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Parramatta are down but coach Brad Arthur isnt going to count his side out as a possible NRL finals chance.Docked 12 competition points on Saturday for salary-cap breaches, the Eels find themselves near the bottom of the ladder.Their fall from grace comes less than 24 hours after remaining in the top four with a come-from-behind win over the Sydney Roosters.The NRLs decision means Parramatta will recalibrate their season from 12th position with 12 competition points.Its a situation that is tenuous at best, but making the finals is not impossible, even though Parramatta would have to win every game of the remaining eight rounds.Allowing for 28 points being the cut-off to make the final eight, Arthurs team rates as a mathematical chance of getting there with 16 competition points on offer until the end of the home-and-away season.Parramattas run towards an unlikely finals appearance will start against Penrith on Sunday week and, on what Arthur has seen amid the disasters of 2016, he will be the last one to think his players cant perform a rugby league miracle.To say that I cant believe theyre continuing to do it (is wrong), Arthur said after the 22-18 win over the Roosters.Theyre managed to do it week-in and week-out, and weve had quite a few distractions.So theyve just hardened themselves to playing well and playing for each other.The fact that they keep turning up for each other on the tryline - back-rowers and front-rowers defending in the centres - and they just kept turning up.The attitude is great - weve just got to keep working hard.Such has been Parramattas on-field resolve, even NRL boss Todd Greenberg said during Saturdays announcement he had nothing but admiration for Arthur and the Eels players.If Parramatta can make the eight from where they are now ... they thoroughly deserve to be there, he later told Triple M radio.Koji Uehara Red Sox Jersey . Supported by three-run homers from Jayson Werth and Wilson Ramos, the young right-hander went seven strong innings in the Washington Nationals 8-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. Joe Kelly Red Sox Jersey . LOUIS -- Valtteri Filppula assisted on three of Tampa Bays four goals, and the Lightning beat the St. https://www.cheapredsox.com/2761z-travis-lakins-jersey-red-sox.html . -- Chicago Bears cornerback Tim Jennings was selected Monday to his second straight Pro Bowl, while guard Kyle Long made it after a solid rookie season. Johnny Pesky Jersey . Now that hes hitting streaking teammates with pin-point passes for easy layups, Love is asserting himself as one of the true superstars in the league. Dustin Pedroia Jersey . -- Whether Jeremy Hill deserves a prominent role in LSUs offence this early in the season is a matter for debate.Greek side PAOK will face further disciplinary action after failing to show up for their cup semi-final second leg at Olympiakos on Wednesday, as they promised.The move by the Thessaloniki club had been pre-announced by Greek-Russian owner Ivan Savvidis, who was angry after they were punished for crowd violence during the first leg on March 3.PAOK were fined 100,000 euros (£78,000; $113,000), docked three points from next seasons Greek Super League and ordered to play three matches behind closed doors.The Greek federation will most likely now deduct three more points from PAOK and slap them with a heavy fine for not showing up at the Karaiskakis Stadium in the Athens port of Piraeus.The refusal to show up means Olympiakos will be awarded an automatic 3-0 win and will go on to face AEK in the final at the Athens Olympic Stadium on May 7 in an attempt to win the double.ddddddddddddOlympiakos had also been awarded a 3-0 win in the first leg, which was abandoned in the 89th minute when PAOK fans invaded the pitch and dozens of flares and smoke bombs were thrown from the stands. Olympiakos had been leading 2-1 at the time.Deputy sports minister Stavros Kontonis took the radical measure of cancelling the cup after the incidents for fear of violence in upcoming contests, a move which angered the Greek federation, FIFA and UEFA.Pressure from FIFA forced Kontonis to back down on his decision with a compromise that the remaining matches be played behind closed doors.Also See:Transfer CentreLatest transfer newsTransfer bettingPaper Talk ' ' '