Rd13: Parra v Penrith GAME DAY THREAD @ Commbank 1/6/25

[84 Baby]

Do we need to through 27 rounds undefeated to be good enough?

If I had my way

 

[Eelementary]

Let's face it. This current team also brought their A game.

True.

But despite the roster disparities, we didn't embarrass ourselves.

Our team is on the rise.

 

[Eelogical]

How the f**k do Penrith play like absolute shit for 12 rounds

And they play semi final footy against us

We allowed them to.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I thought Riley Smith played his guts out.

Fair to say he will be a genuine first grader, if he isn't already.

 

[Parra Pride]

Do we need to through 27 rounds undefeated to be good enough?

Knowing us we'd go out in straight sets.

 

[Timana]

Cleary showed why he is the premier halfback.
Moses can't do that week in week out.

And if we don't get a experienced 6, Moses needs to handle the ball more like Cleary does next year

 

[Timana]

Feel like the wind was knocked out of our sails with that awful Brown kick on the last in their 20 that went straight to Cleary. Poor option, poor kick chase, and we had nothing left in the tank afterwards.

Disappointing result but some promising signs. Iongi is still a bit inconsistent but he’s coming along. I remain not a fan of Kautoga.

I reckon it was Cleary's 40/20.

 

[Suitman]

Feel like the wind was knocked out of our sails with that awful Brown kick on the last in their 20 that went straight to Cleary. Poor option, poor kick chase, and we had nothing left in the tank afterwards.

I like Brown but it has always amazed me that his 5th tackle kick options have always been chips, rather than a higher bomb. His kicks NEVER give our attackers enough time to challenge. It frustrates me that he has never learnt from it.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Cleary showed why he is the premier halfback.
Moses can't do that week in week out.

And if we don't get a experienced 6, Moses needs to handle the ball more like Cleary does next year

Cleary can stay busy because he's big and strong. He can keep going to the line and if the play isn't on, he can dummy and dig in. There's a good chance he will play the ball quickly.

Unless Moses is one-on-one with a forward, he probably shouldn't run, which means most times he gets the ball he needs to get rid of it. That increases the risk of a bad pass and a turnover.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Considering the end result your now banned from starting the game day thread ever again.

Ticked off by @hineyrulz

Signed off by @TheParraboy

 

[Timana]

I like Brown but it has always amazed me that his 5th tackle kick options have always been chips, rather than a higher bomb. His kicks NEVER give our attackers enough time to challenge. It frustrates me that he has never learnt from it.

Moses shouldn't be out of position or caught on the 5th for that to occur. Like you said, we know his kicking game is not the best. I'd rather he run it and chance his hand if that happens

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Awesome effort and game. Very happy with that performance!

Just beaten by class! Will be better for that experience!!

We are developing nicely

 

[Timana]

Awesome effort and game. Very happy with that performance!

Just beaten by class! Will be better for that experience!!

We are developing nicely

The missed opportunities cost us. Could've won it.

 

[eels81236]

We were good. We are improving. That’s all that could be asked for this year and probably next year too.
For us, improving is winning right now.

 

[Soto]

Turning point was when ref gave 6 again when ado Carr made a good grassing tackle then Casey Mcclean puts a flukey kick in for Jenkins to score

 

[Parra Pride]

penrith still need the ref to help them win. That 6a for JAC making a legs tackle was BS. Williams' ball clearly touched the line. We played tough and with a bit more experience we win that game

Williams ball did not clearly touch the line at all, his arm did but that's not enough for a try and never has been.

 

[The Predictor]

I has to turn off Ennis. Ch9 were quite complimentary on the Eels.

9 was much better

 

[Joshuatheeel]

After the game, I thought just too classy, with their 3 origin players (Cleary, Edwards and Yeo), then thought na shit they have 4 (Teo), and couple mins later went f**k they have 5 (Martin)......Class got us tonight! But we did good....

 

[TheParraboy]

We are getting there

As much as some want to disagree, this year is very much a building and learning year for a lot of the eels personnel, on and off the paddock

A win next week would be beyond wonderful though..

 

[Suitman]

Some very pleasing signs in this game. Last 2 wins were against an understrength Manly and a Knights team that are not performing well. Today we played the 4 x premiers and nearly got the result.

Major improvement in our defensive resolve. No soft tries scored - we made them earn the 3 they got.

There has been very pleasing signs for weeks now. Not just today. I and many others have been saying this.
Don't downplay our performance against Manly last week. We were understrength as well.
Today's "4 times Premiers" were last on the table and have been generally shite this season. The Panthers just decided that today they were going to put in their best performance of their season defensively and be more disciplined.
Our defensive resolve was far better last week tbh. IMO.

We are most certainly though, a far better unit and playing consistently better RL than I have seen for years.
We are a work in progress, and the signs are very positive.
I absolutely love how within months, Ryles has reformed this team to looking like a genuine NRL team, rather than a bunch of chumps.