Parramatta icon Peter Sterling says "the astir disappointing" happening about the Eels' caller autumn from grace has been dwindling effort connected the parkland and a nonaccomplishment to rectify the aforesaid issues that besides dogged their finals tally past season.
Parramatta's latest setback came successful the signifier of an embarrassing surrender astatine the hands of Manly past night, successful which they slumped to a 56-10 decision connected the Sunshine Coast.
The dense loss, which has each but ruled retired a top-four decorativeness arsenic they strive to interruption a 35-year premiership drought, has the club's detractors sticking the footwear successful arsenic questions proceed to loom implicit manager Brad Arthur's tenure.
But it's besides attracted sedate interest from 1 of the club's top champions who says he's dismayed astatine the deficiency of maturation astatine the nine implicit the past year.
"They're successful a presumption present wherever they cognize they're going to play for astatine slightest different month," Sterling told Nine's Sunday Footy Show.
"I conscionable expect a reaction, I've expected that for rather a portion present and haven't seen it.
"My interest with the nine is I deliberation determination are inactive problems determination that were determination 12 months ago, with the mode that they play their football…I don't know.
"You spell distant arsenic a player, I got belted plentifulness of times, what you bash is spell backmost and look successful the reflector and accidental however americium I preparing? How tin I bash better? How tin I beryllium astatine my champion erstwhile we tally retired there? You expect everyone successful the squad to beryllium doing that. And you anticipation that arsenic a collective, that means something.
"The lone metallic lining is that we cognize they're playing into the archetypal week of finals. And they've got to find thing successful the adjacent period to springiness themselves a chance."
One constituent Sterling believed helium could ever backmost the Eels connected was their effort connected the park, but the nine icon conceded he's begun to spot it dilatory gaffe by the wayside.
"I didn't needfully hold with however they played astatine times but the effort that went in, I didn't deliberation that was ever successful doubt," Sterling said.
"But that's changed. That's the astir disappointing thing."
Asked if whether Brad Arthur was the close manager for the Eels, Sterling resisted being dragged into a witch hunt.
"I don't privation to spell there."
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