Eels coach Brad Arthur has confronted some powerful questions over his future after his aspect’s 48-16 loss to the Storm.
Parramatta dropped their fourth straight sport after one other second-half fade out which Arthur labelled “embarrassing”.
The Eels trailed 16-10 at halftime earlier than conceding six tries within the second 40 minutes.
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“The second half was embarrassing. We fell in a gap for a interval of 10-Quarter-hour and lacked resilience in that interval and simply stored digging the outlet deeper,” Arthur mentioned in his post-match press convention.
“It’s occurred too typically within the final month or so. After we get beneath a little bit of fatigue, we lack resistance in defence and we drop our head when issues go in opposition to us.
“We’re placing ourselves at a stage of fatigue from a number of the stuff we’re doing within the first half.
“We solely had 30 per cent possession within the first Quarter-hour so we’re our personal worst enemy with that and it catches up with you and we’re not resilient sufficient to hold in there and simply defend one set.”
The Eels are battling on the harm entrance, with their two finest gamers Mitch Moses and Clint Gutherson out.
Arthur refused to make use of it as an excuse although, calling on the gamers to step up within the management division.
“They’re (Moses and Gutherson) nice leaders, but it surely’s a chance for different guys to step up. I really feel like everybody has to steer themselves don’t they?
“Now we have 13 guys on the sphere, so as an alternative of attempting to fret about who’s going to steer the crew, we obtained to fret about main ourselves as an alternative and fear about what our job is,” Arthur mentioned.
Arthur was then grilled about his future and whether or not he thinks he’s the person to steer the Eels out of this gap.
“It’s going to be the identical however I’ll by no means stroll away from a combat and we’re going to maintain combating laborious,” he mentioned.
“I nonetheless consider on this crew however they should consider in themselves and consider they will get themselves out of it with one set of six in defence.
“I do (know there might be exterior strain). The information might be on the finish of the yr however we have to get higher at managing the sport whereas we have now Mitch out to permit us to not have these intervals of 10-Quarter-hour the place we’re beneath the pump.
“It’s 5 minutes after the sport however there hasn’t been any indication from the membership (that he’s beneath strain). All they need to do is get round us and assist the gamers, coaches and the remainder of the crew however on the finish of the day, what issues is what we do for the 80 minutes on the sphere.”
When requested if the exterior strain from the media and followers was unfair, Arthur mentioned he has no alternative however to manage what he can management.
“Nothing is honest in our sport,” he mentioned.
“We will’t be sooks about it, we’ve simply obtained to get on with it and we will solely go on the information and the information are we aren’t taking part in adequate and I’m the coach of the crew and we’ve obtained to do one thing about it.”
The press convention was then minimize quick after an Eels media workers member interjected and mentioned “OK, that’s it”.
Parramatta has arguably had one of many hardest attracts within the NRL thus far, however they get an ideal probability to cease the slide once they tackle Souths subsequent weekend.
Initially printed as Parramatta Eels coach Brad Arthur grilled over future in cut-short presser
