Eels coach Brad Arthur has warned the returning Dylan Brown to not overplay his hand when he makes his return from a seven-match ban in opposition to the Dragons on Sunday.
The consultant five-eighth was stood down by the NRL after he pleaded responsible to 2 counts of sexually touching with out consent at a pub in Sydney’s east.
Brown apologised final month to everybody concerned and mentioned he’d let his teammates down, and Arthur mentioned Brown now owed it to everybody on the membership to assist them get again into the highest eight after they struggled with out him within the facet.
“I’m sure that Dylan knows that he’s let his teammates, his club and people down,” the coach mentioned.
“We have to move past it, and the best way for Dylan to do that is with how he plays.”
Brown has been coaching with the group throughout his ban and has seen them slip to eleventh with three losses kind their previous 4 video games.
The temptation is to strive too arduous on Sunday afternoon in opposition to a Dragons facet they’re anticipated to beat, which is why Arthur desires him to simplify his recreation and simply run the ball taking part in off the again of Clint Gutherson and Mitch Moses.
“He’s been getting flogged and he’s done a lot of gym work,” Arthur mentioned.
“He’s looking really fit and strong, but at the end of the day we don’t want Dylan to overplay his hand and try too hard. We don’t want him to fall into that trap.
“He just needs to be Dylan Brown, and that’ll be enough for us.
“Dylan is a real effort-based player, so you can never try too hard with your effort. When you’re trying too hard it’s around execution or trying to overplay, and I’m sure Mitch and Gutho won’t let him do that, so I’m not concerned about it.”
Sunday’s recreation is a non-negotiable for an Eels facet two factors exterior the highest eight with video games nonetheless to come back in opposition to the Broncos, Roosters and Panthers.
Last 12 months’s grand finalists have proven that they will compete with the highest groups, however accidents, suspensions and a few poor losses have left them needing a minor miracle to sneak into the finals.
“We know that our best footy is good enough,” Arthur mentioned.
“It’s making sure that we deliver on that because it’s proven that our best footy is good enough, and that’s all we need to focus on.
“What our best footy looks like, the group is well aware of that and that’s what we need to do.”
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