This game was a reality check. While we should finish close to the 8, enthusiasm will only get us so far. We lack the talent and polish to be a title contender.
Another take away is that we need a game manager. Jock Madden may be Best n Less Adam Reynolds but he's a damn sight better than...
Not for the first time, I went off early. I was wrong when I said this is the same useless team of the last 6 years. Their resilience and fitness are miles ahead on past seasons. But the attack is still clunky AF, Doueihi is lionhearted but no 5/8 and our outside backs are hanging on by a...
We lost this game on our inability to score with so much possession, not the horrendous sin bin. The one silver lining will be the axing or suspension (NRL special) of Laulilii next week.
The Parramatta v Tigers bingo card is:
1. Moses will draw a penalty for an innocuous high tackle (tick)
2. Moses will get away with a high tackle
3. A Parramatta player will draw a penalty for an innocuous hip drop (tick)
After all the hype during the week, this performance was inevitable. I don't get why everyone was so excited; this is the same average team from last year, only with Kai Pearce Paul. They won't finish any higher than 13th.
I was going to say the same. Old mate's extolling a utility, Grant Atkinson, like's the second coming of Andrew Johns, but it's the Dragons wealth of junior talent which will see them rise from 2027, if not 2026.
I said before the last Raiders game that not much separates these teams and I stand up that assessment. Whereas a team like the Roosters are an order of magnitude better than us, the Raiders play to 100% of their ability every week and have benefited from a healthy dose of favourable officiating...
The escort is almost as perplexing. If the attacking player isolates and runs into one defender, he's awarded a penalty, yet forming a wall of players to protect the catcher is not deemed an infringement. Parramatta has ade a mockery of this interpretation recently.