Rumours and Stuff

[Bandwagon]

yeah hes decent but i still think there is room for an upgrade.

Russell might be the upgrade for Russell, given the injuries he's come off, he should improve with confidence.

 

[hineyrulz]

Russell might be the upgrade for Russell, given the injuries he's come off, he should improve with confidence.

Reckon he could come along in leaps and bounds with another offseason.

 

[Eelementary]

yeah hes decent but i still think there is room for an upgrade.

But maybe not for the price...

 

[Eelementary]

Great is a massive overstatement. Adequate is more accurate

I think he's doing a great job.

Ran for 137 metres last week, with 34 post-contact metres.

The week before, 101m, and 34m.

The week before that, 128m, and 28m.

 

[Gazzamatta]

I think he's doing a great job.

Ran for 137 metres last week, with 34 post-contact metres.

The week before, 101m, and 34m.

The week before that, 128m, and 28m.

I agree. Just needs to maintain his spot and develop.

 

[IFR33K]

I think he's doing a great job.

Ran for 137 metres last week, with 34 post-contact metres.

The week before, 101m, and 34m.

The week before that, 128m, and 28m.

his past few weeks have been very encouraging. Great to see

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Russell might be the upgrade for Russell, given the injuries he's come off, he should improve with confidence.

And age/experience. He could be playing Flegg ffs

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Just watching a replay of the first game at the new Parra Stadium in 1986 v Dragons. (I was on the north hill for the game way back then.)
notice a couple of things. The game was soooo f**king slow in those days
Craig young was a dirty merkin. At least 4 times, he dropped his knees into an Eels players head on the ground

I was about to say that I went to that game, then realised that I watched it on TV. But I did go to the game v Souths later that year that turned into a running brawl between Knuckles, Les Davidson and Mario.

 

[the phantom menace]

So Pou posts on average 13 posts per day and Hineyrulz post on average 22 posts per day yet you complain that Pou clogs up your screen.

Yes, because clogging is all about Pou's posts being...

Only the shit ones...

I reckon if you didn't reply/comment/challenge every one of Pou's posts, his average would diminish to single figures per day quicker than BA's Win % getting below 50%.

I appreciate the work you've put into calculating percentages to support your suggestion, but a) your premise (that I reply to every one of Pou's posts) is demonstrably false, and b) you missed the qualifier that Pou's posts are more cloggy than Hiney's because Pou's posts have a much higher shit %.

So it's not about averages/day and how to reduce them at all, but about how to reduce Pou's shit % stats, off an unfortunately rather large sample size - though nice failed gotcha attempt all the same.

 

[the phantom menace]

Russell goes ok, but I fear his development will be twarted if BA parachutes Waqa back into the backline at any time in the rest of the season.

 

[IFR33K]

Russell goes ok, but I fear his development will be twarted if BA parachutes Waqa back into the backline at any time in the rest of the season.

I’m sure ba is liking what he currently sees. If he was smart enough to punt his own son, he’ll know waqa is just as big a liability in the team.

 

[Soren Lorenson]

Russell goes ok, but I fear his development will be twarted if BA parachutes Waqa back into the backline at any time in the rest of the season.

Why would he? He got dropped for being consistently shit and then got injured first game in Nathan’s team.

 

[T-Boon]

I find when Parra have played the way the have over the last month (best form since 09?) I tend to think all the players are better than they are (except Davey but even him last week).
I’ve got Moses up there with Hayne at the moment. Haha.

 

[Twizzle]

Russell is doing a great job on the wing, imo.

he's going OK, but I don't think wing is his best position, I mean you can't have superstars all over the paddock

I'd like to see him at centre or fullback when he matures as that's where he played most of his junior footy

he's a decent placeholder for now

 

[Obscene Assassin]

Russell might be the upgrade for Russell, given the injuries he's come off, he should improve with confidence.

And age, still only 21 and getting used to playing on the wing after playing across the backs in his pathway to first grade. If he and Penisini to develop at their current rates I can't wait to see where they'll be in 2-3 years time with 50-100 games under their belts.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Yes, because clogging is all about Pou's posts being...




I appreciate the work you've put into calculating percentages to support your suggestion, but a) your premise (that I reply to every one of Pou's posts) is demonstrably false, and b) you missed the qualifier that Pou's posts are more cloggy than Hiney's because Pou's posts have a much higher shit %.

So it's not about averages/day and how to reduce them at all, but about how to reduce Pou's shit % stats, off an unfortunately rather large sample size - though nice failed gotcha attempt all the same.

Plenty of merkins enjoy my posts, so if you’re not one of them you know what to do.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I find when Parra have played the way the have over the last month (best form since 09?) I tend to think all the players are better than they are (except Davey but even him last week).
I’ve got Moses up there with Hayne at the moment. Haha.

It’s crazy how much better teams look against weak opposition!

 

[lucablight]

It’s crazy how much better teams look against weak opposition!

TBF in the past we’ve often been guilty of bumbling around and falling over the line (or even dropping games) against weak opposition (in games we were expected to win easily). Also Rabbitohs were/are strong opposition in this current competition.

 

[hineyrulz]

And age, still only 21 and getting used to playing on the wing after playing across the backs in his pathway to first grade. If he and Penisini to develop at their current rates I can't wait to see where they'll be in 2-3 years time with 50-100 games under their belts.

And now much footy has he missed?? First through Covid and then he missed almost all of last year. He can sniff out a try and seems to be able to beat the first defender.

 

[eels_fan]

The DT “experts” have run their predictions over the final 10 rounds leading to finals and this is where they think things will land


Brent Read
1 Storm
2 Panthers
3 Warriors
4 Rabbitohs
5 Eels
6 Broncos
7 Sharks
8 Cowboys
9 Raiders
10 Sea Eagles
11 Knights
12 Titans
13 Roosters
14 Dolphins
15 Bulldogs
16 Dragons
17 Tigers

Michael Carayannis
1 Panthers
2 Storm
3 Warriors
4 Rabbitohs
5 Broncos
6 Raiders
7 Sharks
8 Cowboys
9 Eels
10 Sea Eagles
11 Knights
12 Titans
13 Dolphins
14 Roosters
15 Dragons
16 Bulldogs
17 Tigers

Paul Crawley
1 Panthers
2 Storm
3 Rabbitohs
4 Warriors
5 Broncos
6 Cowboys
7 Raiders
8 Eels
9 Sharks
10 Titans
11 Roosters
12 Dolphins
13 Sea Eagles
14 Bulldogs
15 Knights
16 Dragons
17 Tigers

Travis Meyn
1 Panthers
2 Storm
3 Broncos
4 Warriors
5 Rabbitohs
6 Cowboys
7 Eels
8 Sharks
9 Raiders
10 Roosters
11 Titans
12 Dolphins
13 Knights
14 Sea Eagles
15 Bulldogs
16 Tigers
17 Dragons

Phil Rothfield
1 Panthers
2 Storm
3 Broncos
4 Warriors
5 Cowboys
6 Raiders
7 Rabbitohs
8 Eels
9 Sharks
10 Roosters
11 Knights
12 Titans
13 Sea Eagles
14 Dolphins
15 Bulldogs
16 Dragons
17 Wests Tigers

Peter Badel
1 Panthers
2 Storm
3 Rabbitohs
4 Broncos
5 Warriors
6 Raiders
7 Sharks
8 Cowboys
9 Eels
10 Roosters
11 Titans
12 Sea Eagles
13 Dolphins
14 Bulldogs
15 Knights
16 Dragons
17 Tigers

David Riccio
1 Panthers
2 Storm
3 Sharks
4 Rabbitohs
5 Broncos
6 Raiders
7 Warriors
8 Eels
9 Cowboys
10 Sea Eagles
11 Titans
12 Roosters
13 Bulldogs
14 Dolphins
15 Knights
16 Titans
17 Dragons

Fatima Kdouh
1 Panthers
2 Raiders
3 Eels
4 Warriors
5 Sharks
6 Rabbitohs
7 Storm
8 Broncos
9 Cowboys
10 Sea Eagles
11 Knights
12 Titans
13 Roosters
14 Dolphins
15 Bulldogs
16 Tigers
17 Dragons

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-crystal-ball-our-experts-give-their-predictions-on-how-the-2023-season-will-play-out/news-story/c1a7de81764d9524c59e074d7552dd9c