Parramatta coach Daniel Anderson has officially declared his side's finals campaign is off life support and gaining momentum after an incredible Jarryd Hayne-inspired comeback win over Penrith on Saturday night.
The Eels trailed 22-0 after half an hour before Hayne stepped up to lay on four tries and score another in a pulsating 34-28 win at CUA Stadium.
It was Hayne's second match-of-the-match performance in a row, rekindling memories of his stunning run of form at the back-end of last year.
Parra's second consecutive victory lifts them to 10th, two points outside the top eight.
While refusing to speculate on where the current spurt of form may carry his side, Anderson is starting to get excited about the Eels' chances.
"I'm not going to crystal ball on anything," he said.
"We've had two wins in a row. They-ve been good wins, we've played a bit of footy, we've scored some tries."
"We feel good about ourselves. The dressing room's pretty pumped up."
"The results as they've gone, there's a huge concertina effect from second down to 12th."
"It-s there for everyone, not just for us, but we-re really in the mix again."
Ironically, Anderson felt the fact his side was 22-0 down against the Panthers forced the players to come out of their shells and turn on the sort of football that thrilled crowds last year.
"From there on we had to play catch up and chance our arm and we were pretty successful," he explained.
"We were rewarded for the way we played."
"We haven't had to play like that, nor have we played like that this year."
"We had to play with a fair amount of risk and the risks paid off; they may not pay off next week."
Veteran forward Nathan Hindmarsh admitted he feared the worst after Penrith got the early jump before a record crowd.
"I don't reckon I should be saying what I thought at 22-nil," he smiled.
"I had a bit of a laugh with Nath Cayless on the way off. We thought we were looking down the barrel at 40-0 at one stage."
Some of the things Hayne pulled off were simply breath-taking, his 88m solo try 14 minutes from time the highlight.
Anderson said of the superstar No.1: "He's been very good and he was good tonight."
"He's contributing and everyone else is contributing."
"He's extremely talented. I enjoy watching him. I enjoying watching those big, big plays."
"They are very exciting to watch and I see why the fans get pumped up."
Penrith coach Matthew Elliott's facial expression, no surprise it was significantly negative, said it all.
Elliott was filthy that his side switched off after building what should have been a match-winning lead.
"We got a really pointed lesson. Everyone got shown that in footy that if you change what you're thinking during the game, the game will change," he said.
"Our application in the first 30 minutes was spot on then we got distracted by the scoreboard."
Skipper Petero Civoniceva added: "There are no excuses. We just weren't mentally tough enough."
"We weren't there tonight."