The most heartless half of football all season

[_goParra]

if you listen to what Gould said about that play he was exactly right, I thought Hayne save a certain try.

That was bullsh*t by Gould. Bell clipped his own feet, otherwise he should have scored.

 

[Karmawave]

Well the first half had nothing on that second half.

When the Eels scored first in the secound half I thought well here we go... But no.

Truly pathetic.

Beaten by 18 points. Just imagine if the Eagles weren't limited to 15 players and had their normal 6 and 7 :lol:

Once again at the end of the game, only Nathan Hindmarsh walks off the field looking like the defeat actually hurt, while your other players hang around laughing and joking with the opposition - there's half your problems right there.

 

[mrblue]

if you listen to what Gould said about that play he was exactly right, I thought Hayne save a certain try.

He saved 2 certain tries from memory including the hold up effort that I doubt burt would've made in either case. If I hear any J. Hayne bashing for his performance in this match, I know the people who talk out of there ass here.

 

[Bazal]

Meters by a winger should be complementary to the cause, not the main contribution.

Seriously why do we have all the forwards for? Manly forwards were going forward 5m after contact with the defensive line. We were going back 5m

Grothe would have missed exactly the tackles Tautai and T-Rex missed, but IMO he'd have scored a couple they didn't. He may miss some tackles, but so do those guys (as good as they are on potential), but he scores some that no one else would

 

[Y2Eel]

Watch the Replay Hayne Ankle Tapped him...

That was bullsh*t by Gould. Bell clipped his own feet, otherwise he should have scored.

 

[Bazal]

He saved 2 certain tries from memory including the hold up effort that I doubt burt would've made in either case. If I hear any J. Hayne bashing for his performance in this match, I know who the people who are talking out of there ass here.

He did no better or worse than Burt. Wasn't he the saviour? :roll:

 

[woddy]

Meters by a winger should be complementary to the cause, not the main contribution.

Seriously why do we have all the forwards for? Manly forwards were going forward 5m after contact with the defensive line. We were going back 5m

i agree complimentary metres indeed then why r we playing T Williams at wing the same way we used Grothe....both to interchange 2nd row

 

[Stagger eel]

That was bullsh*t by Gould. Bell clipped his own feet, otherwise he should have scored.

by Hayne running back meant that Bell thought twice about drawing to Menzies, I thought it was a clever move...the ankle tap was more luck than anything else but it still put the ball carrier in 2 minds.

 

[strider]

Ok.. So what do you think now Strider?

I STILL think we were f'n way better in the first half than the 2nd :lol: .... seriously!!!!

 

[eel01s]

What I want to know is why do we bother re-signing nothing forwards like Oake, Huaraki, etc. etc???

Does anyone have any confidence in these guys for next year? We cannot afford decent players from outside the club, but we re-sign low quality players? WTF!

 

[_goParra]

Watch the Replay Hayne Ankle Tapped him...

by Hayne running back meant that Bell thought twice about drawing to Menzies, I thought it was a clever move...the ankle tap was more luck than anything else but it still put the ball carrier in 2 minds.

Might have tapped him. TBH I am too angry to care.

Why are we talking about Hayne?
what about the forwards... should I still call them that?

 

[Bazal]

by Hayne running back meant that Bell thought twice about drawing to Menzies, I thought it was a clever move...the ankle tap was more luck than anything else but it still put the ball carrier in 2 minds.

The problem was, rather than floating back and keeping an eye on Bell and making him make the decision, he turned and ran away from him, tried to turn around, got confused by Bell and was beaten...the execution was pretty bad

 

[bartman]

Once again at the end of the game, only Nathan Hindmarsh walks off the field looking like the defeat actually hurt, while your other players hang around laughing and joking with the opposition - there's half your problems right there.

Yep. I feel really sorry for Hindy.

I bet a lot of the other guys were already planning which North Shore pub or club they'd be heading out to, instead of really having a deep think about how they might get this team in form for the first time this year. Two wins in a row twice... not much of an achievement given the individual talent in our squad, and this year's version of Tim Smith wasn't going to be the gel that just made it all magically happen either.

 

[Stagger eel]

I'm serious when I say this, we're in danger of nabbing the spoon this year and very serious danger of getting it next year as well...

 

[Tin Man 4.24]

I thought the effort was there. It was the execution that let them down. Finchy's 5th tackle mid-field bombs were pretty ordinary. He's actually got quite a good kicking game, so why 'boot it into the air and hope for the best' is the favoured tactic is beyond me. Unless his 'Hail Mary' plays were Finchy's way of getting into the World Youth Day celebrations.

 

[mrblue]

He did no better or worse than Burt. Wasn't he the saviour? :roll:

He played a lot better than burt would've imo we would've lost by 30 instead of 18. Also why does he have to WIN matches single handed to justify his position? He just needs to be the better No 1. as far as i'm concerned. Also note that I don't think Burt should've been droped from the side, instead I think Tautai should be cut, he just isn't cut out for first grade not with the amount of stupid mistakes he makes.

 

[parra-matters]

1st half was our best half since the Tigers game and the 2nd half was our worst of 2008.

 

[Ike E Bear]

Awful. I'm depressed.

Matai monstered Cayless and smashed him!

 

[eeladdick]

What I want to know is why do we bother re-signing nothing forwards like Oake, Huaraki, etc. etc???

Does anyone have any confidence in these guys for next year? We cannot afford decent players from outside the club, but we re-sign low quality players? WTF!

I have no confidence in this coaching squad at least we had decent juniors coming through but now we have sold them all and have no money and over paid players waiting for the end of season piss up

 

[strider]

But he was still beaten and got lucky. And he didn't return it any better than Burt has all year. Why was the change made again?

Inu was great, should have been in the 1 IMO

FFS - that was a fantastic piece of fullback defense from hayne - he bought time - when no help came he did the best he could and he stopped it - an ankle tap is an ankle tap - its called a "tap" cos u only tap him to knock him off balance - but its effective