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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

Maloney Coaching

Could be one to keep an eye on for the future

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-cult-personalitys-wife-caught-up-in-roosters-snub-drama/news-story/5bcaddabac7365bbf795e325163857be

Young gun Jai Camilleri turns down NFL dream to sign trial deal with Parramatta Eels

Desperate Need for a Centre

If we are looking for a more balanced side that offers something different in the backline then why are we not making a play for Curtis Scott on a train and play deal similar to Jennings at the Roosters. Yes he has had his issues and I realise it wou

interesting article on roar https://www.theroar.com.au/2023/11/14/smart-signings-parra-have-a-foxx-shaped-hole-on-their-wing-but-theres-another-rep-winger-that-they-should-chase/

found thi interesting

Wakey Wakey Parramatta Executive, you aren't communicating with your supporter base!

I think we are over thinking on recruitment, this time of the year it is understandable and because we have done nothing (seemingly) we are speculating about all sorts of "ghosts" in the woodwork.

One of the problems is poor communication from a perce

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

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

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

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

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

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

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