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  Xman July 21, 2018 at 7:35am

  I think thats a fair and reasonable post Kerry but shouldn’t we have learnt and done what other teams were doing and take the 2 every time, if we had we wouldn’t be in the position for sure but we kept doing the same things week in week out along with the same mistakes and the same players making the same errors. I think this is where the frustration of most REASONABLE fans has pushed us to the dark side.
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  Nitram July 21, 2018 at 8:31am

  Bagging the side makes some fans feel better. That's achieves something. It makes them, albeit momentarily, feel like an all conquering expert on all things sport. That's not a bad thing.
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  Bear July 21, 2018 at 8:59am

  Good points Kerry, and we have had some of the kicks from memory were relatively easy ones, good to see Moses kicking again, another good back up kicker for next year would be nice.
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  Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin 🐐 July 21, 2018 at 9:31am

  Not a very well thought out blog.
  Penrith Beat us 24 - 14
  Sharks won 14 - 4
  Penrith 12 - 6
  Dogs won 20- 12
  
  So as you can see the margins were more than just a few goals. Even another try wouldn't have got us home - talk about clutching at straws.
  
  In the remaining 3 games yes they were close, but even with the probability we could have snatched one or two out of the 3, Parramatta would still be around the bottom 3 on the ladder. We also won 3 games by 6 or less.
  
  I think your drawing a very long bow their mate.
  
  What you should also look at is how many games we won by very close margins in 2017 and what would have happened if the laws of probability didn't favor us.

  Talk about unicorn dreaming saying we could have won all 7 games honestly.

  Would be surprised if this dude wears Unicorn pyjamas to bed lol.

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  Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin 🐐 July 21, 2018 at 9:51am

  Our for and against tell more of the season story. It Proves parramatta should be nowhere near the top 8
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  Michael Ericson July 21, 2018 at 10:02am

  We lost a lot of confidence in the first few rounds and never recovered. The Manly game especially ruined the team. Having said that’s it’s now obvious it not a good enough team to threaten for the comp, but we definitely could have made the 8 if the team played to it’s ability.
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    colin hussey > Michael Ericson July 21, 2018 at 10:16am

    Don't disagree ME, the big loss to Manly really hurt after the failure against Penrith,

    I just had a look at stats on the Dogs game, we were behind them in the possession rate by 56 to 44% dogs - Eels, yet we had a metres gain percentage in our favour of 2421 to 2197 for the dogs, completion rate of 81% compared to dogs 84%.   Even under Paranoia as ref we got an even number for a change.

    It was not a great game spectacle wise but, when looking at that match we won, while being behind in certain areas, yet overcoming in others.  Doesn't make up for the losses but at least the team put in for the win.

    And a bad win is better than any loss.
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  HKF July 21, 2018 at 10:28am

  I still believe we have a better roster than the Dogs, Manly, Tigers, Knights and Titans plus when you consider how poorly the Cowboys have been this year we should at least be ahead of those 6 teams. We should at least be around where the Raiders are. Bad coaching has a lot to do with where we are.
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    wazzamatta July 21, 2018 at 9:46pm

    If Bellamy coached me I’d improve too, but I’m 46 and overweight and never played the game after high school. Can’t see Storm buying French unless at a yard sale for a couple of bucks.
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    wazzamatta July 21, 2018 at 9:46pm

    Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying BA doesn’t suck