Week 1 Finals: Parra v Penrith GAME DAY THREAD @ Bluebet Stadium 9/9/22

[hindy111]

Thats right. It's why you are known as Mr 43%.

Canberra win out
Parra win out
Waqa not a winger can't catch bomb
Penrith thrash us
We will go out next week and prob won't score a try

 

[IFR33K]

As I've said in the past I'm no Arthur fan either and personally wouldn't include him in the squad.

However, I have no doubt that if he had a different last name there wouldn't be as much focus on him. Its all some merkins on here post about FFS.

Agreed Gary. Because if he had a different surname he wouldn’t be anywhere near first grade. Glad we agree.

 

[Wally21]

Blake has been shit for weeks. He is on 500k a season made what less than 50m running Meters but the focus is on JA .

BA should be the one under the hammer for not nullifying Cleary.

Is it on JA but? Some posters have made it clear he’s not up to first grade. I’m in that camp as well. But as I’ve said time and time again that’s on his father (and MON perhaps as MJC has stated)
But I think almost everyone has said Blake cost us that game.
I understand we play through the middle and therefore we shouldn’t expect our back five to be running for 200m each, but f**k me, they put up terrible numbers last night. I miss Fergo right now for his running metres. Not so much his defence…

 

[Gary Gutful]

Yep he was outstanding helps when he is fresh as well. He had a 2 game suspension and last week off in last 6 weeks.

Compared to Junior who has been slugging it out every week since origin without a break.

Not a significant factor imo. Paulo was dynamite the week beforehand.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Agreed Gary. Because if he had a different surname he wouldn’t be anywhere near first grade. Glad we agree.

So BA has never been capable of picking and prioritising plodders until JA came along?

 

[King-Gutho94]

Not a significant factor imo. Paulo was dynamite the week beforehand.

I think paulo has been solid without being great since origin.

Granted he was outstanding against Melbourne.

 

[hindy111]

People inside club I know have told me this.

We have no good juniors coming through for next few seasons.Very little will be ready untill about 2025

 

[IFR33K]

N

Nice post and genuine
But do you really think fans are joyous ? That’s a silly thing to say … I’d say they just as disappointed as you and they are frustrated because we are a chance at finally breaking the hoodoo but with some questionable decisions on selections and game plan it feels like BA is not putting us in the best possible position to succeed …. Others won’t see it that way but there’s plenty who do

when we call out the tactics or selections we’re deemed death riders.

we all here have a passion for the eels and all bleed blue and gold.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Canberra win out
Parra win out
Waqa not a winger can't catch bomb
Penrith thrash us
We will go out next week and prob won't score a try

*Mr 39%

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Who was the fast little halfback that we had for a season and ended up going to the UK? He was the best backup we have had in years at 7.

We wanted to keep and made him an offer, he declined for a UK contract

 

[Gary Gutful]

N

Nice post and genuine
But do you really think fans are joyous ? That’s a silly thing to say … I’d say they just as disappointed as you and they are frustrated because we are a chance at finally breaking the hoodoo but with some questionable decisions on selections and game plan it feels like BA is not putting us in the best possible position to succeed …. Others won’t see it that way but there’s plenty who do

Some flog a dead horse and have their scapegoats but most people are fairly balanced.

I’m convinced though that Jake the Snake and Hindmarshisgod have a roaring erection every time we lose. Even when we win they find things to bitch and moan about..

 

[IFR33K]

So BA has never been capable of picking and prioritising plodders until JA came along?

Ba needs to choose a team capable of playing tough finals footy. That means he needs impact players off the bench, that’ll ad something to the team. He’s not prioritizing the team. He’s prioritising his own wants and needs.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Ba needs to choose a team capable of playing tough finals footy. That means he needs impact players off the bench, that’ll ad something to the team. He’s not prioritizing the team. He’s prioritising his own wants and needs.

You think BA doesn’t want to win?

 

[JokerEel]

Is it on JA but? Some posters have made it clear he’s not up to first grade. I’m in that camp as well. But as I’ve said time and time again that’s on his father (and MON perhaps as MJC has stated)
But I think almost everyone has said Blake cost us that game.
I understand we play through the middle and therefore we shouldn’t expect our back five to be running for 200m each, but f**k me, they put up terrible numbers last night. I miss Fergo right now for his running metres. Not so much his defence…

It should be on BA as head coach.

Almost everyone has Blamed Blake but we see more posts about JA.

Would Fergo be better than Blake under the high ball?

 

[IFR33K]

You think BA doesn’t want to win?

Well he thinks his son is the best bet for the bench, so tbh I can’t answer that.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Well he thinks his son is the best bet for the bench, so tbh I can’t answer that.

What did you mean when you said:

“He’s prioritising his own wants and needs.”

What could possibly be a higher priority for him than winning football games?

 

[Gazzamatta]

It's also cause 95% of sides do not carry a half-back on the bench. It's weird to have one unless he is that good you can't leave him out. Sure different if he was a utility and could play multiple positions.

Anyhows he isn't why we lost. We lost case we played garbage tactics. 5 step shuffle bash n barge shit wasn't going to cut it.
We had our chance to go out and play carefree footy but chose safety first. That's not getting you a win against this ferocious side.

JFH tore our pack a new asshol.

Welcome back dude. My withdrawals have suddenly ceased.

 

[Gazzamatta]

Would still have Waqa in the side. Yes he was horrible last night but he can provide good go forward, has pace and energy.
BUT we need to be racing out from marker to put pressure on the kicker.
Watch the Storm tonight. They will race hard from marker to try and pressure the kicker every set. It's those 1% ers that is part of the Storm DNA.
I saw Papalii try it last night and literally stopped. It was a massive WTF moment.
We need a big game from him next week as he has been well below par recently.
I really think 2 changes can help the balance and bench rotation. Nrown and Carty.
We have enough coverage in Nuikore Carty and Matto to cover any injuries.
We don't burn out our big middles by making them play more minutes than they should. This is the fatigue factor.
Papalii is one who has been guilty of it many occasions this year as he starts missing tackles and arm grabbing.
Others start dishing up less effective hitups.
It's very akin to any job you do be it in corporate, trade etc. The more hours u do in the day the less productive you are

Waqa and Sivo need protection like every other winger. Its just we havent trained to provide same.

 

[IFR33K]

What did you mean when you said:

“He’s prioritising his own wants and needs.”

What could possibly be a higher priority for him than winning football games?

ummmmm I’m not sure but I’ll have a stab in the dark. He thinks his son is a first grader and he clearly isn’t. He’s given a bench spot to his son at the expense of other established first graders. Not sure what he’s basing his decisions on. JA has not much talent, is slow, has an erratic kicking game and average defender. I clearly made the point yesterday with the rain, it’ll be a wet heavy track. We’d need another forward on the bench. Yet we persisted with Jakey boy. In the early exchanges yesterday, it was obvious we were in for a huge battle in the middle. Wouldn’t it if been great if we had brown as an option,
To try and nullify the panthers pack.

 

[Gary Gutful]

ummmmm I’m not sure but I’ll have a stab in the dark. He thinks his son is a first grader and he clearly isn’t. He’s given a bench spot to his son at the expense of other established first graders. Not sure what he’s basing his decisions on. JA has not much talent, is slow, has an erratic kicking game and average defender. I clearly made the point yesterday with the rain, it’ll be a wet heavy track. We’d need another forward on the bench. Yet we persisted with Jakey boy. In the early exchanges yesterday, it was obvious we were in for a huge battle in the middle. Wouldn’t it if been great if we had brown as an option,
To try and nullify the panthers pack.

I'd prefer someone other than JA but it doesn't really matter if you've got butter fingers Blake dropping the spud every 5 minutes. I could have killed that merkin last night.