My theory on why Parramatta haven't won a Premiership since 1986

[hindy111]

And why did you choke? IMHO, it's because Parramatta is under a Sports curse. Furthermore, I believe the answer lies in what the Eels fans did that day.

Not at all. Pressure gets to plenty of guys. Especially young players

 

[Milhouse2020]

Not at all. Pressure gets to plenty of guys. Especially young players

Those players would have experienced Premiership glory had it not been for the sports curse. Just wanted to clear that up.

 

[the phantom menace]

Maybe it's because we couldn't burn the new Stadium down in 1986 after winning (like we did in 1981), because it's made of concrete?

But then that shouldn't have been a problem after they knocked that new Stadium down to build another new Stadium on top of it for 2019....

 

[hineyrulz]

Male pattern baldness is the main reason we haven’t won SFA since 1986.

 

[Milhouse2020]

Maybe it's because we couldn't burn the new Stadium down in 1986 after winning (like we did in 1981), because it's made of concrete?

But then that shouldn't have been a problem after they knocked that new Stadium down to build another new Stadium on top of it for 2019....

Perhaps the Eels fans did something like break something or vandalise something else?

 

[King-Gutho94]

Brian Smith sending players a thousand text messages the night before wouldn't helped the players with there mindset.

 

[Milhouse2020]

I can add to that. In the 1980's grand finals , we had a long eel on wheels that was 20m long and and round as a VW beetle. It had a wire frame and was covered in cloth. Along side the eel, we had white teenagers in budgie smugglers, blackfaced from head to toe carrying spears.

If there is a curse, then that's where it started.

Here's another possibility to put on the table. Can anyone provide further insight into this?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

So why did Parra choke in that Grand Final? Asking for a friend.

Over 20+ regular season games they overachieved, mostly due to Smith’s tactical brilliance. Then on grand final day, against a team of champions, the ref let them hold us down in the ruck (in the first half anyway) and we got frustrated and kept turning the ball over.

 

[the phantom menace]

Over 20+ regular season games they overachieved, mostly due to Smith’s tactical brilliance.

So coaches can have tactical brilliance then... so much for your laughable troll defence of BA, that he wasn't responsible for such matters, or for anything really.

 

[T-Boon]

There was a statue of an aboriginal man or similar that was removed from the front of the Leagues Club in 1987. I remember reading that somewhere.

Oh FFS. That’s it.
Fitzgerald?

 

[T-Boon]

They scored 3 tries in 20 mins. We where stunned.
The final 20 mins was 24-6 to the Eels. I dont even think we needed 10mins more to win it. We where coming home thwt fast id say 6 or 7 mins would have done it.

Andrew johns made some totally BS play (can’t remember it except like a bad dream you can’t remember properly) that but for that fluke we probably win as well.

 

[the phantom menace]

Knights put the cue in the rack. We were never a real chance of snagging the comeback win.

 

[Nealo 12]

Lolz , you boys getting sucked in by a storm troll

 

[strider]

We just suck

 

[hindy111]

Lolz , you boys getting sucked in by a storm troll

We have nothing better to talk about anyhows and our season is f**ked.

Plus Storm fans aren't real league supporters anyhwos. They are mostly just trophy chasers that jumped on the winning Bandwagon.

 

[hindy111]

We just suck

So you finally put the sign up outfront your shop.
It will be good for business.

 

[Twizzle]

As an intersectional feminist

well that explains a lot

 

[Jake the snake]

1987 @Poupou Escobar starts following Parra. And the rest was history.

 

[the phantom menace]

Lolz , you boys getting sucked in by a storm troll

Is Poupou Escobar a Storm supporter?

 

[the phantom menace]

1987 @Poupou Escobar startes following Parra. And the rest was history.

Brilliant! Post of the week