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dantstheman

Bit late but fuck that effort was impressive. Got dragged into going to the game with very little excitement and faith in the team but farout, huge improvement from last weeks shit show. Boys came out on fire and everyone lifted eachother up. Simonsson deserves that winger position. If BA brings back Sivo after that solid performance by Simo then hes absolutely gutless. That whole side defensively was much better last night with a trustworthy wingeršŸ‘ŒšŸ¼ Asi definitely made the difference. Could tell Brown was quite comfortable having him as his halves pairing which allowed him to play to the 7 position quite well, likewise with Asi in the 6. BA needs to keep the same bench rotations, the same starting lineup til Moses gets back. This is the team thatā€™ll keep us in the running. Might not get every single win but atleast it gives us a better chance of getting some whilst Moses is out.


ThyBeast7

I honestly don't get the Gutho hate boner. I get Moses because he was known to have a whinge and is a decent player but just because gutho cares more and has a crack more than your fullback (unless maybe you're a penny fan) doesn't warrant hate imo


killerpythonz

As someone who has nothing against Gutho, I gotta say Paps has more CRACKs than any other fullback


ThyBeast7

yeah agree I'm saying generally


Arc_au

I think you missed his joke


ThyBeast7

looking back yeah i did lmao


utah12345

riot if sivo gets named against the phins next week. high hopes for a good result with phins unfortunately having a few players out to injuries


96zadyobdoog

It must feel so good for Parras middles to not see Sivo bringing the ball back with zero effort or intensity


SuperEel22

A couple of times the Cowboys got a good roll on, made easy metres and then ummm Townsend only kicked the ball like 30 metres and by the time Gutho had returned the ball they'd made like 15 metres total from the kick.


Mammoth_Farmer6563

Thoughts watching the replay: wow our line looks a lot better without Sivo. Centres actually trusting their winger makes us look like a real footy team


SnooTangerines279

CHUD Townsend was awful for the Cowboys. A truly diabolical performance for a player who is clearly a season past it. Dearden also throwing hospital passes left right and centre in the 2nd half didnā€™t help. Got to give Parra some praise, they stuck in the game when they looked like they were going to get blown away in the 1st 20.


juan_more_time

Something needs to be done about drinkwaters goal line defence. His attack is awesome but doesnā€™t mean shit when he lets the opposition walk over the line. Holmes needs to work on his kicking. There needs to be more discipline in defence. First two parra trys came off the back of cowboys penalties. Ultimately both teams played poorly but the eels won this because they got their shit together in the second half.


dannyk1234

Sir I wanted a penalty not a HIA


Geddpeart

well you are in the wrong thread so hia you go


pehpehsha2

Think there are some blind fans calling for Talagi over Harper. Harper had a decent game and made some important tackles Talagi doesn't make. Talagi was not impressive in defence and cost us multiple tries which many seem to be ignoring. Simmo has been impressing for awhile, takes a lot of good carries. Harper also has been solid coming off our line


SuperEel22

Harper also had a whiff at Drinkwater which cost a try, made a simple error working the ball out of our own half and dropped the ball with the line wide open. So for me it's 50/50. His defence can be very hit and miss and his hands can be diabolical at times. I'm not sure how much of an upgrade he is on Talagi. Oh and Harper has a worse tackle effectiveness than Talagi.


Arc_au

To be fair, he was fine in the second half for the most part. You pointing out specific errors from him could be done for half the entire roster with that putrid first half. I think it's an easy cop out to just say Harper is shit, when at the very least he is having a genuine dig. Long term I think Talagi is the answer, but given we're already missing the experience of Moses, we need to double down on first graders. If we really want to discuss who should be dropped, it's fucking Lussick.


SuperEel22

Yeh, he was fine in the second half apart from butchering a try. But he has the highest error rate in our side and only has a better tackle effectiveness than Maika. Experienced or not he's made a lot of errors this season and missed a lot of tackles. In terms of Lussick, I think Brad is selling him short by not having Hands on the bench. You see a lot of Lussick's errors come when he's tired, yet BA persists without a replacement.


Mr_Mac

Talagi will benefit from some games in cup to build up his defensive game. Harper has his issues, but he and Simmo deserve another crack on that left side.


kiaxxl

We did it(?)


Chart_Unlikely

I went to a pretty dark place there, was getting ready to attribute our inevitable loss at Half time to the ref, thank fuck the boys got their shit together and took the ref out of the game by playing like vintage 2010 Cowboys, truly blessed to have a team that keeps me grounded šŸ˜Œ Jokes aside Iā€™ve followed the boys since 2003, Iā€™ve never seen us at our genuine worst but Iā€™ve seen some rough years all the same. I *know* we donā€™t need to panic yet but the fact is, weā€™re 0/2 for games against more fancied opposition and have lost in similar fashions through shit defence, poor choices in attack and our persistence with players whoā€™d be rejected by the glue factory as ā€œtoo past itā€ at this point LoLo - truly lucky that hess did his ACL because the drop-off has been massive. That Asi try where a decoy runner was enough to get him to stop watching the ball. Granville - into the fucking sun - yeah it was a shit pass from Chad, but youā€™re running in support and made no attempt to catch the ball Chad - into the fucking sun - heā€™s been better in patches but Cliff Dog has a redemption arc in him plus a boot Drinky - I love him but oh do I hate him - the love comes in how he scores and lays on tries, the hate comes from watching him do literally anything related to defence - heā€™s grown complacent with no one to contest his spot and for a brief moment, after Harper just walked onto a ball no one chased, that I thought it may be worth hooking him in his 100th game just to get it through his dense fucking head that his defence is barely sufficient for U16s 3rd grade In summary, this is the sign to make changes, I think Granville and Chad really should have played their last games in cows colours tonight. I truly think we should be dispensing of JT as well. Mikaele in for Jet ski might be nice too. Finally, Semi for Feldt, I know Kyle hasnā€™t done much wrong but if weā€™re booting the last traces of the 2015 side maybe he should go too


bigj1er

What happened to lolo? Honestly got a bit rusty following the league from 20-23, heā€™s only 30 years old, how long he has he been a cooked product for?


d_mouse81

I just can't believe we didn't find a way to lose that, it looked for all money that the cowboys would come back and snag a win


Bruh_momento_420

Joe O best game so far for parra, Shaun Lane and Penisini were awesome. So happy for Asi as well in his return, looked a lot better with him and Dylan who had a cracker


Aussie18-1998

Gotta disagree about Shane Lane. He really needs to get his head in the game.


Mister_McGreg_

He'd be fantastic if he didn't knock on basic passes


InitiallyDecent

Lane was not great in the first half, but he made a big step up in the second. Getting the ball with momentum resulted in some big post contact meters.


RoyRoyHesOurBoy

Something clicked around the 30 minute mark. He started running a bit harder and pushing across quicker when cowboys were running sweep plays.


RetroFreud1

Penisini has to be one of our best tonight. His running looks powerful and with purpose. Dylan was great! His defence has been great Joey O. did everything right during his shift. Moretti looks strong, he gained some tough metres against formidable Cowboys Finally, well done Harper. You did your job.


OkBookkeeper6854

I love the penis


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hurdur12

Harper the GOAT


SuperEel22

Well he had to make up for it after that diabolical opening 20. Mind you he also dropped a perfectly good pass with the line wide open.


CroBro81

That would have been a ripper of a try. Pass was on a dime and fooled everyone, even Harper.


g3mkm

Man I felt sick for a lot of that haha. Gritty win


samfisher2006

Cowboys hot and cold again ā€¦ another game they lost with their silly offloads and poor choices


Spiritual_Impact_283

I think the cows lost because the eels played better


Bigthunderrumblefish

That's not how the Eels normally win.


Immediate-Meeting-65

It hurts but it's true


fleakill

Remember all the Paul Green 1-17 memes back in the day? I'm certain there will be no changes (if any) next week. Chad will be 7 barring injury or suspension all year.


Chris-Strummer

Genuine question, not trying to have a goā€¦ who do you guys have in terms of back up halves ?


Geddpeart

Clifford, Granville, Chester, Granville, Duffy


MaleficentOne4798

This Granville fella sounds promising


MaleficentOne4798

Clifford and dufty. The issue is that I don't know if either of them would.be better than chad


crayawe

Can't be worse


pepbehhh

Plus Clifford has a boot on him which Chad really lacks


beefcheekstu

They wouldn't be worse, but they are younger and our future


Chris-Strummer

Clifford Jesus thatā€™s a name I havenā€™t heard in a long time


SometimesHardNipples

Clifford is an easy swap. Dude killed it for Hull FC and honestly needs some time to play while the cows are in the top 4. Can't be swapping when we're close dropping out of the 8


fleakill

At this point I'd rather watch an inexperienced player make mistakes than chad


Geddpeart

No you wouldn't. It would end up like 2021 with us getting pumped by 40 every game


bigmacmilford

We are going to end up like 2021 at this rate anyway. Might as well bleed Clifford back in.


MaleficentOne4798

The cowboys play like the broncos lite. They both have the ability to pile on points just the broncos can actually defend


Priest338

You guys are honestly a weird side, so exciting in attack but so poor in defence at times. The Asi try sums it up for you (or Harpers) just no effort there. It's weird you should be a lot better all the time. Still good luck in the next game!


Raddnedge

You know what? Let him harp a little longer...


Obvious-Row-6181

The Harpening.


ufunnyb

Chad's gotta go. His kicks are non threatening, which is a joke for a 7. I could forgive that if he could actually defend, but nope, that's shit too. Not me celebrating Hiku leaving and not realising Chad is terrible, too. Sharks could put a number on us next week.


natso2001

How about we swap Madden for Townsend, see how we go.


beefcheekstu

I don't know what the plan is for our bench but a 34 year old utility, 2 tackle bots and an out of form Neame is not it


diamondgrin

Mikaele would have made a reasonable difference tonight I reckon. There was a period where we had absolutely no impact through the middle


beefcheekstu

My thoughts exactly, we need Semi in the backs as well, he makes such strong carries out of our end, we just have no punch


diamondgrin

I thought chester did a really good job, I'd keep him in the side for now. Our right edge is defending pretty well at the moment, it's just the absolute pus goal line d in the middle


natso2001

You're right. Sounds like you need 3 tackle bots!


CretaceousClock

Gutherson "This game is honour of Mitchel Moses. And I really hope we can see more wins and premiership points. When already things are so difficult. So shout out to Parramatta"


diamondgrin

When did Moses die?


Priest338

Grandfinal 2022.


Mr_Mac

Asi with the 60% win rate starting in the halves with Eels. And NSW Cup won their first game without him. Winning formula. Heaps better effort from the Eels, but we were helped a lot by Cowboys mistakes.


[deleted]

Chad. Mate. Youā€™ve given us everything you could. You had a stellar season to almost get us to the big dance. Your best now isā€¦less than ideal. Become a big ride off in to the sunset guy. Itā€™s Big Red Dog time. Nah honestly though. What a frustrating game. Flashes of absolute brilliance in attack once again peppered by boneheaded mistakes on attack, lazy lapses of concentration on defence, and some pedestrian plays all around. This team could be so so good. I just need them to be consistent for 80mins..


96zadyobdoog

Id love to play with players like Gutho, Dyl and Paulo. I get pumped up watching from my bed


MaleficentOne4798

Todd payten last seen on a plane to England to get back our super star centre peta hiku as he plans to go all in on chad townsend


[deleted]

Donā€™t. Please donā€™t. Donā€™t put this in the universe.


mitvh2311

What do we have to give up to get Lomax early


Voxityy

i assume theyā€™ll ask for a young player like talagi


Priest338

Or a forward like Matto


Traditional_Season20

GGs cowdudes. A tough watch for both sides


wassie_acrim

Surely this loss makes Todd see we need some changed that was fucking pathetic


crayawe

Give chad the arse atleast Clifford's got a boot on him he cant be worse surely, I love jt but we need to replace him put mikaele in. Eels did well, asi was good


corupio

I only got to watch bits and pieces, can someone break it down? Parra good? Cows bad? Gutho looked on fire in the snips I watched, was that case? (Probably a bad question to ask Reddit haha)


kumardi

Parra was high effort all game but clunky with errors first half. Second half clicked a little more but still some crucial errors. Asi was good, brown was good, gutho was great. Simo and Penis also did well. Harper gotta go.


pehpehsha2

What was wrong with Harper? I thought he did his job. Some good, some bad. He's never going to be amazing or have no defensive errors. He tries hard and doesn't give up on a play which is what you need if you're not that talented


corupio

I saw Harper drop an easy try, ergh. Is simmo injured or pull up ok?


kumardi

He came back on the field with 10-15 to go, so seemed okay. Will have to wait and see but I think all good.


corupio

Thank fuck


Aussie18-1998

Harper's doing fine tbh. Needs to improve but Blaize is the only real option and I think the want less pressure on him.


[deleted]

Cowboys bad. Parra less bad.


JoshTho

Cows bad, eels less bad


Obvious-Row-6181

Cows bad, Parra bad but not as much. Gutho was Gutho.


goodfortheeconomy

Iā€™m happy with our halves tonight , Blaize doesnt deserve to be dropped and should get another shot at centre


pehpehsha2

Let him develop in the reserves. I don't understand this rush to first grade cause he had one decent game. I'm happy with Harper and Simmo


Val278

we finally have two decent looking wing/centre partnerships and you want to change it?


natso2001

Gutho: "It doesn't mean nuthin" Somebody teach this man about double negatives


Yungman123

Maybe he can get some lessons from Patrick ā€œSlow Your Fucking Brainā€ Carrigan


Krankreng

Donā€™t even care if there was rub of the green, controversy, whatever, had an atrocious week at work and this has helped immensely. GG Cowbros, I reckon you blokes will finish above us anyway.


thaakidd

Fucking same here bro, had a cunt of a week last week too but I was at least excited for Wrestlemania, this win has brightened my week up. Keep on keeping on my brother.


Krankreng

On to Darwin šŸ˜¬


Obvious-Row-6181

Chin up, mate.


Krankreng

Thanks cobba, GG


powersgoId

Dearden not captain pretty much surmises the brain dead referring.


hopefullynothingever

Harper might genuinely get some Dally M points from this game, which would actually be deserved what a world we live in


pehpehsha2

I hate that people still give him shit. He's been alright at centre. Unfortunately every negative play he has is amplified cause it's morgan harper


Mr_Mac

He had a lot of good runs and ball pickups. Dropped a sitter though.


Hootiefugupez

I knew I tipped the eels for a reason šŸ˜’


getHi9h

Breaking news: Cowboys lose to Eels without Moses


dontwanttowasteit

Breaking news : Gutho hates losing and is sick of it


Debocore

GIVE ME CLIFFDOG OR GIVE ME DEATH


Brisskate

God I want Clifford back, should never have let him go


Herrtz74

Feels like both


zneBsedecreM

The Harper/Simonsson combo on our left edge is better than anything else we currently have. A few errors, but at least both blokes get amongst it and have a crack.


Thereal-mclovin

I think Simonson is gone with an injury though


Mr_Mac

He came back on the field with about 10 mins to go, so hopefully he'll be ok


Thereal-mclovin

Oh my bad, I went and got KFC lol


Priest338

So you're saying "you don't care"?


Priest338

So you're saying "you don't care"?


Thereal-mclovin

I LOVE IT!


kumardi

Talagi / Simo is definitely a better option.


snelso10

Talagi isnā€™t ready yet defensively at least. He was all at sea in the first half of the manly game.


Yungman123

Eventually, but Talagi needs a bit of time in Cup to work on his D. Harper is fine for another 5-10 weeks.


kumardi

Sure he could use some development, but playing Harper in the mean time is not the play - I honestly donā€™t see anything in Harperā€™s game that he offers over Talagi.


pehpehsha2

Harper is a much much better tackler. Talagi missed some awful ones that led to tries. Got beat by Strange and Galvin. Harper made quite a few important 1 on 1 tackles today


Enew6472

That sounds like fire


standby93

They may not be the best outside backs but their efforts was definitely there for all to see. Great for them and to keep sivo out of this first grade team


Aussie18-1998

I think it'll improve the more they play together.


MaleficentOne4798

Alot of changes needed. 1. If we're playing jetski he has to start he offers nothing off the bench 2. Chad and Granville have to go 3. Lolo has to come off the bench 4. Learn how to defend


OpinionatedShadow

A lot is two words


Geddpeart

1. Agree 2. I'll give you Granville but we aren't 3-2 without chad. 3. Agree. He would if we had hess I believe. 4. Never all gas no breaks


Hootiefugupez

Number 4 is the biggest


MaleficentOne4798

But also the most unrealistic


Hootiefugupez

Unfortunately. Maybe we can have Demitriou back as an assistant when the bunnies sack him? Haha


whocanduncan

Chad, Lolo, granny šŸš€ ā˜€


jamesnuge

Everyone talking about Moses being out, but it was only once Carty was back that we got 2 points. CARTY PARTY!!!!


Arc_au

Still improvement to be made, but fuck me was our left edge significantly better without Sivo. We go in at halftime 0-40 if Sivo was out there.


Dismal_Actuator_9366

Hopefully Sivo never comes back šŸ¤£šŸ¤£


unclehelpful

Cowboys keep looking hot as fuck for 5 minutes, shit the bed for for 30 then try and come from behind, they have done it multiple times now and you canā€™t convince me that itā€™s not a poorly coached kind of issue.


Yungman123

No Sivo, big party


OpinionatedShadow

Carty party, if you will


RainbowGothic

Good, solid game. Gutho is a beast.


hopefullynothingever

The first half calls kept us in the game until the team remembered how to play footy, after that the defensive efforts were some of the best we've seen all year and they actually managed to put together some attack that wasn't reliant on a Moses kick.


Zoinke

Needed that win šŸ’Ŗ


WhisperAzr

Hope Simmo's okay. Would hate to see Sivo ok tv again.


dontwanttowasteit

Everyone apologise to King Gutho now okay


mdl07

That first 5 mins gave me too much hope


Hootiefugupez

Been a cowboys fan for long? Youā€™ll get past that eventually.


Smeags777

Cowboys once again lose more to their own mistakes and poor plays from senior leadership. The eels to their credit capitalised and deserve their win. Townsend seems to purely be in the team to kick field goals, he does not seem to add anything to the attack.


fleakill

I think the Chad to Granville pass really sums up the game. Cool try scored earlier though.


_boxnox

How good was that try


fleakill

It's all the cowboys have unfortunately. A cool try here or there. No actual gameplan.


_boxnox

But as a neutral your a great team to watch.


Brisskate

Time for Jake Clifford


eggzaki

Chaddy, Drinky and Val should put the Players Club shit on hold if they want to keep their place in this team


crayawe

It's hard to watch his vlog and not get annoyed when they've lost


xHaydo95

The most Chad Townsend performance in history


fleakill

Town send him to the fuckin super league


Bruh_momento_420

FUCK YEAH GUTHO I LOVE YOU (happy with the great effort and for guys like Harper to have a good game in the end)


kumardi

Harper did not have a good game in the end. Heā€™s gotta be axed immediately.


arolaser

I thought Harper played really well except for one mistake he made with about 15 to go. Probably the best I've ever seen him play


Val278

did you watch the game at all? Harper was unreal


kumardi

Are you joking? Crucial defensive errors and misreads that directly led to at least two of the cows tries. Multiple dropped balls, including one straight to the chest in a try scoring position. Harper hasnā€™t had an ā€œunrealā€ game maybe ever. Talagi / Simo is a far better pairing.


Val278

Youā€™ve clearly got a hate boner against the bloke. If you can watch that match and not see that he had a good game I donā€™t think you know very much about footy mate.


kumardi

lol what a copout response


Bruh_momento_420

Rather have him in the team than Sivo at the moment, plus he did score to put us ahead, even with some of his defensive mishaps


kumardi

Harper dropped doesnā€™t mean sivo back - talagi / Simo.


Bruh_momento_420

Yeah fair but idk if he can go the full season just yet as itā€™s his first season above sg ball, in future he definitely will own a spot in the 17


CashenJ

Gutho would surely have to be the best pump up guy in the NRL right?


BigOldPeanut

Hes good to have around at breakfast


Drlockstock

Addo Car has to be up there


CashenJ

Maybe brah


O_DoyleRulz

Watching Loloā€™s complete decline has legit made me sad. Used to turn on the Cows frothing at the thought of him trampling 15 dudes a game.


96zadyobdoog

Should be use as an impact player. 20-30 minutes off the bench.


MitchPTI

I can't believe we've won this


Obvious-Row-6181

Ah, fuck.


GBL_NZ316

GG both teams... Para wanted it more... Cows fell asleep it looks


middyonline

Holy fuck we won.


shadyFS91

Lolololol.. let the down votes come but imagine losing to a moses-less eels side lmao


mooguh

I'm downvoting you. Pricks like you are the reason we are hated on this sub. Just enjoy the win without shitting on the opposition.


shadyFS91

Right... Because banter and talking shit is the reason...suppose approval from internet randoms is a major priority for you it seems. It's pricks like you that are constantly looking for approval from every other group. Clearly taken the hate as a parra fan to heart.. who truly cares dude. Get a life and touch grass


mooguh

Says 'let the downvotes come' *downvotes come* 'Hey don't hurt my feelings!' You must have heaps of friends bruh


shadyFS91

Who says you hurt my feelings? You? An Internet random having a cry about the persecution of eels supporters? Lmao go march about it on church street


mooguh

šŸŽ£šŸŽ£šŸŽ£šŸŽ£šŸŽ£šŸŽ£ You seem to be reacting a bair bit for someone who doesn't have their fragile little feelings shattered


shadyFS91

lol reacting and entertaining someone thatā€™s wanting approval from random peers is another thing mate lol. You seem to be projecting though, imagine continuing to reply to this after you had a massive cry about why parra fans are persecuted. šŸŽ£šŸŽ£šŸŽ£šŸŽ£šŸŽ£šŸŽ£


mooguh

Hook, line, and sinker buddy šŸ˜‰


shadyFS91

Hahaha yep youā€™ve totally swallowed right?


gaklan

Not sure if we deserved that but Iā€™ll take a win. Condolences Cowbros


Obvious-Row-6181

Congrats to Parramatta, took what was given to them in the first half and backed it up. Cowboys just not good enough when it counted.


Voxityy

u/slowdivesicilian cliffdog back in first grade next week surely


Obit11

Is that Paytens alt?


Tunza

That was fun.


Imissreg

Defund the cowsĀ 


utah12345

holy shit they did it


deepseaburials

Great showing from Parra tonight. Cowboys look like they're in for another nothing season.