Positive Comments:
No injuries.
All other comments:
- After the first minute of the game I immediately knew that no matter how good we try to play that we would not win the game. The corruption was pretty clear. But wow we played awful.
- The sin bin was obviously a horrible decison by the ref
- The captain challenge was another horrible decison by the ref
- The number of 6 agains on 4th and 5th tackle just because Grant asked the ref for it was BS.
- Iongi getting a high tackle and than a crusher but not getting a penalty for it. Than being sent for the HIA was BS too.
- We lost control of the ruck because we would get pinged for a 6 again the moment we held on for a second. What were the eels meant to do. Two different games were beign reffed. Storm are the one team you CANNOT give loads of possession and a quick ruck too. We have zero match fitness since round 1, so that spine, our errors and refs but it impossible to defend under fatigue. We played 60min with 12 men too.
- Now enough complaining about the ref.
- Kelly and Penisni still cant defend 1 on 1 tackles consistently.
- Pezet is overrated. He is not a 6 and looked good at Storm in theri system. He is slow and a poor defender.
- Da Silva is a reserve grader. 1 year into a 4 year contract and I may have already given up on him. His service is putrid. He cannot control a ruck even though he didnt miss a tackle. His decison making is poor.
- Smith had the worst game of his career. Errors, missed tackle, etc. Really hope this was a one off
- Our bench rotation was completely fucked up because of the Iongi HIA. Our bench was a fullback (Papalii), hooker (TDS) and 2 small forward in Doorey and Walker. They had no chance in competing with Storms elite spine and big forward pack once they got a roll on (plus refs help).
No one is saying we played a great game or were not poor with our handing. We hurt oursleves for sure. But apply all the context. Refs fucking over from the start. The bench we had to use cause of the HIA BS. The countless 6 agains. Try to control the ruck and get pinged. Versing the best spine in the comp with all of that is impossible even if we completed well the refs wouldnt let us win I am certain of it.
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What I take away from that game is that the Eels spent the entire off-season learning how to completely forget how to play a first grade standard of football, and the evidence is the Eels' diabolically bad second half.
E = Error by Eels, RI = Ruck Infringement by Eels, SR = Set Restart for Storm, LB = linebreak by Storm, P = Penalty against Eels, SB = Sin Bin (Eels in bin).
40:00-47:00: E, RI, SR, E, RI, SR, LB, Try
48:00-51:00: RI, SR, RI, SR, LB, Try
52:00-56:00: E, P, E, LB, Try
58:00-63:00: E, E, LB, Try
65:00-67:00: LB, P, SB, Try
68:00-77:00: LB, E, E, P, SR, LB, LB, Try (52-4)
Despite stats varying FoxsportsLab vs NRL.com, the second half was basically the Storm made 7-8 linebreaks in the second half and scored directly after 5 of those linebreaks. The Eels missed 23 tackles, made 7-8 errors and had only 1 tackle in ther Storm 20m zone. It was one of the most inept performances any of us are ever likely to see. Ryles has to face a hard fact: his team has suffered 50+ losses in two consecutive first round performances and he is doing something wrong in preseason prep.
wow you handled that post game report well , still doesnt excuse the fucked up decisions by the ref , sin bin Hopgood after 90 seconds and a wrong decision at that ,
from this weeks performance from the officials , they need to start a seprate department at the NRL like the MRC for players they need a independant revue commission for referees
Listen games are won on team selection and as long as Ryles keep picking the team on salary cap, Paulo , debelin , kelly , the eels will never be a force , again the eels are going to grow old together gracefully , we are not even planning ahead , why in fucking hell did acquire Pezet for a year when you be blooding a young up and coming gun instead of loosing them
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