Legends attack heartless Eels: DT

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Legends attack heartless Eels


April 19, 2009 04:50pm
BULLDOGS 48 PARRAMATTA 18

THEY were accused of playing without pride, playing without commitment and being soft.
Parramatta coach Daniel Anderson let rip yesterday after his side's dismal performance against the Bulldogs.
And his comments were backed up by premiership heroes Brett Kenny and Ray Price.
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Nothing should take away from the Bulldogs, who have made a stunning start to the season, but the inquests at Parramatta have begun and there is nowhere for the players to hide.
"They didn't push themselves too hard today. When they got behind, they just thought, 'We can't win this game'," Kenny said.
Price demanded that each player "have a good hard look at himself" and said they need to ask themselves "do I really want to be here".
"A lot of them give off a sense that they don't," Price snapped.
The Eels conceded nine tries and were belted by 30 points by their arch-rivals. It was an insipid performance from a club clearly in trouble.
"We have to appeal to the players' sense of pride," Anderson said. "Their pride in the Parramatta jersey. At times today we didn't have that sense of pride.
"Unless we start putting in a committed 80-minute performance, we won't compete in the NRL. We will be languishing. We didn't commit in the second half. That was obvious to see."
Parramatta stuck with the Bulldogs through the first half as they trailed 18-12 at the break, but they fell away badly in the second 40 minutes.
The Bulldogs were good without being brilliant and the fact they scored 48 points showed how little Parramatta competed.
"We didn't compete for the 80 minutes and a lot of their tries were soft," Anderson said. "We need to tough it out and get grittier in our attitude, put the body on the line for the entire 80 minutes.
"We had a lot of opportunities in the first half, but we didn't take advantage. I thought we came up with some soft decisions when it mattered. It is an attitude thing."
Parramatta skipper Nathan Cayless, sitting next to Anderson at the post-match press conference, looked decidedly uneasy at his coach's comments.
When asked if his side lacked pride, Cayless said: "We didn't aim up in defence on our goal-line. We weren't good enough to stop them."
Eels chief executive Denis Fitzgerald also backed away from Anderson's view that the players lacked pride, but acknowledged the team was "missing a playmaker". His comment raised the question why the club allowed Brett Finch to walk out and join Melbourne.
Led by Brett Kimmorley, the Bulldogs scored five second-half tries to overwhelm the Eels. He even charged down a kick and raced 75m to score.
Five-eighth Ben Roberts was creative while fullback Luke Patten grabbed a double in an eye-catching display.
Bulldogs centre Josh Morris scored two early tries, while Parramatta lost winger Eric Grothe during the first half with a back injury.

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Anderson challenges his players to show true grit

Brad Walter | April 20, 2009

AFTER watching his side's second-half capitulation to the Bulldogs yesterday, Parramatta coach Daniel Anderson admitted the Eels needed to improve their resolve or the club was destined to finish this season near the bottom of the premiership ladder.
Believing that the Eels could have been leading at half-time if they had made the most of their opportunities, Anderson accused some of his players of taking soft options as the Bulldogs ran in six second-half tries to deliver Parramatta's heaviest defeat since 2005.
"We need to tough it out, be grittier in our character and be grittier in our attitude and put your body on the line for the full 80 - we came up with some soft decisions when it mattered," Anderson said. "It's an attitude, it's a character.
"You can put yourself in the tough, courageous, uncompromising position on the football field and you can also put yourself in an option where you know the ball's not going to come you're way or you won't have to make the big defensive play and I thought we did that on a few occasions in the second half and that's disappointing."
One shining light for Parramatta was rookie halfback Kris Keating, who repeatedly troubled the Bulldogs defence in his starting debut. But when the Eels needed some spark they rarely handed the ball to their most dangerous player - and he was too shy to demand it.
"I thought Kris was encouraging, I thought he created a lot of half breaks and breaks and I thought we didn't go to him enough," Anderson said.
"In the second half when we needed to chase some points he basically couldn't get the ball in his hands where I thought he was probably our best option. It's a big ask for a bloke playing his first game as the starting halfback … but I thought he was the bloke most likely to create a bit of space or to bring other people into the game."
Anderson admitted he was concerned at how far off the pace the Eels appeared to be in his first season as coach.
"It's not where I thought we'd be," he said.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/lhqnews/anderson-challenges-his-players/2009/04/19/1240079537769.html

 

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We've lost our pride, says Anderson

Brent Read | April 20, 2009
Article from: The Australian

A THIRD successive defeat has prompted Parramatta coach Daniel Anderson to question whether his players have enough pride in the Eels jersey.

On a bleak day at ANZ Stadium, the Eels kept pace with the Bulldogs in the first half, going to the break trailing by only six points. But their second half performance was nothing short of diabolical.

Had it not been for a rare off day from Hazem El Masri, the Bulldogs would have cracked the 50-point barrier. After six rounds, the Eels' only saving grace is that Cronulla's start to the season has been even more inept.

Were it not for the Sharks, well beaten by North Queensland in Adelaide yesterday, Anderson and his players would have woken today to find themselves anchored to the foot of the table.

Anderson, who replaced Michael Hagan at the helm of Parramatta this season, made no attempt to hide his disappointment afterwards, warning his players that unless their attitude improved, they would be left chasing the pack.

"They were just soft tries a lot of them," Anderson said. "We need to tough it out, be grittier in our character and attitude, put our body on the line for the whole 80 minutes. We came up with some soft decisions.

"You can put yourself in the tough, courageous, uncompromising position on a football field. Or you can put yourself in the position where you know the ball is not going to come to you. I thought we did that on a few occasions in the second half."

Asked how he would arrest his side's slide, Anderson replied: "Appeal to the players sense of pride in performance, pride in wearing the Parramatta jersey.

"We need it because at times we didn't have a sense of pride out there."

The season started with promise for Parramatta when it won two of its opening three games. But the Eels' fortunes have waned dramatically in recent weeks. As well as losing football games, the club has had to live with upheaval in the playing ranks following the decision to grant halfback Brett Finch a release.

The one positive to emerge from yesterday's performance was Finch's replacement Kris Keating. Promoted to the starting side for Jeff Robson, Keating had a hand in Weller Hauraki's second try and proved a constant threat.

So impressive was his display that Anderson questioned why his side didn't use Keating more in the second half. "I thought he created a lot of half-breaks or breaks that put us on the front foot," he said. "I didn't think we went to him enough.

"I thought in the second half when we needed to chase some points, we couldn't get back in the game. I thought the blokes went away from him. We just didn't put the ball in his hands. I thought he was the bloke most likely to create some space."

 

[Redback71]

Man wooden spoon here we come. No wonder Finchy wanted out, I would to.

 

[Redback71]

I concur

 

[yy_cheng]

but he did have some defensive problems.

 

[TheParraboy]

"You can put yourself in the tough, courageous, uncompromising position on a football field. Or you can put yourself in the position where you know the ball is not going to come to you. I thought we did that on a few occasions in the second half."

When I read the first sentence in this paragraph it sums up one N Hindmarsh to a tea.

the second sentence = a heck of a lot of other players

 

[eel4life]

that second half was a joke, and to be honest i got no idea what we are going to to do and where are going to go to get ourselves out of this mess.

i got no idea what we can do, but frig man put an offer in for crocker man get him here quick smart around these young pups we have maybe his agro can rub off ...

 

[Gronk]

Man wooden spoon here we come. No wonder Finchy wanted out, I would to.

You're twisting the truth there. Finchy wanted out because he didn't want to play for Wenty for a spell and didn't have the balls to back himself and claw his way back to FG Guru style.

 

[Blue Bagger 66]

One thing that I noticed (and I thought was a major concern) after watching endless replays of parts of the match was the lack of chase from the inside defenders... especially evident in Pattons first try. There seems to be a "not my job" type of mentality and the body language of some of the players is a dead set giveway that they just arent committed. I thought it was evident a few weeks back against the roosters... in particular when hayne was too busy complaining about being impeded than actually chasing a roosters player who scored. Whilst I'm not singling hayne out just check his lazy defence in the dogs last try. There just seems to be no effort in helping each other out... if the man outside you is beaten in defence then you have to work to cover his a**, just not jog alongside the attacker making no attempt to stop him... just watch the replay... its there for all to see.

 

[Gronk]

One thing that I noticed (and I thought was a major concern) after watching endless replays of parts of the match was the lack of chase from the inside defenders... especially evident in Pattons first try. There seems to be a "not my job" type of mentality and the body language of some of the players is a dead set giveway that they just arent committed. I thought it was evident a few weeks back against the roosters... in particular when hayne was too busy complaining about being impeded than actually chasing a roosters player who scored. Whilst I'm not singling hayne out just check his lazy defence in the dogs last try. There just seems to be no effort in helping each other out... if the man outside you is beaten in defence then you have to work to cover his a**, just not jog alongside the attacker making no attempt to stop him... just watch the replay... its there for all to see.

Hayne & Inu are indeed lazy. Has anyone ever seen either of those two trying to chase down a runaway try ? Never, they are the first ones to pull the pin. It all comes down to ticker.

Compare their commitment to Eric Grothe Snr. When there was a break he saw as his job to sprint across the field a mow the player down. Turvey would do it also do the same time and time again.

 

[strider]

One thing that I noticed (and I thought was a major concern) after watching endless replays of parts of the match was the lack of chase from the inside defenders... especially evident in Pattons first try. There seems to be a "not my job" type of mentality and the body language of some of the players is a dead set giveway that they just arent committed. I thought it was evident a few weeks back against the roosters... in particular when hayne was too busy complaining about being impeded than actually chasing a roosters player who scored. Whilst I'm not singling hayne out just check his lazy defence in the dogs last try. There just seems to be no effort in helping each other out... if the man outside you is beaten in defence then you have to work to cover his a**, just not jog alongside the attacker making no attempt to stop him... just watch the replay... its there for all to see.

I agree ... I remember watching patten's try and thinking stick with the support players when the bust was first made - and sure enough Feleti just stopped dead cos he couldn't be f'ed .... then I threw around several choice words and muttered some sh*t about Hindy would have stopped that try because HE wouldn't have given up no matter what the scoreline - its a shame most our players only have a heart the size of a pea

 

[slippy]

Honestly it sucks right now after that loss but one thing is going for us right now. We've got the best coach to handle this situation possible, that is EXACTLY what fans want to hear. Yesterday was the first time this season I have been disapointed with effort and defence, and Anderson has acknowledged it. He has passion for Parramatta and I believe he's going to clean this mess up and make us a powerhouse once more.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Also, i've already mentioned it in other threads, but the performance of Kris Keating was for me, a highlight of the game. I am now a HUGE fan and I want to see him gain the number 7 jersey at least for the next few weeks - perhaps till the end of the year to prove himself, THEN we offer a long term jersey. He looks the goods!!

 

[Ron Jeremy]

its helps to have talent too, i mean, a back row of Lowrie and Oake?

 

[slippy]

Finchy wanted out because he finally looked at himself in the mirror.

 

[Jake the snake]

its helps to have talent too, i mean, a back row of Lowrie and Oake?

We know they are hopless but the lack of commitment an heart from the team is the issue.

The Keating boys and Fui and possibly Feleti. Would be the only ones spared atm.

Anderson has got to start preparing now for next year. That doesn't mean putting Mortimer to no.7.

 

[strider]

its helps to have talent too, i mean, a back row of Lowrie and Oake?

add weller too - he may have scored 2 tries but he equally played a big part in letting in 2 soft tries in also :?

 

[SDM]

Cayless said: "We didn't aim up in defence on our goal-line. We weren't good enough to stop them."

No, you didn't even bother trying. And forget this goal line crap, we had the better field position in the first half, we were soft from 50 Metres out.

 

[fish eel]

good to have a coach who calls a spade a spade

 

[Stagger eel]

it really goes to show how difficult it is to coach this side, we're an absolute rabble and basket case and to be quite honest, with the exception of Nathan Hindmarsh and Kris Keating, I no longer give a sh*t who leaves the club