LIVE GAME Round 5 versus Eels

[hank37w]

History making sin bin, is this the first ever?

You just know that a landmark ruling is going to go against us, never to be used again in the entire history of the NRL. 😡

 

[Betterdays22]

Two massive plays by Sam Fainu today. Regathered the short drop out when were down to 12 men and really struggling. Regathered the short kick off when Parra had just kicked the penalty goal to go up by 2 points with 2 minutes to play. If he missed one of these I believe we would have lost.

Every week he has made a couple of those origin quality plays. If he continues his form he should be in the conversation for NSW

 

[hank37w]

Jock bloody good effort twice on their tries

Bula late on the scene as per normal. 😡

 

[stephen]

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Couple of geniuses there.

 

[Tito Santana]

Yep. Toa back, Mak on the wing and Luke L left right out

I thought Luke L wasn’t too bad. How far off is Taylan?

 

[diedpretty]

As much as I hate it, Mitch close to MoM. He was near perfect as a halfback today other than goal kicking.

he always is against us - when it went to GP i was just imagining the headlines when he kicked the winning FG.

 

[Betterdays22]

Luke getting 1 week is a joke

 

[Tito Santana]

I didn’t think it was one

Agreed. Fine only. Nothing to see here.

 

[old_man_tiger]

Saw that, but I can't for the life of me figure out what you complain to the ref about with losing a coin toss 🤷‍♂️

The guy hates losing to us and you can see he has tried to work the ref every time we play. He does it in most games but next level with us.

He is a sly bastard, he knows this ref will play the polite fake BS but probably not cop too much outright disrespect so he comes in trying to be reasonable, hand on the shoulder etc.... basically humiliates the ref with repetition but tries not to cross the line (saves that for da Silva). With the genuine morons he doesnt bother, he just yells at them until they crack or parra lose. Reminds me of the people at work who play office politics lol

 

[Tito Santana]

Hard to drop Tino and Turuva defended well but bombed second half try.

He bombed a try but otherwise was outstanding.

 

[orange&black]

Made no comments during the game tonight as I wanted to focus more closely. So now after time to digest it all, my thoughts are that resilience, fitness and a bit of luck were the key factors in our win.
Eels also had their fair share of luck with a few rulings and fortunate outcomes.
Similar to the Souths game we dominated large sections of this game but failed to score points when we really should have. This allowed the Eels to almost snatch a win.
Execution in A is fairly average and I believe will improve by mid season. Our ball movement oftens looks clunky and slow currently, with poor passing being the main cause. The ball is rarely out in front allowing the receiver to run onto it with pace. Our ptb speed is also often slow. Twal is the only starting middle running hard enough however our bench middles are making a big difference. Our edges are playing consistently well and this makes a massive improvement to our squad.
In D it’s obvious we have a real problem with our left side. Maka and LL are so out of their depth. Teams will start targeting them every week if we don’t make changes.
Finally, as much as he is a quality and valuable inclusion I say this every week, but AD is no halfback!

 

[old_man_tiger]

Calm down, Karen Moses

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Would....maybe....

 

[Camel2281]

But was a legit penalty though

Was equally as legit as the one Moses got on review

 

[Plato]

We walked out in respect of an opposition player that had passed, Parramatta ran out and it looked like they thought it was nothing, just another game.

There was something about it that just didn't seem right, not sure if anyone else felt the same.

No respect, and the crowd booed us for walking out.

 

[old_man_tiger]

Yeah, we made our presence be felt. They’ll struggles for a couple of weeks following this game.

Thank god its a cherry on top and not a silver lining

 

[Camel2281]

Yep. Toa back, Mak on the wing and Luke L left right out

Toa is trash

 

[gregjm87]

What do we think happens with Api's hip drop?

Probably grade 2, cops a week. Someone said it was his 2nd hip drop charge so maybe a 2nd week with loading.

 

[diedpretty]

Was at game didn't see the penalty to let Madden tie the game was it high? Eels fans here blowing up.

It was high as the chin tap that Mitchy got to go ahead.

 

[hank37w]

Was Dylan Walker crying?

He should be happy, didn't he only get 10 seconds in the bin. 🤣

 

[Plato]

Ok, so every hip drop, high tackle, chicken wing, ankle grab, shoulder charge and whatever, if it causes an injury, gets escalated to a sin bin? This is despite the fact that the great majority of indiscretions don't cause serious injury. Simmonson's dislocated ankle came from an awkward landing which could also come from a variety of other different circumstances such as leaping and catching a bomb. Luke's action wasn't premediated or intended to be aggressive like other examples of foul play. It was involuntary but also, for Simmonson, unlucky. A punch to the face is not a good analogy Sirro. Totally different beause it's premeditated.
Moses got accidentally slapped in the face. It could have drawn blood. Sin bin?

What a shame no-one told our guys it was ok to accidentally punch Moses in the face.