GoTheDoggies
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Passion, desire & heart > a stat book
Thank you.He's an asset to our attack. If he doesn't complete every tackle it's not the end of the world as long as he slows their momentum to some extent. You can work around a defender that isn't supreme, halves have traditionally been notoriously average defenders for years in league. It's a trade off if they can drastically improve the attack.
This is where statistics articles piss me off. Statistics aren't at all forgiving and they only tell a portion of the story.
I agree he probably needs a spell at times throughout the game.Been saying it for years to my mate who's an Eels supporter that Mahoney isn't an 80 minute player. He should be playing a max of 60 minutes a game.
Pack of rejects, bet most of our fans would've complained if we signed the Dolphins forwards at the timeYes he has playing in a much better pack than ours.
Would of loved the Bromich brothers...Pack of rejects, bet most of our fans would've complained if we signed the Dolphins forwards at the time
Start Nu Brown at 9 & bring Mahoney on after 20 minutes, leaving him on at 9 for the final 60 minutes. Then for the last 20 minutes Nu Brown can play at lock. It's what the Storm did with Brandon Smith & Harry Grant in 2021.I agree he probably needs a spell at times throughout the game.
100%It’s a misleading stat, Reed leads the defensive line, he’s making a lot of tackles under fatigue, hes trying to put on big shots to inspire his team, practically doing everything he can to will his side to victory…. That comes with some missed tackles, wouldn’t swap him for anyone.
Sad but true.Pack of rejects, bet most of our fans would've complained if we signed the Dolphins forwards at the time
Honestly Wayne deserves all the credit, don't think any other coach gets those performances out of them. Look at Jarrod Wallace for example, the blokes the size of cow and he's coming on ball playing like a half lol. Guarantee we wouldn't get from him if we signed him.Sad but true.
Would love to know why our fuckwit board/admin knocked him back twice....Honestly Wayne deserves all the credit, don't think any other coach gets those performances out of them. Look at Jarrod Wallace for example, the blokes the size of cow and he's coming on ball playing like a half lol. Guarantee we wouldn't get from him if we signed him.
Bennett is a great coach/man manager no doubt and will go down as the GOAT but he isn’t out on the field doing the hard yards, that pack is almost the perfect balance of experience and youth and no million dollar duds that’s the advantage of starting from scratch he didn’t inherit someone else’s mistakes. And he set the standard for the club and players before they played a game.Honestly Wayne deserves all the credit, don't think any other coach gets those performances out of them. Look at Jarrod Wallace for example, the blokes the size of cow and he's coming on ball playing like a half lol. Guarantee we wouldn't get from him if we signed him.
Well at least your positive about somethingYes but that doesn't change the fact that his defence is a big issue.
Pack of rejects !? Your kidding aren’t you.Pack of rejects, bet most of our fans would've complained if we signed the Dolphins forwards at the time
Who replaces him though? We don’t even have a solid 14. Nu was injured and ain’t flash when fit. The Grub thing unsurprisingly backfired, we’ve got at least two other wet behind the ears spine players so Reed is overworked. Apart from his work rate his chatter and efforts in trying to lift the team are key. Geez we’re hard markers, we’re better off with him overall than not.I agree he probably needs a spell at times throughout the game.
Rubbish. Reynolds played a role in getting Flanagan out and easing Oloapu in; had some decent touches early on and some lesser ones as it went on.The Grub thing unsurprisingly backfired
Geez. Now we're trying to "fix" Reed Mahoney.Been saying it for years to my mate who's an Eels supporter that Mahoney isn't an 80 minute player. He should be playing a max of 60 minutes a game.
Exactly we have a whole heap of shirt grabbers in this teamWould help if he had some fit forwards to help him out.... he isn't that big and has blokes 115kg running at him for 80 minutes. Should we just ignore the fact that he has most 40/20s in the nrl?
When was that one time?Of course mahony is missing tackles our middle gets dominated 9 times out of ten, Harry Grant would be struggling statistically in our pack.
Nice 20/20 hindsight .Rubbish. Reynolds played a role in getting Flanagan out and easing Oloapu in; had some decent touches early on and some lesser ones as it went on.
That role is now over and since then he's been 18th man, which will become a reggies spot (probably back to the bench down there, or limited minutes), and eventually (next year) he'll probably run the water.
Nothing backfired. Worked as expected. A lot of positives to come from it. Mission complete.