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R8 v Manly: The Rise and Fall of the Eels

The free-falling Eels are staring down the barrel of another nail in their season’s coffin. They sit like ducks in the target arrow of the public's microscope just waiting to dissect their ANZAC performance.

Despite the Eagles superior position an

What IS our identity? What makes a Parramatta Eel?

Like many of us, this past weekend of football has left me in a very reflective mood. And it's got me genuinely thinking....who ARE the Parramatta Eels? What do we stand for? What's our ethos? Our vision? Our north star?

Who, as a player or a person,

The Catch Up, Regardless of Fault or Blame we need to Change Now.

After watching games this season "it the game" has changed again (yes even from last year). Not just Parramatta but the way teams are playing,the skills involved and the depth of the competion. I have never seen the skills so high or the injuries so

Coaching, Solutions and Doing Nothing

In a recent post I reflected on not having the answer or solution to the ongoing problems that plague our team.

Included in that post was a belief that the fundamental problem was the inferior cattle and whilst we are winning it looks very calm on the

BENNETT POURS COLD WATER ON THE POTENTIAL OF AN EELS' GIG

With the perennial coaching merry-go-round now in full swing, with the free-falling Souths and Eels head coaches at the centre of the storm, this time. In an interview today, Bennett has poured icy cold water on the Eels' idea when questioned by r

R6 v COWBOYS: FINDING WILSON

We face three straight losses and far worse in the weeks ahead after some demoralizing, back-to-back losses. 

It made all the tough talk about the character-hardening, longest-off-season-in-years from early in the season - and redemption of the last

The answer is not with the coach or head of football..... Doesn't mean they stay

I understand the rhetoric after these last two losses, but everyone seems to be saying in hindsight that we should have seen this happening and the administration from Coach to Chairman should have known better……
Well prior to the Tigers game and say

ARTHUR: EELS NEED TO OVERCOME A SOFT MINDSET

Following the Wednesday review, Arthur doubled down on what he said in the round four press conference, explaining what went wrong with the Eels against the Tigers. 

"We played a soft style of football" and "looked for soft options".

This all essenti

Lomax vs Parramatta Wingers

I have taken a look at Zac Lomax's stats compared with all of our collective wingers used in 2024.

And, well, it's not hard to see that Lomax fills a glaring need for a decent back line player.

Sure, Lomax wouldn't be coming here to play on the wing,

Tough Decisions

Mitchell Moses missing was always going to be a tough situation. For as much as he is seen as "going missing" or "not stepping up", this Eels side is far better with him in the number 7 than anyone else.

His kicking game, organisation and ball-playin

R4 V TIGERS: FREUD SAYS ‘WORK THROUGH’ IT, DEAR EELS

Sigmund Freud once said that “one day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful”. With the Eels on-field general and kicking maestro, Mitchell Moses, out for up to 8 weeks with a fractured foot, the Eels will need to

R3: EELS V MANLY - GRIT, CHARACTER, HEART.

 Cooper Cronk summed it up, at the end of the first half.

"This is simply stunning from Parramatta, showing grit, character & heart."

Grit. Character. Heart.

There were plenty of positives taken from the Eels Round 2 loss to the Panthers, perhap

Strategy and Planning, I suspect what we miss out on in the recruitment scene is that we do not offer a great attraction to players if the money is equal.

A discussion on a blog was how competitive were we when Farnsworth came on to the market. I suspected that a man name Bennett was a big influence and then that started me thinking further.

i.e. I live in Brisbane and if I wanted to play for a club pur

Meninga lasts one round with Des.

I've been waiting for this to go main stream but it has seemingly been left to go under the radar other than a small couple of news outlets. .  The other day The Titans axed Mal Smellmefinger. Talk about a protected species in tne media , you'd think

What we know so far

We may only be into round 2 but there are plenty of signs the Eels of 2024 are improved on the 2023 version.

- Junior off the bench: I tipped this as a change that was needed last year. With Parramatta regularly lacking punch and creativity from the

R2 v PANTHERS: THIRTEEN-TO-SEVENTEEN BLUE MOONS

On Friday night's hyped-up Battle of the West, the Panthers are overwhelming favorites to bounce back from some recent knock-downs when they host the Eels.

However, the Eels have been the biggest thorn to the Panthers of all clubs since the Panthe

Eels in hunt for Wallaby Fullback

The Eels have been strongly linked to Wallaby fullback Max Jorgensen  If successful Max would play fullback and Gutho would move to the centres

A long time Eels official stated Jorgensen could be as succcessful as Ken Thornett who the eels also pinche

Parramatta Leagues Avoids Return of Spagnolo

The Parramatta Leagues Club AGM has been held with the two board positions up for election being decided.

Current board members Sue Coleman and Greg Monaghan have been re-elected to the board, well ahead of former chairman Roy Spagnolo.

These results

Sliding into Success: Will Parramatta's Defence Make or Break Their Season?

I wanted to talk about something that's been on my mind as we edge closer to the new season. We're talking defence, specifically the outside back rushing in defence strategy we've clung to like a safety blanket. It's had its moments, sure, but let's

Past and present Eels players with pictures