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Post by Electric Eel on Nov 29, 2018 5:08:34 GMT 10
just the type of player the Eels needed, but missed out again. The Knights are looking like an elite team this coming season. If they miss the playoffs the coach will be gone. I don't think the Eels forwards are the problem. Klemmer would have been a worthy signing, but Parra need better halves. |
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Post by crow on Nov 30, 2018 9:20:04 GMT 10
I think the forwards and the halves are a problem. They have 2 good forwards in Nathan Brown and A'ua. Paulo is too inconsistent, Bring back Fui. The halves just dont gel, and Jennings is an over the hill center.
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Post by Electric Eel on Dec 1, 2018 2:02:10 GMT 10
I think the forwards and the halves are a problem. They have 2 good forwards in Nathan Brown and A'ua. Paulo is too inconsistent, Bring back Fui. The halves just dont gel, and Jennings is an over the hill center. Don't rate Tim Mannah? Lol |
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Post by crow on Dec 1, 2018 4:32:24 GMT 10
I thought Tim Mannah did OK coming off the bench, I dont rate him at all as a starter. Hopefully that Lane dude from Manly will add something. I dont know much about him?
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Post by Electric Eel on Dec 2, 2018 4:11:22 GMT 10
I thought Tim Mannah did OK coming off the bench, I dont rate him at all as a starter. Hopefully that Lane dude from Manly will add something. I dont know much about him? I don't know much about the Manly player either, but he will most likely be another Darcy Lussick. A dud!! Why can't we ever develope great players? |
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Post by crow on Dec 4, 2018 1:19:22 GMT 10
the 80's was a great decade for developing players, when it ended so did the development of players. It seems a number of really good players around the NRL are Eels juniors , that never played in blue and gold.
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Post by Electric Eel on Dec 5, 2018 3:39:30 GMT 10
the 80's was a great decade for developing players, when it ended so did the development of players. It seems a number of really good players around the NRL are Eels juniors , that never played in blue and gold. The 80s was a great decade for everything, not just footy. Music, movies and lifestyle. I would live the rest of my days in the 80s if I could. But yeah, how awesome was Parra back then. |
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Post by crow on Dec 11, 2018 2:22:53 GMT 10
The only thing I didnt like about the Eels in the 80's was that they played at Belmore up until 1986. I hated that ground. I went to a lot of games there unfortunately.
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Post by Electric Eel on Dec 11, 2018 5:27:53 GMT 10
The only thing I didnt like about the Eels in the 80's was that they played at Belmore up until 1986. I hated that ground. I went to a lot of games there unfortunately. Belmore was a hole. Last time I went there was in 1998. The Eels beat the Bulldogs 7-6 in the rain. I also remember going there in 1993 and seeing Parra get belted 42-6. At least you saw them at Belmore during the glory years. |
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Post by crow on Dec 13, 2018 3:44:42 GMT 10
should have had a better ground than that during there glory years. There were a lot of really poor grounds back then. Lidcombe Oval would have been the worst, but I have to say I liked the atmosphere there, during the Roy Masters era. Cumberland oval would have been equal to Lidcombe oval.
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Post by Electric Eel on Dec 14, 2018 2:40:49 GMT 10
should have had a better ground than that during there glory years. There were a lot of really poor grounds back then. Lidcombe Oval would have been the worst, but I have to say I liked the atmosphere there, during the Roy Masters era. Cumberland oval would have been equal to Lidcombe oval. Here is a picture of Lidcombe Oval. Unfortunately I never attended a game there.  |
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Post by crow on Dec 15, 2018 2:26:12 GMT 10
You probably went to Cumberland Oval, both similar. Cumberland was probably slightly larger, but both were sub standard. It was a nightmare getting out of the parking lot at Lidcombe Oval, one time it took an hour and a half.
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Post by Electric Eel on Dec 15, 2018 5:52:36 GMT 10
You probably went to Cumberland Oval, both similar. Cumberland was probably slightly larger, but both were sub standard. It was a nightmare getting out of the parking lot at Lidcombe Oval, one time it took an hour and a half. Never went to Cumberland Oval. It burnt down when I was 7 years old. I didn't attend my first rugby league game until 1985. I remember seeing Parra v Penrith at Penrith Park. I started following Parra around 1979 / 1980 when I was 5 years old. I watched all the games on TV of course back then. |
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Post by crow on Dec 16, 2018 6:58:10 GMT 10
you didnt miss much not ever going to the old Cumberland. What a second rate place it was.
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Post by Electric Eel on Dec 17, 2018 4:20:42 GMT 10
you didnt miss much not ever going to the old Cumberland. What a second rate place it was. I wish I did though, just for the experience and to say I was there. You are right though, it looked quite ordinary. |
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