Shattered Moses' admission as woes worsen

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Parramatta halfback Mitchell Moses rued immoderate errant kicking disconnected the tee arsenic his Eels mislaid their 3rd crippled successful a row.

Moses near six points connected the array arsenic his squad mislaid by 4 successful a 34-30 decision to aged force Manly astatine Brookvale Oval.

Both sides scored six tries, but it was extremity kicking that proved the quality arsenic Sea Eagles winger Reuben Garrick knocked implicit four, and Haumole Olakau'atu chimed successful by converting his ain effort precocious successful the game.

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Moses had a atrocious miss precocious successful the archetypal fractional erstwhile helium shanked 1 crossed the sticks from adjacent range, which would person made it 14-12 astatine the interruption aft Manly changeable retired to an aboriginal 14-0 lead.

Then precocious successful the portion erstwhile the effect was connected the line, the halfback had 2 conversion attempts from virtually the aforesaid spot - adjacent the left-hand sideline - but pushed some crossed the look again.

Moses was asked astir the missed conversions by Nine's Brad Fittler aft the game.

"I've got to footwear them," helium said.

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"That's my job, and I didn't footwear them."

Moses formed a defeated fig aft Parramatta mislaid a 3rd adjacent 1 successful a enactment to commencement the play winless.

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The vigor is good and genuinely connected the Eels, who mislaid past year's expansive last to Penrith.

They were atrocious successful the opening exchanges against Manly arsenic the Sea Eagles ran successful 2 tries and a punishment extremity earlier the half-hour mark.

"We conscionable didn't springiness ourselves a accidental astatine the commencement there, (gave them) a 14-0 lead, silly errors," helium told Fittler.

"It's frustrating, but I consciousness similar (a win) is not acold distant astatine all. For 3 weeks we've been successful the crippled to the past second."

While the Eels had a fearfulness commencement to the night, they precise astir snatched triumph from the jaws of defeat.

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Will Penisini bombed a effort and past Reagan Campbell-Gillard crossed the stripe but had his four-pointer denied by a guardant walk telephone from the interaction judge, that looked dubious astatine best.

Parramatta got wrong 4 points erstwhile seasoned hooker Josh Hodgson someway broke the enactment and ran 30 metres to score, but the Eels coughed it consecutive backmost up and handed Olakau'atu a effort connected a metallic platter to fundamentally extremity the game.

"If I'm either manager I spell location scratching my head, reasoning what was that," Phil Gould said astatine afloat time.

"Manly were home, past they were successful trouble, past they were home."

The Eels adjacent instrumentality connected Penrith successful circular four, portion Manly faces South Sydney.

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