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Week 1 finals eels v storm Team List Thread

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Kornstar said:
We are no chance but a showing like 2017 would be good at least we would have something to add to the week after rather than having to try and get up after a massacre!
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I think we respond well to getting belted. In the past two years we have won the next game after a 13+ loss. The exception was the 60 point flogging in magic round last year, which we followed up with a seven point loss in Townsville.
 
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An even share of possession is key. But where we usually struggle in these sorts of games is matching the speed of our opponents in and around the ruck. When we get pumped, we're constantly retreating and getting reamed in the middle initially before the edges open up too. No doubt we'll try to counter that by slowing things down, but then we'll get penalised out of the game and our need for that even share of possession goes out the window...
 
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An even share of possession is key. But where we usually struggle in these sorts of games is matching the speed of our opponents in and around the ruck. When we get pumped, we're constantly retreating and getting reamed in the middle initially before the edges open up too. No doubt we'll try to counter that by slowing things down, but then we'll get penalised out of the game and our need for that even share of possession goes out the window...
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I think a lot of these good teams know that if they really up their intensity to begin the game we usually crumble pretty easily, we don't seem to have the effort on effort plays to keep up and usually are playing significant catch up after 20 minutes.

BA is going to have to pull something from his ass to get this team up for this game.
 
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Well, don’t think we should bother to turn up,Ennis and Cronk on Big league Wrap have stated tonight that the Eels won’t get close.

The team gets no respect from the media hacks , it’s frustrating but more to the point that we have few friends in the media as no ex players are heavily involved other than the ever down the middle Sterlo.

As long as it’s not a blow out that feeds the mob, would be satisfying .
 
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Well, I mean, given our inconsistent footy over the last 2 months, I can't criticise those people who say we won't get close to the Storm.

But the Finals are a whole new ball game, and we have some experience in Finals football now.

Plus, I think the squad will be super motivated to avenge last year's Finals capitulation at the hands of the Storm.

I have confidence that we will come out breathing fire - which is weird, because the team's performances over the last 2 months shouldn't be inspiring this sort of confidence in me.
 
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Kornstar said:
I think a lot of these good teams know that if they really up their intensity to begin the game we usually crumble pretty easily, we don't seem to have the effort on effort plays to keep up and usually are playing significant catch up after 20 minutes.

BA is going to have to pull something from his ass to get this team up for this game.
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I think we kept up very well against Penrith in both games, and against the Roosters (despite the loss, we actually fought back, and got a lead).

Against the Tigers, we had a handy lead, let the Tigers blow us apart in 10 minutes of fantastic football, and fought back to claim a win.

I think the team has a great attitude, and works hard; for me, their biggest issue is their impatience, which leads to errors, and panic.
 
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Kornstar said:
I think a lot of these good teams know that if they really up their intensity to begin the game we usually crumble pretty easily, we don't seem to have the effort on effort plays to keep up and usually are playing significant catch up after 20 minutes.

BA is going to have to pull something from his ass to get this team up for this game.
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I don't reckon it's particularly us they've worked out. I think it's more that the six again rule makes it easier for one team to really dominate for that first ten to twenty, and doing that can really gain you a big advantage. Not just on the scoreboard, but come the end of the halves when merkins are getting tired, that they've worked out.

If you pressure early, repeat sets though six again are easier to get than a penalty, there's been little to no scrutiny of refs over them. If you can pull a couple in a row, you'll almost guaranteed pull the first penalty as defenders struggle to slow down the play, score once or twice in that period, and you've completely dominated possession for a good wack of time. For most teams on most days, that there's game over

And as we've seen sometimes there's no f**king rhyme or reason why one team's getting the rub of the green on those calls, it often just seems random. But counts can really lean heavily one way or the other.
 
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If you don’t believe we can win you’re a shithead and need to f**k off.

20 years worth of revenge gonna be deposited in Cameron smiths asshole.

Believe, merkins
 
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