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  SuperEel 22 April 18, 2015 at 9:59am

  At least we're not getting the pRicky: "You'll have to expect more of this" press conferences.
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    sixtiesboy > SuperEel 22 April 18, 2015 at 10:31am

    Indeed mate. Even though we won't really begin to see Arthur's vision of a team till next year, he's never said anything related to it. From day one he said nothing about inheriting a team or complaining about his roster. He talked about being competitive in every game. I do like what he's done already and still think positively about this year. We will have that something extra next year.
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  the daniel April 18, 2015 at 10:05am

  Ahhh, it's refreshing to see a new blog that showcases some solid points and doesn't try to procreate propaganda like those other fools blogs.
  
  From the first hit up of last week I knew we would lose. Our line speed was non existent and as you said our energy was in the negatives.
  
  I truly hope players wake up this week. If not I can see BA bringing in drastic change. I would love to see degois start, peats has looked sluggish the last two weeks, to be expected given his injury.
  
  As long as we aim up in defence and handle the ball we will dominate, and be competitive in every game. However, that's easier said than done and key players continue to let us down. Bring on next seasons signings because what I am seeing of some of the current crop, completely justifies their signings.
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    Glenn Lifetime Eel April 18, 2015 at 10:35am

    Mammojo, in the Tigers and Titans games our backline had no speed, something I have mentioned numerous times previously, even before the matches, and these two teams have speed to burn. The backline selections so concerned me that I picked the opposing team to win in my tipping competition! Unless changes are made our backline picked for tomorrow it will mean we will be flogged by Knights which I have picked to win this week.
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    sixtiesboy April 18, 2015 at 10:39am

    Warriors, as I said, head scratching first half.
    Tigers - both teams were poor. Nobody rubbished the Tigers because they won. If we won, which was possible despite the form, we would be 3/3. I don't understand that game. Big crowd. Both teams played a high tempo game the week before. Both teams had issues.
    Titans atrocious.
    We are where we are for various reasons. Some understandable - injuries. Some not - poor energy ( Titans)
  • aveel April 18, 2015 at 10:59am

    Excellent post mammojo. No sugar coating, no excuses. Just facts.
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    michael picklum April 18, 2015 at 11:13am

    Yep, putting all of the frog shite aside, I think u have pretty well nailed it. We have had injuries, but so have some other sides & they still put in.

    IMO our injury situation has been overstated. Even with our injury toll, on paper we can still field a competitive pack. Mannah, Peats, Lussick, Manu, Gower, Choc, Wicks, & Peni. The decision to regularly select Crappy Joe & DeG & omit Pauli is a coach's call.

    Our spine is intact, We have consistently fielded Peats, Sandow, Norman & Hoppa so there has been minimal disruption with our playmakers. The fact that Sandow has been erratic & Hoppa is too slow as FB has nothing to do with injuries. Both selections r our first choice FG options.

    Our injuries r mainly concentrated in our 3/4 line. Even then, during the preseason, there were many fans against Champion being considered for a FG role in the centres & Morgs was the preferred FG options for a lot of fans. If u think I'm wrong, go back & have a browse at some of the earlier blogs. The fact we lost Semi & Taka hit us hard I know, but IMO John Folau is a good back up centre & should have been used as such, not on the wing. He is too slow on the wing & is not up to scratch defensively for a FG wing spot. If u r going to incur injuries, IMO I think most coaches would prefer trying to cover an outside back slot rather than somewhere in the spine. 

    IMO to a large extent, our problems have been self inflicted. Our ball control, team concentration & intensity for 80 mins game time, & our discipline have been dreadful & its a coaches job to fix that. We will soon see what BA has done with the boys for the Newcastle match.

    I hope BA is up to it but lets not delude ourselves with a lot of frog shite. Its up to BA to do his job & excuses only indicate abdication of responsibility & I think BA is better than that.
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    sixtiesboy April 18, 2015 at 10:45am

    Thanks Gem. I had actually knocked back approaches from Parramatta Facebook but then signed a contract to write for League Unlimited. However I can announce that I will use the Round 13 clause and backflip to remain exclusively with 1eyed (except for when it gets copied and pasted by others!) lol
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  Kurupt April 18, 2015 at 10:42am

  I don't think many actually realise that in the Titans game the effort was there and are using that to have a dig. What f@ckd us in that game was piss poor execution and genuine leadership on and off the field.
  There was overzealousness in abundance in attack which ultimately lead to poor attacking plays and decisions.
  It was this overzealousness from Peats that gave the intercept try, watmough tried too hard and it cost us, Paulo went back to the old ways of running sideways and trying to be a half.
  These players who showed great courage in trying to lift the team, unfortunately hindered the halves more so, now this is where we lack leadership, the game was ours for the taking, but our halves did not demand the plays and the coaching staff did not have the game plan to close out a win.
  Defensively we were great and the titans points came from our mistakes.
  Don't question the players effort, it was there (can't say the same about the tigers game, that was just garbage), our execution or lack of a game plan was why we lost.
  There's been a lot of chat about who should partner Foran, I'll say this, both Sandow and Norman need improving!
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    sixtiesboy > Kurupt April 18, 2015 at 11:00am

    There is a validity in your comments Kurupt. But let me put this to you. There is only a small difference between the effort we saw against the Titans ( which I view as NSW Cup level) and an NRL standard effort. It's almost intangible in being able to say what players had to do differently, but to me it manifested in intensity. Defensively, we held a line but never attacked in defence. At the start of the year I said that the mantra for the team was to attack. Attack with the ball, attack against the ball. We didn't attack against the ball in that game. This meant that we didn't lay any platform to attack with the ball. We didn't intimidate the opposition, something that we did in spades against Souths. You ask the coaching staff whether they were happy with our energy and I know what they'll say. As for Peats and Watmough, they were guilty of being desperate to create something without us having created the platform to execute. They were plays of impatience. Others did not have the energy to put themselves into positions to receive the ball yet those blokes threw the pass. As for Sandow and Norman, there's a bit of a chicken and the egg going on. Will the forwards lay the platform for them to direct the play or will they direct the forwards? I think that is partly answered by the recruitment of Foran yet also answered by pointing to the standout games by Sandow and Norman in the games where the forwards dominated.