A few positives for next year!

I watched tonights game knowing that we would get beaten and beaten badly.The Eels could barely string together a team tonight, let alone challenge a team who will contend for the title.I did see a few positives though that made me happy for next year.Junior Paulo and Pauli Pauli. They both played strong tonight and they are constantly developing.Manu Mau is fast becoming our forwards leader. His charges to get us out of trouble helped us stay in the game as long as we did.Semi isnt just a one trick pony. He is is a smart player who positions himself well in the air.With the additions of Gordon, Foran and Scott, we will be a different side next year.

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  • My positive - I was on a plane from kickoff to full time so I didn't have to suffer like the ever of you !!!!
  • The only positive for eels as far as next year is concerned is that next year is sometime away........before the mediocre eels do it all over gain.

    • that's low, even for a creature that licks its own balls.

    • that's actually quite funny...the kind of cringe and laugh at the same time vibe, at least for this eels fan

    • It hurts much more when you lose the grand final.
  • Definatly looking up with more games and experience under their belt. Scott.can only add to their progress.
  • BA asks himself how do you polish a turd!
    Both eels nyc and the eels both coping floggings

    What's nice is at least the Cowboys do what they say they are going to do. They said they would flog us and they did.
    Sick of hearing about how postive our weekly training sessions are and they we consistently crumble from start to finish.
  • Outrunna, I like your sentiment, but I fear the cycle is becoming too predictable. Our core group of players is moving on from each season with far too many mental scars. The mentality of this team has been poor since about Rd 6 of 2010. It has seriously not improved in that time.

    I'm happy for BA to be given more time as long as:

    1. We get a new captain. Mannah has had some decent stats this year but he is clearly and simply not a captain. We need somebody who'll inspire fear and steel into our side every time the opposition score.

    2. We draw fresh talent. We desperately need a couple of bolters from our juniors or the bush; Hindy, Cayless, Burt, T Smith, Lyon style. We are buying too many quality players past their best, good signings on paper, but never turning out to be good signings. Tahu mark 1 was the last big name signing that worked, and that was a decade ago. We need to re-think our talent scout operations.

    3. The front office. I know very little about it all apart from what I read here. Clearly the ongoing issues have messed us up. No idea how to fix it, and until it is fixed I will have very little confidence in our club.

    4. Defence. Even with the above additions, our defence won't be fixed automatically. Not sure if we need a new D coach, but for too long we've leaked too many.

    5. Injuries. Impossible to predict, difficult to prevent. Luck plays a part. Possibly the strength and conditioning strategies. If we have luck with injuries, perhaps things will get better.

    If BA can somehow address this, then great. Give him a few seasons to slowly turn things around. One thing is very, very clear: we will not automatically turn into a top 8 team overnight. Our team has gone through so much, it will take a lot of time.

    • We need to stop wasting money on injury prone players like Beau Champion. He's the reason our right side has been fu*ked all year and why Ryan Morgan gets to play each week. We only have one quality side with Semi and Take. Hoppa and Morgan/ Folau/ Faraimo or whoever just isn't working. Scoring points down that edge is like taking candy from a baby.

  • Seriously guys any injuries to our backline next year it will be no different!!! I can handle losing tonight but to be 10 -4 at half time and lose by that many in the last 20 minutes I can't cop!!!Joseph Paulo is a disgrace,to come out and say that a stint in wenty has made him a better footballer and then play like How hedid tonight just shows what a moron he is!!!!
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