As soon as I saw the rain tonight, I feared for this match and indeed if I could ever bet against Parramatta it would have been tonight.
You combine the wet weather with Jarryd coming off State of Origin, the disrupted preparation amidst the Timana Tahu drama and you were never going to see Parramatta's best football tonight.
We've played one decent game of wet weather footy in the last two seasons and it came off a Jarryd Hayne blinder. Jarryd doesn't back up particularly well from rep footy - I think its as much a psychological comedown as it is a physical thing but he was ordinary after the last Origin match as well.
None of these are excuses. There just facts. If you're a punter, its these kinds of factors you look for when youre looking for value bets.
So I'm not at all surprised about tonight. I'm not pissed off. I just accept we're got young halves who aren't ready to take a game like this by the scruff of the neck. I except Jarryd was unlikely to play up to his usual standard and when you put those two factors together it means we were always going to struggle to score points and it was always going to come down to a bounce of a ball.
So go ahead and vent. But then build and bridge and get over it. Tonight meant nothing.
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All I can do is tell people to keep the faith and that we will come good.
You seem to be able to get everything I am thinking and present it in a perfectly structured article.
Thank you for this blog - the game was horrible to watch, but again one of those games with unique circumstances, that we should simply move on from.
We can turn this around - the talent we have is still there and we will be better next week. : )
In saying that, i have fulfilled my stalking duties of the week and read on Haynes twitter that he wasnt feeling too good after origin ( mentally and physically) so i knew he wouldnt be up for a big game tonight. Good on him for backing up though because i think its easier to back up within 2 days of origin than it is within 5 days!!.
Losing to the Sharks, Raiders, Sharks and Knights could be very costly come September.
If we look at our dismal perfomances in the wet then lets all pray for a drought and 12 more clubs being caught rorting the cap.
We have absolutely no consistency at all and we never know which players will turn up for the game.
Balmain went from premiers to the spoon in the following season (or almost the spoon) and if my memory serves me correctly we have seen the dogs do the same.
Not feeling comfortable at all.
A big hug to all you guys from us Parra fans down here in the Nations Capital and let's smash the donkeys next Sat at home....
I want to see a big crowd there!!!
I think the defeat would have been a lot more easier to accept If we had of been beaten by a team that handled the conditions better than we did. Newcastle didn't however, they were absolutely woeful, yet we still found a way to get beaten.
I still have faith in our squad, and us as a team to still compete for this competition, but these games that we continue to squander are not only costing us competition points but must be affecting us mentally also.
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