That was awful defence from Parramatta last night, the Tigers were having their way with that right edge. Even at the death, Brooks was able to easily isolate Moses 1-1 to put Garner through. If it wasn't for a great tackle by Gutherson and Doueihi's boot it would have been a different game altogether. The secret appears to be out now with the Eels, Moses and Blake are extremely poor defenders and they'll get torn apart by Munster, Papenhuyzen and Addo-Carr.
Parramatta are still their own worst enemy at times. They were obsessed with going right the entire second half although it clearly wasn't working for them. Fortunately Wests gave them enough chances they were able to score a couple of tries through some ad-lib football, but it shouldn't have taken so long. They were creating all sorts of chances down that left hand-side in the first half and it's always been one of the Tigers weakest areas, I couldn't understand why it took them until the dying minutes to swing it out that way. I still think the playmakers are too selfish and need to put their skills to better use. Both Gutherson and Moses are still guilty of forcing the play, both need to take a look at Walker and Reynolds to see how it's done.
It just seems obvious that they've done their race. All their hopes come down to Dylan Brown and even if he does make the field, I just don't think he's going to be right physically to lead them. It really shouldn't come down to a 20-year old half to play like a top team.
I've put a red line through them, to me it's down to Penrith and Melbourne. Sydney, Canberra and Souths could turn some heads come finals but I just don't see them lifting up the premiership when it's all said and done.