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Last nights Boxing

Good to see both our boys won their fights. Paulo looking fit and absolutely destroyed Hannant. RCG victorious over Taumalolo who was touted as having very good boxing skills. I think the boxing training works wonders for Junior.Did anyone else wat

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Last nights Boxing

Good to see both our boys won their fights. Paulo looking fit and absolutely destroyed Hannant. RCG victorious over Taumalolo who was touted as having very good boxing skills. I think the boxing training works wonders for Junior.Did anyone else wat

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Site performance

Is anyone else having problems with slowness, stalled responses etc

If so and its being looked at please just delete this blog.

Regards

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When is a centre not a centre but an edge forward playing in the centres?

John Eel, one of our more astute posters asked a question about Charlie Guymer, a young edge forward who was on the Reserves bench in the Flegg elimination final and who played U/18 SOO this year. We have so many good young edge forwards in that side

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Adapt or Die Part Two

Back in August I dissected many of the issues surrounding Parramatta's style of play that led to their lacklustre 2023 season. Now I'm here to offer some solutions and, at least, some reasoning as to why that occurred.

Let's get the obvious out of th

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When is 10 years not representative of the relative time

Interesting  comments made by Fake and LB on the relative coaching record of Dean Pay in a great post in another blog.

They say how Dean Pay was hard done by in having a poor (dogs) side and doing well enough with what he had.

This made me think of an

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Forwards vs Backs

In your opinion, who is more important to a team, the forwards or the backs?

Before you answer, I'll throw a hypothetical out seeing as though it's orf season and all...

Let's say we swap out the forward pack of the best team in the comp with the forwa

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Halves situation - best option taken or big stuff up?

1. We have given our current halves long term contracts that should only have been given if they had won us a premiership. These contracts delete any competition for their spots from any promising juniors coming through. Really these guys have the st

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Depth

Depth chart below shows we needed Tuilagi and will need a top quality left centre- that way Simmo is a good quality depth for all positions in the backs. Still 4 spots left. I put Moretti in even though can't find him contracted anywhere. Put Matters

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Who, Why How - realistic Coach 2025

Who should coach Eels in 2025, Why and how do we get them?

After 37 years without a Premiership Eels supporters seem unable to fantasize and just want to be realists - refering to the Coach 2024 blog that was just meant to ask who people (hypothetical

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Coach 2024

Who should be Parra's coach next year? - in order of preference.

Frankie Fong just got voted head of Triads and is moving to HK. As a parting gift he will make anyone we want an offer they cannot refuse. Sometimes during negotiations with Frankie peop

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1 Eyed Eel Member's MVP

As you may recall I opened a poll recently asking for nominations of the most popular member on 1 Eyed Eel.

Members both voted and emailed me regarding their favourites.

Honourable mentions go to Wiz, Prof Daz and BEM.

We actually ended up with a tie

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Jersey Flegg Semi Finals Highlights

https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2023/09/10/nswrl-tv-highlights--jersey-flegg-cup-semi-finals/

 

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Ethan Sanders or Mitchel Moses

Who should R&R have prioritised, ES or MM.

Is Ethan good enough that we should ditch Mitch to keep him? - or at least should have refused Mitch a long contract.

Moses is one of the best half backs in the comp and deserved being picked in SOO. Big ask t

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My Junior Development Concerns

There's no secret that Parramatta alongside Penrith have the biggest Junior Rugby League nursery in Australia. Parramatta have the best juniors in Australia and you only have to look at how many times we've won the SG Ball Premiership and 2nd place i

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Murchie released

The Eels have announced the release of backrower Jack Murchie after one season at the club.

It's not specified which club he has now joined.

It's assumed his spot would be filled by a junior and the extra money put towards a new backline recruit.

Pro

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Did we get a look at the 2024 Eels?

Parramatta's win over Penrith in their final match of the season was both heartwarming and frustrating. Had the side performed like that for  the last 3 weeks they would be finals bound.

Instead they are in the dreaded "mathematical" chances window,

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Adapt or die part one

In Moneyball, Oakland A's GM Billy Beane introduces the concept of using statistics to identify players who can "get on base" so they can make up for the loss of Giambi. 

He gets push back from his scouts who like to use the "eye test". In a confront

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Memories.....The stories in my mind

I have written a few blogs lately and being an optimist I like to look at things in that fashion, hopefully with some logic and hope.

Firstly I want no one to say "I told you so" everyone has a view and the negative ones have been vindicated this time

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Thinking differently and maybe outside of the Box.

I was talking to a mate of mine yesterday who has played a lot of football and he is not a Parra supporter, he like me is now in his seventies and I was talking about the brilliance of Reece Walsh, and we should say neither us particularly like him.

T

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