Why we lost – my take - Eels Blogs

Why we lost the grand final? This question will be in heart and minds of PARRA fans for months to come. Some says Tony Archer‘s horrendous decision robbed us the GF, some say we conceded some soft tries. But this is my take on this. The first two quick tries was the disaster. I don’t know what happened there. Our goal line defence was good for last 10 matches. Why we let those two tries was beyond me. Probably Ando knows.We were not up to the game. We all know Inglis, how devastating he can be. Yet we weren’t ready. That surprised me a bit.5th tackle option was terrible. We kept on kicking to Steve Turner, yet we never tried putting a bomb across Slater. Slater has history of bucking under pressure. We saw that when we eventually put a high bomb on Slater. I do not know whether it is a game plan or we did not do our homework.Again – 5th tackle option, we did not have sting in our attack. I would squarely blame on Robson. I would think being No 7 he is a playmaker. That brings to the topic of Robson. He is a defensive No 7 but I think he lacks creativity. His kicking game is terrible. With a young No6, we needed experienced No 7. I do not think KK can fill the No 7 shoe. We need to have a good No 1, No 6/7 and No 9.Hayne, was no shower. Yes gentleman Hayne was a passenger to me. What he showed he can do, in last couple of weeks, against Storm he was completely shut out. In fact I felt, he was not himself against Dogs. I thought he would go 1 level higher in GF, which was not supposed to be.The last but not least important factor is attitude of NRL towards Melb storm. I understand they want to promote the game, but at what cost. They get special preference in terms of media coverage as well on the field. I would like to know how Storm manages so many Rep players every year. They are doing something which we are not doing. Yet team like us, we loose players in abundance after every GF appearance. Referring sucked big time. Storm was continuously slowing down the game yet ref turned blind eye. Some of the forward passes were not called. I mean, how much NRL can stoop low.A big rap on Fui from me. He played out of his skin. In fact he brought sparks into the sleeping, lethargic eel.

"My question is if one of the defenders smashed him when he was feining surrendering how would he have reacted?, would they have been penalised for using unnecessary force?.
I don't have too much of an issue with it but don't want it to become a…"

" Great Read...Sometimes I forget these guys are Human....it takes a lot more than talent and courage to have a good career in the NRL ...its a brutal sport...and as fans sometimes we expect a lot maybe too much ...I couldnt do what these players…"

" Great read.
He had all the attributes apart from great defence but he was special to begin then once it started to drop it became to far a climb to get back to what he was"

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