First off - to all you faithful Eeels fans - a surprise season (that really should not have been a surprise) offers a warm feeling, a spring in the step - HOPE has been restored. But if history and our culture of verythin skin........aka.......the ability to CHOKE as bad as Norman at the Masters are any indicators - 2020 shapes up as a shocker.
Can Parramatta break the cycle and achieve 2 of the loftiest goals in our miserable excistance since the start of the Millenium - and they are
1. Actually IMPROVE after a successful season
2. Beat the Melb Storm in a game that matters
Now for the misery
Since 2000' Parra has had only 2.............thats 1+1 seasons where Top8 finish was actually improved upom - 2001 (Runners Up) & 2007
The other disasters that occured after a successful seaso with hope restored ALL ended up near the bottom of the ladder (except 2002 6th place but still a regression)but wait, there's more - AND shortly after WOODEN SPOONS
Back to that thin skin of ours, that absense of backbone and those jellified knees when EXPECTATIONS infect our club
Can Parra break the cycle..........and not only improve BUT also overcome the Melb Storm
No other club since 2006 has ended our season's with Hope except teh Storm
The misery inflicted by the Storm arrived on time 2006 2007 2009 2017 2019..........ALL OF THEM - seasons of hope - destroyed ny Melb and Wooden Spoons just round the corner
AS FANS - this MUST be our battle cry - Start getting ANGRY and VOCAL now
Our goal - IMPROVE after winning & BEAT the Bloody Storm !!!!!!
That's when Parra will start to be a proper Club again
Simply , from a culture point of view - we are as weak as p1sss
So get Angry & LOUD now - forget the cosy feeling of a woinning season
Here they are - the cold hard facts
Read em & weep..........GET ANGRY - We as a fan base MUST Target THE STORM !!!! So the coaches & players know
And that my fellow Eels is a PROMISE
Green - Improvement after a Top 8
Black XXX - The end of Hope - look how soon The Spoons followed
Red - The Bloody Melb STORM - I HATE THEM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! forget Manly & The Dogs - our Priority is the Storm.........when we are having a good year - BUT the hate has to start even when we are shyte - they have to matter to our fan base
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Nice 1 Pops - they ARE the mountain we need to conquer - listen - the coaches & current players & board members wren't even at Parra when this one sided beat down began - As fans - we are the only ones that have experienced this - its OUR duty to put this front & centre so players, coaches and management know
WE WANT MELB, WE WANT MELB !!!
Based on that - you need to stop with ant Storm sentiment & or consolation right noiw - Respect em - sure - but they are the enemy and the GOAL - I am convinced overcoming the odds to do it will be a building block - we are a very flakey and emotionally unstable organisation
Tele! great to see you round and i echo your sentiments.
The whole 'theres always next year' culture hurts us.
You dont hear that shit coming from the champion teams.
Thanks Snakey boy - been watching from afar - I got so bloody angry at Parra for constantly bumbling I had to step back - they are after all - my first love
But as fans I agree - th RELIEF we all experience when we have the good season & I dont know what it is about Parra - we have bad DNA with expectations but as underdogs we are the miracle men - WHY - it has to be in our collective heads - the disbelief that we are winners - yuo must LEARN to win
Be mad in the off season be direct & CHALLENGE the club
Tell em - Warn them that we will be supporting them - but no team in nearly 20 years had backed it up except our AMAZING 2001 side
I'm serious - we should be challenging the club
They know what we talk about
Snakey, well said. You reminded me of something Jack Gibson said in an interview a while ago.
He wasn't a fan of the: pat on the back don't worry "there's always next week" mantra, either.
Unfortunately I agree with you and if history repeats itself I see Parra missing Top 8.
We sumply have to improve look at the under achievers this year Dragons, Panthers,Sharks,Knights they will be better next year.
Team like the dogs improved in the backend of the season.
We need to better then the teams below us and not just focus on being chasing the top 4 teams
Nice 1 offside - read my reply to Snake - didn't we do the same this year - spoons to semi's - We thgrive as underdogs and capitulate with expectations
We need to challenge them
I treckon they WILL fold up in heap - & the question is - what are THEY gonna do about it
We have surely had enough
We should be aming for the top 4 next season and giving the comp as real shake, anything less and it's a failure.
We are heading into a premiership window with a coach i think he is not capable of getting this squaf to the next level. Hope BA proves me wrong i really do.
I tend to agree Al, BA did show some growth as a coach this season, lets hope it continues or we will blow this opportunity.
Spot on Al and HKF...
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