Rumours and Whingers and Occasional Optimism XXIX

[Stagger eel]

Great individual try by Kelly from his own grubber in goal

Goal missed

4-0

 

[Stagger eel]

Warriors reply straight away

6-4 warriors

 

[strider]

No. I think it was Harrison's younger brother.

Joey was let go mid last year and it was met with disbelief from some.......big loss he was.......

I concur ... altho i dont know for sure

 

[strider]

Warriors reply straight away

6-4 warriors

pssssst staggs ... wrong thread ... but thanks all the same

 

[Stagger eel]

Warriors go in again against the run of play

10-4

 

[Stagger eel]

Oops cheers strides

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I hope you're not driving to Pirtek Stadium.

 

[Stagger eel]

I hope you're not driving to Penrith.

It would of been the perfect excuse for posting in the wrong thread but no at Ringrose and could be leaving shortly

 

[phantom eel]

Joey was let go mid last year and it was met with disbelief from some.......big loss he was.......

Lol yep. And was probably used by some drama llamas as ammunition for calls to... sack the board!

 

[Johnny88]

Paul Kent on triple m says the nrl will make there decision on the eels this week. He thinks we will be heavily fined and lose at least 4 points. I hope he is wrong we are going well for once.

 

[phantom eel]

Of course he thinks there'll be a penalty... Kent's been writing loads of column inches against us, and will look like a fool if the NRL announces they've found nothing through this investigation - or only a minor technical TPA breach for Watmough, who hasn't even taken the field for us this year.

 

[hindy111]

If we lose points it will make this season hard to follow.

It has been so painfull being an eels fan for the last 5 yrs. No real JOY. This would just be a huge kick in the guts.

 

[hindy111]

Paul Kent I do not have much time for or listen to.
Hooper I find quite good. He seems open in his approach and not overly bias.

 

[phantom eel]

4 points is nothing Hindy. Just two close wins (or close losses).

It shouldn't "wreck" the season as much as people fear - especially when the team/squad is finally so confident and capable this year.

 

[hineyrulz]

Yeah 4 points is no big deal, keep telling yourself that Bart...........

 

[Kornstar]

If we lose points it will make this season hard to follow.

It has been so painfull being an eels fan for the last 5 yrs. No real JOY. This would just be a huge kick in the guts.

You'd be ok if Panthers were winning but they aren't looking great so it must be killing you.

 

[phantom eel]

4 points is Thurston putting on a try at the death to snatch that win from us, and Gordon missing two goals and Tedesco putting on a converted try to snatch that win from us.

Both could easily have happened, and would be the same result as a 4 points "deduction" - but we'd still be playing out of our skins this season and with big hopes of a finals appearance.

You can bet Brad Arthur won't let any points deduction get in the way of the confidence of this squad and its chances of achieving a result (finals football), and we as fans shouldn't over-catastrophise and let it get to us either :thumn.

Hopefully Parra fans won't fall in behind the warlords' agendas, and be easily led into worrying about off-field issues when we're actually going to have our first winning season for over half a decade!

 

[Poupou Escobar]

If we lose points it will make this season hard to follow.

It has been so painfull being an eels fan for the last 5 yrs. No real JOY. This would just be a huge kick in the guts.

It'll be f**ken exciting losing points and still making the finals. We'll stick it up the NRL and their unfair third party contract rules.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

4 points is Thurston putting on a try at the death to snatch that win from us, and Gordon missing two goals and Tedesco putting on a converted try to snatch that win from us.

Yep, um, so what if we lose 4 points AND Thurston puts on a try at the death and Tedesco snatches a win from us? Or Penrith score a last play try from a cross-kick.

Whichever way you look at it, the loss of 4 points would be a major disadvantage. How many teams over the past few years have missed the finals by 4 or fewer points?

 

[emjaycee]

Yep, um, so what if we lose 4 points AND Thurston puts on a try at the death and Tedesco snatches a win from us? Or Penrith score a last play try from a cross-kick.

Whichever way you look at it, the loss of 4 points would be a major disadvantage. How many teams over the past few years have missed the finals by 4 or fewer points?

If that wasn't meant to be rhetorical, the answer is 8 over the last 3 years.