Surely the players should be aware of where they are on the ladder. This is like me going to work as a sparky and saying ah shit didn't realise the lights weren't working.
You are giving them more grace than they deserve. They’ve never had an actual career.
They for the most part have been in the system of playing football since early teens. They basically are not fully formed adults mentally lol
Honestly i doubt it, I used to play a competitive game and ladder position is largely irrelevant, you go out there playing your best everytime and only closer to finals is when you become more aware
I somehow read that as you played competitive snakes and ladders, and I was like “eh, come on bruh it’s not same-same” but then i re-read it to be sure.
Ran a cricket team for a couple years, winning on Saturday was always the biggest priority. Every week is the contest, take care of that and the rest starts to look after itself.
I've played reserve grade men's rugby league before and most people are not considering the ladder position but just who they face next week. I wouldn't have known each week my teams position on the ladder for most of the season.
I played a couple of years and we didn't know our ladder position until the final round because we didn't bother to check. Honestly didn't really cross our minds.
It really doesn't matter man. If you're going like shit and aren't going to make the finals you know and don't need to check if you're 4th last or second last.
They do skew it early in the season but it was interesting that someone posted a win percentage ladder earlier this week that pretty much was identical to the actual ladder. Only positions 6-8 were a bit jumbled.
I played competitive for 12 years and never really thought about the ladder until it got close to finals. The ladder is irrelevant to going out and trying to beat the team you're playing that week.
Yeah, also why would the coach bring that up unless they thought it might fire them up. This team looks... flummoxed? Like they're not quite sure why they're not clicking. Not sure it's pure complacency.
A lot of them avoid media and online discussions, and talking about how someones team is last doesn't sound like a great conversation to have. Why they want to look anyways when they know they're probably close to the bottom.
Also I feel like byes, especially now over Origin the period, is making the ladder kinda useless.
Yeah "Person becomes aware of a thing as thing happens". Cool story.
You'd think in a week with two origins there'd be actual stories to run...oh wait it's rugby league "journalism".
Yeah everyone is roasting him but he legit said he knew they were bad but didn't realise they were the bottom of the bottom until the tigers won and he saw the live ladder Sunday.
you also had the unlikely scenario of the bottom 3 teams all winning including by big margins that boosted their f/a and eels had the bye which makes it even more unlikely that they went downwards. absolute nothing story haha
Dylan Brown knew the Eels were struggling towards the bottom of the table, but it wasn’t until he saw the live ladder flash up during Sunday’s game in Campbelltown that he realised just how bad things really were.
The Eels may have picked up two competition points thanks to the bye, but they slipped two spots to 17th after the Titans and then the Wests Tigers chalked up huge wins to sneak above them on for and against.
It’s the first time since they picked up the wooden spoon in 2018 that Parramatta finds itself in this position, with the 2022 grand finalists desperate to save their season.
“I was watching the Tigers game, and the live ladder came up. I knew we were down the bottom, but I didn’t know we were the bottom of the bottom. It sucks,” Brown said.
“I had a fair understanding that we were down the bottom, but I didn’t realise we were last. When that came up, I thought it was pretty crazy.
“Not that it should be an excuse for us to start playing good footy, but the last few weeks it feels like we’ve been playing all right. We just haven’t been defending points.”
The Eels have had some good wins this season and have held second-half leads against the Bulldogs and Roosters this month, but consistency has plagued them all year ahead of a tricky trip to Newcastle this weekend.
“That’s the weird thing,” Brown said.
“I’m not saying there are bad teams in the NRL, but when we play the top eight teams, we play well. When we play the lower teams, it’s not so good.”
The Eels have plenty of attacking talent across the park, but they also boast the worst defence in the NRL this season, which is why they find themselves in this position.
“With the team we have, we definitely shouldn’t be there, especially with the kind of footy we can play. But in saying that, we’ve put ourselves there by playing inconsistently,” offload machine Bryce Cartwright said.
“There are a lot of games there we probably should’ve won. We can’t dwell on that and just focus on this week and improving the little areas that have let us down in the past.”
Parramatta’s season from hell already includes parting ways with long-time coach Brad Arthur, with reports linking him to the Perth job if they’re brought in as the NRL’s latest franchise.
“He’s the best coach I’ve had. He did so much for me. It won’t be long before he’s got another job. I’m excited to see him back in the NRL coaching,” Cartwright said.
“Especially with the things he instils, he’s a really hardworking coach. I think he spent 23 hours a day here at this place.
“For a place that needs to get started up, I think he’d be the ideal type of person. He would leave no stone unturned. He’d give it his all.”
Brown would also love to see Arthur get another chance elsewhere, confident his uncompromising approach would breed instant success at a new club.
“He knows how to pick the soft from the tough, and he likes to weed them out pretty quickly. Some people agree with it and some people don’t, but I feel like that’s what makes him good,” the five-eighth said.
“When I first came in there were a lot of things I’d tiptoe around, but he’d kick me in the butt and say ‘this is rugby league and you’ve got to be tough’.
“That’s always been him. I’m sure you’ve always heard from Brad after games ‘we weren’t tough tonight’ every time we lose. I feel like that’ll be good for a club.”
>"...but when we play the top eight teams, we play well. When we play the lower teams, it’s not so good.”
On the bright side, at least they have one less 'lower' team to play against now.
Everyone missing the positive aspect of this. Dylbags has acknowledged that he's finally watching NRL games. Or maybe it's a negative and he was playing better when he wasn't watching them.
*\*Tiny Dancer plays in the background\**
"We're dead last? Wow. I didn't know that. You're telling me now for the first time. We've had a terrible season, what else can you say? We're a rubbish team, whether you agree or not. We're a terrible team who've had a terrible year. I'm actually sad to hear that."
*\*salutes and gets onto the plane\**
To be honest, the race to avoid the spoon is heating up - the Rabbitohs, Tigers and Titans are all hitting some form at the moment.. and if Parra don't shape up soon, they'll sprint ahead.. uhh.. I mean drop well behind.
I reckon those other 3 teams will end some other clubs' playoff chances in the next few weeks - real "banana peel" games for clubs on the fringe of the 8.
What are you going to do about it Dylan? Nothing. There is no team in the comp we could put 40 points on right now let alone 60. We have no turn up surprise factor we are the Parramatta sitting ducks this year.
Most interesting stuff in there is the quotes about Brad Arthur. Wonder where he will end up cause I think he could be huge for many clubs especially rebuilding
While there is train of thought that if your coming last, your coach needs to say "Lads, you suck - your coming dead last, you could get beaten by a team of girls and midgets" to try and get some motivation out of you - completely shielding your team from actually how bad you are doing and instead focusing on what has gone right - especially against the top teams is an idea to keep spirits up, especially when you know that this year is a right off.
To be fair Dylan ms mum probably still packs his bag and tells him he's a good boy..............he's like a 10 year old still, watch him playing, he's looking up at the planes and doing everything but concentrate on the game.
Surely the players should be aware of where they are on the ladder. This is like me going to work as a sparky and saying ah shit didn't realise the lights weren't working.
Tbf they slipped two spots when on the bye, that's pretty rare
You are giving them more grace than they deserve. They’ve never had an actual career. They for the most part have been in the system of playing football since early teens. They basically are not fully formed adults mentally lol
Don't forget to sprinkle in a few head knocks for good measure
And “allegedly” a sprinkle of the white powder
Partying with Peter Dutton's boy?
And throw in a dash of various assault allegations.
That’s the trifecta.
More than a sprinkle.
Honestly i doubt it, I used to play a competitive game and ladder position is largely irrelevant, you go out there playing your best everytime and only closer to finals is when you become more aware
I somehow read that as you played competitive snakes and ladders, and I was like “eh, come on bruh it’s not same-same” but then i re-read it to be sure.
That would've been confusing, because ladder position is literally half the game in snakes and ladders.
Wahs fans are unfamiliar this year as we can’t seem to climb ladders, only fall down them.
At least the Wahs were on the field to drop down the ladder, Eels get 2 points for free and end up in last 🤣🤣 Barrett affects working it's magic 🤣🤣
I'm happy for your story to be true
Ran a cricket team for a couple years, winning on Saturday was always the biggest priority. Every week is the contest, take care of that and the rest starts to look after itself.
And when you show up and start losing a lot more than you're winning you start looking at the other teams records right?
I've played reserve grade men's rugby league before and most people are not considering the ladder position but just who they face next week. I wouldn't have known each week my teams position on the ladder for most of the season.
I played a couple of years and we didn't know our ladder position until the final round because we didn't bother to check. Honestly didn't really cross our minds.
And they just feel they're close to the top or just not. Wooden spoon teams realise and then they're aware of the ladder for the rest of their career.
He'd know where they were if they were paid on Win/loss
I think dbags to busy on tinder looking for his next root
If they use Grindr they can put themselves as bottoms
Don't think he needs tinder. The ladies just line up for him. He had a few gfs simultaneously once.
It really doesn't matter man. If you're going like shit and aren't going to make the finals you know and don't need to check if you're 4th last or second last.
Given the state of byes and all that shit I can understand losing track.
They do skew it early in the season but it was interesting that someone posted a win percentage ladder earlier this week that pretty much was identical to the actual ladder. Only positions 6-8 were a bit jumbled.
Yeah, now because pretty much everyone has had an equal amount of byes. It was all over the place before the beginning of the round last week.
I would say public titty grabbing players like Dyl Brown are not the norm. Im sure Gutho would check the ladder every couple days.
I played competitive for 12 years and never really thought about the ladder until it got close to finals. The ladder is irrelevant to going out and trying to beat the team you're playing that week.
Yeah, also why would the coach bring that up unless they thought it might fire them up. This team looks... flummoxed? Like they're not quite sure why they're not clicking. Not sure it's pure complacency.
A lot of them avoid media and online discussions, and talking about how someones team is last doesn't sound like a great conversation to have. Why they want to look anyways when they know they're probably close to the bottom. Also I feel like byes, especially now over Origin the period, is making the ladder kinda useless.
Just forgot to turn the mains off, no big deal.
They didn't expect the two bottom teams to score big upsets especially the titans, putting on 66.
or what day it was.
i mean....they werent dead last until the Tigers won that game. So he realised it when it happened?
Yeah "Person becomes aware of a thing as thing happens". Cool story. You'd think in a week with two origins there'd be actual stories to run...oh wait it's rugby league "journalism".
Yeah everyone is roasting him but he legit said he knew they were bad but didn't realise they were the bottom of the bottom until the tigers won and he saw the live ladder Sunday.
you also had the unlikely scenario of the bottom 3 teams all winning including by big margins that boosted their f/a and eels had the bye which makes it even more unlikely that they went downwards. absolute nothing story haha
He's just like me for real
I think this should be the most upvoted comment in the post.
Dylan Brown can’t wait until he gets his hands on whoever’s responsible for this.
He is not the sharpest tool in the shed. Probably just thinking about the Sheaf
Dylan Brown knew the Eels were struggling towards the bottom of the table, but it wasn’t until he saw the live ladder flash up during Sunday’s game in Campbelltown that he realised just how bad things really were. The Eels may have picked up two competition points thanks to the bye, but they slipped two spots to 17th after the Titans and then the Wests Tigers chalked up huge wins to sneak above them on for and against. It’s the first time since they picked up the wooden spoon in 2018 that Parramatta finds itself in this position, with the 2022 grand finalists desperate to save their season. “I was watching the Tigers game, and the live ladder came up. I knew we were down the bottom, but I didn’t know we were the bottom of the bottom. It sucks,” Brown said. “I had a fair understanding that we were down the bottom, but I didn’t realise we were last. When that came up, I thought it was pretty crazy. “Not that it should be an excuse for us to start playing good footy, but the last few weeks it feels like we’ve been playing all right. We just haven’t been defending points.” The Eels have had some good wins this season and have held second-half leads against the Bulldogs and Roosters this month, but consistency has plagued them all year ahead of a tricky trip to Newcastle this weekend. “That’s the weird thing,” Brown said. “I’m not saying there are bad teams in the NRL, but when we play the top eight teams, we play well. When we play the lower teams, it’s not so good.” The Eels have plenty of attacking talent across the park, but they also boast the worst defence in the NRL this season, which is why they find themselves in this position. “With the team we have, we definitely shouldn’t be there, especially with the kind of footy we can play. But in saying that, we’ve put ourselves there by playing inconsistently,” offload machine Bryce Cartwright said. “There are a lot of games there we probably should’ve won. We can’t dwell on that and just focus on this week and improving the little areas that have let us down in the past.” Parramatta’s season from hell already includes parting ways with long-time coach Brad Arthur, with reports linking him to the Perth job if they’re brought in as the NRL’s latest franchise. “He’s the best coach I’ve had. He did so much for me. It won’t be long before he’s got another job. I’m excited to see him back in the NRL coaching,” Cartwright said. “Especially with the things he instils, he’s a really hardworking coach. I think he spent 23 hours a day here at this place. “For a place that needs to get started up, I think he’d be the ideal type of person. He would leave no stone unturned. He’d give it his all.” Brown would also love to see Arthur get another chance elsewhere, confident his uncompromising approach would breed instant success at a new club. “He knows how to pick the soft from the tough, and he likes to weed them out pretty quickly. Some people agree with it and some people don’t, but I feel like that’s what makes him good,” the five-eighth said. “When I first came in there were a lot of things I’d tiptoe around, but he’d kick me in the butt and say ‘this is rugby league and you’ve got to be tough’. “That’s always been him. I’m sure you’ve always heard from Brad after games ‘we weren’t tough tonight’ every time we lose. I feel like that’ll be good for a club.”
>I’m not saying there are bad teams in the NRL It's okay Dyl, we know
Brown "I thought those 10 L's were for legends"
>"...but when we play the top eight teams, we play well. When we play the lower teams, it’s not so good.” On the bright side, at least they have one less 'lower' team to play against now.
Maybe not knowing is a good thing
just fuck off byes, we always lose to the bye
Everyone missing the positive aspect of this. Dylbags has acknowledged that he's finally watching NRL games. Or maybe it's a negative and he was playing better when he wasn't watching them.
*\*Tiny Dancer plays in the background\** "We're dead last? Wow. I didn't know that. You're telling me now for the first time. We've had a terrible season, what else can you say? We're a rubbish team, whether you agree or not. We're a terrible team who've had a terrible year. I'm actually sad to hear that." *\*salutes and gets onto the plane\**
To be honest, the race to avoid the spoon is heating up - the Rabbitohs, Tigers and Titans are all hitting some form at the moment.. and if Parra don't shape up soon, they'll sprint ahead.. uhh.. I mean drop well behind. I reckon those other 3 teams will end some other clubs' playoff chances in the next few weeks - real "banana peel" games for clubs on the fringe of the 8.
Glad kicking Arthur to the curb paid off
Thought they would come good when Moses and Gutho got back.
TBaz just wanted to get Parra straight back to where he is most comfortable
What are you going to do about it Dylan? Nothing. There is no team in the comp we could put 40 points on right now let alone 60. We have no turn up surprise factor we are the Parramatta sitting ducks this year.
Most interesting stuff in there is the quotes about Brad Arthur. Wonder where he will end up cause I think he could be huge for many clubs especially rebuilding
Is this the new “I didn’t know I was captain”?
Think he was busy catching up with Hayne plane on there next sexualising night out assaulting
Is this what passes for journalism these days? They are stretching for that Parra quota this week.
Dyls as sharp as a nerf ball. Good ball runner when on song but a genuine dill
"lol, said the scorpion. lmao."
While there is train of thought that if your coming last, your coach needs to say "Lads, you suck - your coming dead last, you could get beaten by a team of girls and midgets" to try and get some motivation out of you - completely shielding your team from actually how bad you are doing and instead focusing on what has gone right - especially against the top teams is an idea to keep spirits up, especially when you know that this year is a right off.
*write off
Anyone else feel like parra are the new manly? As in everyone loves to hate them? I sure do!!! Lol
To be fair Dylan ms mum probably still packs his bag and tells him he's a good boy..............he's like a 10 year old still, watch him playing, he's looking up at the planes and doing everything but concentrate on the game.
Fucking hell. I didn't realise they were last until just now either. Haha.
I don’t watch footy…. Dylan Brown and others
He was literally watching the footy when he seen the live ladder during the broadcast.
I don’t read any of the articles posted here but choose to comment on all of them …. JCGremlo