Rd22: 750pm Parra v Storm GAME DAY THREAD @ Commbank 31/7/25

[Parrapat]

Oh f**k, not again with the music videos.

If you get the vibe and listen to the lyrics you'll realise this is evry Parra fan tonight

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I dunno if we ran out of interchanges but riley not coming back on indicates something

He wasn't going to help us score points. I think if we had taken the lead he would've been straight back on. His defensive performance was superb, along with Hopgood.

 

[T.S Quint]

My fear is that after we’ve shown some grit and ability to hang with the big boys over the last month, that now we will go back to losing to ‘lesser’ sides when we know we can beat them.

I still remember how awful we were against the Dragons last time. That’s a game we probably should have won.

 

[Parrapat]

Ryley Smith epitomises the Eels resurgence this year.

Little guy who every better endowed man underrates and unleashes upon while he gets to marker, does second man tackle, takes out the run from dummy half, distributes the ball from dummy in a timely pass, does the kick chase the best and at the same time is a kick presser on the other end.

These are all metrics he achieves at half the price of TDS.

If Fugazi wrote a song about Ryley Smith they'd re-write the lyrics and declare, He is the cure!

 

[Parrapat]

This game should be the epitaph on the nut-huggers and hangers on from BA's 11 seasons of hell, that goes for all those against him who should now see and embrace the light.

Under Ryles we've got a new era which you should at least grant a 3 year hiatus.


We're still the preeminent team in the Sydney comp, everyone hates Bulldogs.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Ill tell you what Lomax may have embarrassed himself on the field

But his brother tonight was an utter disgrace.

His carry-on over fans passion tonight was embarrassing.

If anyone thought Lomax performance was bad his brother made a fool of himself and was 10 x worse.

 

[Parrapat]

Ill tell you what Lomax may have embarrassed himself on the field

But his brother tonight was an utter disgrace.

His carry-on over fans passion tonight was embarrassing.

If anyone thought Lomax performance was bad his brother made a fool of himself and was 10 x worse.

What happened?

 

[Timana]

Joey reckons lomax should be 6 with moses

 

[Parrapat]

Realising I may as well be speaking Kampuchean to a Pol Pot Regime specialist here's to Eels in 2026

 

[senior]

Ill tell you what Lomax may have embarrassed himself on the field

But his brother tonight was an utter disgrace.

His carry-on over fans passion tonight was embarrassing.

If anyone thought Lomax performance was bad his brother made a fool of himself and was 10 x worse.

Context?

 

[King-Gutho94]

What happened?

Safe to say he didnt take too well to a few comments made from a few people over that last play we had when he didnt kick it and knocked it on last tackle.

Now these people who pay hard earned $$$ every home game had no idea this prick was Lomax's brother at the time when comments were made and was in the heat in the moment

But his brothers attitude and mannerism was dreadful looking for a stink and telling fans have you played first grade.

Someone said neither did you champ and then he mentioned i am Zac's brother & it almost ended up in fisty cuffs

To top it off we later found he shouldn't have been in that area of the ground.

The irony was all this bloke said was

Lomax you have been pathetic since origin.

 

[Parrapat]

Safe to say he didnt take too well to a few comments made from a few people over that last play we had when he didnt kick it and knocked it on last tackle.

Now these people who pay hard earned $$$ every home game had no idea this prick was Lomax's brother at the time when comments were made and was in the heat in the moment

But his brothers attitude and mannerism was dreadful looking for a stink and telling fans have you played first grade.

Someone said neither did you champ and then he mentioned i am Zac's brother & it almost ended up in fisty cuffs

To top it off we later found he shouldn't have been in that area of the ground.

The irony was all this bloke said was

Lomax you have been pathetic since origin.

Lomax, mate, you need to go on a fishing trip

\
We all love you, but

take time off

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Safe to say he didnt take too well to a few comments made from a few people over that last play we had when he didnt kick it and knocked it on last tackle.

Now these people who pay hard earned $$$ every home game had no idea this prick was Lomax's brother at the time when comments were made and was in the heat in the moment

But his brothers attitude and mannerism was dreadful looking for a stink and telling fans have you played first grade.

Someone said neither did you champ and then he mentioned i am Zac's brother & it almost ended up in fisty cuffs

To top it off we later found he shouldn't have been in that area of the ground.

The irony was all this bloke said was

Lomax you have been pathetic since origin.

Hayden Lomax - Playing Career - RLP

A summary of the career stats for Hayden Lomax, a rugby league player.

www.rugbyleagueproject.org

 

[Parrapat]

Hayden Lomax - Playing Career - RLP

A summary of the career stats for Hayden Lomax, a rugby league player.

www.rugbyleagueproject.org

Boring

 

[Parrapat]

Whatwver

 

[King-Gutho94]

And because of his shit goal kicking he lost game 2 for us. He lost a few for us this season with the same technique. He would not be kicking next season if it was up to me.

His goal kicking is overrated.

76% at NRL in his career

His career % is below half the comp

Cleary 85%
Reynolds 82%
Issako 80%
Papenhuyzen 80%
Steve Critta 80%
Fogarty 79%
Holmes 79%
Walsh 79%
Hynes 78%
Moses 77%
Burton 77%

 

[hineyrulz]

And yet under the previous coach, we never seemed to get them right.

Basic fundamentals are not the coaches job ffs!!

 

[hineyrulz]

Hence why bush boy had to go

In 2018

 

[King-Gutho94]

A few observations on the game

Melbourne still get away with murder in the ruck

Harry Grant has officially joined the Scam Smith club. Basically handcuffed himself to Gerard Sutton all night whinging and carrying on.

Papenhuyzen is lining up for a conversion and he was still next to the ref talking to him while the storm were in a huddle at halfway.

Dropgood or hopshit was back honestly I thought progress was made the last 2 weeks.

Defence has clearly improved but still soft moments.

Sean Russell cops a bad wrap for not passing a lot but certainly in the 2nd half a lot of times JAC was covered despite it looking like a overlap. So holding the ball is the best option.

We really need an edge back rower with punch.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Yes, some consistency in the refereeing would be nice.

We have to do something about our handling errors though. It’s putting way too much pressure on our defence and we are fatiguing ourselves.

Moses should take the last tackle kicks. I don’t care what side of the field the ball goes to, Moses should follow.

Yep I think we trusted Hawkins too much with some kicks. Moses should be there kicking or running when get quick play the ball on the last.

He got lucky on one when Paps dropped it.

But the one near halftime was horrendous