Parramatta are finally back in their old stomping ground and they welcome in the Red V in Round 3. The Tip Sheet is fired up about the long awaited return to CommBank Stadium as Sixties and Forty20 rip into a preview of a game that starts a massive homestand for the Blue & Gold.
Jason Ryles welcomes back J’maine Hopgood this week and the boys look at how that impacts the team. Where can the Eels attack the Dragons and what pitfalls do they need to avoid on Sunday if they don’t want to fall into any classic Shane Flanagan traps?
The Jersey Flegg and NSW Cups are also back in action this week after both teams enjoyed Round 2 byes. How do the two grades stack up heading into Round 3? Should we expect any surprise additions in reserve grade?
The dragons may lead us early, or even look better throughout the first 40-60 minutes.
Dragons actually looked better than parramatta for long periods, looked better than us for most of the dragons first 2 rounds.
Don’t be surprised if we need a come back to win it (or) it’s close until after half time.
The plot twist? Nobody has talked about …
The dragons have played closed to THEIR BEST in both rounds 1-2 and LOST.
Parra? Played average mostly and BEAT the premiers.
Parra played FAR from their best football and still put 40 on a team who beat the Storm last night @ MELB…
So what does that mean? If parramatta can play even remotely close to OUR BEST football.
It’s possible we put on high 40’s and beat the dragons very easily. But we won’t see that type of blow until the last 20 mins.
Dragons are feet like old BA sides. BIG bodies, large forwards, old players. They GET GASSED. So parramatta just needs to hold the ball and play possession game. Because the dragons will only beat you if you give them easy momentum. Their large players are awful defensively if you can hold on to the ball and drain their gas tanks.
Parra by 20+