{"id":45374,"date":"2021-03-15T23:19:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T00:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=45374"},"modified":"2021-03-16T02:18:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T02:18:22","slug":"eels-halves-revamp-didnt-work-sterlo-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=45374","title":{"rendered":"Eels halves revamp &#039;didn&#039;t work&#039;, Sterlo says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Parramatta&#x27;s decision to switch halves Mitchell Moses and Dylan Brown didn&#x27;t work in Round One, Peter Sterling says.<\/p>\n<p>Moses switched from the right edge to the left against Brisbane; Brown vice versa. Back-rower Ryan Matterson followed Moses, while Shaun Lane switched alongside Brown.<\/p>\n<p>The Eels had to come from behind to <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/blake-fergusons-brilliance-ignites-eels-comeback\/ef5a4a0a-0ffc-47ed-a342-55b448c9081b\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"win 24-16 at Suncorp Stadium\">win 24-16 at Suncorp Stadium<\/a>, with both edges clunky. Hooker Reed Mahoney was the main inspirator of victory, with neither Moses or Brown recording a try assist or line break assist.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;m still getting my head around changing Moses and Dylan Brown to the other side of the field, along with Shaun Lane and Ryan Matterson,&quot; Sterling said on Wide World of Sports&#x27; <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/videos\/nrl\/sterlos-wrap-round-1\/ckma9irn0005a0gqtzzijb548\" title=\"Sterlo&#x27;s Wrap\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Sterlo&#x27;s Wrap<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It didn&#x27;t work. Clearly, it&#x27;s a work in progress.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"3961f3f2-be91-4a64-9b37-75c62c259ca6\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/3961f3f2-be91-4a64-9b37-75c62c259ca6\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I heard [Eels coach] Brad Arthur say over the weekend the change was mainly made to accommodate the kicking game of Dylan Brown &#8211; to put him on the right side, which is the better side for the right-foot kicker &#8211; and get him more involved.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Well, it had a negative impact on Mitchell Moses early in this game. Because his kicking leg is closest to the play-the-ball, he needs to step back on the inside and he&#x27;s off balance.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;While they&#x27;re trying to look after Dylan Brown, who didn&#x27;t kick much anyway, I&#x27;m not quite sure if it worked out for Mitchell Moses in that area.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;And I know it was first-up but Shaun Lane and Ryan Matterson, they just looked out of whack on that different side.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Hopefully it will improve, they&#x27;ve worked hard on it all off-season, but it wasn&#x27;t evident in their first outing.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"85442db2-0365-4961-8c67-f824fe019835\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/85442db2-0365-4961-8c67-f824fe019835\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"1085\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Parramatta are under heavy scrutiny this season, having lost consecutive finals last season after also exiting in the second week in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Arthur is contracted until the end of next season but will be under pressure to turn the Eels into legitimate contenders, rather than simply finalists.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/brad-arthur-bemoans-lack-of-parramatta-respect-vs-brisbane-broncos\/92da0e4a-d344-43d6-bf87-23ef9b847533\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Arthur was critical of his team\">Arthur was critical of his team<\/a> playing too laterally in the first half against Brisbane, not showing the Broncos due respect by setting a platform in the middle of the field.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We just thought we could pass our way to a [win] rather than working hard,&quot; he said.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><em><strong>clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Parramatta&#x27;s decision to switch halves Mitchell Moses and Dylan Brown didn&#x27;t work in Round One, Peter Sterling says. Moses switched from the right edge to <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=45374\" title=\"Eels halves revamp &#039;didn&#039;t work&#039;, Sterlo says\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45374"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45374"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45376,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45374\/revisions\/45376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}