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Mike Meehall Wood Review: Arthur pressure mounts as Parra fail to make domination count against battling Broncos

Below is a review of last night's game against the Broncos by respected journalist Mike Meehall Wood. I've also added a few extra notes at the end of this article.

Arthur pressure mounts as Parra fail to make domination count against battling Bron

Saying It for Years. How will we ever really compete?

Bombshell David Fifita signing is the final straw for cooked NRL.

David Fifita’s league-shaking signing with the Sydney Roosters is officially the final straw for the NRL as a hated trend continues.

It won’t be lawyers or doctors or a wet lettuce sla

R10 v BRONCOS: LEAVING LAS VEGAS

In Leaving Las Vegas, the iconic and enigmatic Nicolas Cage is a perfect fit as the inebriated Ben Sanderson in this critically acclaimed heartbreaking tragedy-drama of 1995. The often intoxicated Sanderson is on a self-sabotaging path to destructio

Houston In Hindsight: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

2024 is fast free-falling into an annus horribilis maximus, going from bad to worse now that we will be without Gutherson who joins Moses on the sidelines. That's probably a fair scoop of $2m worth of salary cap.

Hence, it’s best we kick off with s

Parra Should Swoop On McNamara If Bennett Heads To Souths

Coaching jobs in the NRL don’t get much bigger than South Sydney.

Jason Demetriou, sacked this week, knew that and accepted it at every turn, insisting to the last that it was his privilege to come to work at the club every day.

Now, with the hot sea

Parramatta's Season Balances On A Razor's Edge

If Brad Arthur were deposed tomorrow, you'd hardly find an Eels fan who would disagree.

Only 18 months after a somewhat unexpected grand final appearance, Parramatta's fall from grace has been swift and brutal.

A massive injury toll cruelled their 20

Where to Now, Time to stop looking in the revision mirror and head forward.

2015  was the disaster year when the shit hit the fan, we lost points, million dollar fines, unloading of players for salary cap bungles.

It was said it will be years before Parra can catch up and adjust into being a competitive force.

Well it was addr

SACK ARTHUR NOW

Parramatta need to grow a pair and sack the coach now announce Bennett as coach for 2025 and let Barrett take over this year at least Wayne can start planning  his magic for 2025 

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