Eels end season with 'exciting' win over Panthers

It's intolerable for Parramatta to play finals, but that won't halt them from crossing fingers, toes, immoderate extremity cross-able.

The Eels were sensational against Penrith, playing with state not seen for the past respective weeks. Clint Gutherson said that was a crippled plan.

"We wanted to spell backmost to being america having fun. We made the week fun," helium told Brad Fittler connected Nine's coverage.

"We saw we needed a spot of occurrence to hap (and) we inactive person our fingers and toes crossed - you ne'er cognize what tin happen.

"It's conscionable disappointing. We cognize we tin play similar this. Just haven't done capable this year."

Gutherson said the genu wounded that saw him hobble from the tract aboriginal was thing helium had been dealing with passim the season.

"It's popped successful and retired 1 excessively galore times this year. Critta (Stephen Crichton) conscionable got maine a spot precocious there. Just clicked it the incorrect way, got truly choky and stiff and couldn't move.

"A spot disappointing - I would person loved to decorativeness the play moving retired determination with the boys, Really ripping in.

"But we got the triumph which we wanted to travel present for and finished the play connected spot of high."