Eels Blogs

Leadership from Gurr, Politis and the NRL ...... the priority is now on and off field officialdom

 I think Bernie Gurr did a great job and always felt that he maybe he had designs on the NRL CEO's job, not sure of the politics there post Villandys and Abdo.

He would have made a great one IMO. I know Fong didn't have much time for him and he would

SG Ball Rd7 Highlights

https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2023/03/20/une-sg-ball-cup-highlights--round-seven/

Eels are at the 8:35 min mark

Ethan Sanders is 6

Matt Arthur is 9

Do not know how much can tell from highlights but both Ethan and Matt look promising. Ethan looks in contr

Footy IQ and Footy Smarts

This concept of IQ and footy smarts has become popular in recent times and I'm starting to wonder if we recruit from the other end. i.e. like picking a monkey, because you know you can train him....in Parra's case it seems that in terms of defense, t

Simple Question.....if we are scoring 5 to 6 Tries per game...... how come our halves are playing so bad?

Now the question is rhetorical I know.....but quiet simply the coach should be answering it.

Putting Makatoa, Greig, Murchie and they make no running metres....why cant we just put on tacklers? Who etc

Finally how many tries to we give up through our w

NRL News and the Mole Claiming Waqa Blake in danger of being squeezed out!

Grand final centre Waqa Blake is in danger of being squeezed out of Parramatta by salary cap pressure.

Blake is coming off contract at season's end and rival clubs are circling, realising the Eels will find it hard to retain the tall outside back.

With

Picking Teams, Physcology and what does our Board of Management actually do ?

I read with some interest about BA being a cog and really the puppateer was O'Neill. I am going to explain why O'Neill cannot be the Puppateer!

Anyone with some knowledge of physcology and and a view on this  I will create a platform for you.

Tuesday i

Everyone Loves a Plan and it is time to ask the question.........How's it going?

I would like to be a fly on the wall looking at our corporate plan.

Planning is and should be a 5 year living document and as such, things such as our development club plan should be alive and it is seriously “not well”. Our minor grades are losing ev

Blake and Simonssen are both useless

We will not win a game while they are in th side. Bring back Cini and even try JA in the centres.

R2 v Sharks: This Is The Way

 Alchemy. The ancient art of transformation of metals into something greater than the sum of their parts. It's also about the hero’s transformative journey through all the Herculean-like tests. It explains much of Star Wars, The Mandalorian, its ligh

1EE Legends tipping comp

It's back again tipsters, the 1EE tipping comp.

Can anyone beat Parra Fan On The Hill?

Can Chief shake off the Tigers curse and not finish 9th again?

Can BEM make it past round 3 before giving up?

You can join here:

https://www.footytips.com.au/comps/1ee_

Elections draw near

Nope, it's not about the impending state election in late March.

The Parramatta Leagues Club board elections are once again upon us.

Ever since the constitution was ratified and triennial elections were implemented the board has operated smoothly wit

How good is Hopgood?

Honestly people, how is all the talk today not about Hopgood. Everyone wants to focus on negatives from our trial yet i think Hopgood is 10 times more attention worthy. His stats yesterday were awesome while punching out 80 minutes. This guy is somet

Guess who's back!

Im hearing whispers that this man is back and re-signed or about to do so, anybody hearing anything?

Settle the fek dow Carls, go change your panties!

Our Juniors and an early comparison to the unquestioned top of the line rivals. I will be interested to read the responses given that I suspect not many know much about our juniors

I have cut and and pasted the relevant sections from The Cumberland Throws report on these trials as I believe we have a lot of nisnomers about our juniors and there current levels. Tarsha Gale is the womens u/19's, Harrold Matts u/17's and SG Ball u

Matt Doorey, 22, a former Australian Schoolboys star and NSW under-20s second-rower, has been snapped up by the Parramatta Eels.

There U go.

The club and its poor use of this site

Looking at all the banter from other clubs signing or proposed signing news it is as though Parramatta are not in the new player market. Almost everyone on this site are wondering what the club are doing when  other clubs are announcing player transf

Panthers will win the comp again in 2023 to make it 3 in a row . Agree or disagree?

I reckon the Panthers will win the comp again next year and make it a threepeat to equal ours in 81.82 and 83.

They are still on the upwards curve, they still have the best team, they have a smart coach, the experience in the big ones and theyve shown

Junior Pathways and understanding the problem

It appears that we have lost Nathan Brown (ex coach) in our junior structure, reference was made in Slippery's blog that referred to the Parramatta development process.

I suspect it may have been his (Browns) report on "nepotism" that stirred the rats

The Story Of Our Season

The spectacular roller-coaster of the sweet-and-sour 2022, our best year since 2009, is finished but far from forgotten. 

The grand final still haunts many Eels fans. 

Dylan Edwards, the Panthers' grand final hero and Clive Churchill Medalist, knew

Early Days but something to think or worry about.

It seems the fad is becoming that a secondary hooker starts the game and the established hooker comes on after 15/20 minutes and completes same.

Qld did this in Origin, Penrith in the Premiership (and others) and Australia overnight in the WC,

It also