Its a wet Tuesday here. I've been ruminating on something. Our team announced to play Broncos for this Friday. That's the Broncos, who have just come off a bye in Round 20. As it was the Raiders last week coming off a bye in Round 19. As it was the Panthers the week before this, coming off a bye in Round 18. That's 3 teams in a row who have had byes whom the Eels have faced the following week. In fact, the boys win the title this year for playing the most teams who the week before had the bye. Five.
Can anyone enlighten me as to how the draw is worked out? And why a team who just missed the spoon in 2024 by the skin of its teeth should receive this draw 2025. I appreciate I should have posted this in March.
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We're an easy target I guess.
Because our Club is weak and submissive and the NRL doesn't give a shit about us because we just bend over and cop it. We copped far worse decisions than the dragons on the weekend and the media is only talking about the dragons
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Like someone said - we're an easy target
Next year, I'm hoping Ryles gets stuck into the refs also. We need to create a positive subconscious mindset into these people
We sell papers when doing bad more than most teams, perhaps Wests close second. NRL know that we are very loyal no matter how we are going. 2012 and 2013 still saw Parra jerseys out and about. Never saw a Penrith jersey until 2020 go figure.
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The draw is put together by channel 9 so they can manipulate bums on seats in front of the telly which means more profit The NRL is now classed as entertainment and more entertainment means more profit The draw is now put together with an eye for which particular team can bring more entertainment to the masses when playing each other
We simple have no real voice, no patriarch that has a hot phone direct to V'landys, no overwhelming media voice that stands up for the Eels, no real politician with an Eels No.1 ticket holder with plenty of high cash to splash, no gigantic benefactor with a huge company that wants to spend advertising dollars on the half time Tv/Foxtel , no top tier actor that spreads the game internationally , no Billionaire that wants to splash cash on the Eels.
We make up the numbers and we are supposed to just get what we are given and be thankful.
We do have Mark O'Neil out there though negotiating with talented players.
Arggggggg
Same thing happened to us the year the Dolphins joined the comp, 2023. We were smashed coming up against sides fresh off a bye. Again, I think it was three in a row close to the start of the season. when Matterson decided to take his sabbatical rather than pay a fine.
Yeah i remember that. It was in the first five rounds too. I thought it was four in a row but I could be mistaken.