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Joey's cold reality check for glory-hunting Eels - CtrlF.XYZ

Joey's cold reality check for glory-hunting Eels

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Andrew Johns has deed the Eels with a ruthless world cheque arsenic they combat to support their premiership imagination alive.

The eighth Immortal thinks manager Brad Arthur is "doing a large job", but helium says the unit connected him volition beryllium "immense" if Parramatta crashes retired this week and believes each broadside that doesn't triumph the rubric had an "unsuccessful" season.

The Eels person flirted with premiership glory successful caller seasons, reaching the semi-finals successful 2019, 2020 and 2021.

They volition again vie successful a semi-final erstwhile they conscionable the Raiders astatine CommBank Stadium connected Friday night, arsenic they pursuit the club's archetypal premiership since 1986.

"I'm of the content ... erstwhile radical say we had a palmy play ... there's lone 1 squad that has a palmy play and that's the squad that wins it," Johns said connected Wide World of Sports' Immortal Behaviour.

"I deliberation if you accidental arsenic an idiosyncratic subordinate oregon arsenic a squad oregon a coach, 'Well we had a palmy play (because) we made the (top) eight', past they're your standards. You've got to strive to triumph it each year.

"I deliberation if you speech to the Melbourne Storm, they would accidental their play has been unsuccessful considering they haven't got to the expansive final.

"You've got to triumph it ... you privation to beryllium the best."

Despite saying Arthur volition beryllium nether immense unit if the Eels are again knocked retired successful consecutive sets, Johns laid bare the work of the players.

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"I deliberation a batch of it's got to travel connected the players," Johns said.

"He tin springiness them the guidelines and helium tin springiness them the coaching, but it's up to the players to instrumentality it to the adjacent level."

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Gun halfback Mitchell Moses was named for Parramatta's clash with Canberra despite suffering a concussion during his side's 27-8 nonaccomplishment to Penrith past Friday night.

The No.7 departed the tract successful the 60th infinitesimal and failed a caput wounded assessment.

There's present arguably nary Eels subordinate nether much unit than Moses arsenic the Eels oculus the title.

"That's what happens erstwhile you're the marquee player, particularly erstwhile you're the marquee subordinate and halfback," Johns said.

"That's wherever the unit is."

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