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Manly were lacklustre, lethargic, disinterested and in the main woeful.
Yeah that is why they completed at nearly 80% ??? They are a pretty decent side.
You should give the eels some credit rather then death riding them
Manly were lacklustre, lethargic, disinterested and in the main woeful.
Gee massive wrap :lol:Arthur is the right choice as coach. I have complete faith in this guy. My favourite since Anderson.
Gee massive wrap :lol:
:lol: :lol:
i dunno - i love coaches who get us wooden spoons
Ando is a winner. We were great under him.
Peats should be our captain. Whoever said that first knows their shit. I thought Hayne would make a good captain but he has been average at best.
Yeah that is why they completed at nearly 80% ??? They are a pretty decent side.
You should give the eels some credit rather then death riding them
Well if he gets picked in Origin, then we can introduce Peats to the on field leadership group/role. And then just get Jarryd to step back a bit on the captaincy when he returns from rep duty?i agree - i don't like hayne as captain - his mind isn't on his own shit
but you can't take it off him mid-season, so he is it this year
Went to the game and our guys put in a big effort. Saying that we gave some really dumb penalties away which killed us in the end.
Luke Kelly is shite, don't know why he's in the team. Brings absolutely nothing to the table other than giving dumb penalties away etc. Sandow has to be in the team next week!! It's a no brainer.
Gower, unimpressed with him let's give Joseph Paulo or Ualesi a crack
Toutai all he needed to do was let manly field the ball and and then smash them in the tackle. But the bloke is as useless as tits on a bull.
Hayne had an awesome game as did Semi who has huge potential.
Mau tried really hard doing the dirty work as well Mannah. And I thought Terepo was awesome off the bench.
Peats, what can I say. So impressed with his game. This bloke is a champ and wants to win. He is what we need.
Jarryd Hayne slams ‘disgraceful’ referees after 22-18 loss to Manly Sea Eagles
HIS courageous underdogs had just lost in the final 53 seconds after having to overcome a hefty 10-4 penalty count.
Frustrated and angry, Parramatta star Jarryd Hayne exploded.
Hayne could be fined $10,000 by the NRL after describing the refereeing of Jared Maxwell and Grant Atkins at Brookvale Oval as “disgraceful”.
Parramatta was poised for a massive boilover until Sea Eagles centre Steve Matai collected a Daly Cherry-Evans bomb to score in the final minute for a dramatic 22-18 win.
The Eels were left gutted.
“I will have to try and hold my tongue,” Hayne told Triple M right on fulltime. “I can’t believe some of the decisions out there today.
“Disgraceful - that is it. If I get in trouble for saying that it is a joke.
“We worked our arses off today - we were the better team. To get the decisions to go against us the way they did is upsetting.
“Every little thing we were being jumped on. We threw everything at them and it’s devastating the way we lost.”
30 minutes later in the Parramatta dressing room, Hayne - who battled an ankle injury throughout the game - had calmed a little.
He said: “We couldn’t get a break. Nothing was going our way.
“Don’t get me wrong, there were some decisions that were fair. But there were others where every 50-50 call went against us.”
Parramatta had come back from a 16-8 deficit midway through the second half to lead 18-16 with one minute remaining.
Cherry-Evans then bombed cross-field for winger Cheyse Blair - a former Eel - to flick the ball backwards for Matai to score out wide.
The match was littered with dropped ball but was tense right until the end.
Asked was he filthy at the refereeing like Hayne, Parramatta coach Brad Arthur said: “I’ll have to go back and look at the tape.
“The penalty count for 10-4. That made it hard for us. We tried hard but we need to be better.
“It was heartbreaking for the players and fans. At the end of the day, we have to pick ourselves up, get better and move forward.
“We tried our backsides off today. I am in it with the players. We have to find a way to win. Close enough isn’t good enough.”
Parramatta co-captain Tim Mannah was shattered at fulltime.
“It was gut wrenching,” Mannah said. “We don’t want to come to a game happy to get close - we want to win and we almost had it today.
“There were a lot of things we could have done better.
“Some things were frustrating out there but that’s footy. You deal with the cards you are dealt.”
Eels winger Semi Radradra was unstoppable, while Hayne was dangerous before sustaining his injury.
Radradra and Manly forward Glenn Stewart were both placed on report for high tackles.
Both team scored four tries each although Parramatta’s chances were hurt by Joseph Paulo missing his first three kicks at goal.
Manly coach Geoff Toovey was satisfied with his side’s great escape.
“It would have been heartbreaking to lose two close games here at Brookvale (Manly lost round one to Melbourne in golden point),” Toovey said.
“The football Gods were on our side today. We were in the match up to our eyeballs and we had a bit of luck with that last try.
“The players know it wasn’t our greatest performance.
“They (Parramatta) showed grit and determination and all of a sudden they were in front with a few minutes to go.”
Manly was without star backs Kieran Foran (calf) and Brett Stewart (hamstring). Foran is expected to return for Friday night’s match against the Sydney Roosters.
MANLY 22 (S Matai 2 P Hiku J Lyon tries J Lyon 3 goals) bt PARRAMATTA 18 (S Radradra 2 N Peats V Toutai tries J Paulo goal) at Brookvale Oval.
Some of Arthur's selections remind of Stephen Kearney god forbids not impressed thus far, tho will give him the year to see.