Eels Blogs

Poppa's Corner ; "We are no worse than anyone else" "yes we are" and our goals need to be higher and better...FULL STOP

Last week I headed a blog implying/saying, we made  mistake's lets move on.....I was a pessimist to an extent, but not suicidal. Just very critical of Pezet and the knock on effect in losing balance.

Yesterdays game against Penrith has a lot of physco

Game Day Blog R4 vs Panthers: Disrupt the Disruptors? (L48-20)

In tomorrow's Battle Of the West, Vincent Lombardi almost foreshadowed the Panthers sixty years ago when he said, “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence."

The Panthers seemed to have forgotten they're not

Gus: Eels Showed "Real Grit"

Curled up in the foetal position, the noise is getting louder from some of our punters. Drop Pezet. Move him on. He’s been labelled “a mistake” by some, along with the usual tomatoes thrown at R&R, the team, and the front office. But not Talyn Da Sil

Poppa's Corner: We made a mistake, lets admit it, move forward; and it looks like we are overrated!

This heading is probably something we don't like admitting to. Yes it implies criticism but I don't want to start looking for blame or scapegoats, just accept it and move on.

The main issue in my mind is the "Pezet" experiment. It hasn't worked and t

1EE All-time Eels team: Wingers

Ok so Jarryd Hayne has beaten out Ken Thornett for the first spot in this team.

Now onto Wingers where one player is a guaranteed, i have added the 2 winners from modern day with another nominee. Jeez i wonder who one of them is???

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Game Day Blog R3: Danger Game as Desperate Dragons Hunt First Win (Hard Fought 30-20 Win)

UPDATE: Jack Williams starts at prop. Dylan Walkers starts at lock. Hopgood goes to the bench. Jason Ryles confirmed Jack De Belin, who has been cut this week against his former club, needed to work on some areas of his game in attack and defence bu

Winning It Twice, Off The Canvas

Gus Gould often says there is only one thing harder than winning a game.

It’s winning it twice.

In Round 1, 2021, Parramatta came back from 16–0 down at halftime to beat Brisbane 24–16 at Suncorp.

Five years later, in Round 2 on Thursday night, it

2026 Disrupter Rule - Why wasn't this a penalty to the Eels?

Why wasn't this a penatly against the Broncos last night?

The new aerial contest rules state that to catch or bat the ball back, players must use two hands. Using one hand to slap the ball down is a penatly.

In realtime it was a little difficult to jud