Rumours and Stuff

[The Colonel]

Are you alive ? How are you ?

I am alive. Enjoying this season at the moment but some of these games aren’t helping the heart. Waiting for an Eels implosion can do that to you. They are a different team this year.

 

[parra pete]

Enjoy the ride Colonel....

 

[84 Baby]

Sanders

 

[Stevie]

If you haven’t watched BA’s press conference leading into the Dragons game do it. He is surprisingly calm and said he never was worried we’d lose during last weeks game.

He also casually says that we need to be hammering sides soon but that it’s not necessary now to be at your best if you want to win at the end of the year which I took as a comment pointed at Panthers.

To me he had ice in his veins and is extremely happy with where we’re at.

 

[84 Baby]

If you haven’t watched BA’s press conference leading into the Dragons game do it. He is surprisingly calm and said he never was worried we’d lose during last weeks game.

He also casually says that we need to be hammering sides soon but that it’s not necessary now to be at your best if you want to win at the end of the year which I took as a comment pointed at Panthers.

To me he had ice in his veins and is extremely happy with where we’re at.

We should be f**ken winning by 50 each game like the Roosters are! Clearly BA has no idea what he’s doing as Sivo, Waqa, Fergo, Lane, Drown & Rheed have all regressed! And our game plan, whatever it is, isn’t identical to Storms, so we’re going to lose!

 

[Poupou Escobar]

If you haven’t watched BA’s press conference leading into the Dragons game do it. He is surprisingly calm and said he never was worried we’d lose during last weeks game.

He also casually says that we need to be hammering sides soon but that it’s not necessary now to be at your best if you want to win at the end of the year which I took as a comment pointed at Panthers.

To me he had ice in his veins and is extremely happy with where we’re at.

Yep I'd never seen him so positive about the team. He's usually talking about all the shit we need to fix.

 

[Eelementary]

If you haven’t watched BA’s press conference leading into the Dragons game do it. He is surprisingly calm and said he never was worried we’d lose during last weeks game.

He also casually says that we need to be hammering sides soon but that it’s not necessary now to be at your best if you want to win at the end of the year which I took as a comment pointed at Panthers.

To me he had ice in his veins and is extremely happy with where we’re at.

I've always liked Arthur, but that press conference made me like him more.

He came across to me as a man in control; he knows we have deficiencies, but he's not worried about them at this stage.

And the fact he knows about the deficiencies probably means he knows how to address them when the time comes.

 

[84 Baby]

Yep I'd never seen him so positive about the team. He's usually talking about all the shit we need to fix.

My favourite ones are when he just sobs quietly, repeating “why won’t Rheed run?”

 

[Poupou Escobar]

"I can't get Paulo any fatter..."

 

[gaffer]

he should get N brown to take the third hit up to confuse the opposition

 

[Eelogical]

"I can't get Paulo any fatter..."

*fitter

 

[Poupou Escobar]

he should get N brown to take the third hit up to confuse the opposition

How's he going to take the fourth hit up if he's playing the ball on the third ffs!

 

[Hindmarshisgod2]

I've always liked Arthur, but that press conference made me like him more.

He came across to me as a man in control; he knows we have deficiencies, but he's not worried about them at this stage.

And the fact he knows about the deficiencies probably means he knows how to address them when the time comes.

Lol. BA is laughing cause he just got a contract extension. The guy is a impostor.

 

[Eelementary]

Lol. BA is laughing cause he just got a contract extension. The guy is a impostor.

Yeah...I must admit that, after tonight's effort, I'm having second thoughts about my prior words...

 

[Chipmunk]

I've seen nothing from the first 14 rounds of the season to suggest we will worry the Storm or the Roosters in the Finals if they're at full strength.

They need to have significant injuries to a large portion of their squad if we're any chance of winning the comp.

It's good timing we're playing the Storm next with their squad depleted. If we can't beat them next week with a depleted squad, you can write us off as any chance of getting close to them at full strength in the Finals.

 

[Eelementary]

I've seen nothing from the first 14 rounds of the season to suggest we will worry the Storm or the Roosters in the Finals if they're at full strength.

They need to have significant injuries to a large portion of their squad if we're any chance of winning the comp.

It's good timing we're playing the Storm next with their squad depleted. If we can't beat them next week with a depleted squad, you can write us off as any chance of getting close to them at full strength in the Finals.

I reckon you can add the Panthers to that list - they're way above us at the moment, imo.

 

[Chipmunk]

I reckon you can add the Panthers to that list - they're way above us at the moment, imo.

We'd probably struggle against them sure, but I think if the Roosters and Storm are full strength in a Finals game they will deal with the Panthers too. I think the biggest question mark on this season is what sort of team the Roosters and Storm are fielding come Finals time. I don't think it's out of the question that both could be missing half their squad.

 

[Gazzamatta]

Ive never been a big fan of BA but once he re signed he became my man. Once decisions were made to take recruitment /negotation from him and initiate a committee for same, things started to improve. I think the guy either volunteered too much or took on tasks he should not have. Thank God for The Berns Review and O'Neill 's appointment. I reckon both these have had a dramatic effect on team, coach and systems.
I didn't think BA was capable of improving our defence yet it has. I didnt think he would allow someone like A Johns to be involved yet he has.
The old BA would never have selected Field in Moses's absence yet here we are.
Stefano getting a run this week is not old BA at all.
As it is we can ask for little more than team and coach are providing. Enjoy the ride mate. As players improve so can coaches. Its a long season and much is yet to play out but holy fu*k im enjoying myself. Belief is slowly developing.

Belief is slowly dissappearing.

 

[Noise]

Belief is slowly dissappearing.

My issue is there are glaring problems that aren’t being addressed:
- right side defence combination
- non existent attack in opposition 20
- dumb decision making
- Sivo being a slow lazy merkin

 

[Mr Parramatta]

Belief is slowly dissappearing.

Why slowly? we’ve been on the slide for a at least month