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Post by crow on Apr 2, 2021 17:23:41 GMT 10
WOW, Eels sign another nobody.
It would be much more enjoyable being a commentator rather than a coach, there is no pressure and I am sure they get paid quite well.
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Post by Electric Eel on Apr 2, 2021 22:17:22 GMT 10
WOW, Eels sign another nobody. It would be much more enjoyable being a commentator rather than a coach, there is no pressure and I am sure they get paid quite well. Eels are always a team of nobodies during the finals. Right now the flushing fraud is coach of the year after only three rounds but come back in a month or two. Flanagan probably won't return to coaching.
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Post by crow on Apr 3, 2021 3:48:20 GMT 10
If Flanagan has a commentary contact I agree with you. Sterlo stayed with Channel 9 for a damn good reason. No pressure at all. The Eels need to find somebody that can coach, who o they turn to now?
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Post by Electric Eel on Apr 3, 2021 15:33:17 GMT 10
If Flanagan has a commentary contact I agree with you. Sterlo stayed with Channel 9 for a damn good reason. No pressure at all. The Eels need to find somebody that can coach, who o they turn to now? Unless you're the best being Craig Bellamy you wouldn't bother coaching if you could land a job in the media. Sterlo would have made a massive mistake in coaching or being involved in the administration at the Eels. Besides, Sterlo is needed as a sideline commentator at channel 9, he reads the game very well and sees things other commentators don't or get wrong. Sterlo is more valuable to the game in the media.
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Post by crow on Apr 4, 2021 6:04:49 GMT 10
I agree with you on Sterlo, the chances are he wouldnt have been a success in coaching anyway. Most of the best coaches were not great players except for Clive Churchill and Mal Meninga. Sterlo was always a very smart guy so he would have ended up in something that he earned good money anyway. Being a coach would be one of the most stressful job that exists.
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Post by Electric Eel on Apr 4, 2021 19:20:15 GMT 10
I agree with you on Sterlo, the chances are he wouldnt have been a success in coaching anyway. Most of the best coaches were not great players except for Clive Churchill and Mal Meninga. Sterlo was always a very smart guy so he would have ended up in something that he earned good money anyway. Being a coach would be one of the most stressful job that exists. Exactly. Sterlo was never going to give up a worthy job. No one should ever do that. He made the right choice and just sits there now wearing his Eels tshirt saying "we" every time he refers to the Eels. I say keep Andrew Johns on the coaching staff, but replace one trick.
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Post by crow on Apr 5, 2021 0:40:53 GMT 10
In all honesty, who do you replace the pony with? Adam Reynolds should have been signed years ago, he doesnt have too many years left in him. I cant think of anyone to replace him. Maybe there is someone in England? The Eels dont do anything to show any tribute to the old superstars, Sterlo grew up a evil empire supporter, maybe he should align himself with them.
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Post by Electric Eel on Apr 5, 2021 14:06:41 GMT 10
In all honesty, who do you replace the pony with? Adam Reynolds should have been signed years ago, he doesnt have too many years left in him. I cant think of anyone to replace him. Maybe there is someone in England? The Eels dont do anything to show any tribute to the old superstars, Sterlo grew up a evil empire supporter, maybe he should align himself with them. All the decent halfbacks are signed up. Was there ever an opportunity to sign Thurston, Cronk, Orford, Reynolds? Eels just can't develop a decent No.7. Jason Taylor was the best since Sterlo, but only signed him because the Bears were dead and buried. It appears the Eels only make decent signings when a players good run at another club comes to an end, like the Bulldogs four. Eels base everything on luck. I think Sterlo hates Manly, he won two grand finals against them, that would play out in a big way. He experienced the rivalry of us against them and he was on the Eels team.
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Post by crow on Apr 6, 2021 14:21:33 GMT 10
The fact that the Eels have not been able to find a decent halfback in over 40 yrs is a joke of huge proportions. I dont think they ever made any effort to sign any of the halves you mentioned. Maybe the Eels need another Super League to get a decent halfback. I thought the pony played his best game this season but his goalkickng was very poor.
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Post by Electric Eel on Apr 6, 2021 19:17:20 GMT 10
The fact that the Eels have not been able to find a decent halfback in over 40 yrs is a joke of huge proportions. I dont think they ever made any effort to sign any of the halves you mentioned. Maybe the Eels need another Super League to get a decent halfback. I thought the pony played his best game this season but his goalkickng was very poor. Not easy replacing or living up to Sterlos profile, but only one decent 7 since Sterlo retired is not good enough. One trick played OK even when he ran around in circles and then kicked for the games first try, but his goal kicking was ordinary. Notice he kicked the last goal from the sideline, there was no pressure because it was fulltime and Eels had won.
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Post by crow on Apr 7, 2021 4:50:56 GMT 10
look at the evil empire they have had a number of good halves in the past 40 years. The biggest halfback signing in the past 40 years was Sandow who was a total dud. He was embarrassingly bad.
The Eels dont need another Sterlo, they do need a competent half that is always making the opposition guess. The pony has to go.
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Post by Electric Eel on Apr 7, 2021 23:26:56 GMT 10
look at the evil empire they have had a number of good halves in the past 40 years. The biggest halfback signing in the past 40 years was Sandow who was a total dud. He was embarrassingly bad. The Eels dont need another Sterlo, they do need a competent half that is always making the opposition guess. The pony has to go. Manly know a good player when they see one, but right now they need a clean out. Hasler is past his expiry date and some of those players are ordinary. Need a new ground too. One trick lacks a running game, kicking game is decent, but doesn't threaten the opposition with the ball.
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Post by crow on Apr 9, 2021 14:03:16 GMT 10
The try the pony set up for Nikorima with that kick, wasnt a try there were a couple shepherds before he kicked the ball.
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Post by Electric Eel on Apr 9, 2021 20:11:43 GMT 10
The try the pony set up for Nikorima with that kick, wasnt a try there were a couple shepherds before he kicked the ball. And he fooled the oppositions defence with his confused run not knowing where to go, which made it easier to score. I saw Daniel Mortimer put on a similar play, he was in two minds not knowing whether to pass the ball and the opposition fell for the dummy and he scored from 15 metres out.
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Post by crow on Apr 10, 2021 2:55:21 GMT 10
If you dont know what you are doing yourself it is a lot easier to fool the opposition.
Nathan Brown feels the Eels defense is up with the best, I have to disagree. I thought it was strong against the Storm but had wet conditions helping them. I thought against the Tigers there defense was very weak. They had the game in the bag and let the tigers back into the game.
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