disagree, and it's hard to fathom exactly how dreadful we've become.

I still think you'll see a marked improvement when Moses and Gutho return.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Losing Moses should never have had such a significant effect. Plenty of other clubs have lost their halves, hookers etc and still performed admirably...we haven't.
We've been diabolical against dolphins in the 2nd half, Raiders and Storm 2nd half...
We look unfit and certainly disinterested...
The decision's been made and the correct one at that. BA was a beaten man and you could see this yday. Ending the presser early was a sure sign he's a gonner.

The Storm lost Cam Smith and got belted 40-0 in a grand final. Their record in general without him was atrocious. Some players are that important to their sides. No Moses isn't Smith but we're not the Storm either.

Arthur certainly wasn't essential to our side but I doubt sacking him will fix anything in the short term. Only the return of Moses will do that. Our defence is built around his kicking game.

 

[the phantom menace]

Arthur certainly wasn't essential to our side but I doubt sacking him will fix anything in the short term. Only the return of Moses will do that. Our defence is built around his kicking game.

 

[DaveMc]

The Storm lost Cam Smith and got belted 40-0 in a grand final.

One game - much too small a sample size FFS!

 

[Hindmarshisgod2]

The Storm lost Cam Smith and got belted 40-0 in a grand final. Their record in general without him was atrocious. Some players are that important to their sides. No Moses isn't Smith but we're not the Storm either.

Arthur certainly wasn't essential to our side but I doubt sacking him will fix anything in the short term. Only the return of Moses will do that. Our defence is built around his kicking game.

Give it a rest pou.....let us enjoy this moment

 

[Poupou Escobar]

One game - much too small a sample size FFS!

Storm, '03-'20	Games	Wins	Win %
With Smith	428	309	72%
Without Smith	48	21	44%