If you haven't done any of your own research about why Brian McDermott could be what the Eels need at this moment in time, have a look at this podcast from a few years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34vq8p_i234
It's very impressive. He is t
Read more…So pretty much everyone knows this roster needs an overhaul, pieces pulled out and put in. But there is one area of this squad that has been apparent and needs addressing before anything else and that is age. Our squad is turning into one of the olde
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It's getting closer to squeaky bum time. With the news Brian Smith has made a last ditch effort to join the race, it would not surprise me if he is appointed as an experienced advisor to the Eels coaching team. That makes sense. Reputable experi
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The Eels' head coaching thriller began in secret closed door meetings, less than 24 hours after Jason Demetriou's offical sacking from Souths on April 30th. It has been a Hitchcock masterpiece. Suspense. Mystery. Inneundo. And the blonde damsel in d
Read more…I originally posted this on TCT because they had poor coverage of the coaching situation. Most of this has been covered on here but I wanted to reinforce the management argument over the coaching one.
Please note Wayne Bennett does not get "very" han
Read more…Yesterday, when Greg Alexander was asked who he thought was best for the Eels he told SENZ radio essentially he had no idea. The Panthers' great was much like the rest of us, relying on what we had read on the papers to form an opinion or speculate.
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Trent Barrett was both encouraged and frustrated by the Eels' round fifteen 28-18 loss against the Roosters.
Miraculously, the Eels came back from a 16-0 onslaught to lead 18-16 with 30 minutes to go. Then, like much of 2024 we could not win the
Read more…Parramatta's 2024 season is fast slipping away from them and despite known squad depth issues there may be some changes required both to try and revitilise this while also having an eye on the future.
For mine, the presence of Makatoa in the squad is
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I think that we are very harsh in some of the judgements being made. I don't understand the negativity that comes through every week in the ingame running. How do people type that shit and say they are watching the game. Unless of course they have
In the 140th clash between these two, the Roosters, as the top attacking team at (29.7ppg) should have too much firepower for the Eels holding the third-worst defence (28.9ppg).
Both teams lost in their last starts and had all the opposition tries s
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As an NRL head coach, Justin Holbrook, sits at 38% over 3.5 years. That's better than Barrett's 32% (five years) and Hannay's 37% (interim over two years).
However, Holbrook proved to be a prudent assistant coach appointment for the Roosters as
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On Monday's 100% Footy earlier this week, Michael Chammas et al pushed the popular media narrative that Jason Ryles is the leading candidate, followed by Josh Hannay with Michael Cheika an outside chance.
When Gus was asked who was "best out ther
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Amidst the head coaching saga, sit two young, hot things. No, not Jason Ryles and Josh Hannah, the rumoured leading candidates. Just look at Margie Robbie and Ryan Gosling. Sizzling hot stuff in a modernized version of the “Barbie World”. Unsurpri
Read more…https://www.parraeels.com.au/news/2024/06/04/injury-update-round-14/Bailey Simonsson has been ruled out for the remainder of the 2024 season with a knee injury. The outside back has suffered a torn ACL which will require season-ending reconstruction
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From an article in Foxsport, as discussed on the NRL 360 panel.
Foxsport believe the Eels have narrowed the canditated to a six-man shortlist: Michael Maguire, Jason Ryles, Josh Hannay, Trent Barrett, Michael Cheika, and the "sixth man", Brian M
Read more…First versus third-last, One versus Fifteen, doesn't look like a fair fight.
The Eels are on a five-match losing streak. The worst since 2018. In contrast, the Sharks have won 9 from the last 11.
But last round, both teams lost big and conceded 42
Read more…Parramtta's NSW Cup side began the year winless after the opening 5 rounds and going worse than their NRL counterparts.
Yet while the NRL side flounders, the reserve grade side has returned to winning ways, netting 5 wins from their past 6 games.
The
Read more…I remember the terrible shape the Eels were in when you became head coach and you have left the Eels much better than how you found them.
We were cellar dwellers without any chance of finals when you joined and now we expect to make the finals and ma
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When facilitating corporate planning, you need the "mission statement" this can take 90% of the time .........and then we spend 10% on how we implement it. That's arse around, the mission statement falls out the back of implementation.
I'll give you a