Saturday, July 03, 2004
Cellar dwellars beat the Eels
The Eels path to the semi-finals just got immeasurably harder after they went down to the New Zealand Warror 20 to 10.
The Eels were totally outplayed in the first 20 minutes with Stacy Jones creating two tries for the Warriors. The Eels then began to mount their own pressure, but despite having plenty of ball and opportunities they couldn't score any points.
Matt Peterson looked to have scored a nice solo try but the video referee ruled he didn't control the put down, then Ashley Graham overran the ball after a break down the right hand side, forcing Jack Afamasaga to throw the ball forward.
Then just before the break, Chris Thorman threw a pass that was intercepted by Stacy Jones to put them 18 nil down at the break.
In the second half Parramatta had a strong wind at their back and plenty of possesion but the rain started bucketing down making handling difficult. Chris Thorman had a mixed game but redeemed himself somewhat scoring a solo try, then Matt Peterson did a great job to get over after Craig Stapleton made a clever strip.
The Eels had plenty of opportunities to mount more points but the slippery ball stunted any real expansive play and the Warriors were able to hang on.
The Eels were totally outplayed in the first 20 minutes with Stacy Jones creating two tries for the Warriors. The Eels then began to mount their own pressure, but despite having plenty of ball and opportunities they couldn't score any points.
Matt Peterson looked to have scored a nice solo try but the video referee ruled he didn't control the put down, then Ashley Graham overran the ball after a break down the right hand side, forcing Jack Afamasaga to throw the ball forward.
Then just before the break, Chris Thorman threw a pass that was intercepted by Stacy Jones to put them 18 nil down at the break.
In the second half Parramatta had a strong wind at their back and plenty of possesion but the rain started bucketing down making handling difficult. Chris Thorman had a mixed game but redeemed himself somewhat scoring a solo try, then Matt Peterson did a great job to get over after Craig Stapleton made a clever strip.
The Eels had plenty of opportunities to mount more points but the slippery ball stunted any real expansive play and the Warriors were able to hang on.
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Surprise surprise! Parramatta getting beaten by a team that has no direction in attack, is ill disciplined, can't catch a ball, has off field dramas and is coming, justafiably so, last in the NRL competion. I shouldn't be too hard on them though, they can drop the ball, get lost in another teams quarter and run side ways better than most teams ahead of them in the comp.
In a recent poll 97% of parramatta players said a tryline was "something you do at rave parties" a small insight into how little they have seen it lately.
Anyway hopefully half the roosters will belt themselves silly in origin next week and won't play on the weekend. Then we may just have half a chance against them.
In a recent poll 97% of parramatta players said a tryline was "something you do at rave parties" a small insight into how little they have seen it lately.
Anyway hopefully half the roosters will belt themselves silly in origin next week and won't play on the weekend. Then we may just have half a chance against them.
# posted by 
: July 3, 2004 at 8:21 PM
: July 3, 2004 at 8:21 PM
the path is not imeasurably harder.....there simply is no longer a path to follow
that "performance" was embarrassing and although there was desire, the team is so rudder-less it's beyond a joke......no one knows who is supposed to be running the show and with 3-4 halfbacks and 3-4 5/8's (including an old, fat, slow front rower) i'm not surprised....BS should look up the word "coach" in the dictionary, it was embarrassing and disgraceful and the salt into the wounds was the fact that the Warriors were terrible themselves
that "performance" was embarrassing and although there was desire, the team is so rudder-less it's beyond a joke......no one knows who is supposed to be running the show and with 3-4 halfbacks and 3-4 5/8's (including an old, fat, slow front rower) i'm not surprised....BS should look up the word "coach" in the dictionary, it was embarrassing and disgraceful and the salt into the wounds was the fact that the Warriors were terrible themselves
# posted by : July 4, 2004 at 11:23 AM
: July 4, 2004 at 11:23 AM
The eels blow it again the ability to put points on the board is there problem. The fith tackle option is killing them maybe instead of looking to recuit old interchange forwards and starting them they should look for a five eigth or utillity players with some spark.Come on smithy lets get that attacking spark that you were coaching in the 2001 season back. Players that could bring that back that are available pritchard,timau,feeney etc.Something has to be done to help the eels or more of our elite players will follow suite and leave the club
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