Good assessment. There probably have been some worse efforts, since they really were merely bad in the second half, and the truly terrible games (like Melbourne v Dragons 70 point flogging with the classic Thommo falcon) are when teams play like keystone cops for 80 minutes.
But that first half from the Eels was total tripe, and their ball handling wasn't so bad either, which usually contributes to a poor effort. Just their defence and attack in the first half were extraordinarily bad. On the plus side for the Eels, even teams that struggle all year (and I'm not saying the Eels will, as Hayne is due back soon, but they very well might if they don't improve) rarely play that badly several games in a row.
Hopefully they can lift. Some LOLs for Parra haters might be had, but really, it does the NRL and viewers no good to see that standard of football for long periods of time.
