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Team List vs Bulldogs

84 Baby

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Basically yes, both packs are below average, and ours is definitely below average. Fine if you are happy with that situation. Was just an observation and a problem in building our roster.
"forwards win matches- the backs decide by how much"
So their forwards are better than ours by one game and while you thought our backs were better, points difference says otherwise, unless we win by 30 points. But apparently we can't win because they have the better forward pack.
I think your view may be overly simplistic to our plight
 

Poupou Escobar

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Basically yes, both packs are below average, and ours is definitely below average. Fine if you are happy with that situation. Was just an observation and a problem in building our roster.

If the club wants to play a forward based game plan, then perhaps we should have recruited accordingly. I will still be there Thursday night as it's my team, perhaps just looking at reality.

Hoping that what seems like inertia at CEO and coach level isn't that, and action is actually taking place. Bernies professional demeanour is good and bad, as long as things improve its good, but keeping supporters in the dark if nothing is actually happening doesn't bode well
We had the same forwards last year and finished ahead of 12 other teams, and we never won by much, despite supposedly having such good backs.
 

Poupou Escobar

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So their forwards are better than ours by one game and while you thought our backs were better, points difference says otherwise, unless we win by 30 points. But apparently we can't win because they have the better forward pack.
I think your view may be overly simplistic to our plight
You know what they say, 'a f**kwit loves a truism'.

#ButBacksDetermineByHowMuch
 

hineyrulz

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Don't anyone dare question the club, coach, recruitment or tactics.

I mean we ate stone motherless last, what are all you merkins whinging about???
 

Obscene Assassin

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No one's saying you can't question the club's decisions. But if you are saying they got it wrong or are getting it wrong at least provide what you would have done at the time (not in hindsight as that's unfair) or would be doing differently.

Saying the club is doing something wrong = whinging
Saying the club is doing something wrong but saying they would sign player X or be doing Y = critical analysis
 

hineyrulz

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You're not questioning, merkin, you're pretending you have the answers ffs
And so are you, we are all full of shit. None of us know remotely anything going on at the club on here. But it's hilarious at those who continually question, belittle and abuse anyone who is remotely negative of the club and call them death riders. We are last and dreadful, we are having an expensive 8 week review of things. And if they were as rosy as you all on here are claiming why are we having a full blown review??? If we just need a few signings and some luck why are we bothering to do an expensive review??? Are the board and CEO just death riders as well???
 
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And so are you, we are all full of shit. None of us know remotely anything going on at the club on here. But it's hilarious at those who continually question, belittle and abuse anyone who is remotely negative of the club and call them death riders. We are last and dreadful, we are having an expensive 8 week review of things. And if they were as rosy as you all on here are claiming why are we having a full blown review??? If we just need a few signings and some luck why are we bothering to do an expensive review??? Are the board and CEO just death riders as well???
Tbf I think reviews are at least as much about PR and buying yourself more time than they are about fixing things.
 

Poupou Escobar

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And so are you, we are all full of shit. None of us know remotely anything going on at the club on here. But it's hilarious at those who continually question, belittle and abuse anyone who is remotely negative of the club and call them death riders. We are last and dreadful, we are having an expensive 8 week review of things. And if they were as rosy as you all on here are claiming why are we having a full blown review??? If we just need a few signings and some luck why are we bothering to do an expensive review??? Are the board and CEO just death riders as well???
We're having a review because there are problems unforeseen by anybody in rugby league, except for a bunch of dopey death riders who now think whatever they were whinging about is the cause of our problems.

Starting our sets poorly after a kick? Our forwards aren't fat enough.
Making unforced errors week after week? Our forwards aren't fat enough.

If we had signed the Australian test front row and couldn't afford to put a team around them like the Bulldogs, merkins would be whinging about something else.
 

Gazzamatta

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The review is to provide evidence (or someones opinion) to:
A) Relieve pressure from disgruntled fans.
B) Support to make the changes you know are required. Eg. We really love you xxxxx but the review says you are sh*t so pi** off.
Its basically a way of allowing the decision makers to make change without looking like the bad guy.
"AVOIDANCE 101"
 

Happy MEel

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The review is to provide evidence (or someones opinion) to:
A) Relieve pressure from disgruntled fans.
B) Support to make the changes you know are required. Eg. We really love you xxxxx but the review says you are sh*t so pi** off.
Its basically a way of allowing the decision makers to make change without looking like the bad guy.
"AVOIDANCE 101"
Spot on, especially B). You see this kind of thing particularly when there are elected officials in power. If the changes are a success they look like geniuses. If they fail they can lump it on the external merkin and still poll ok at election time.

Apart from the perception of independence/transparency, there’s nothing in the scope of this review that someone like Bernie couldn’t achieve.
 

Happy MEel

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Poor Kane, just can’t catch a break.

Eels v Bulldogs Team List Update
Author
parraeels.com.au
Timestamp
Wed 18 Jul 2018, 07:57 PM
The Parramatta Eels side to take on the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at ANZ Stadium on Thursday 19 July in Round 19 of the NRL Telstra Premiership has been updated by Blue & Gold Head Coach Brad Arthur.

With 24 hours to go until kick off, Arthur has updated his Blue & Gold squad to 19 players with Kane Evans and Suaia Matagi dropping off the extended bench.

Kick off is at 7:50pm Click through to purchase your tickets to the clash.

Parramatta Eels side
1. Clinton Gutherson (c)
2. Bevan French
3. Michael Jennings
4. Jarryd Hayne
5. George Jennings
6. Corey Norman
7. Mitch Moses
8. Daniel Alvaro
9. Kaysa Pritchard
10. Siosaia Vave
11. Marata Niukore
12. Brad Takairangi
13. Nathan Brown
Interchange
14. Tepai Moeroa
15. Tim Mannah (c)
16. David Gower
17. Peni Terepo
19. Jaeman Salmon
21. Reed Mahoney

https://www.parraeels.com.au/news/2018/07/18/eels-v-bulldogs-team-list-update/
 

Happy MEel

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You also have a review because whatever the problem is, the fix isn't as simple as signing a couple of fat props. If our roster was the problem it would have been identified in the pre-season by the tipsters, bookies and punters.
The powers that be must think the roster is of some concern because Recruitment and Retention and Player Roster Management & Salary Cap are components of the review.

https://www.parraeels.com.au/news/2018/07/11/club-update-football-department-review/
 

JokerEel

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Forwards.
Drop Taka
Promote Tepai
Promote Mahoney to bench.
Backs.
French to 1
Gutho to 3
Hayne to 2
Drop Mennings
Salmon to 4
Sorted.


Hayne had his best game since coming back from XFL and you want to move him to the wing? He played well due to the fact he had options on his left and right...
 

Poupou Escobar

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The powers that be must think the roster is of some concern because Recruitment and Retention and Player Roster Management & Salary Cap are components of the review.

https://www.parraeels.com.au/news/2018/07/11/club-update-football-department-review/
Surely they would be looking at everything. My opinion is that we've probably taken too much risk on talented blokes with shit attitudes and changing that would make us more consistent and improve the team as a whole.
 
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