The free-falling Eels are staring down the barrel of another nail in their season’s coffin. They sit like ducks in the target arrow of the public's microscope just waiting to dissect their ANZAC performance.
Facing a horror run and at least the next six weeks without general Mitchell Moses, Parramatta’s season is slipping away. Brad Arthur has a highly rated halfback but will the coach pull the trigger?
Following the Wednesday review, Arthur doubled down on what he said in the round four press conference, explaining what went wrong with the Eels against the Tigers.
"We played a soft style of football" and "looked for soft options".
Thunderdbird Two to Thunderbird One, do you read me? Static. No Reply. That was the Eels against the Tigers. The Thunderbirds was of course a TV show aired 1965-1966, featuring the Tracy family as operators of International Rescue, a secret para-mili
Mitchell Moses missing was always going to be a tough situation. For as much as he is seen as "going missing" or "not stepping up", this Eels side is far better with him in the number 7 than anyone else.
Sigmund Freud once said that “one day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful”. With the Eels on-field general and kicking maestro, Mitchell Moses, out for up to 8 weeks with a fractured foot, the Eels will need to
Two from one and beating Manly is a good way to go into a long week later this week. Going from feeling we could get hammered, to having that feeling feel real with an extra feeling of mourning, dreading what was to come for the following 65mins, to
Let's start by saying the sky is not falling, there are no real concerns and season is not over. I think that is very fair to say. It is also fair to say i was pleased with our performance considering the circumstances. To lose a Winger, then to have
"Samrani to wing. I agree having Riley Smith and replacing him with TDS doesn't seem to help things. I'm also a little worried with the Moses/ Pezet combination. Both are good and dominent 7s but there seemed to be some confusion who was running the…"
"Never been a fan of the six again rule . It can totally change the momentum and outcomes of games. We copped a heap early on Thursday night and our forwards certainly seemed puffed. Althought that wasn't the reason we lost the game it certainly…"
"Yep they certainly "could" control outcomes using 6 agains and even just speeding up and down the ruck using verbal commands. There is one thing all humans eventually suffer - fatigue. All nrl teams are capable of taking advantage of it.
Make no…"
