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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2862951, member: 1899"] Parramatta are on a 5 game winning streak which realistically could extend to 8 wins as they come up against the Bulldogs, Knights & Titans in successive weeks. The key for Parramatta is being able to maintain the form they showed against Brisbane. That was arguably their best performance of the season and it put them on everybody's radar. It's the type of display that can be a positive or a negative. On one hand it can give your club some belief, on the other it can also lift the opposition when they play you as they see you as a measuring stick. Looking at the Bulldogs and the last time these two teams played, the Eels only won it in golden point after a controversial decision went their way. The Dogs have since fallen apart and have been insipid these past couple of weeks but the Eels cannot afford to be complacent. They're not off to a good start either, losing Tepai Moeroa. He's been an up and down sort of player, but he was just starting to find the consistensy he needed to make a fist of the right fringe. Gower isn't an ideal replacement either, he's more of a ball-playing lock so the Dogs would be silly not to try and play to their left hand side this evening. In fact, I'd almost start with Faitala-Mariner just to give Moses/Gower something to worry about and bring Elliott in later in the contest. Otherwise, the two players who really impressed me last week from Parramatta are Cameron King and Peni Terepo. Neither have played a lot of first grade this year, but they've added another dimension to the Eels and I'm interested to see if they can maintain that. While the Eels have had little luck in the position, Pritchard's injury may have been a blessing in disguise. King was one of the best players coming through in the early 2010s and it's only been injury that's cruelled him. [/QUOTE]

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