Our Potential Weaknesses

I think our forwards could be the reason we will win or lose games....when they dominant we always win...against storm in the finals they were breaking the advantage line...kings quick play the balls and directions allowed our back line to spread the ball early and gain metres...looking at our team we do have Kane Evans but i see our forwards who on their day can play amazing as our means of winning as our backline has the strike power and x factor..i mean gutho french hayne plane norman moses....we are lucky Brown and 2nd rowers Mau in particular makes soo many metres. Also King should be 9...from my experience of playing he reads the game better than Pritchard as he has the Footy IQ and we were playing soo much better when he is on...Pritchard should be impact hooker but then again i think Smith offers more as the utility player to cover hooker, fullback, wing, playmake more than him so where does that leave pritchard.

Whats everyones thoughts?

Cant wait for Round 1!!!

Gee i think the NRL has been scripting premierships last few years as TV money means more than anything...ala Rabitohs, Sharks and cowboys first premiership, cronk winning for storm....imagine Hayne the prodigal son returning to win the premiership for the eels against the NRL cashcows Broncos or storm....the party we will be having from ANZ to church st to Parra leagues. 2001 and 2009 i dreamt but maybe this year....Parra 2018!!!

"Thats exactly right LB, no one has stood up to them in the way that we have. We have kept infront of everything theyve thrown at us and kept our cool which has annoyed them even more. I feel once this is all done and dusted the NRL will have…"

"Plus, he thought we are weak and will toe the line as we and many other clubs have for the last so many years. Finally one has cracked and they do not know how to respond so they go to the media to plead their case and has made it worse."

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- Ray Zammit January 21, 2018 at 4:47pm
  
  We need a decent prop
- Chocolate Frog ♥ Ms Peppers Mint January 21, 2018 at 10:02pm
  
  Storms monster pack was being done over by our midgets in the 2017 semis and cheating was required for Storm to win that game. The following week v Cowgirls we did not bring the same high level standards we set against the Storm and it is here where our standards of consistency must improve week in week out if we are to go all the way and win the big one in 2018. One week we're up, the next week we're flat.
- Mapik January 22, 2018 at 11:45am
  
  I think we may see Taka transition to an edge forward this year adding to our depth there.
rozay January 21, 2018 at 4:11pm

All the grand finals since the roosters 1 seemed scripted I doubt the eels would get it tho this season they will want Thurston to go out a winner or slater & smith if they decide to pull the pin
- Monto Eel > rozay January 21, 2018 at 4:31pm
  
  I agree Rosay! It’s so obvious!
- Longfin Eel > rozay January 22, 2018 at 7:51am
  
  They need to fill the Parra Stadium v2.0 in 2019. What better way to do that than with an Eels premiership.
Monto Eel January 21, 2018 at 4:30pm

I think the Eels main weaknesses are the potential uneven calls from the referees. The Eels should have beaten the Storm in last years final series but for some very dubious wrong referee calls that were so obvious that blind Freddy could see it.
- ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER > Monto Eel January 21, 2018 at 4:43pm
  
  I Agree with you Monto we were rob big time against storm last year
- Salty Eel > Monto Eel January 21, 2018 at 8:14pm
  
  Stop the panick it’s January, don’t confuse yourself
- Parramate2 > Monto Eel January 21, 2018 at 10:21pm
  
  Well said Monto. Everyone can say we need to do this and that but until we get ref calls go our way we have no chance just like any team. If storm never got the calls go there way they be a bottom 8 team every year!