As 1Eyed Eel moves into its 16th year of providing a voice to Parramatta Eels supporters, we’d like to wish everyone a very happy New Year.
I’m really excited about what’s in store for the site in 2019. The last year was a particularly busy one for me professionally and 1Eyed didn’t get a lot of my attention. However, one of the upshots of everything that happened, is I’m in a position this year where I can put more resources into the site. One of the things that took place last year, was that Elliott (SuperEel) joined my business and we’d both like to find additional time going forward to work on new projects - as there are a bunch of things we do day-to-day, that we can leverage on 1Eyed Eel.
Those new projects were part of the reason we finally did the site upgrade. I know some of you have found the transition uncomfortable, and we’ve still got issues that need to be ironed out, but it gives us a platform to do new stuff into the future. The old platform was basically unsupported and was just going to become increasingly problematic and unreliable, whereas we can now at least work with the platform vendor to try and get bugs fixed and features improved or added.
As for our club and team, I must admit I’ve had some pretty dark times looking towards the future. It is really difficult to identify any area related to the club, where we can say ‘we do this better than anyone’. Whether it be the on-field performance, the playing roster, the football operations or the business side of the club, we’re not in a particularly good place anywhere. We at least seem to have identified some of our failings but we seem miles away from getting anywhere near the Premiership pacesetters on any fronts.
However, just recently my inner-unicorn has managed to kick its way out of the stable and I’m going to head into 2019 with at least some level of cautious optimism. Talented young kids in the roster are always exciting and that’s what I’m looking forward to in 2019 - seeing how the likes of Brown, Mahoney, Salmon and Utoikamanu step up. I’ve managed to convince myself that Mitchell Moses is capable of taking the next step in his career and that Junior Paulo and Shaun Lane are going to give our forward pack the size they need to compete and lay the platform the team needs.
And I”m dying to get into the Western Sydney Stadium. After a couple of years of sufferig through ANZ Stadium, which really started to take its toll on how much I enjoyed my footy last year, I can’t wait to rediscover the buzz of playing in our own Stadium again.
So Happy New Year everyone and let’s hope the might Eels surprise the entire Rugby League fraternity and rediscover what made 2017 such an incredible year.
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It's basically exactly the same in terms of navigation. You've raised one issue (chat) which I can't fix because its platform related. In all honesty, if you have such an issue with it, move on and find somewhere else to post. Pretty much every one has provided constructive feedback and we've made a lot of improvements based on that. All of the navigation choices are mine, and I'm not going anywhere unfortunately.
Wow, mummy just slapped daddy at the dinner table
Don’t go Fong
Im really hoping having a proper home helps us 100 percent
cos we are gonna need it imo
Gotta love social media, brings out the inner dickhead in every troglodyte.
Happy New Year Phil. All the best to you mate
Happy New Year Phil!
I like the new look- a far cry from what I remember way back when!
Like yourself, I'm feeling optimistic about 2019 (is there any other way to be!) Could be a chance for many players in the squad to step up and shine.
I'd love to make it up from Canberra for the opening round!
Hey Dan, loooooooooooonnnnng time!
How you doing?
Really well thanks mate!
Living down in Canberra these days - too my surprise Im enjoying it! Getting to spend much more time with the kids which is great!
Still planning on travelling to Sydney for the odd Eels game, so would love to catch up at a game one day!
Hope all is going well in your life mate? Looking forward to a better season from my beloved Eels (As Yazz once sang, "the only way is up!")
Well, when you come up let me know!
My life doesn't include sleep at the moment but hoping 2019 will be saner.
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