Second half penalties

[T-Boon]

I think penalty metres would be a better state than the penalty count.
Add the metres from penalty touch finders together maybe adjust for when in the count it occurs by adding 10m for every tackle you get back.

 

[parrathruandthru]

How often do we get offside penalties against the opposition? It feels very rare these days.

Is it true last night that when French kicked through to score that the ref asked if he was onside? Saw it on twitter but just wondering if it came through on sports ears?

Yeah one of the refs asked about the onside and the reply was he was the kicker. Its not like French has the same haircut as Taka & Tep

 

[strider]

Mate at the game last night made an interesting comment...
"Channel Nine need Thursday night games to be exciting and close so no one switches channels before the end."

Kinda like ARLC need bums on seats at Suncorp for Origin III

Did your mate have a john grant pic to back it up?

 

[strider]

Watched the highlights when I got home after the game. Dave Munro says "can we check the onside?" And perenara states "he was the kicker". The fact that he didn't know that should show everybody that he isn't to a first grade standard.

f**k me ... it wasnt even a difficult one to realise the ONE player did a chip n chase

 

[emjaycee]

Did your mate have a john grant pic to back it up?

My mate IS John Grant.

 

[The EELiminator]

we also need to cut out the silly errors that are in our game that cause us to continually put the team under pressure and defend for longer periods which fatigues us which leads to us getting dominated more in tackles.

yes but a lot of those 'silly errors' are unpenalised strips

 

[parra-matters]

We also got penalised on goal line defence because they were holding our guys jumper and he was trying to get back to the goal line - couldn't get there, so took part in the next play. Why penalise the defender because the attacker is holding him!?!

Also, Kenny Edwards got penalised for not being square in the first half even though the guy playing the ball stepped a meter sideways to play it. Not a bad tactic I guess? Move sideways so the markers aren't square, then just run at them...

Yeah it was Mbye, he got up and stepped to the side of Kenny, Kenny held his postion made the tackle and was penalised.
Kenny had a bemused look on his face.
Poor old Kenny is his worst enemy but, he does some dumb things and the refs are on his case all the time because of it.

 

[parra-matters]

Watched the highlights when I got home after the game. Dave Munro says "can we check the onside?" And perenara states "he was the kicker". The fact that he didn't know that should show everybody that he isn't to a first grade standard.

Fact is there is not enough 1st grade standard Refs when you need 2 per game.
go back to one ref, pick the best 6 or 7, if one does a Thursday game they should back up and do a sunday game as well.
Hell most should be fit enough to do a Friday and then a Sunday game.
It would help with consistency as well.
or Maybe that is 1st grade standard now.

By the way did Archer say if they got the penalty Try call wrong yet?

 

[strider]

Yeah it was Mbye, he got up and stepped to the side of Kenny, Kenny held his postion made the tackle and was penalised.
Kenny had a bemused look on his face.
Poor old Kenny is his worst enemy but, he does some dumb things and the refs are on his case all the time because of it.

kenny is one of ours and we like our own - but lets be honest, if he played for someone else we'd likely think he's a merkin

 

[parra-matters]

kenny is one of ours and we like our own - but lets be honest, if he played for someone else we'd likely think he's a merkin

But we won't get away with his dumb plays against the Roosters, storm, Broncos etc.

 

[lingard]

I was just having a whinge in the game day thread in the NRL forum and thought I should repost here for the rest of you merkins.

WTF is going on with our opposition in the second half? Why are they so disciplined despite their fatigue? Seven times this year (in 16 games) our opposition have conceded fewer than two penalties in the second half:

Round 7: Eels 10 - 16 Tigers at half time, Tigers conceded zero second half penalties

Round 8: Eels 12 - 0 Panthers at half time, Panthers conceded zero second half penalties

Round 9: Eels 14 - 0 Cowboys at half time, Cowboys conceded one second half penalty

Round 10: Eels 4 - 28 Roosters at half time, Roosters conceded one second half penalty

Round 12: Eels 18 - 0 Rabbitohs at half time, Bunnies conceded one second half penalty

Round 15: Eels 12 - 4 Dragons at half time, Dragons conceded one second half penalty

Round 17: Eels 12 - 2 Bulldogs at half time, Dogs conceded zero second half penalties

In five of those games we led at half time by 8 to 18 points, then found ourselves up against flawless (or close to it) second half opposition.

It's f**ken bullshit.

What's your take on it, then?

 

[Twizzle]

ironically, we won the game off the back of a suspect penalty, the call and the game went our way

 

[Last Week]

ironically, we won the game off the back of a suspect penalty, the call and the game went our way

Considering the 45 minutes before that penalty, we earned that game. It didn't just go our way.

That's a character building win. We played shit, had the refs against us and we still won.

 

[phantom eel]

We had some stupid players, doing stupid things to give away penalties. Hello Kenny, I'm talking to you!

We have to keep in mind that there will be periods in a game where the officials are looking at us for any sign of what might be a penalty, and have the composure to not give them any ammunition.

A bit hard with the absence of our forward leader (Beau), as the others (including Captain Mannah) don't seem to have that same experience and smarts.

 

[strider]

ironically, we won the game off the back of a suspect penalty, the call and the game went our way

I don't even understand why people think that final penalty shouldnt have been given .... the merkin had his hands on the ball for far too long and it flung out as a result

thats a penalty 8.5 times out of 10 - we were hardly lucky

just cos f**kin perenara let em get away with that for 98% of the game, doesn't mean it wasnt a legit penalty

 

[parra-matters]

Dragons game was simliar, We didn't play that well, Refs canned us and still we won.
Been a looooooooggggg time since we have been able to win those type of games.

 

[The EELiminator]

I don't even understand why people think that final penalty shouldnt have been given .... the merkin had his hands on the ball for far too long and it flung out as a result

thats a penalty 8.5 times out of 10 - we were hardly lucky

just cos f**kin perenara let em get away with that for 98% of the game, doesn't mean it wasnt a legit penalty

And apart from the hand on the ball they were lying all over him in the tackle as well

 

[Poupou Escobar]

What's your take on it, then?

If you'd read the rest of my whinging on the game day thread you'd know exactly why merkin!