Folks, our TEAM has a very serious problem.
Six Tries scored against us in a half. There can be absolutely no EXCUSES for such a pathetic attitude & total lack of defensive commitment.
Last weeks performance coupled with the second half against the Dogs, together with last nights second half performance has nothing to do with which halfes we should field or recruit.
This team has no real character & if anyone thinks that they r really Premiership Contenders, they r deluding themselves.
DA needs to forget reputations & make some very drastic changes. Putting the bullshit aside, this season is over & we may as well start building for next season because the current roster will not progress to the playoffs.
I have supported Parra for over forty years so no pithy comments about loyalty please. Over the years I have supported our focus on our juniors however I am starting to form the view, that Parra needs to shift its focus away from Juniors & concentrate on a disciplined recruitment plan otherwise we will be perpetually looking for the next Kenny, Sterling, Grothe with great potential that rarely materialises.
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From someone who has supported the Eels for only a slightly less period I could not agree more.
What happened to the second best defensive side in the comp, which we were.
It would seem we cannot do both, we can either score tries and let more in, or just defend.
Now it would appear that our recruitment is in trouble as well.
I spent the 90's watching Fitzgerald believe exactly what you say that the next crop of sterlo's and kenny's would be grown in the Parra nursery.
I thought that Ando was the man to put the steel into the EELS, but now I am not so sure.
Nothing!!!!!!!!!!!