Look I know it's tough to watch, especially with the effort that was put in against the titans but as a fan base need to stick solid behind the group of players we have left. Yes injuries have decimated the team but also the effort yesterday was unacceptable both can be true. Expecting a much better effort against the dogs this week but we can't really make many changes to the 17 due to injury. Terrible effort yesterday but it's a new week so we move forward. And yes our recruitment team is horrible and needs to go lol.
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What I am asking for is direct arguments from "admin did it" to why, for instance, the right side attack played too deep and the left side attack too flat.
And you're right. I cherry picked. Because we all are as soon as the topic is linking admin to performance on field. Were admin having a good week when the Eels rolled Broncos? Were admin having a good start to the week when Su'A was confirmed? And just imagine the tongue biting if Eels rolled Dogs?!
The thing that stands out to me each week is how we get steamrolled through the middle and we don't make any dominant tackles. This results in either quick ruck speed or getting a set restart for holding on too long. The whole team gets fatigued pretty quick and we end up with a result like yesterday. The thing that concerns me is that we seem much weaker and less fit than the other teams. The fatigue is causing these injuries too as structures and techniques break down.
I think the strategy with the new rules was to use smaller more mobile forwards. Storm did the same and look how they are going now. Remember BA used to say front load your effort - this seems to be where the game is at currently. Get really physical and fast at the outset, get the set restarts with quick ruck speed and fatigue the opposition. Dogs did this very effectively against Penrith, and look how their handling and decision making deteriorated under fatigue.
For us, we need forwards who have big motors and can bend the line. We've been getting away with it for years with Moses long kicks but this just isn't enough anymore. I think Ryles recognises it and has been in the market for forwards. But the R&R team cannot get the job done.
A much better effort against the Bulldogs yep probably 50 - 10 instead of 52 - 10. Pathetic effort, pathetic leadership, pathetic coaching, pathetic recruitment equals loss of supporters eventually
Guys like Kini Campbell Sami will turn every half chance into a try. They elite attacking players. We don't have any of that
But Fox, Simmonson and Samrani have all shown they have good hands and turn half chances into points. Apa Twidle did it twice with his first two touches. Only Fox is surviving and he's wearing rib padding. Everyone gushed over Iongi
None of us are happy with what we're seeing but until they looked disconnected vs Titans it's been the defense not attack as the issue?
Need to give these young players a break. You could see NRL is very demanding & they were getting tired. To have 12 players + injured is a huge burden on the team, I don't think I've ever seen it this bad. We know what they can do at full strength, Moses is our general, he will lead us out of the rut.
in light of the injury toll, would the dragons do us a solid and release Su'a early?
High chance, they have some young blokes ready to take more minutes on
sounded like this might be an option, wait and see i guess. he is only one player, but every bit helps!
We are about 5-6 years away from being a top 8 team imo an entire generation of eels players needs to be found. Not a single eel in our entire squad is adequate.
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