ARE THE EELS MISSING PETER GENTLE?

In the discussions relating to the eels poor defence and ,lack of go forward by the pack, no mention has been made of the possible impact of the loss of Peter Gentle to Souths. As assistant to BA ,his role was twofold-he was forwards coach and defence coach-the two areas we are performing poorly in this year.Gentle was a vastly experienced coach both in Australia and the UK and he has not been replaced,with BA taking on this additional responsibility.Most teams have a specialist coach in this role and is one we need to consider urgently-Geoff Toovey would be one possible candidate.

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  • Interesting that he hasn't been replaced. This suggest a cost cutting measure, which is understandable given the club's financial situation. BA has enough to worry about, let alone being the defensive coach as well. Maybe Hindy will step in:).

    • Please elaborate Brissy? And who would be included in the amount.
    • Hindy is the last person you want as a defensive coach, he had poor technique and most of his tackles he was 3rd man in. 

      Hindmarsh, Cayless, Mannah and Hayne are the last of the lot involved in poor leadership at our club, the sooner they are all gone the better off we will be.

  • Mate you have hit the nail on the head BA doing a duel role must obviously be a issue
  • I wondered where he ended up. So the Eels brainstrust is BA, Steve Murphy, Joey Grima & Peter Sharp?
  • Yes and it seems Brad asked every man and his dog to come as assistant but nobody wanted to.

    Brad needs to get somebody like Toovey in fast, hes surrounded by bums.

  • Why does BA think he can do it on his own? Even the most experienced coaches have proper assistance
  • No. Gentle didn't put together this forward pack
  • I consider him a massive loss, along with head trainer ronnie palmer. It's no surprise that the tigers are doing well, they've been very physical this year and i put that down to the off season they've had under Ronnie.
  • Frankie would the word ‘bums’ be one of your favourites? It appears to quite often appear in your dialogue. Just curious that’s all.

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