On the back of their best preseason in recent memory, many expected Parramatta to be the big improvers in 2017, but unfortunately Paul Harwick's side failed to live up to the hype. While the Two Blues won just three matches this year they may have built the foundations for future success. Overview with Paul Hardwick: It definitely wasn't the season we were hoping for. In some aspects we were quite disappointed but in other aspects, we were still pleased with the exposure that some of our players got in first grade. We had a lot of young guys get exposed to Shute Shield football this year and I think that will put us in good stead for next season but certainly if you only look at our win loss ratio, it was disappointing. We had a lot of changes both on and off field this year and we weren't able to keep a consistent team on the park week in, week out due to injuries, suspensions and due to a few players getting other experiences overseas or with the Waratahs. That was fantasti